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Nice, I don’t think I’ve read anything negative about these Jazzes at all, just seem to get glowing praise from everyone.

It would bother me, irrespective of how well it played and good it sounded, I’d have to send it back.

Congrats, hopefully this will work well for you, I like the fret markers.

That`s a good point, and one we in Knock Off did too. Singer/guitarist got us all the gigs so at the end of the night whilst he was networking me and the drummer used to carry/pack all the gear away. Whilst I would have been happy to not carry or pack anything away the fact that in my 6 years in Knock Off I got one gig of the 250 odd I played shows where my skills were/weren`t.

Assuming I used a provided cab I could, before my back issues, clear my gear off stage in less than 3 minutes which included putting the bass in it`s case, curling up leads properly and putting tuner & preamp pedal in their respective boxes. Just a case of having a set method of breakdown and sticking to it. It is difficult when people are wanting to chat whilst you`re trying to do this, or have a signed set-list, get a photo taken etc but as long as you`re polite and say "be with you in 5, gotta clear the stage for the next band" they`re usually happy with that.

That would be the ideal gig.

I’m in general not that concerned with speaker sizes but a few years back used an Ashdown 2x15 and it was really good, in fact it was using that cab that made me switch to Ashdown gear.

Makes good sense, easier than taking along a second amp, plus from what I understand the SGT-DI has cab simulation so if needed through PA you can quickly get yourself where you need to be sound wise.

Good idea Daryl, 2025 has been quite varied for me: The Spacewasters (my gigging band) - we released our 2nd album, The Seven Legged Groove Machine, our principle guitarist & songwriter left, luckily got in a good replacement, and due to gigs just taking their toll on me I’ve now left. Am happy to help out when needed, and already have one gig scheduled for next year. Knock Off (my old band) - they asked me to help out for a few gigs earlier in the year as they’d parted with their bassist, so ended up playing 3 gigs, supporting, in order, Cocksparrer, GBH, and Therapy? Was nice to go back for a bit, and the first & last gigs were big venues to big crowds, the second being a sold out rammed to the rafters smaller (and much sweatier) gig. As with The Spacewasters will be happy to stand in if needed. Lastly, Thunderkunt (non gigging band) - we got a singer! One who can do Led Zep, Rainbow (Dio era) Kansas, Whitesnake, Deep Purple etc. Still not going to gig but it’s a nice variation, we’ve been playing these songs instrumentally for years, vocals making us now focus on the songs in a different way. He’s a good laugh too. Fortunately no issues other than having to stop regular gigging, but that’s a “me” thing rather than a band thing.

For me one of the main factors is 15min changeovers. Even when the band set ups are the same it can be a challenge, throw in left handed drummer etc and even more so. Add in bands who take forever to pack gear up/set up, chaos abounds. I’d prefer 30mins from a performers point of view, would be interested how long people who do sound engineering would like.

Excellent, looks really good

Yep, in incidents like this it’s the “do as little as possible that I can get away with” attitude that is prevalent. I don’t know if this happens across the water but it certainly happens here across many forms of employment.

A Merry Jingle - The Greedies (which were a “supergroup” made up from Thin Lizzy & The Sex Pistols)

Preamp pedal for me.

I remember Ohm bass amps, used them at a few rehearsal rooms, no idea about any onboard effects though.