Japhet

You could try standing 15 feet away from your cab as well. You'll hear it better than being right on top of it.

Wot Stevie said above.

I'd say the Zoom B3 is great if you can get your 'core' sound out of your amp without taking up patches for preamp or amp modelling. Then you can have 3 free patches for actual effects. You can 'toggle' into different banks but you wouldn't want to try it mid song and one false move could lead to complete disaster.

Could also have been the amp clipping.

Turn your phone off. The roaming signal through a bass amp isn't a good sound and neither is your mate ringing up to see if you fancy a pint.

I must have looked at the ad for this a gazillion times! Cracking amp. I talked myself out of it though because it would have overhung my cab by about 6 inches each side. Bet it sounds the absolute nuts though.

A WT550 is an itch that will need scratching at some point.

Can't beat this in my book. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo

I'm with Woodinblack on this one.

I've recently acquired a Weber Mywatt 200 which is basically a Hiwatt clone. Very reasonable money for a hand wired amp and the build quality is superb. Gigged it a couple of times now and it sounds epic. Well worth a look in my opinion.

Cry of Love. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd7F0jHEWrs Audley Freed is one of my all time favorite guitarists.

My Tokai Hardpuncher has aged a lot better than I have since 84. I really couldn't care less what a guitar looks like as long as it's not fake, and relics are fake.

The Grammys and Adele are indicative of the general appetite for pre packaged blandness. She's done well to swim to the top but I couldn't listen to another song about how miserable she is or watch such a self congratulatory pageant. The Grammys bears out the old adage that 'You can't polish a turd, but you can throw glitter on it'.

I don't know for sure but was told that Ebay fees have been hiked right up. Stuff needs to sell for more to enable people to get a reasonable price. Anybody know what the fees actually are?

Hurt - Johnny Cash.

Great band. There's something about talented players like Derek Trucks who use their fingers instead of picks which gives their playing unique character and subtlety. Jeff Beck springs to mind. Susan Tedeschi has such a fabulous vice as well.

If you end up with a cab with a port in the back, put it close to a wall to strengthen the sound projection. I'd also say cut the lows and boost the mids/upper mids a bit. Have a wander out front when you sound check to get an idea of how loud you are in the mix. I've had cabs in the past that don't disperse the sound very well, and what is barely audible on stage is deafening 30 feet away.

Got my tickets on order. Probably won't get another chance to see the best rock singer ever (in my opinion) performing the stuff where it all started. Can't take your money with you.

My bid is in. Hope I don't win it though - could lead to divorce.

Website is crucial in my opinion. If it isn't good enough get it sorted quickly. Live recordings, video clips, Youtube links, testimonials, still photos, bits about band members, equipment you use etc, can all make the thing interesting. Sort out your own publicity stuff as well with posters and business cards so that you leave something there when you visit a potential venue.

Sometimes it's more convenient to have a particular sound available in a pedal rather than setting up your amp to achieve it. You may not want 'that' sound from your rig the whole time but need it available for a particular song. The drive pedal I use is the Tritonlab one in this clip. It produces all sorts of tones that I really like. People have read up on these (not very well) and been put off by the bit that says it runs at 33v. It does not need a 33v power supply - it's internal wiring steps the voltage up from a standard 9v input. It also has 2 gain stages with different flavours to mix and match. Love mine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8aQExhdSj8