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It's certainly the player and I always sound like me but if I only had a little more of bass or treble or a little more distortion.

It's so easy to find and download a song with itunes that that's what I do.

Hipsters? I thought they were low waisted jeans and everyone knows that guitars are red so other colours must be a bass, that's what our drummers ex-wife used to think. Actually, I think our drummer still thinks that.

Gloss.

Yes, those are the Reslo stands and round here there's still loads of them still doing what they do best, hold mics in the air. Why not get the rest of the band to buy their own mic stands? I don't know any musicians that don't own their own, or, we as a band buy mic stands for the band, micing drums etc, and when they break the band buy new ones. Might be worth a try.

Weird!

[center]69er No. 4[/center] I had the pleasure of collecting 69er no. 4 from Alex and Harry just before Christmas and have used it on 4 gigs so far and what a cab! [center]BAREFACED[/center] I received an e-mail from Alex saying that my 69er was ready for collection so off I went to Brighton to collect it. Felt a bit like Shakin’ Stevens when I found out what was behind the (big) green door. A long walk to the factory, you need to be fit to work at Barefaced, that’s for sure. Harry lead the way, what a nice bloke and introduced me to Alex and my cab which was sitting on the bench naked. It was still awaiting the speakers. While Alex and Harry worked on the cab, we had a very enjoyable time chatting about things musical and non-musical and Alex gave me an idea of his ventures into P.A. cabs. Very interesting, keep your eyes on them as there may be a few surprises in store. My cab was finished so in the car with it and off home. I’ve got to say that a nicer pair of chaps you’d be hard pressed to find. Alex and Harry truly are terrific and I thoroughly enjoyed my time with them, thanks. [center]THE CAB[/center] Transferred the 69er to the van, the first time I’d carried it and it is incredibly light, a one hand lift and off to the first gig with no time to break it in. I normally use a Carvin 8x10, never used an Ampeg but have used 2, 4x10s and about every speaker configuration you could think of from most manufacturers over the last 45 years, so the 69er was up against some stiff competition. Our crew got to the new cab before me and was truly surprised by how light it is, in fact, he is so impressed that I haven’t carried it myself since, as he always insists on carrying it. Put the Mywatt 200 on top of the cab and played a few notes. The guitarist said that it sounded the same as usual. Well, objective no. 1 achieved then, the sound of an 8x10 without the weight. I was a little concerned that being a foot shorter than an 8x10 I might not hear the 69er so well but no problem. I could hear every note, even standing right in front of it. Over the 4 gigs I tweaked the sound and noticed a few things. The first being, that my G string has come back. It had been a bit lacking before but now all the strings are evenly balanced, in fact, more evenly balanced that ever before. No horn needed either, plenty of highs as it is. I’m impressed. Great comments from band and audience after the gigs as well. The dispersion is also a lot better. I’d say that the 69er has the dispersion of BFM Jacks but with the depth of an 8x10 or ported 2x15. It’s great that the audience, and the rest of the band hear what I hear. Second objective achieved. [center]CONCLUSION[/center] I’d say that the 69er is the best cab that I’ve ever used and that the Barefaced description is only the tip of the iceberg. It does sound like a seriously light 8x10 with great dispersion and a great sound. The use of non-neo drivers is music to my ears as neos tend to be a bit middly for my taste although mids can be dialled in if wanted. I think that there should be an 11[sup]th[/sup] commandment, or 614[sup]th[/sup] if you know about these things and that is, every bass player should at least try, if not own a Barefaced cabinet.

I don't think that there are any really good mic stands anymore, not like the old Reslo ones anyway. They all lose their rubber feet and strip the threads in the booms regardless of price.

I was going to buy one of these, http://www.industrialradio.com.au/, but talked myself out of it but I might talk myself back into it again, you never know.

First NYE in 26 years without a gig. Got NYE 2013 already but nothing for tonight.

I'd be a bit worried as to how stable your bass is going to be if it's affected that much by a temperature change.

you could always go the DIY route, http://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk/category/Decal-Paper

Elite 50-110 strings, Gotoh bridge and a pick maker. Oh, and a new stage waistcoat, union flag. I like it a lot.

I used one of these in the 80s, http://www.shergold.co.uk/gallery.html?item_id=19. Lovely guitar but so heavy. It had cut a groove in my shoulder after an hour set.

Foldback tuner, I like that. I wonder if I could make a box with a big knob on it? Pinch away.

Firstly I'll set the scene. Tonight we're playing The Troggs Wild Thing and our drummer oohs the Ocarina solo using a bag of peanuts as a prop. Don't ask. We get to the solo and the oohs are totally out of tune, strange looks all round. After the set our drummer says, "I had the right note in my head but when it came out of the foldback it had changed. I think the foldback changed my notes". I had to walk away.

Just a word of caution. We use and IPR1600 as a foldback amp and had a few problems with condensation over that last few gigs. In from the cold into a hot venue and it doesn't work for about 30 minutes until the condensation evaporates. Never had that with an amp before.

I think that if you can't just plug a bass in and have a good sound then it's not a very good bass in the first place and if it needs active EQ to make it sound any good, then look for another.

We use a pair of these, http://prolight.co.uk/DJ/item.php?id=509435&PHPSESSID=69e3ef756ddad91c2d8aa9bd9858be76 which come with a foot controller. As we've got a guy who does the lights, we've also got one of these, http://www.thomann.de/gb/botex_dc2448_light_operator.htm. Seriously good, easy to set up, take down and carry, uses little space on stage and not hot or power hungry.

I'm feeling a bit left out here as there wasn't even a record chart when I was born, only a sheet music chart.

Beatles - Love Me Do.

I like it but it's only short scale.

Midge Ure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukh0pq7oP4M

In the early 80s while travelling to a gig about 60 miles away, the head gasket went on the van. After much messing around, managed to get to the gig. Set the gear up and the stage looked perfect. Double stack for the bass. Double half stacks for guitar. Chrome double drum kit on a riser. Played the gig to virtually no-one. Took the gear down and put it back in the van which wouldn't start. The head was full of water. Fortunately, one of our roadies had driven himself to the gig. Unfortunately, he only had a Reliant 3 wheeled van but it did get all 6 of us and our guitars home. I arranged to have our broken van with all the gear in it towed home. Got a call form the old bill the following day saying that the van was wrapped round a telegraph pole and abandoned with the back doors open about 5 miles from home. You guessed it, half of the gear was missing. Managed to get the rest of the gear home using cars. That's not all though. The £30 cheque we'd received for the gig bounced. Went back to the venue to see the landlord and the venue was boarded up and abandoned.