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I personally would never use a gig bag, just don't trust them to protect my bass, especially in the back of the van.

Thought you might like to know, "[b]Mustang Sally[/b]" is a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B"]R&B[/url] song written and first recorded by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Rice"]Mack Rice[/url] in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_in_music"]1965[/url].[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustang_Sally_(song)#cite_note-0"][1][/url][/sup] It gained greater popularity when [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Pickett"]Wilson Pickett[/url] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_version"]covered[/url] it the following year on a single, a version also released on his 1967 album, [i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Wicked_Pickett&action=edit&redlink=1"]The Wicked Pickett[/url][/i].[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustang_Sally_(song)#cite_note-1"][2][/url][/sup] On "The Rascals Anthology" booklet, Felix Cavaliere claims that the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Rascals"]Young Rascals[/url] actually recorded "Mustang Sally" and "[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_1000_Dances"]Land of 1000 Dances[/url]" before Pickett. He says that Atlantic Records "copped those two songs from them and gave them to Pickett" to record. Pickett did both songs a little faster but the seeds came from the Rascals' versions. According to music historian Tom Shannon the song started as a joke when singer [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della_Reese"]Della Reese[/url] wanted a new [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang"]Ford Mustang[/url]. Rice called the early version "Mustang Mama", but changed the title after [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin"]Aretha Franklin[/url]suggested "Mustang Sally".[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustang_Sally_(song)#cite_note-2"][3][/url][/sup] Rice's version made it to #15 on the U.S. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues"]R&B[/url] charts in 1965. Pickett's version climbed to #6 on the R&B charts and #23 on the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music"]Pop[/url] charts in 1966, #4 in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada"]Canada[/url] on the ([url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_(magazine)"]RPM[/url]) charts, and #28[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustang_Sally_(song)#cite_note-uk1-3"][4][/url][/sup] in the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Official_Charts_Company"]UK Singles Chart[/url] on its original release and #62, when it was re-released in 1987. In 2004, [i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone"]Rolling Stone[/url][/i] ranked [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Pickett"]Wilson Pickett[/url]'s recording of the song at #434 on a list of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_Greatest_Songs_of_All_Time"]500 Greatest Songs of All Time[/url].[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustang_Sally_(song)#cite_note-4"][5][/url][/sup] The song dropped seven spots to #441, when the magazine published its 2010 update of the list.[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustang_Sally_(song)#cite_note-5"][6][/url][/sup] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coasters"]The Coasters[/url] released a version of the song, that can be found on their 1987 greatest hits album, [i]20 Greatest Hits[/i].[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustang_Sally_(song)#cite_note-6"][7][/url][/sup] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Rascals"]The Young Rascals[/url] covered the song in 1966, changing the year of the "brand new Mustang" from 1965 to 1966. The song featured prominently in the 1991 film [i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Commitments_(film)"]The Commitments[/url][/i] and appears on the film's soundtrack album, as sung by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Strong"]Andrew Strong[/url].[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustang_Sally_(song)#cite_note-7"][8][/url][/sup] It was released as a single from the album and reached #63 in the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Official_Charts_Company"]UK Singles Chart[/url]. The chorus of the song includes the lyrics "Ride Sally, Ride" -- a phrase, which became fodder for newspaper headlines in 1983, when astronaut [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride"]Sally Ride[/url] became the first American woman in space.

All my Hiwatts sounded the same, sort of like Hiwatts actually. That's why I used them.

Many people slag off Behringer as being unreliable but all gear breaks,even the best, just read a few posts here on basschat. Many people slag off Behringer for copying but Marshall only copied a Fender Bassman to begin with and where ever you look you'll find comments like, this amp uses a Fender tone stack or similar. Me, I love Behringer prices and have found Behringer to be reliable and do what it says on the tin, well, box actually. However, saying all that, I had a Behringer amp that I bought as a spare, it was allegedly 250w but when I actually tried it out, I couldn't hear what I was playing and that was with it flat out, so it went. It was obviously loud enough for the person that bought it though. It all worked OK and looked good. I use a Behringer inuke and it's great. Been in use for over a year and no problems. Love it. Behringer, like quite a few other manufacturers, are optimistic with their wattage ratings, peak wattage as opposed to RMS, but if you take this into account when buying one you shouldn't have many problems. Also, try before you buy if possible and if it breaks, you can always send it back.

Mr Sheen. Works for me.

Elite Stadium, 50 - 110.

If you want the Marshall sound, then it's got to be Marshall.

Carvin B1500 might be what you're after. 1900 watts into 2 ohms if you want the volume but can also sound great at low volumes as well thanks to the drive knob. Does a pretty good valve simulation type sound. There's one for sale on here at the moment. Did I mention that it's mine.

Not sure I agree with that. A marshall always sounds like a Marshall and a Hiwatt always sounds like a Hiwatt and no amount of EQ or fiddling will make one sound like the other, also, a SS amp will never sound like a valve amp. It might come close but never the same and visa versa. I think that BassTractor has a valid idea here and basschat is full of threads about what people like and dislike about the sound of their own amps, that's why there are so many different amps being manufactured in the first place. Every manufacturer is convinced that their amp sounds different to everyone else and hopes that we agree. I'll start it off. I can say that a Roost will sound pretty close to a Hiwatt as will a 100 Top and of course a Mywatt and probably a Reeves but I've never tried one.

I've bought one of these for my lady to go with the camera I've also got her for Christmas. I hope it works but I won't know 'til after Christmas. http://www.mymemory.co.uk/iPad-Accessories/Everyday-Basics/Everyday-Basics-Ipad-Connection-Kit-5-in-1-For-iPad-1%2C-iPad-2-and-the-New-iPad My memory have some seriously good deals. I'd recommend everyone to get on their mailing list and snap up a few bargains.

If it was true, you'd blow the speakers every time you stopped playing, turned the amp down, packed the gear away, loaded the cab in the van / car, etc., etc.

Why not just cut off the euro plug and put a normal British 13a one on.

Dansettes had a single EL84. Ah, a quarter of an AC30 then. No wonder they sounded so good!

I suspect that you'll soon get pi**ed off with requests for duelling banjos.

CDs sound good on a cheap hifi but on a great hifi you can hear that it's digital rather than analogue whereas the better the system that vinyl is played on the better it gets. In the 60s though, a Dansette sounded fabulous! IMO of course.

Hi all, I had an amazing experience last night but let me begin at the beginning. I retired my old bass, which I made in 1993 as it was getting a bit tired and needed a refinish and re-fret and have been using a bass that I got together to tide me over. It was fitted with a PJ set of EMGs powered by 9Vs. It played fine but I struggled to get a great sound, it was OK but not great. I finally finished renovating the old bass, which has a pair of Jazz EMGs powered again by 9Vs and used it again for the first time on Saturday. The difference was astounding. The old jazz pickups had so much output compared to the much newer PJ set, I'd guess at 4 x the output and the tone was immense. More highs and lows, more definition and more of everything. I was more than happy, my sound was back. I should mention that I'd changed my amp along the was so the change in sound was even more astonishing. The Jazz set was bought in 1993 and they were used as well so probably made a lot earlier than that. The PJ set were bought about 5 or 6 years ago. I don't know whether the pre 1993 pickups were designed to run on 9V or not but they sound fantastic at that voltage so I'm not going to do anything that might destroy them, so at 9v they will stay. If I can find room under the scratch plate of the other bass I might try 18v and see if the PJ set come as alive as the others. If I do I'll let you know.