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There's a mention of the bass relay in the new edition of Guitarist magazine, out today.

Am sure a lot of pubs take the wider view of assessing profits on a weekly/monthly basis rather than nightly. Overall outgoings (including entertainment of all types) set against takings - if its looking okay, then live music survives! I'm in the very fortunate position of playing a weekly residency at a pub with a great landlady, who takes risks with live music and it's paid off. Before she took over, the pub used to charge on the door to help cover our fee-think it was £3, and we used to get maybe 50/60 punters on a regular basis. When Maggie arrived, she did n't believe in this, and made it free entry which I thought was financial suicide. Glad to say she was right - we now get over 100 in each week, along with a few who pop in for a swiftie as well, so her takings have increased a fair bit. Just wish there were a few more who had her vision & bottle to give it a go.

I'm intrigued by this bass - the review says it has very close string spacing at the bridge, and sounds quite 'uprighty' which apparently was it's design brief in the 50's. Really fancy trying one out, along with it's sister model the Kay Pro Bass K162.[attachment=141630:Kay bass.png]

Anyone got any experience of these recent Kay reissues? There's a good review of the jazz special in this months Guitar&Bass magazine. Maybe this should be in the irrational likes thread?!!! [attachment=141597:kay-jazz-special-electric-bass-k5970V-front-blonde.jpg]

Nad stuff for me - always used it, good s/h buy too. Again, Richer Sounds, who also have a good clearance dept [url="http://www.richersounds.com/clearance"]http://www.richersounds.com/clearance[/url]

[quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1375965846' post='2167982'] Maybe the answer lies in the fact that disco appealed to women, and if men wanted to meet women, they now had to endure disco, the associated fashions and the dancing... which took a lot of men far, far out of their comfort zone. It was probably a lot easier to look like an idiot trying to be "disco" that it was trying to be a mod. [/quote] Absolutely. I was in my late teens / early twenties when the disco thing took off, and working in a record store. It was nearly always women who bought the stuff, with a lot of men being afraid of harming their 'rock' credentials to admit to liking / buying disco music. Makes me laugh (now it's considered okay to like disco) how those same blokes often make out they were really into it back in the day, when all they listened to was lousy prog rock / early metal etc. And funnily enough they were the ones then who usually did n't have girlfriends - go figure!

[url="http://www.blselectronics.co.uk/"]http://www.blselectronics.co.uk/[/url] This may be worth a try.

Can anyone recommend someone who can do a set up on a Gibson Les Paul in the Hull / East Yorkshire area? Otherwise am guessing it may be York / Leeds etc which is a bit of a trek. Cheers.

Your amp will run a single 4 ohm cab or two 8 ohm cabs, but connecting two 4 ohms cabs (as you predict) will bring the load down to 2 ohms which your amp won't be happy with.

Agree with most of the above. However, if you keep an eye on local press/Gumtree/Ebay etc you can maybe pick up a perfectly usable Peavey/Yamaha top box style mixer amplifier that will have 6/8 channels and maybe pump out 400 to 600watts a side for less than £200 if you're lucky. Combined with a s/h pair of say Peavey HiSys 2 speakers, you should get a working system for circa £400. Add a s/h powered monitor for around £80 and some leads it will all add up to only a shade over £500. Plus, if/when you want to upgrade you should n't lose that much on your outlay. Big Deal on Eastgate in Leeds sometimes have good bits of PA kit.

Written by Macca, although credited to Lennon& McCartney. Great song!And very interesting recording - was it Paul on bass? Original (short!)demo by Paul here - [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNZmoLbrpLI[/media]

Keys players I've worked with in recent times have used - Roland KC range combos - good sound/features, bit heavy? Peavey KB series - okay, still heavy lift with the bigger ones though. Yamaha EMX powered mixer - great/loud/and light! (still need speakers though) Mackie SRM450 - great powered speaker, although still need small mixer to run. I reckon the Yamaha option with a couple of small PA cabs would be a good bet. Was n't Alex at Barefaced looking into making some?

