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I'm interested in anyone who has actual first hand experience - I've already heard lots of rumours!! This weekend I've got two gigs with different bands on the same day, and last week I gashed my finger. Middle finger left hand. It's pretty well healed now, dressings off for a few days but the skin is peeling, soft and sore. No actual open wound, but I've lost my carefully built callous completely. I know it'll be extremely painful long before the end of the second set so... I've had recommended: A ) Gaffa tape (well, of course) B ) Nail varnish C ) New skin spray on liquid 'plaster' D ) Super glue I of course keep my strings squeaky clean as I know this helps reduce friction too. Any help very gratefully received.

I agree. Really unusual without being silly.

[quote name='The inglourious bass turd' post='1167615' date='Mar 18 2011, 10:38 PM']Where was that from? I am looking on t'net, and can only find in the £150 bracket.....[/quote] It was from soundslive.co.uk but they seem not to have them any more - sorry....

+1 for the MP-BT1. Not had mine long but I picked it up new for £99 delivered and it's worth every penny.

Big order of cables arrived Friday, gigged with Saturday. All work, all beautiful, envy of the rest of my band. thanks yet again Dave. If you are new and wondering how a guy making cables gets all this positive feedback, don't worry about it; just order from him, you'll soon see what all the fuss is about.

Another West Country bassist - excellent! Welcome. (I wasn't born round here either...)

Bought a beautiful pedal board from Ryan. Do not hesitate to trade with, buy from or sell to this man. He has not only been the perfect gent throughout the whole deal but his honesty is above and beyond anything you'd expect. When I tell you that people tried offering more money if he would break our deal and he sent them packing that is all you need to know. A man of his word, a man of integrity - thank you sir.

Another West Country bass player! Welcome.

Anywhere away from the home is covered. Anywhere.

[quote name='Blademan_98' post='1149990' date='Mar 4 2011, 11:39 PM']I have been wondering if I should get insurance now I am gigging on a more regular basis. Does house insurance cover the stuff if it's at a paid gig? Perhaps it would be best to get musicians insurance? (not that I class myself as a musician lol)[/quote] Entirely up to you how you do it but I just recommend that you do. My stuff is covered in the venue, in the car park, in transit to and from, in rehearsal etc etc

I'm sure this has been covered but it will stand reiterating. I share a lock up with my brother in law. He keeps classic motorcycles and I keep my trailer and speaker cabs. In a reasonably quiet location on a pleasant estate. Well it got broken into and being just after Christmas I had more stuff than usual in there to make room in the house for the festivities. To cut this short my flight case full of cables, effects pedals, microphones, straps, tools, ear plugs, torch, strings, batteries, fast fret, set lists, recording stuff, power supplies, gaffa tape etc etc etc etc was taken. Either it was too easy (being on wheels) or they got surprised or didn't expect to see such big heavy boxes but that was (thankfully) all they took. Now I'm a musician, and therefore disorganised, shambolic and utterly dependant on my partner for anything practical. In this case that means my wife. Unbeknown to me she examined our insurance a while back and discovered that my gear is covered under our hose insurance but not anywhere else. For a minor financial adjustment she was able to procure a 'contents away from home' add-on to our policy. Bear in mind I once caught a punter walking out of a gig with a very nice Strat under his coat belonging not to me but to the band that had just finished, it is all too easy to lose precious kit. I mean to say we've all had to leave stuff in the car in some pretty dodgy locations right? So as I say - get covered, if I wasn't then I'd be looking at a couple of grand to replace kit and that is money I don't have. ps she just shouted through to say my camera, mountain bike and all are covered too.

I'm back again as I have been a royal pain in the arse to Dave, demanding cables in a hurry, getting him to spend hours preparing quotes, changing my order as he goes along and all the time he has been calm, polite, professional and helpful. Also I have to say the new instrument cables are a revelation. Get his top of the range stuff you won't believe how good it makes your kit sound. So a public thank you to Dave who is helping me recover from having a pile of kit stolen, a further endorsement of his product, prices, efficiency and all round goodness. Thanks Dave I will never buy a cable from anyone else.

Just come back from rehearsal. Used my T1 through a Trace Elliot head - sounds of the 80's, lovely. That fretless looks gorgeous.

"cheap, nasty, horrid I know" The anti Behringer brigade have I suspect never once used any of it. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. I've always found their stuff punches way above it's weight and is ultra reliable.

I don't know any of the science but I've owned two Trace Elliot amps in my time and they were both obscenely loud compared with other amps of double the wattage.

This is part of a bigger picture. Pubs in general are closing not just music venues. As far as the 'what is local' debate goes. I'm in an original band based here in my home town and we travel 30 minutes max and I'm in a covers band based 2 hours away in Portsmouth and I don't have a limit on how far I'll travel for them.

[quote name='Chimike' post='968672' date='Sep 26 2010, 07:35 PM']Hi, Does anyone know the resistance, or have any data, on the 1980 sb1000 pickup ? Mine has gone open circuit, and I'm going to try to machine out the magnets and coil, in order to reuse the case, if I can. I should be able to save a bit of the coil wire to measure, and hopefully, the magnets. Bit of a long shot, but as far as I can see, nothing to lose ! Any help would be greatly apreciated. Thanks Mike.[/quote] I'll ask my guitar tech he replaced my SB pick up with a new one by Kent Armstrong in the end. But he might know.

Thank you both.

Guys and gals; I need to find a Toroidal mains transformer for a Trace Elliot AH200 series 6 amp. Any ideas at all where I might start looking? Any suggestions at all welcome. Thanks Stew