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A used Sandberg or a used G&L L2000 would be my pick 😊

Spot on... One extra box with a small footprint, one lead, 1 minute getting a kick level and sound, half a verse of Rosalie and we're good to go.

We use a Mackie SW1501 powered sub with a pair of old Peavey UL12 Black Widow tops with a Peavey XR1220 powered mixer at every gig. Vocals and kick drum and occasionally snare and a couple of overheads at louder gigs. A couple of Barefaced cabs and a gutsy amp usually fools the audience into thinking i'm through the PA so i don't bother running through it unless its a really big room. The sub really adds to a big drum sound and it would be hard to play without it now. Everything builds from the drums at soundcheck and i can sit the bass in nicer with a good kick sound.

We try to be a bit lean about wasting time or cash on rehearsals. We do about 6 rehearsals a year roughly. Its a rock covers band and we're doing about 55 gigs a year on average so rehearsals are only to whip a few new songs into shape rather than tidy current stuff up (a couple of gigs covers that bit). We pick about 6 songs at a time about a month before a date is set, send WhatsApp video/audio round to everyone so we're all listening to the same version and then wait for the singer to agree he's OK to sing them after a few days of him practicing them alone (so the key is good for his voice and he's comfy with the idea of the song). At that point the other guys learn their bit at home - this is so there are no surprises at a rehearsal after you've put time into learning songs. We always book 2 rehearsals within a week of each other so everything gets finished properly and make sure we gig any new songs immediately at the next couple of gigs to bed them in (or kick them out if they bomb live). We'll know within 10 minutes at a rehearsal if the song works for us and we're brutal about it - if anyone's feeling weird about it we bin it and move on. Of the 6 songs we would expect to get 3/4 results from them over the 2 rehearsals.

It will do exactly that fattening up thing. It'll add weight to the notes as well as volume compared with a 'normal' class D amp

Me neither.....until i had an ABM600. Totally different animal to the older ABM stuff. Its not all pillow and whumpf - you can get sparkle and definition out of it. You're welcome to try my Quilter if you're ever local to me.

I think the power stage is the difference - all the other class D's I've had just get shoutier as you push them (Gallien, Genz, Mark Bass). Loads of noise but they lose their definition and push. The Quilter doesn't - it just stays clean and and warm. Its probably closer to an Ashdown ABM600 in terms of sound.

Its the sound more than the size. I've had loads of class D heads and this is the only one I've found that has proper slam to the sound - its got real girth,warmth and shake to it. Slightly unusual controls but after you've spent 10 minutes tinkering with it everything becomes easy to understand and dial in quickly. Its a bit treble shy but it's stupidly loud whilst staying clear and just getting bigger as you crank it up. I love my BB800. Oh and it fits in the front of a gig bag too....😉

Its appalling! 😂 High quality my donkeys bottom....

Yep - we wont do them. Our singer can set them off without a PA!!!!

Yeh try the Warwick Red Stainless ones. I prefer DR Hi Beams or Dunlop Super brights but the Warwicks are half the price and not far off sound/longevity wise for me. I get about 3 sweaty gigs a set from them and i like zingy strings.

And another one here....singist had a bad throat that night though

Heres me :-)

Yellowhouse - we're in there a few times each year.

We do that one (book it via Pete W).....Who were you playing with?

Yep - its def the power thats the problem, runs fine on battery

Stuff that messing about malarkey.......new D'Addario tuner just arrived from the bay of fleas :-) And rather posh it is too......Thats the last Korg one i'm having - the last one blew up too!

Nope 😞

i just picked up one of these from DV247 - its actually only £33 on their instore system. Seems pretty quiet and it has a proper kettle lead rather than an adapter too. https://www.dv247.com/en_GB/GBP/Fame-DC-Junior/art-GIT0040359-000

Cheers Hazbeen :-) Its not the DC out - I even grabbed my glasses to check that it was in the correct hole - and its got a jack in it. Sounds like its a broken connector inside. I had the same fault years ago on another one but never investigated it further, just assumed it was dead and bought another. sounds like its not uncommon with them......i'll have a look inside or maybe grab a £20 jobbie from Amazon

Yep tried that Harry - just swapped the pedal with one of the others that was working from the same supply and it doesn't work from there either. It's definitely the pedal.