JapanAxe

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’.

I don't have virtuoso technical ability, but as a semi-pro I get dep gigs because I (1) can hold down a groove; (2) play for the the songs; and (3) turn up on time. I expect this experience would hold equally true in the fully pro world.

Neat job. Not.

[quote name='tedmanzie' timestamp='1509112822' post='3396732'] Another alternative is to use online mastering - I have had excellent results from here: [url="https://ariamastering.com"]https://ariamastering.com[/url] but as in standard mastering, the better the mix the better the master. [/quote] I ran a track through LANDR with good results but you can only do 2 per month FOC, you have to pay for any more than that.