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Yeah on a serious mode although I could carry my ABM410 & 210 they were getting a little bit too much - if I lived in a ground floor flat I`d probably have kept the 410 as it was on wheels so easy to shift about. But permanent back injury and heading towards 60 (plus a healthy amount of GAS) meant a changeover was required.

I love the “all my gear in one trip from the car” statement. I’m so knackered I have to carry my plectrums in single trips 😠

Yeah that’s a good shout. John is a mate of mines brother. In all the years I’ve known my mate (nearly 40) I’ve never met him though.

At Rebellion a few years back when they played it was probably the most packed I’ve seen The Empress stage. They still pull good crowds wherever they play.

Quite, when we were recording our last album we wanted to get done to a timescale and a days mixing opportunity came up earlier than expected on a Sunday. But as we were gigging both the Fri & Sat before I said no we shouldn’t do it as our ears wouldn’t be in the best shape after that, as well as overall tiredness of two gigs in a row at distance.

I’ve liked the Anti Nowhere League & Macc Lads since the 80s, been fortunate enough to play gigs with them and meet them. For me the Macc Lads were parodying the stereotypical northern “lad” of the time, not many got it sadly. The Anti Nowhere League imo were probably a bit nearer their outlaw image & lifestyle. K$$t & The Gang, again I’ve gigged with him/met him, decent chap and I find his material hilarious.

I used Ampeg PF500, Markbass LM3, Aguilar Tonehammer & AG500, and Ashdown ABM600. Given the flat/uncoloured response of the BF cabs imo they pair really well with amps like these which have a warmer sound.

Keep saving the pennies, they’re amazing amps, and yep, don’t matter where they’re made, if they’re good they’re good

Cos it`s a nice little earner in Scrabble?

The thing for me is it said everyone in the USA. Surely not everyone in the USA is American?

Hemel Hempstead Dave Vanian - singer of The Damned John McKay - guitarist, Siouxsie & The Banshees Jocasta - Indie band from the 90s And me of course!

It’s a good little pedal, very easy to use, I recently bought one but will be moving it on as sticking with my Ashdown OriginAL which is more “me”.

Yes I’ve read that he uses, in his words, “wires” only for live use, preferring chromes for recording.

I don’t know which album it was but I read an interview with Nate Mendel where he said the producer got him to use flats on a Foo Fighters album for a slightly different (and probably almost unheard) sound.

I think they’re just about the perfect amp, light enough to carry about without any difficulty, incredibly versatile on sound due to the extensive eq, and the features as per @la bams post above. Nicely bridge the gap between the smaller Class D amps and the big all valve jobbies.

Pretty much the same with punk, bands with small amps & cabs are generally looked at as not being “proper” bands by the audiences and even some promoters, more like hobby bands flirting with doing it but not doing it right. I suppose it’s more to the fact that that’s what “proper” bands had back in the day so that’s what they should have now. I only ever heard one person actually voice such views but in the main (as in virtually all) the bands that headlined had big amps & cabs.

I went for the PRO17s, the selling point for me was the most natural sound feature, I didn’t want any bias on specific frequencies and think that’s spot on with these. Other plugs I’ve had have reduced the top end to the point where I couldn’t pitch for backing vox but no problem with these.

I should add to my earlier post, once Ashdown brought out their ABM PRO NEO cabs I bought a pair of the 210s and an ABM600 to match. The amp is something like 12kg which isn’t that much to carry about, and the cabs whilst only being 1 or 2kg heavier than my old RM cabs have metal grills rather than cloth, so more hardwearing. In one band this rig will be covering all of the sound the audience hears, in the other it will be stage sound only.

Sadly I’ve lost touch with Nige, but echo the sentiments above, he’s a really nice guy.

I had an Ashdown RM500 with two of the matching 210s, it was more than enough on its own for pub sized venues and on larger stages with FOH/monitors it handled those fine as well. Whilst I’m of course recommending Ashdown here my main point is that a 500 watt Class D amp and a couple of small lightweight speakers are more than enough for most gigs. Just choose the brand that the ears like the most.

Yep, let’s get a third up & running Wrote in jest for those not well versed in irony & sarcasm

I had one, think was the Digitech Drop, didn’t like it. I agree with the above, if those low notes are needed get a fiver (or another four but detune it).

But with the potential for promotion to fries!

Just this pedal, on overseas gigs so want to minimise the amount of gear I take.

Duff McKagan