Lozz196

I recently offloaded an Ashdown Perfect Ten - 30 or 40 watts into a 10 inch speaker, was a nice little amp. Worth checking these out seeing as you like the Ashdown sound.

Nice looking bass, you’ll get a fair bit of attention playing that....,, As people will think you’re s guitarist 🤣 I say that having played a Les Paul bass in the past and the exact same happened to me.

Anything less than 8lbs and I feel like I’m playing some form of fragile toy. I suppose I’m lucky really, current band never likely to do more than an hours set, and even then thats not a regular occurrence, so 9lb basses not that much of a problem. Don’t miss the weight of my 10.5lb 70s Precisions though.

Nice cabs, I had the 210/115 for a short while but moved the 115 on to get another 210 - made the sound more punchy. They sound very ABM like, maybe not quite so scooped and low-end biased. On regular sized stages/pub gigs I didn’t notice much difference at all between them and my ABM cabs. On bigger stages it does become apparent, the weight of sound of the ABMs comes across better. I had Ashdown put in some Eminence cones in my RM210s to increase power handling, I then sold them, and then in an about turn bought them back a couple of months ago. Great cabs imo.

They’re playing at it, aren’t they. I’d simply say fair enough, when you don’t turn up for a gig that we’ve booked because you’ve decided to go on holiday we accept your resignation at that point.

The Tonerider is more like the Custom Shop 62, which to me is more low-mid focused than hi-mid like the Original.

You can use it no problem, just also use your ears to make sure it’s not struggling - you’ll notice if it is - and if it does back off of the lows a tad.

Maybe contact Martin Herrick of Herrick’s Pickups, I’m sure he’ll be able to assist on this.

Of course the Barefaced cab will be good and work well, but it is worth trying the RM115 as Lee at Ashdown suggested. They know their products well and what will work best to achieve specific tonal goals.

Definitely, never leave them in the car, and if we’re doing gigs where we stay in hotels I use my small class D amp so that comes into the hotel too.

Nice reviews there, seems Aggie won handsomely.

We’ve been quite lucky, only downer was playing with a named band from back in the day, they wouldn’t move their drum kit (stage approx 12 feet wide/6feet deep) and wouldn’t allow us in the dressing room - basically playing billybigbollox, it was in a working mans club on a real rough estate, not like it was a proper venue. Living off of the 3 songs they’ve written that people actually like. The promoters should have had a better handling of it but they shied away (though did apologise to us).

Gotoh are great bits of kit and look very much like the stock Fender bridges, just beefed up a bit, so if you don’t want to change the look too much def worth a look.

Nice, the Squier VMs are great instruments

It’s a beggar, I wish on these online bookings they had specific drop-downs to choose from for contents, and that when something excluded came up it then both advised and wouldn’t allow the purchase of insurance. But no, they will let you buy it, then if it gets broken/lost refuse payout and say it’s up to the purchaser to read all exclusions etc.

And play a short-scale bass just to make the stack look even bigger!

Good call, the Toneriders are excellent pickups, very similar to the Fender Custom Shop 62s.

Same here, I’ve tried many Jazzes over the years, US/US Deluxe/MIM/MIM Deluxe etc and never really gelled with any until I got my Squier VM77. Its an added bonus that it looks as cool as an Eskimo eating ice-cream.

Parcelforce T&Cs prohibit musical instruments for insurance, don’t use them.

For a 5-piece Rock/hard rock band I’d be looking at an amp (500 watts or so) plus a 410 cab. As you already have a smaller Fender Rumble I’d look at the Rumble head/410 (it’s a light 410 too). If budget is a factor, and you’re not fussed about not having super lightweight gear then an Ashdown or Hartke rig will do the job and do it well for not much outlay.

Has to be done, if you’ve got em, flaunt em.

The Hairy Dog, Derby, on Sat 14th. Love the place, it’s a very well thought out venue, designed by people who understand what musicians need at venues. And it has a great sign as you walk in that says: Rules of The Hairy Dog Just don’t be a knut (but written properly) You know what kind of place you’re in when that’s the welcome.

In their new Vintera range there is a very 70s Mocha Telecaster Deluxe

The best cover of a Beatles track I’ve heard is Helter Skelter by Motley Crue, so I suppose I’ll have to name Siouxsie & The Banshees version as the worst (tho it’s not bad, just not as good as Crues)

Similarly I carry Speakon/Jack cables with Speakon/Jack converter plugs as I also rarely use my own cabs.