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Actress Sally Lindsay ( Coronation St, Open all hours etc) owned up to being on that record and can be seen in the TOTP appearances. ( Even more trivia - she’s married to ex Style Council / Paul Weller drummer Steve White.)

Try a mixer on it’s own first. I’ve used both a Soundcraft Folio Notepad and (currently) an Allen and Heath Zed 10FX and they’ve worked perfectly well, either into headphones or small powered monitor speakers. Mate of mine has a small Alto mixer and that is fine too.

Haven’t tried the Legacy, but from my experience of other GK stuff it should be quiet. Both my MB200 and MB800 heads were/ are good in this respect. Have you considered the Fender Rumble 100 combo? Sounds amazing, weighs 22 lbs and never heard the fan in mine at all ( assuming it has one of course 😆 ). Perfect home / practice / small gig combo IMHO.

Our engineer always refers to the audience as ‘meat baffles’......

Exactly this. Can’t go wrong initially with the Behringer, then keep it as a spare if you decide to upgrade later. I have two of them, brilliant for the money as well as great units in their own right.

Just beat me to it - soundchecking in an empty room is really only a starting point for getting a good sound mix IMHO. First few songs with an audience in are critical for the engineer to make adjustments, however small or large.

Wow - hope this new band are appreciative of your skills! Good luck, break that leg etc.

Another recommendation for a Fender Rumble combo. I have the 100 watt job, and used it for a rehearsal yesterday in a barn where it was competing with 2 loud rock guitarists and a drummer. More than held it’s own without breaking into a sweat, and most importantly sounded great. Very intuitive tone controls make dialling in your sound quick and easy. I like the ‘vintage’ pre set button, made my Jazz sound thick and full. The combo also weighs next to nothing too! Second hand ones can be picked up for around £150 upwards, but even the new price of around £280 ish is still under 50% of your budget. Try one before spending more, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised. edit : there’s one for sale in the Marketplace section (in Essex) at the moment for £130, which is a bargain deal.

Agreed. IIRC the Rumble 800 gives out it’s full 800 watts output into either a 4 or 2 ohm load, so you’ll only be gaining more spread with a third cab. Also it has to be said that they are loud amps, and using two fifteen inch cabs will already be shifting some air! Have you tried it in this situation before and found it lacking? Do you use ear protection too? 🤣

According to BBC News , the film is available on Star on Disney + from Friday 30th July. The cinema release starts on Friday 16th July.

I ordered a cover for my Rumble combo from them a while ago, and it arrived really quickly. Since then seen a fair few complaints about slow delivery / poor service etc. As Steve says above, could be the problems with supply chains at the moment, or just crap organisation. No excuse for telling customers porkies though whatever the issue.

I thought exactly the same. Think they made instruments for a number of brands - Silvertone, Aria etc and even possibly Audition for Woolworths over here! @Bassassin will be able to verify I'm sure. https://reverb.com/item/2630244-1960-s-teisco-silvertone-burns-style-bass-sunburst

Beth Hart on Sky Arts at the moment, playing acoustic bass too! Followed by Joe Bonamassa blues thing for anyone not doing the footy.

I think one thing that changed for me when buying basses was to make sure the bass felt right when standing up as well as seated. I’ve found that different strap adjustments can be vital when trying something new rather than just using your usual strap and hoping it’s fine. It can make all the difference, even with very similar style of basses.

Yup, me too. Using one of those heavy 70’s Ibanez twin neck jobs must have stood him in good stead for that early Stingray. 😆

Maybe not an amateur, but the dreaded term 'semi-professional', surely an oxymoron? 🤣

Think I saved this from a previous post a while ago.

“The life of a rock & roll band will last as long as you can look down into the audience and see yourself.” Bruce Springsteen.

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side". Hunter S. Thompson, US author and journalist.

Just one thing re the website Higgie - there’s a page where the text is over two different coloured backgrounds, and the right hand section of text all but disappears over the yellow/cream bit. Cheers, Pete.

Good luck Sarah, by the sound of it you’ve prepared well so it will be a walk in the park! Hope you have a good one.

PM sent. Cheers.

“ Everyone talks about rock these days : the problem is, they forgot about the roll “ Keith Richards

Absolutely this ^^^ Superb video, and the website is excellent too. My only other comment is - can you make it pay with such a massive band ?!! All the best.