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Traded my Tele with Tom. Great deal, great communications. Good all round experience. Bass arrived quickly, well packaged and as described. Can't ask for much more than that. Well, he's a nice bloke too! Thanks again Tom. Cheers Dunc

I meant to quote this when saying, surely you'd notice if you were being buggered! 😂

Surely you would notice if you had been buggered? 😂 Am I the only person in the world not to have heard the term 'snowflake'? Well, I tell a lie, I've heard it on Love Thy Neighbour in the 70's. Best not mention that though...

Just nabbed Karls TB1000. Nice easy deal. No hitches or glitches. Great guy to deal with. Thanks again Karl! Cheers Dunc

Nor would I. Those folk went through a time of world wars and hell. Unthinkable to most alive today. Thankfully, our generation have been spared that. Perhaps the only generation ever in our recorded history. We are so privileged in many ways.

If they changed the lyrics for the American market, perhaps that could only reflect on the racism in the USA at that time? For the British market, perhaps it didn't matter in the music scene at that time? Lyrics are a form of literature and lots of classic novels etc contain language that can be deemed inappropriate and scrutinised. However, for some reason they are deemed as a story and hailed as a masterpiece whilst lyrics, that still tell a tale are viewed in a different manner? Makes little sense to me...

When I worked in learning support at a local college, I was sent to work with a 16 year old girl with an assessed mental age of 8. She had a lot of issues but mainly her learning capacity and that she had been blind from birth. Of course the college helped her choose the right course - Film Studies and Media? I had to sit there with her in class and verbally inform her what was going on onscreen. She didn't understand or care, all the other students were miffed as they couldn't hear the film for me waffling on. However, I found she loved music and the boy bands of the time. We ended up spending most of class time walking through the local shopping centre visiting all the music shops, over and over again. Academically, it didn't make any sense at all but she enjoyed herself and she was a pleasure to work with. That was about 18 years ago and so it seems "correctness" is still alive and kicking!

Traded a Line6 XTPro with Chris. Everything went smoothly, the unit arrived quickly and as described, Nice fella to deal with too. Have no fears. Thanks again Chris. Cheers Dunc

Well, I did a gig just before Christmas with one of Gary Glitters Ex drummers. Should his career be ended too due to association? Should I be shunned? 😳 Most folk loved Gary Glitter in the 70's and reconciling his deeds with his music is truly a tough one. I think a lot of folk are too scared to play his tracks even though they still like them. Good on you for listening to what you like and not listening to others sitting in judgement. Funny how there's a good few musicians who blatantly had relationships with children that are still regarded as heroes of the music world though. But that's another story...

Bought a serialiser box from Pete. Nice chap, great communication and everything went smoothly. If only life was as easy! Thanks again Pete. Cheers Dunc

We tried them in a decent sized pub. Drum soundcheck, got the chest thumping. As soon as the loud guitarist started the thump couldn't be heard. He is at least twice as loud as needed. Limiting the sound onstage is a must but unfortunately the guitarist can't see it. The cabs are loud and may well do the job. The situation is a bit vexing to say the least at the moment.. If I had the choice I'd buy a sub.but I really don't think we need it, we need to sabotage the guitarists amp! You are welcome to try mine out. Don't know what the logistics would be like though. ..

After buying and storing all the PA plus all accessories, maintaining it, transporing it to and fro from gigs. Setting it up and looking after it while other members go for a wander until 15 mins before the gig. I wouldn't entertain a band member who would begrudge me a lift anywhere!

Ditched our heavy PA for 2 Barefaced FR800's and a Behringer X18. Great lightweight setup. Would have liked to try the RCF mentioned above too though. The BF's were lighter so opted for them without a trial. They are good but can't get the guitarist to turn down so the rig is always in a competition with him...

Have similar problems and all the rest of the lads now help me out. They didn't before. Setting up and lugging the PA to gigs and taking it home and upstairs was always left to me. The great irony is that I sold then PA and replaced it with a pair of Barefaced FR800's and a Behringer X18 desk. All the mics and cabling go in a 4U rack SKB case. Went onto in ears and sold all the monitors bar one which the drummer keeps, stands and lighting are all lightweight with a small packed footprint (as you know Paul!). I've been using a 1x10 combo for a long while now too. Back to the irony, now there's only around 10 items to move and it's all lightweight, I get a hand with the carriage and setup! i still help the other lads though, as you say, it's the right thing to do. After the last rehearsal, the singer and I went to the pub. He carried my bass for me! I've never been as well off! I think if (given your position), anybody had anything to say, I'd tell them to sod off. Sounds like you've done your fair share. Not many singers can say the same! 😂

Aye, I know about the cabs having to be plugged in thanks. I've also been onto OBBM this morning but thanks for the info 😀 Hi, it's a Selmer Treble n Bass 50.

Ah! Now that's great to hear. I was just a bit worried the head wouldn't have enough power to drive them properly. The head is either 8 or 16 ohm and the cabs both 8ohm. I'm going to get a serialiser to rectify that to change the cabs combined to 16 ohm. Thanks

I've got 2 Ashdown mini neo 408's, one at 500w and the other 1000w. My question is - are they too powerful for a 50w valve head? If so, what would be a more suitable wattage?