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Chris bought some strings from me, good comms, swift payment and advised when received, good transaction all round.

I’m an Ashdown uber-fan so will always recommend their gear, it sounds great, it’s very hard wearing, they’re based in the UK and their customer service is very good, plus most of their gear can be fixed at Ashdown HQ. That said the Line 6 Amps get very favourable comments. What type of music do you play and what bass do you use, these are factors to take into account.

I think that’s great, if I had a Little Mark amp and was in a gigging band I’d certainly be interested, am sure others will be.

This seems to be a common issue on Stingrays, I’ve recently got one myself and had the same, I’ve just kept on lowering the pickup under the E a half turn at a time until I’ve got there.

Nice one, I’m sure you’ll be pleased with it, I love the RM range, both amps and cabs.

I’ve found that the Ashdown speaker cabs seem to be lower voiced than Ampegs, and that if you boost the highs on the Ampegs they seem more crisp - I think it’s probably the mids that Ampeg are famed for.

I had one, only used it once and the sound was great, just that bit too big & heavy for me but in sound alone they’re great cabs.

10s are fine for low end, a good 410 will give a whole load of lows. All 3 of the brands mentioned are good sounding gear.

Well sort of, it was a - big surprise - Precision into Markbass, a combination I’ve used over the years. The compressor just gave it a wonderful even-ness.

It depends on the type of music, the gear the guitarist uses, and how heavy handed the drummer is. Assuming the guitarist isn’t using a 100 watt half stack, and that the drummer doesn’t try to build a shed on every song then the 210 should be fine. I used a Marshall 210 300 watt combo in a 2 guitar punk band, I also used a Markbass 112 300 watt combo in an alt/indie type band. In both of those bands the Bass didn’t go FOH so the combos had to be loud enough for the whole of a regular pub sized venue - and both were. All that said I’d look at a 212 or 410 cab with amp head - there are some scarily good bargains on here at present, Peaveys being amongst them.

Yeah I was so determined to use one to iron out peaks troughs but - and I suppose it’s not giving it a chance - I just prefer the sound without one. Yet when I heard someone else using one I loved it.

May not be any good for metal, try Irn Bru?

Unless the strings come with instructions to not cut I always trim them down to about 13cm,, which allows for approx 3 winds.

For years I was a rosewood man, never even considered instruments with maple. Then in my last band we started playing brightly - sometimes too brightly - lit stages and I found it difficult to see where I was on rosewood boards, so switched to maple. Made the seeing bit much easier, and I found that there wasn’t really that much difference in either the feel or the sound. At home I could detect a slight snappier response but in the mix not a chance.

Looks great, love that rack of Warwicks.

That’s very interesting Stew, and links in to that post which has musicians stating that their instruments are an extension of their bodies. I’ll have to check one of these out, they get such good reviews, the only other ones I’ve seen people rave about so much have been the Nate Mendels and the Matt Freemans.

I’d look at adding in a preamp pedal - have the OTB set clean and then use the preamp for the better top end and grit. Sansamp works nicely with the OTB, Para Driver would give more options in the mid range.

Fingers crossed then.

I’d reckon that although you’d have PayPal to assist it has to be better having Ebay available as support as well.

So assuming that the EU only do similar bands/performers will still be able to do week long tours as currently, with no costs. Well that will be a result, both for artists/musicians, and for common sense/practicality.

Quick question to those in the know, is the fee per visit, or is it for a specific time period (year/5 years etc). If per year I know that, although it’s a fair initial outlay, my old band would have had no issues (other than getting three dumbos to complete the relevant forms that is).