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Effects Power Supplies are showing Finland and USA B7K in stock. [url="http://www.effectpowersupplies.com/darkglass-b7k-microtubes-bass-preampdi-pedal-handmade-in-usa-3689-p.asp"]http://www.effectpowersupplies.com/darkglass-b7k-microtubes-bass-preampdi-pedal-handmade-in-usa-3689-p.asp[/url] and the Vintage Microtubes is made in the USA as well.

Did 3 Leaf Audio buy the whole Darkglass Company or are they just building the Microtube pedals for them now? Just curious really, I like 3LA pedals loads already!

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1367255621' post='2063254'] Er, what about suing the "two fighting drunks" who were responsible for knocking over the speakers in the first place? The trouble with all this insurance is that it makes it too easy to sue people for stupid stuff like tripping over. [/quote] No. Suing is easy when people are negligent. All insurance does is protect the negligent person from being bankrupted. [quote] So what's the position if, say, you go out to a restaurant for a meal and leave a bag on the floor next to your table that someone trips over and breaks their wrist? Should we all have personal PLI to cover such potential incidents? [/quote] Technically speaking - the venue and the bag owner will share liability. In reality the venue will pay as the the punter is unlikely to be able to afford to pay anything. The venue probably won't bother trying to bring in the bag owner. I was involved in a similar case a few years ago, when a punter knocked a light down in a night club and it hit someone. The venue had not secured it out of reach, and the drunk should not have knocked it off. Both liable, but in the end the drunk had no money at all, rented his house and had a 20 year old car. No point spending money going after anyone who is potless. For most PLI type situations, you'll probably find you have cover on your Home and Contents insurance. But that won't cover things like bands, or anything else when you are getting paid.

"Dep Bassist wanted for wedding show on the 2nd of January. 3 hour show + a rehearsal. Pay is £150 all in" It's an advert. Take it or do not take it. There is no re-negotiation after acceptance. Deps don't invest in the band so shouldn't expect profit share. At the same time they have no liability for PA repairs and advertising etc. That being said - if the band cocks up a booking and needs a dep FOR TONIGHT!!!!! then the band pays whatever the dep asks for, if the band wants to keep the gig. That would be a mistake by the band and the band members take the hit.

[quote name='ubassman' timestamp='1366996658' post='2060150'] Have a look at this [url="https://www.cglloyds.co.uk/instant-quote/plel?trade=241&gclid=CIv30tni6LYCFSXLtAoduksAcA"]web site[/url] Quote of around £55 per annum for £1M PLI ( plenty of other on line quotes though !). The organisers of any venue / event should have PLI and should indemnify you with employers liability insurance - its your place of work and they are the employer paying your wages , providing you ( in theory) with a safe working environment . [/quote] Sorry - but this is all wrong. A band is a partnership (or limited company if you have done that officially) that is engaged to provide a specific service to a client, being the venue. That does not make the venue your employer in any sense of the word. You get paid for your service, you do your own taxes (!) etc. At very best you are self employed. While the venue still has obligations under the Occupiers Liability Act 1957 as well as other regulations that does not make them liable for the bands' negligence. Simply put, if a punter slips on a worn bit of carpet then they sue the venue. If the punter gets injured when your PA stack falls on him or is electrocuted by your equipment then that is your liability and the sue you. No doubt the punter will write to the venue first and then the venue will pass on your details. Some venues even present contracts to the band that have indemnity clauses that try to make the band liable for any and all claims that occur while the band is there. Including the dodgy carpet that has been there since 1986. If you sign it - then you've accepted that liability. Serious life changing injuries are very rare, but even at the cheap end (say a broken wrist to a punter) means about £4000 in compensation + his loss of earnings (6 weeks to 6 months off work depending on the type of work and injury severity) so about £5,500 to £15,000 so far, and then the legal costs on top. Not just his costs - but your costs as well in defending the claim. So add another £20,000.. So basically - if your band can't afford to write a cheque for £25,000 + you need insurance. Or really, if you can't afford to write a cheque at all, you need insurance. And don't think that because you don't have the money the injured person won't nip along to the court to try and get an order for sale on the houses of the band members to cover the debt... because they will. And if you have kids in the house the court won't let it be sold from under you... but they'll be a charging order on it that will stay until the debt is settled. You won't be able to sell / move house without the debt being settled first. Irrespective of the inflation rate, the interest on the legal costs will be at 8% per year. Insurance is dirt cheap. Buy it.

I think his 'Metropolitain' album is his best. In my top 10 albums of all time.

Thank you!

As it says! Is there any difference between the 2? I'm thinking of pulling the trigger on a B3K

Pickups annoy me the most. "I've put £200 worth of new pickups in here so it's worth loads more" type of crap. Most pickups cost about the same. So if you've put £200 worth into a bass that had nice pickups in the first place, then all you did was change them. You took £200 OUT of the bass first, and then merely put something different in. And that 'different' is only better to the person who wanted them there. If the bass had some nice Seymours in it, but you put some more expensive custom Nordstrands in - unless you are still including the Seymours in the sale, the increase in worth is the difference between the 2 prices of the pickups, not the cost of the new ones alone. Pickup 'upgrades' in already nice basses now fall into the "This is my original 1960 Jazz. It's had 2 new necks and 1 new body over the years...."

I have GHS Pressurewounds on my P bass, and they are a great mix of flat and round.

I've been gigging mine with a pair of Berg HD112 and I love it. Lets the very different sounds of my basses through and sounds great.

6 basses and 3 guitars here. 2 bass rigs, 1 guitar amp and too many pedals. I play 'out' for 30 mins a week helping my daughters school orchestra. That's it. The gear ain't going nowhere.

Visual Sound One Spot is a lovely quiet supply. But if you need proper isolated supply to each pedal you are looking at something like the Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2. Not to be confused with cheap box supplies that use the box to disguise a simple series daisy chain inside.

Cab size can be a real factor in the sound of an amp. But £50 also gets you JB signature! With only £50 difference, buy the one you like best! Trust your ears.

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[quote name='skychaserhigh' timestamp='1364387051' post='2025693'] The construction of those TC cabs worries me. I mean , what type of wood bends to make rounded corners like those ?? [/quote] Seriously? How on earth do carpenters make rounded table edges???? You can file down sharp edges you know!!!