Japhet

Love my current rig(s) - see sig. The one I miss most is Trace 300SMX into Trace 1x15 and 4x10 cabs. No idea how it would stack up today, and certain that I couldn't cart it around.

Quick suggestion - record your remaining gigs (we use a Tascam DR 05) so that your new drummer can get up to speed quickly. Brilliant little thing for around £70 which will be worth its' weight in gold.

I think it's also worth mentioning that the opposite applies when playing in a larger band. I have, in the past, played in a 13 piece band with full brass section and the discipline there is to play little but make it all count. I now plyin a 3 piece+ vocals band and have to be busier and have more range of sounds available for various songs.

My main use of pedals is to repel GAS. It's way cheaper than guitars and amps and takes up very little storage space when you never use them.

Adding a distortion pedal with the 'gain' knob turned right up and your amp running flat out will be perfect for folk. Sorted.

For warm and beefy I'd go for a Genz Streamliner. Tecamp or a GK Fusion sit nicely in a live mix.

I like the Markbass Super Booster which gives a nice warm boost and also has tone shaping via the VLE and VPF filters.

I've just remembered where I left my kayak.

Level 42 at Wembley Arena circa 1995. Total disappoiintment Cambridge Corn Exchange sound mix ruined Doctor John circa 2005. Walked out. Steve Earle at Cambridge CE around 98 was utter durge. Walked out. Nazareth (circa 1984) Hammersmith Odean. Couldn't hear for weeks afterwards. Mate knew Darryl Sweet the drummer so tickets were free (at least £200 too dear.

Doesn't the maruszczyk combo you have (had?) for sale tick all the boxes? That thing is gorgeous!

Seen quite a few shockers, but Welsh Prog rockers Man (think they were Welsh anyway) stand head and shoulders above all challengers for my worst ever gig. Shocking.

Changed to Elixirs and they last for ages. The initial twang goes quite soon (thankfully) but no further degradation for months.

Reading through this thread I'm trying to remember when I played bass for Roxy Music. Must have done at some point but........nope, it's gone.

Pretty obvious I guess. No wonder it sounded good! Here's another one; Pigbag - Papas got brand new pigbag. Great groove.

Fretless was in fashion. The Pino stuff for Paul Young, pretty much anything by Mick Karn. Who did the fretless stuff foe Nick Heywood/Haircut 100?

I'd have thought a hybrid amp would be more than adequate. I've had guitar through my GK MB500 Fusion and with some tweaks to EQ and contour it sounded lush - so much so that the guitarist in my band is quite keen on one as a backup.

Striking Matches at The Waterfront, Norwich. Not much of a Country fan but they were fabulous. No Nashville schmaltz - just a whole load of great songs played by Justin and Sarah who are fantastic guitarists and songwriters. CD is great too.

Seems to work on Google Chrome.

2 channels on the Fusion is very handy.

Thanks for the help Guys.

Why does this not work on my computer? Is it the operating software or something else. Also I cannot put a Youtube link in a thread, even when removing the 's' from http. Anyone got ant ideas. I'm hopeless with computers by the way so please keep it simple Peeps.

Sorry, no idea on that one. From what I can make out my Tokai is from around 1984, but hard/impossible to verify.

I'm off to see Striking Matches at The Waterfront in Norwich on 15th Nov. Saw them last year at The Stables, Milton Keynes and they were fab.