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Not bass kit, but the original Sampson-era Matchless combos had hideous rigid handles like these:

Personally I am way too risk-averse to countenance doing anything like that.

@scoobystig - will you be gigging this around Swindon?

I always like to sleep on a decision like this, whether I am auditioner or auditionee, and the other party has always been happy to accept this.

Deserted mountainside castles will be in even shorter supply when I set out to build the P-bass version of this:

Beware: http://www.musiciansunion.org.uk/news/2013/09/09/grease-the-musical-rights-holders-withdraw-consent-for-performance-of-songs/

Great looking bass, good job mate. Cheeky question: any sound clips?

Certain instruments tend to make you play a different way because of their sound and/or feel.

[quote name='artisan' timestamp='1416417378' post='2610011'] Thanks guys,will Alex send me a Meerkat too ? [/quote] They used to but people were always complaining about the Meerkat handles.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1416223594' post='2607987'] Actually that sounds like a reasonable price to pay for total control! Hmm... [/quote] I didn't say [i]total[/i] control. For that I would have to pay [i]one million dollars![/i]

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1416220138' post='2607947'] ... But I get moaned at if I say I'm thinking of working with another band ? [/quote] Of course they'll moan at you if you mention moving on - you're their free ride / meal ticket / whatever! I organise a band, but I run it as a benevolent dictatorship, where I am the sole trader and the other guys are effectively subcontractors. They are absolutely fine with this - they know how much we all get, and they also know I will never be into them to pay for things like demo CDs or rehearsals. The upside for me is control (bwahahaha!); the downside for me is all the grief that goes with it, but at least I am paying myself a bit extra for that.

Here is [url="http://www.brightonion.co.uk/kill-switches/"]Bright Onion's kill-switch range[/url].

Just because an amp has 2 inputs doesn't mean you can use 2 basses into it at once. Those inputs are rarely set up as a summing mixer, which is what you need - hence the suggestions above.