Seem to remember a girl doing countryish stuff called 'Shania's Twin' !! Others I've seen advertised - OK Sis Hi On Maiden Four Fighters Coldplace Notvana Deft Leppard Razorlike Alter Eagles

Just a quick heads up for anyone interested - Rod Stewart is featured in 2 programmes on BBC1 on Tuesday July 9th starting at 10.35pm. First one is part of Alan Yentob's 'Imagine' series looking back at Rod's career. This is then followed at midnight by an OGWT concert from 1976 at London's Olympia. Hope there is some Faces / Ronnie Lane stuff featured.

The ELO Experience [url="http://www.eloexperience.com"]www.eloexperience.com[/url] Also The Fork Handles - 4pc country rock/Americana type stuff with a regular Thursday gig at The Railway in Cottingham nr.Hull.

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Just watched this - absolutely amazing!! Thought the bass sounded fine too(even on my ordinary LG flat screen TV). Bit of overplaying here and there but WTF? - this was ENTERTAINING, remember what that's all about? Great songs played brilliantly by a superb band, with a great brass section who actually joined in on some of the moves too!! If I had to criticise Niles' guitar was a bit low in the mix to begin with, but that got sorted after a couple of tunes. Thought the overall sound was excellent, best live performance on TV I've seen for ages.

Astra diesel estate - had a few now and they've all been reliable. Massive load capacity for a medium sized car, flat load area (major requirement for me !), cheap to run / tax / insure, and drive well too. Does n't attract attention from plod or thieves, and spares readily available everywhere for not silly prices.

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1370609980' post='2103411'] Manchester bass lounge on the way up or back, plus, have a look on Bumtree, there is a slew of adverts for Wetherby, gotta be worth a phone call. Good luck [/quote] Think the Wetherby seller is Nicks guitars http://server11.sitewizard.co.uk/sites/nicksguitars/Fender_Basses.htm He often has a lot of nice stuff, although believe you have to make an appointment to view. Failing that, can't think of much else really.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1370474937' post='2101705'] It's worth mentioning that there is , according to many people , a direct correlation between weight and sound . A lot of builders and players claim that harder , denser woods sound better and give more punch . The Celinders that Molan mentions are a case in point - they tend to use very dense Danish ash that weighs a lot but probably contributes to the remarkable sound of those basses . I personally think slightly lighter basses can sound just as good in most cases , but I've never done particulaly extensive comparisons , I must admit . What I do know is that if a bass is too heavy for you , the only remedy is to get rid of it , because is a fault that can't be fixed , if you see what I mean . [/quote] +1 to this. Also worth mentioning that usually the most desirable guitars in the vintage market are the lightest! Fenders tend to increase in price as they decrease in weight! Friend of mine has an early 50's Esquire that is really light, and probably the best guitar I've ever played. Ironic too as growing up in the 70's people used to boast about how heavy their Les Pauls and Strats were as if some sign of 'quality', yet these would be derided in later years as poor instruments. Remember playing some Fender guitars and basses from this period which were pretty lousy, and they were often the heaviest ones too! (Even more amusing for these now to be seen as desirable in the current vintage market !!)

In the last year I've had to (reluctantly)use my Stingray less, even though its not overly heavy. Have started using a Precision Lyte as my main bass, made so much difference to me especially doing maybe 3 or 4 long gigs on the trot. Also loving my Dano Longhorn for the same reason. Play this every week in my local pub residency and never come home with aching shoulder at all. Should maybe qualify this with the fact I'm 55 - never was a problem for me up through my 40's, and then only after an accident which badly broke my arm. Got a couple of Stingrays, and am thinking of selling one soon as don't honestly think it will ever get played in anger again. (Have to keep one though, just in case of miracle cure for old age etc!!)

Last night at my regular pub gig I used an old Carlsbro 200 watt 1x15 Pro Series cab, (with an old Hartke 3500 head)and it sounded great! Could n't believe how such badly thought of stuff could be so good really - usually use my GK1001RB with a BF Compact, and was amazed how close it was possible to get 'my tone' from a 'budget' setup. Love cheap gear that sounds good, and there's a lot of it about!