taunton-hobbit

....... I think the word is 'heft' ? 😎

I'm not a bass player (reggae/soul sound rig) - had a very nice Crown class D, but sold it on, on the other hand, my Matamps and I are joined at the hip (300 bass, 120 mid/top) - small system for me, but as it never leaves my lounge, my two B/F Dubsters and my pair of Mackie C200 will do most play out gigs if needed......(old skool sound - mmmm) 😎

.......... after Mustang Sally of course............. 😎

I would think this is a point to ponder with 'modern' kit, I used hefty valve amps for years without issue, but I don't think I'd store anything chip-driven where it might suffer from a damp pcb.......... 😎

Mine used to live in the van 24/7 - no special treatment - they were fine............ 😎

... not overly clever to tell every neighbourhood scrote that you're away.......... 😎

^^^^^ I'm still driving mine up .............. 😎

I would never try and ship a valve jobby - no one will cover the damage risk properly - if mine go any where, I drive them; last time was to Matamp, 287 miles each way 😎

^ ^ you might like this ? http://evestudios.co.uk/studios/ 😎

https://www.popmatters.com/motown-music-money-sex-and-power-2496243571.html .......... worth a read ........... 😎

What struck me was how 'simple' / easy/uncomplicated it all was (aside from the actual studio clockwork of course). At the end of the day, the Funk Brothers were Motown, and Motown was the Funk Brothers......... If you've not watched Standing in the Shadows of Motown, just do it (please!) 😎

New broomstick? - pushed the boat out there.......... 😎

Might be useful?

I seem to recall that we actually built a small Leslie type thing for Jeff Reed (Tony Knights Chessmen) 😎

I used to work for a shop that cut Hammonds in half, for the likes of Georgie Fame & others. 😎

'It's a bass thing - you wouldn't understand' 😎

'can play in any key, but not at any given moment?' 😎

............. whatever, that was then, this is now ..........they were still bluddy awful.....(imo) 😎

They're still building the bluddy things - nothing changes, especially the 'social' demographic...... 😎

I did a gig with Cliff Bennet headlining (kings hall, herne bay in the 70's) - he turned up with something called 'Toe Fat' (bad start) & they were doing shite like 10+ minute versions of 'Come Away Melinda' I pulled them off early from both sets before the audience turned ugly (which for Herne Bay wouldn't have been novel).........Cliff complained to the Management, only to be told that it was my decision to make - not a happy bunny...... 😎

I had a Crown Drivecore 2000 for a few years, only shifted it on because I was going back to Ormat kit. 😎

If you're using pedals, why not look at a Crown/Amcron class D ? - Light, potent & reliable, gotta be worth a look 😎

Butlins ? 😎

My school, a council estate grammar , imported a string quartet & made the upper school sit through it. The music mistress was screwing the deputy head boy, and that was the sum total of our music departments efforts.............. 😎