Gareth Hughes

Kolstein Heritage are a great low tension string. Heck, a great string all round. Great feel and tone, IMO. And wonderfully magnetic. And a major +1 for their customer service. Barrie Kolstein rocks.

[quote name='Clarky' post='1370128' date='Sep 12 2011, 08:39 AM']Alternatively save up some more and buy a 2-channel 'doubling' amp - eg, Euphonic Audio Doubler or MarkBass Markacoustic. Won't need a separate preamp then and can flog your current amp to help pay for the incomer[/quote] +1 or try to find a used Markbass LMK - great amps for doubling.

Having the molds makes a huge difference, IMO. I've just moved from using Sennheiser IE8's to JH Audio JH7 Pro's and it's a world of difference. Aside from the multiple drivers, I really feel the molds play a huge part in getting a good, tight bass response. Pricey but worth checking out: [url="http://www.jhaudio.com/collection-promusic.php#7"]http://www.jhaudio.com/collection-promusic.php#7[/url]

Gary Sinise plays bass - and has done in an episode of 'CSI: New York'.

[quote name='andydye' post='1357438' date='Aug 31 2011, 12:55 PM']I have a fischer wired in-ear monitor kit coupled with a pair of Ultimate Ears triple-fi-10s' and it's fab, sounds really good![/quote] +1 for the Fischer and the Ultimate Ears. A great set-up indeed. I'm taking my Fischer with me tomorrow on tour, along with a set of in-ears from JHA, the guy that founded Ultimate Ears. Really lovely bits of kit.

Thanks for the heads up BR. And thanks always for the wonderful resource that is your site.

Good luck at the Picnic. I'm missing it sadly - should have been there with Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club and Gavin Friday but I'm away on tour the day before it starts. Great timing. I've never been to the Picnic - but I'll bet it's an easier load in than The Pav!!

My tuppence worth is based on the alternatives. I just played a big open air gig, with Elbow and The Villagers on the bill, and used my two Epifani 1x12 cabs and a Markbass LMK head. My rig was on a flight case about 2 feet off the ground. Master volume was barely at 9 o'clock. Getting the speakers up closer to your head greatly reduces the need for high volume, IME. And I was playing upright too - so not having a huge sound meant little feedback trouble.

Fair play to you guys for doing this. Enjoy the coach ride. What dates are you playing in Munich? I'm in the Galeria Kaufhof in Marienplatz on September 9th. Always cool to see some (virtually) familiar faces.

I got into theatre work by hearing that one of the top guys here needed a dep for a show he was doing. Through a mutual acquaintance I got his number, called him up - thankfully getting his voicemail - and said I'd heard he needed a dep and I was up for doing it. He called me back that day, I met him a few days later, read over the parts with him and the MD and that was that. That was in 1998 and it's been a pleasure to know him and to share work for the past 13 years.

Damn - tempus sure does fugit. Seems like only a few months I was bantering with him about a bass I ended up buying from him. Miss you round here Si.

Hello and welcome. What's the nice little preamp you have? Gotta love those Acoustic Image SA's. Wish I had picked one up when they were out. And I'm loving the Guild hollwbody bass too. Nice. Great place Hamburg - and Germany in general. I've a lovely 6 week tour there coming up soon. Pretty sure I'll be nearby Hamburg at some point - really must check that out.

Not sure if the Markbass LMK head is voiced the same as the LM3 so this may be irrelevant - but I had an LMK head and an F500, played through the same cabinets over a long period of time. Felt the LMK was far fuller sounding, with more punch, clarity and effortless tone. The F500 took a lot of work to get it sounding anywhere near as sexy as the LMK. Still have the LMK and love it to bits. Replaced the F500 with an F1 - more for fly gigs instead of taking the relatively bigger LMK.

It's Marcus Miller, Willie Weeks and Mark Stevens filling in the other bass tracks on 'Naughty'. Greg Phillinganes plays keyboard bass on two or three tracks and Abraham Laboriel does one track (maybe two) on 'What Cha Gonna Do For Me'. Pretty sure Will Lee only plays on 'Chaka'. But I could always be wrong, and I'm too damn lazy to pull out the cd covers to check

Ah, there's many a morning that's been lifted by the soaring spirit that is 'I'm Every Woman' - with the wonderful Will Lee on bass, and backing vocals. For me, it's one of those songs (and albums) that if it doesn't move you, then you must be dead.