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Given all of the above, it never ceases to amaze me where the rrp comes from for cabs like these. Two (maybe not so custom) speakers in a nifty cabinet - still seems like a lot to me. I do love Aguilar stuff but this will be way down my (realistic) GAS list. 🙁

In this country BJ Cole has been probably the leading pedal steel player for years. Amongst his credits are sessions for Sting, Robbie Williams, Robert Plant, David Gilmour, Gerry Rafferty, The Stranglers (!), Groove Armada and Tom Jones. I believe he also still plays with Hank Wangford & the Lost Cowboys, a great band if you get chance to see them.

Great stuff. Also like a bit of B-bender guitar, enabling steel guitar effects to be played on a standard Telecaster etc. Bernie Leadon was a master of this, as on 'Peaceful easy feeling'.

I love pedal steel done properly too. We have a steelie in our band who’s a great player, using some effects to make it really sound individual. He’s also a sh*t hot guitarist as well. As mentioned previously, the old country ‘whining’ style put a lot of people off I think, but it has been used in many other genres too - as well as Gilmour, check out Stevie Wonder’s ‘Ain’t gonna stand for it’ for example. Don't know if anyone on here plays / has tried to play one, but they are ridiculously hard to play well. Using both hands, one foot on the volume pedal, one foot for all the pedals, and then knee levers as well. Oh yeah, no frets too. Respect the steelies!

I love - proper Hammond organ ( Stevie Winwood, Booker T etc ) - Great brass sections, especially with baritone sax I hate - that crap piano sound on 80’s and 90’s dance music ( think ‘ I - beef - a’ ) - that horrible drum machine sound on most of the above which accelerates into impossible speeds every now and then - the kind of noise you used to hear from a passing Vauxhall Corsa - Guitars with stupid amounts of fizzy distortion / no definition, hiding any real tone. Oh dear, starting to sound a right old tw*t here, better stop now.....

I put a Fender Noiseless Jazz pickup in my Precision Lyte, really pleased with the result. Matched up well with the factory P-bass pickup too.

I have this itch which won’t go away for a Taylor GS bass. Yes, I know it’s an acoustic bass and all the pitfalls associated with them, but having played one it just felt and sounded so right for one of my regular gigs. Only thing that’s stopping me getting one is a) I don’t have £699 spare right now, and b) If I could afford one then bet your bottom dollar my residency would disappear, leaving me with yet another bass in the spare room not earning it’s keep. Decisions decisions....

Not very cheap or cheerful to be honest - dreadful beginners brand from probably early 70’s. Bit like the Kay stuff that people try to flog on as collectible vintage instruments, when really they’re just as lousy as the day they were made. IMO of course!

Just got my stand out now for it's regular airing on NYE. Can't wait....

I was once ill, and struggled to get a dep. Only guy I could get was from 50 miles away, and demanded more dosh than just his extra travel costs, which my band agreed to and then asked me for! Similar problem really I guess. ( Can't remember the outcome either TBH, so had better stop waffling.)

In the mid 80's I had just got married, with my daughter on the way and not a lot of spare cash. Saw an advert in the York Evening Press for an early 60's Strat, and they wanted £250 for it. Rang the guy up,said I'd be on my way etc and managed to claw together £235 in cash, thinking I would wave this under his nose and a deal would be struck. Got there and the Strat was proper, even had the original Selmer case too. The seller (quite rightly) wouldn't take my offer, and I left thinking I'd let him think about it and get back to me, which of course he didn't - it sold on the next enquiry straight away. Valuable lesson learned about not being greedy / looking a gift horse etc. although to be fair on myself I couldn't raise any more. Reckon that £250 guitar would go for £15k + now, which even allowing for inflation, would have been nice for my old age.

Anyone catch this the other night? Great programme, amazing band! The bassist was excellent, and the whole thing was almost too good to be live IMO. Whatever, very enjoyable entertainment. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09kkxz7/bruno-mars-live-in-harlem

On most of the Facebook pages for selling musical gear, the requirements are - Price / Location / Picture. Any ads not showing these are usually not allowed , or deleted if when pointed out the advertiser doesn't agree. Seems fair enough to me.

Agreed, but surely it's easier with some rough idea ( eg County ) to save everybody's time? I'm with Prowla, if it's within say 40 miles then I'm far more likely to be seriously interested, and PM ing every advert I like the look of is too much of a wild goose chase for me, given the wide location of our BC brethren.

And this is exactly where I'd want to be!! Sounds great, have a good one.

Very staid dinner dance at a large hotel for me. Not my idea of a great gig.......BUT! It is 5 mins from my front door, we set up at 4pm but don't have to return to the venue until 9pm, very well paid and it's 2x45 min sets (one either side of midnight) and we're finished by 1am. Playing in a band put together by friends, which we do every NYE so no grief with deps/egos etc. Our brief is to keep the audience happy by playing stuff they want to hear, so it can be anything from strict tempo / ballroom type material through to Maroon 5. And yes, there'll be music stands involved at some point..... Happy 2018!

Think I've been reasonably lucky with Gumtree round here. Probably bought more than I've sold, although did sell some JBL PA cabs to a guy from Bristol who saw my advert placed locally, so you never know. I had them advertised for less on here without any luck too. Always wary about divulging full contact details until I'm reasonably sure it's okay, but realise it's still a gamble to some extent.

We did both Bromsgrove and Cannock in November this year, along with 2 nights in Solihull in September, so possibly one of those? Our audiences are quite often not in their first flush of youth as well....

Thanks chaps! Didn't think you'd noticed the ladies in the string section Paul? ambient - there are one or two other ELO bands doing the circuit, so let me know where/when before I bask in the glory. Cheers.

I'm a pro player, have been for approx. 25 years now. My main band is a tribute band that tours UK theatres, 'The ELO Experience'. I usually perform around 80 gigs a year with them. I'm also in two other regular setups - a country rock band called 'The Fork Handles' (I know...) and also an acoustic duo with a weekly pub residency. Throw in some deps and function gigs as and when and there it is. In terms of getting the gigs, my main band has built up enough of a reputation over 10 years for theatres to know what's what. Our frontman handles all enquiries and organises the schedule. The other stuff I do is fairly local, and again, we've been doing it a while and we're all quite well known in the area, which helps a lot.

Just found this - anyone on here seen / tried one? All ply construction, carbon fibre reinforced neck / short scale etc. https://www.tonkbros.com/collections/short-scale-acoustic-basses/products/tonk-bros-parlour-bass-guitar-trashed-black Made in UK, retail for £499.

Yup, good call. The Rumble 500 2x10 combo weighs in around 36lbs, and they do sound great.

No experience of the Reidmar although they seem to be well liked on here. For me, the Gallien Krueger MB amps work very well, and are very loud for their ratings. I have an 800, but the 500 would have still been enough I think. Cab wise, the Barefaced range is ideal for you. As FinnDave says, a Super Compact would do the job perfectly, and weighs around 22lbs so your back will thank you very time you use it.