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My covers gig last night at a large chain pub illustrates quite well the ups and downs of these jobs. On the plus side, a decent payer, and in-house PA provided, so less humping of kit required. On the minus side, the DJ in charge of the PA would have had difficulty distinguishing his anus from his arm joint. The place got very busy during our second set (11 to midnight) as tanked-up punters piled in from other pubs. While I was playing, a bloke at the side of the stage area attracted my attention and asked whether we did any Take That. My head-shake (remember we are still playing) failed to dissuade him from his learned discourse on Take That, none of which I caught, courtesy of my ear plugs. A few minutes later, the same bloke decided to join us on stage, but a smart poke in the kidneys with the headstock of my Precision convinced him to step down. A little later he was back again, so this time I lodged the headstock between his buttocks and pushed hard, much to the amusement of his mates. Thankfully this got rid of him, but it was only a matter of time before an inebriated 'lady' fell into my mic stand, splashing the remains of my diet coke (in mic-stand-mounted holder) all over my tuner pedal. And so on and so forth... Afterwards we faced the usual challenge of manoeuvring our kit through a crowd packed shoulder to shoulder, and very much the worse for wear. Fun gig though.

There's always Building GAS - just gearing up for my second valve amp build.

Then again, you'd have to go to Wolverhampton to collect it...

You can get blanking caps in various sizes from electronics suppliers like Maplin, who call them 'hole plug grommets':

Sorry but that's not what a P should look like in my book*. *JapanAxe's Big Book of Precision Basses

Although I don't favour the PJ concept, that's a very attractive bass. Can't wait to see the relic!

Learning material for bands has led me to discover a lot of great music that I may not otherwise have heard, so I have ended up with less of a disconnect than when I started!

Quite so. It's a shame bass cab manufacturers don't give you 30 days to try their products on a few gigs to see whether you like them. Oh, wait...

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1509737821' post='3401360'] Ernie Ball Cobalts are quite round wound sounding. [/quote] In fact too much so for my liking!

[quote name='Jack' timestamp='1509738005' post='3401363'] I'm not sure I'd want -2dB at 30Hz without some sort or protection! [/quote]

Bruno Mars - cheesey? Ah well, one man's cheese is another man's cracker...

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1509783616' post='3401552'] You could start by looking at the gear Mike Dirnt uses. His cabs appear to mostly be 410 an 610. [url="http://equipboard.com/pros/mike-dirnt"]http://equipboard.com/pros/mike-dirnt[/url] [/quote] I don't expect Mike Dirnt has to carry his cabs up the back stairs of a social club, or through a crowd of drunken punters and past a taxi rank to where his hatchback is parked on double yellow lines with the hazards on. Just sayin'

[quote name='clivem' timestamp='1509755878' post='3401501'] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umf7-57-tXo"]Best of Dave's World of Fun Stuff (Funny Moments)[/url], also worth a watch if you've not seen it.... LOL [/quote] That gave me some LOLs, ROFLs, and LMAOs

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1509658196' post='3400713'] The CTM-15 is an all-valve job though... could still be quite hefty! [/quote] Don't forget to fetch your coat...

Ross sent me a broken tuner to have a go at fixing, wouldn't even take postage money!

I'd be tempted to keep the head and run it through a more efficient cab, and just sell the original cab for whatever I could get for it.

Vom-tastic!

Subscribed (albeit late to the party).

I've put this in my calendar - unlikely to get a gig on a Sunday!

Looks lovely! Sound clips?

I was a long-term Ashdown user until about 5 years ago, when I made the switch to Barefaced cabs and (mainly) light-weight Class D heads. I have considered trying an Ashdown head with my BF cabs, but I don't really care for the EQ arrangement - I prefer 3 or 4 tone controls at most. I suggest you pick up a used head in the BC Market Place - try it, and if you don't like it, move it on at little or no net cost.

WTAF? And a cassette - how quaint!

On Friday night I was playing a pub with a rock covers trio. We had just gone back on after the break when a lady of a certain age approached the stage area and asked, ‘Are you the band?’ I swiftly replied, ‘No, we’re painters and decorators’.