Fender Rumble combos are excellent, the V.3 range. Good tonal range, loud and very portable/light.
The 40w version is great, and don't let the speaker diameter put you off - they have lots of low end.
https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/fender-rumble-40-bass-guitar-combo-v3?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgIidopDi2gIVDLTtCh1QUwrCEAQYAyABEgKo7PD_BwE
Just watched this - found it riveting. One of those players who you can pick out straight away, incredible.
A lot of his output isn't the sort of music I'm usually drawn to, but still found it fascinating.
Cracking gig last night at The Mechanics in Burnley. Audience well up for it
from the off, good sounding room and despite a few minor errors we actually
played okay. Last but one gig of our current run, so hope tonight in Harrogate
is as good!
Wow, where to start?
Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Boz Scaggs, James Hunter , Buddy Guy, Maze,
Jon Batiste and the Dap Kings and the great Nick Lowe.
That’s an amazing lineup Blue.
Similar sort of thing with their guitar players. When Mr Sambora was having a hard time keeping it going,
they got in Bobby Bandiera to help cover his parts. Bobby is a wonderful player, but his age / image may not
have fitted the band so they stuck him out of the way on stage. To be fair, JBJovi is a long standing friend
of Bobby’s and helped him out by getting him the gig, just seemed a little unfair to hide him away.
Years ago I managed to get tickets to see Eric Clapton at the Royal Albert Hall, in a lower tier box.
Eric came on to do some acoustic stuff as an opener, but the corporate do in the next box along almost
drowned him out. I asked them to keep it down, and am sure most of them didn't even know who EC was
and realise he was performing then.
Whilst this probably goes on, I don't think the Fender strings pictured by the OP are fake, just updated spec and packaging.
I heard (I think on here) that Elixirs are the most chosen brand to knock off, presumably due to their higher r.r.p. & hence more profit for the fakers.
I've experimented (in a very unscientific way) with having my GK Neo 410 both directly on the stage and also leaving
it in the base of it's flight case i.e. on castors. Don't know if it's because I've had years of doing it but I always prefer
the sound of it not on wheels. Of course , different stages can affect this massively, but I do like that resonance for
some reason.
Auralex & other isolation products / cabinet stands etc do have a lot of love on here though, so I may be in the
minority on this one?
Many years ago at a rather dodgy northern nightclub , we found a dart in the wall just between me and the
drummer that someone in the audience had thrown during our last set.
Been buying Fender strings for over a year now. They have all been the same as yours in the pic, and came from an authorized dealer.
Fender have rejigged the packaging recently, that's all. They used this packaging prior to yours, far as I know the strings haven't changed for a while now.
This ^^^
Just don't get why they waste their money to be honest. Just like the same people videoing it on their phones, I reckon a lot of people just go to gigs to say (and brag) they've been rather than enjoy the moment / event. There's definitely a new generation of people who can't concentrate on anything for very long, or stand not using their phones for more than a few minutes.
Looks like Jack White thought the same too -
. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jack-white-phone-ban-gigs-shows-concert-white-stripes-experience-mobile-cell-hand-in-a8175986.html