Lozz196

My only experience with any of the amps listed is the Ashdown - the 500 watt version. Great little amp, very powerful, and the “heftiest” sounding Class D amp I’ve had. Would fit your list of requirements, plus based in the UK with great customer service so in the unlikely event that it develops a fault pretty easy to get sorted.

It`s certainly a lot more of a "cultured" sound nowadays. The playing style is unmistakable but the sound doesn`t reflect his earlier work for sure.

I think try and borrow another bass and amp from somewhere to try and find out where the problem lies - the TH500 connected to those two cabs making a 610 should be deafening, there`s something wrong somewhere.

Yep, when the song starts it sounds like it`s on the stereo, but when the bass comes in it sounds like it`s actually in the room with you.

In the music I listen to - punk/Oi/rock - it’s the Fender Precision.

The TH500 is a loud amp, what speaker are you hooking it up to, as I had one and I think I would have blown my eardrums out running it anywhere near max. In general (and as an answer to Q5) I run a preamp pedal to always have the same sound to the FOH, irrespective of what amp/cab is on the stage. This way I can also adjust the amp to suit my on stage needs without it affecting what the audience hear.

Would have been when I played on a few songs in the Christmas play for the school orchestra, no idea what they were tho as never heard them since.

Being old fat & bald never stopped me. But only cos I never started 🤣 On a serious note I think Tony Butler was spot on in that conversation Rich.

I reckon it’s a laptop

For the first time in years I adopted this approach at the gig I did on Saturday, for some reason it felt incredibly liberating.

I ordered some a while back, then read the reviews, none of which were favourable so I sent them back. A great shame really as in general I find D’Addario strings very nice to play, would have been great if they lived up to the expectations but many of the reviewers said that out of the pack they just sounded like dead rounds so they were going back to their Elixirs - which is what I currently use.

Dunlop Ultex 1.14mm Triangles. Give a nice modern sound and being triangular 3 picks for the price of 1, plus are nice & big so easy to grip. Only downside is the colour - not too easy to see if one falls from grasp onto a dark stage.

I always put my tuner & Sansamp at the foot of the cab so they’re out of the way, so I reckon what you’re looking to do will work fine.

Just got in from a gig at The Dublin Castle in Camden. Was fortunate enough to find parking right outside, so all good there. 4 bands on so a bit of gear sharing, decent sized crowd who appreciated all the bands. Load out not too bad considering it was 11:30 in a packed pub. Overall it was the first gig I’ve really relaxed into in this band - which is only the fifth one I’ve done, and with a different set list at each - just felt more at ease, which was nice.

That’s awesome, love that gig, watched it many times

For me once their singing is out of key on a regular basis. Someone like Elton John has been sensible enough to realise he can’t sing at the original pitch of many of his songs so has dropped the keys to suit, but many sound horrible, trying in vain to reach highs they’ll never get again unless someone hits their toes with a hammer.

I don’t have it on very high settings but the Ampeg SCR-DI is excellent for adding a touch of drive that really works in the mix. I doubt in the mix that anyone would even know there was any drive there but it just smooths out the sound and helps the bass sound less clean & sterile.

Went to a gig last night. Two of the three bands didn`t have bass, just relying on the low end of the guitar. One band had just drums & one guitar who used multi-effects, plenty of low-end. The other band had drums & two guitars using Kempers, again plenty of depth to the sound. They both had a better overall sound than the band with the bassist. OK it was a small gig with only vocals (I think, may have been some Kemperage from the main band) through a very small vocal PA, but the sound was much sharper/clearer. I hope this isn`t a worrying sign of things to come. Edit - I forgot to mention, they were chuggy-metal-type bands, so maybe the genre makes this easier to do without bass, can`t really imagine Motown or ska without a good bass.

I have my action quite low (I use Elixir steel rounds 45-105), recently put a set of Dunlop 45-105 flats on and no changes required.

At present my punky/psychobilly band, The Spacewasters will be playing at The Dublin Castle, Camden this Saturday 17 Sept, supporting Pussycat & The Dirty Johnsons.

I would invite you and the seller to sit at the negotiating table to agree on a price

I had the rear ported 410 - think that’s the HR? - and it sounded great with the Little Mark Tube I had.

Love The Fleece, great venue to both play and watch bands.

I put it to you that it was his right to own this instrument