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Nice one Chris. I also started on one of those. Over the years the quality of my basses has progressed, it's a shame my playing hasn't.

I would suggest Neutrik NP2X straight jacks and NP2RX right-angle versions. Compared with all others that I've seen Neutrik are a better design than most others being completely rivetless, i.e.no joins in the signal path , and have a superior cable clamp system.

I use this - [url="http://simple.bestmetronome.com/"]http://simple.bestmetronome.com/[/url] Nice and simple.

I advertised a while back that I was looking for a Sansamp BDDI. John spotted the ad whilst on holiday on distant shores and contacted me. On his return we finalised the deal and it arrived in the post this morning. Perfect deal, perfectly executed. I would also add that a year ago or more I sold John a GK MB Fusion. Once again a flawless transaction. Deal with absolute confidence.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1438709159' post='2836613'] They do make Speakons with switch contacts. They're not airtight though, which would be a pain on a cab back-plate but fine in an external box. [/quote] Agreed but they are PCB mount which would mean a special PCB.

I would imagine that Palmer box uses auxiliary contacts on the jacks sockets to provide some switching. It's probably OK for a low wattage guitar amp but I'm not sure I'd want to put 500-watts of bass through those contacts. Also you couldn't do the same with Speakons as they have no extra switching contacts. You'd need a heavy duty switch..

[quote name='ColinB' timestamp='1438515387' post='2835052'] Love this..... [url="http://youtu.be/yWP6Qki8mWc?list=RDyWP6Qki8mWc"]http://youtu.be/yWP6...t=RDyWP6Qki8mWc[/url] [/quote] Great. When live meant live. No backing tracks. No autotune. Excellent.

I must confess that I've never seen an amp used on its side like that before. Does it improve the sound distribution or is it because, as a bass player, you're classed as a sidesman?

Unlike many of the preceeding performers, The Beatles were one of the first to write and record their own material. That in itself was a huge change.

I grew up pre-Beatles in the days of The Shadows, Cliff, Duane Eddy, etc. What got me into playing was seeing Little Richard live. Just amazing. First band played early rock'n'roll and instrumentals then in 1963 The Beatles arrived. Everything changed overnight. I saw them at Guildford Odeon in June 1963. Eventually the Stones arrived and it all changed again and it's kept on changing. The Beatles made popular music take a huge step-change for the better.

[quote name='M-Bass-M' timestamp='1438084589' post='2831466'] Funnily enough, last night he was playing his [url="http://www.daveswiftbass.com/pages/basses/ibanezmusicman.html"]Ibanez Musician[/url]. [/quote] Actually now I've seen that picture I think it was that one at Blackpool.

Looked like he was playing a Smith during the Jools Swing Band gig from Blackpool shown on Sunday.

It's the power amp fro his KT platform. [url="http://www.porteranddavies.co.uk/KTPOverviewPage.html"]http://www.porteranddavies.co.uk/KTPOverviewPage.html[/url]

I happened across a review of the Phil Jones BG400 combo recently [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v_Ki3h9uKc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v_Ki3h9uKc[/url] It's basically a Compact 4 cab turned into a combo which happens to have a Class D power stage. The reviewer commented that PJB had gone to great lengths to beef up the power supply to give an improved performance over earlier PJB amps. The down side was that it was heavier than expected, so it looks like it can be done. Shame that it's not available over here yet.

Nice one Den. Maybe try and get to see you when we're back down again next May.

According to the specification the Super 12 width is 19.5-inch which makes use of a 19-inch rack mount amp very marginal unless you have a rack case that is only 1/4-inch either side. I would suggest a Mesa Prodigy but that would probably blow the budget.

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1436987997' post='2822638'] This the one [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391085677252?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT"]http://www.ebay.co.u...K%3AMEBIDX%3AIT[/url] Thanks in advance [/quote] That's the stuff however if you are making up short leads then I have a bunch of offcuts that you are welcome to.

I would suggest Vandamme Classic Instrument cable is easy to fit in pancake jacks and is nice and flexible. AC110 is a larger diameter and less pliable.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1436789745' post='2820723'] So it doesn't matter how many impediments you have? Or whether you live in Omaha? [/quote] or even "Just Causes".

Just for the record. The ohm is a unit of impedance. There is no such word as ohmage.