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I made it through 40 seconds. Queen did this sort of thing 100 times better on [i]Day at the Races[/i] and [i]Night at the Opera[/i]. Any UK act participating in Eurovision is guaranteed a career of appearances at holiday parks for the next year or two.

I would get one as a spare - spare guitar, spare bass, spare keyboard, spare drumkit...

I wouldn't have though the monitor will be at risk, considering it is intended to be full-range and will only be used at low volume.

There have been plenty of posts about bass players struggling to be heard above two 'enthusiastic' guitarists, but spare a thought for the lead guitarist in a band with an 'enthusiastic' rhythm guitarist. This was me last night as I stood in with a 5-piece rock/indie/punk covers band after just 2 rehearsals covering their whole set just once! I generally prefer to be the only electric guitarist, but this band has a very distinct lead/rhythm split. The main challenge was the fact that they play a lot of the songs very much in their own way - [i]Times Like These[/i] with no 7/4 sections anyone? The other was in the use of my fairly comprehensive pedalboard. I found I had to employ some kind of gain effect all the time - I couldn't just turn up my amp, otherwise my solos came out too loud. Anyway it went pretty well and it was a good payer.

With a bit of knob-tweaking you can make a Jazz sound a bit like a Precision.

Nothing much wrong with that message except that the order of importance is not clear. In question 3 there is the implication that baggy jeans are preferable to skinny. Not sure where that leaves the 'comfort fits' that I favour!

Very tempting. The sticking point with me is the lack of woodwork skills to build the cab!

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1425651118' post='2709399'] You clearly haven't played a five string as it's almost essential to lean your thumb against the B string to avoid it resonating when you don't want it to and causing a low drone (bagpipe style) to accompany your playing. [/quote] Let your floating thumb mute the lower strings. [media]http://youtu.be/PPVMBPmrblU[/media]

Maybe try an Orange OB-1 300 or 500 head when they hit the shops?

If you are looking for lightweight Class D with a valve front end, try GK MB Fusion - available in 500W and 800W versions.

Well I call that a result

The big online retailers (GAK, PMT etc) are all showing the OB-1 heads as 'pre-order'. Guess we'll have to wait a while before they hit the shops...

I always have some form of cover for anything I take out of the house, and this goes a long way towards maintaining its condition and hence resale value: Barefaced cabs - Roqsolid covers Streamliner - lap-top bag! SVT 3 Pro - fits in my Pedaltrain 2 gig bag( which also gets used on guitar gigs - for holding my Pedaltrain!) Guitar combo - flightcase doubles as amp stand, also have a soft cover for non-gig use Before discovering Roqsolid, I used to fashion cardboard slip covers for my cabs!

That cat is going to get a shock when it wakes up.

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1425250515' post='2705630'] Do I have this right? Both the lo switches on Ampeg amps boost frequencies below those reproduced by their classic 810 fridge cabs? [/quote] Yes and no. Just because a switch is described as, say, +12dB @ 50HZ, doesn't mean it has no effect at 39Hz or 41Hz. For example this circuit has an effect right up into the hundreds of Hz:

You only have to listen to Sounds of the Sixties on Radio 2 on a Saturday morning to realise how much utter sh!te came out of said decade! Thing is, there was so much music made, you could easily listen to the good stuff non-stop without getting bored. My personal pub-band turn-off is endless covers of [i]Sex on Fire[/i] and [i]Mr Brightside [/i]- great songs, but done to death.

[quote name='disssa' timestamp='1425193887' post='2704812'] I own a HD150 and a HD65. The sound of the BH500 is always clear, even on high volume. The HD150 and HD65 are "loud" and clear amps too, but they start to cracking at higher volumes. I think, that these amps are not comparable. [/quote] Thanks for the gut shot disssa. I'm a bit surprised that the fan is just extracting air from the chassis interior, rather than perhaps forced-air cooling the heatsink, but if it operates reliably then I guess there's no problem. Is there any drive or breakup available from the Gain control?

A used Maverick is also an option. I had the entry-level Chaos model, and the pickups in that were incredible.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1425200961' post='2704873'] The graphic on the SVT 3 pro is pretty awful anyway and best switched out.. One reason why I prefer the PF soundwise... [/quote] For me it's best used as an extra gain stage - set all frequencies flat and use the Level slider to get you another 10dB of gain if you run out on the Master control (the amp has the headroom to take it). Otherwise I would be quite happy to live without the graphic, 3 or 4 tone controls are all I need.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1421079952' post='2656909'] It is. How pointless. When these first showed on the markbass FB page last year I thought they were just going to be rebadged classic 300 amps. Now they are pretty much a LM3, with a worse preamp and a giant heavy case. 5kilo head inside a 10 kilo case. [/quote] 6.2kg actually. Thomann seem to have stopped stocking them, but you can buy from Markbass direct, and there is a German eBay seller with one listed on BIN (€949 = £689) or best offer. No UK dealers then?

The humble drum machine is a great practice tool. Choose a style and off you go.