Lozz196

A great shame, never got to meet him despite playing on the same bill a few times, The Buzzcocks were part of my youth, seems all to real when your childhood faves pass away.

You`re not going to be disappointed @Bridgehouse (well your back might be with the cab) they are fine amps, bags of power, really effective eq options, I had one for a while and it was awesome.

I went with lightweight amps & cabs and was perfectly satisfied with them til I started using Ampeg and Ashdown gear as provided rigs. From then on the lightweight gear sounded just that, lightweight. At some point I’m going to have to, out of sense and age, go lightweight on the cabs again. Luckily Ashdowns RM range of cabs sound great and are a good bit lighter than their ABMs.

Ashdown RM-500-EVO would fit the bill, and you’d have plenty of change leftover too.

Never seen them live but Out Of Time was pretty much a constant in my car when it came out.

Agree, and I`ve in general found that the better sounding rigs from my point of view have been ones where there have been a whopping great speaker stack, usually accompanied by a heavier weight amp. I`m no good with the techy stuff but to me it seems you need to put less actual bass in when there are a lot of speakers going, but you still get a the low end without the woof.

The one downside to most of the aftermarket ones is that they don`t have the cut-out for truss rod adjustment. I always go for the Fender ones, in terms of quality you can feel the difference, pretty much the same as @Reggaebass expensive bass, not going to skimp on whatever changes I make.

Hanging Around was pretty special too, I remember the first time I heard it I looked round as it sounded like JJ was actually in the room playing .

Most of Bruce Foxtons work with The Jam, JJ Burnels early Stranglers work, and Duff McKagan post Appetite with Guns N Roses & Velvet Revolver.

Nah, they’ll probably run away to a safe distance and monitor it.

Poxy small keyboard - Elvis!

Yes, it’s a shame but that great voice of his has, like Elvia, left the building. I watched the BBC4 show and was saddened by how poor his voice is now.

Keep us all posted, that looks like a great gig, chuffed for you, major opportunity playing the O2!

My old band, The Tuesday Club. I played more traditional Precision/flats/Ampeg sound, down the low end with the other bass being twangy rounds up in those there heights. Worked quite well.

Bedders has a great style, and usually pretty high in the mix. When we played The 100 Club Madness had been there the night before and their names were on the coat hangers - I simply had to hang my Harrington on Bedders’ coat hanger!

Well having had both the 350 and the 500 the latter is obviously more powerful, and when you say that the 350 is sounding noticeably worse that sounds to me like it’s being pushed too much - are you on nearly max volume when this is happening?

I think it should be mandatory.

After a cheeky enquiry following one of Marks threads he kindly agreed to refin a black Vintage Tony Butler Precision to white for me. I`ve recently suffered a bit of bad health so he also very kindly offered to deliver once completed, and did so today. To say I`m chuffed with the results would be understatement of the year, thanks again Mark.

Lloyd bought an Ashdown RM610 from me. We sorted a deal and we met to do the handover. Painless transaction all round, with great comms throughout.

I think I`d look at a different solution, the Tonehammer 500, then you won`t have to roll the dice on a possible future 8ohm cab pairing with whatever 8ohm cab is provided.

Well I`m not saying this just because I`m selling a black/maple US Precision, but the 2012 - 16 Series US Precisions are the best I`ve owned, and aside from the Custom Shop Pino Palladino Precision, the best I`ve played. The neck is nice and chunky without being overbearing, graphite rods in the neck, Custom Shop pickups which sound superb. I`m only selling the one that is up as I think having 5 of them is a tad excessive. I`ve not played the Shuker JJB, can`t even think that it would be less than a great bass but to me if wanting a Precision, US Standard 2012 - 16 Series gets my recommendation.

The TC BH250 is a surprisingly good little amp. I had one for a while, and have used a couple as provided amps and they pack a nice punch.

Contact Ashdown via the e-mail address/phone no on their website - their customer service is excellent, I’m sure they’ll be able to sort.

I used one of these a couple of months ago and similarly found it to be plenty loud enough for on-stage volume in a pub.