Sean

Genuinely a pillar of the genre. The soundtrack of my childhood featured an enormous amount of his playing. God bless and sleep well Steve Cropper. You moved a lot of people and, very much like the great bassists you played with, you always supported the song.

A mate of mine sent me a message about the Dave Murray before we knew the price. We're both fans. I saw them on the Powerslave tour and quite a few more since.

@BassYerbouti https://www.talkbass.com/threads/orange-sp212-need-feedback.1107186/ Interesting thread with input from some members that post here. it does descend into chaos by page 3 but there's some useful info.

How did you get on programming the MIDI switcher?

I'm using an LFSys.co.uk Monaco. 60 litres, 14kg, 600w. It goes very loud and you get plenty of low end. There are other spec LFSys cabs available and using a pair of 10" Monza or Goodwood cabs would give a very versatile rig. Remember that these aren't "normal spec" drivers and the cabs and x-overs are high end and designed specifically for delivering what we need as bassists by a bassist that spent his career working in that field. We're rapidly moving away from the 10" drivers sound like this, 12" drivers sound like that mentality of the past. Some of us attended a blind comparison of speakers/drivers recently and the results were very eye-opening. My amps are barely ticking over at stupid volumes through the Monaco in decent sized venues but the most important factor with these is that you can hear yourself beautifully from any angle because the dispersion is so wide and high. Edit: Worth adding too is that next month I’m starting playing with a indie/rock covers band that does quite a few decent sized gigs with just a vocal PA and uses backline to fill the room with sound. I have absolutely no doubts that my single cab rig will be more than adequate for the job and would be ample for much bigger rooms. This video from last weekend (outgoing bassist’s last gig, not me btw) gives an idea of the venue size played with just vocal PA.

All this has been very useful. Thank you, folks. Going to the "what", and taking @Phil Starr's advice Lighting to make the band look good - yes. Lighting to allow the band to see what they are doing - yes, definitely. Lighting to improve the audience experience - yes. Plus Ease of use for total noewbie. Ease of set-up. Expandable for the future. Easily transportable. The band I've just come out of had a t-bar with, I think, 6 PARs and they pointed in different directions, some flashing colour to sound changes, others just lighting the band. It’s amazing how little notice I took and now with the new band, I need to know all about it. Here's a link to some video from Saturday night. It's a very typical venue layout, the stage area was generous for a 4-piece. How would you go about lighting that if it was your band?

£300-500.

For context, last night I went to see my new band play their last gig with the outgoing bassist. No lights, no back drop. It's rock/pop/indie covers playing pubs/clubs/functions. I'm going to grab this as an opportunity but have no real experience, it's always been other people in all the other bands I've been in that do lights. So, where do I start? Plug and play, portability compact being the priorities, I guess.

Which ones are these, Phil? Do you have any photos or videos of them in action?

I got excited about a new Gallien-Krueger in-ear amp for a moment 😀

Everyone's experience is different but my solution to this problem is to walk away and let them get on with it. You don't need that level of cr4p in your life.

The Germans have a green one B Stock for £619 https://www.thomann.co.uk/cort_artisan_space_5_sdg_b_stock.htm They also have "A Stock" at £675 but you'll have to wait a week or so. Free shipping! Great deal. I got labelled as "entitled" and unreasonable when I expected free shipping on a £700 spend earlier in the year. If I hadn't just landed a "rescue" bass, I'd buy one just to see. I played one and thought it was a lot of bass for the money.

Breathe. You'll work it out. They're excellent basses. My tastes are so broad with colours, finishes, neck carves, etc that if my #1 priority was low price, colour wouldn't matter. It's not like any of the colours of the Space basses are horrible. I'd be happy with any of them.