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You are right about Ed Friedland, his exact words were, "under the hood you've got class C switching power amps, and neodymium drivers which keep the overall package very lightweight" How can he get it so wrong? 🤔

Oh dear! that could be a dealbreaker for me because of serious back problems, I assumed that it would Neo magnets which should keep the weight down

Are the Fender Bassman TV 1 x 15" and 2 x 10 350w Combos loud enough for medium to large pubs? I would love to hear the thoughts on both volume and tone from people who currently use them, or have done in the past. My band plays "old school" R&B pub rock (Dr Feelgood etc). Thanks

Thanks Silvia 👍

I know that this is a bass forum, but could you keep a lookout for my guitarist's 1963 Vox AC30 amp please? it was stolen from his car last night (Saturday 14th December) in Wednesbury, West Midlands. It's bad enough when you have modern equipment stolen, but at least you can usually replace modern equipment "like for like", but this great vintage amp is irreplaceable, so if you see anything like this being offered anywhere, could you please let me know. It is a wonderful sounding 1963 vintage amp in orange, so should be easy enough to spot.

Thanks for the kind words, we certainly don't claim to be great musicians but we all definitely love what we are doing, and we have so much fun when we do the occasional gig. 😊

I usually state in the ads that we don't mind whether the person is male or female, just so long as they suit our music 😊

Can you not relocate down Shropshire? it's a beautiful part of the world 😉

You are so right, the frontman in our "Feelgood" band definitely has a larger than life personality, whenever people start videoing us on their phones, he closes in on them and sings straight into the lens, he wanders around with his wireless mic, sometimes goes behind the bar or even out in the street. Here's an example:

Sorry Lozz, I should have said that they were the Kent Armstrongs, for £49.95, you really can't go wrong

Thanks, I will check all the links in the morning

I currently play in a band that plays Dr Feelgood material, we don't go out as a tribute band, but we do nail the sound and our frontman is Lee to a tee! Unfortunately for us, although good for him , he has met a woman and is moving about 250 miles away, he has agreed to do a few gigs every now and then with us and is prepared to travel, for them. Because we will only gig around six times a year, I am putting a new band together with the drummer and a guitarist from one of my previous bands, we are all experienced musician's with a ton of songs we all know well and could be up and running almost immediately, but despite having ads on Join My Band and BandMix etc for a few months now, we are having no joy at all, so how do you guys go about finding a good frontman?

I used to put CS 62's in all my builds but decided to try these in my last build because the specs were the same. They sounded EXACTLY the same to my ears and at less than half the price of CS 62's, they are an absolute steal imo 😉

"We probably did do it first... The reason is simple.... the silk wrap helps lock down the string as it’s wound around the machine post. At the ballend it’s cosmetic and we got rid of it a few years back. Hope this helps!" So all the strings without wraps are likely to slip then? I've never had a problem with them slipping

To me, this sounds more likely.

Why do most bass strings have silk wraps, and why? Personally, I can't stand them but luckily for me I use D'Addario Nickels which don't have wraps, but on one of my basses I put Ernie Ball Flats on and they have a sickly purple wrap which I hate, although they do sound good. I find that after a while they start fraying and particles get everywhere especially at the bridge end. Is it just me that hates silk wrap on strings? 🤔

Nope! Had it with guitarists and drummers too, don't know about bassists though because I've never had the need to advertise for one. Speaking for myself, if I respond to an ad and the person replies with more info, I always rely back asap, even if it's not for me, that way, they can cross me off the list and move on.

I've just about had my fill with JoinMyBand, we have an ad on for a singer at the moment, FOUR replies almost immediately, I reply to them immediately, five days later, nothing back from them? Then this morning I receive another message. And this is the link in the message: I give up!!!

I do sort of like the roadworn look but only if its genuine, or at least if its done properly like the limelights which are pretty convincing