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Ordered a new upright case form them about a month ago and it arrived in 3 days! I use them quite regularly and have never had a problem. Their prices on most things are very competitive too.

What a thread! I think the main thing for me would be for the cab to be reasonably light and have a very small footprint, the vast majority of gigs where I need an amp are pit gigs where it's being used just to beef up my acoustic volume. I think that's the main reason the GK microbass combo remains so popular, decent sound and it can fit anywhere. A few of the pits on a recent tour were so small I was struggling for space for my aguilar db112. I always try to play without an amp wherever possible though and just send my dynb straight to the desk. For the big gigs though it's a completely different story. For rock etc. I found that I couldn't use the house floor monitors at all (too many feedback issues) and had to rely on my backline. Best cab for that was my Bergantino HS410. I used an SWR 8x8 for a while too and always hired a SWR Goliath 4x10 for touring. The cab must have a very tight bass and be used with a fairly neautral sounding head. Not doing those type of gigs much anymore though but I think smaller speakers are definitely the way to go for those volumes.

[quote name='TheBrokenDoor' post='311796' date='Oct 22 2008, 09:06 AM']The Bays and The Heritage Orchestra, Royal Northern, Manc. They're awesome!! Dan[/quote] You have good taste sir, Check out bbc 2 tomorrow night for The Streets with the Heritage Orch gig. Should be a good one if today's rehearsal is anything to go by.

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I always used a Lr Baggs para acoustic DI. It's similar to the fishman di mentioned above but with a notch filter too for cutting out that problem resonant frequency. That in combination with the phase switch means you can still put bass in the monitors with much reduced feedback. I used mine straight to the desk on lots of big loud gigs and got a good sound quite easily. Mine's for sale as don't need it with my schertler pickup. [url="http://www.lrbaggs.com/html/products/preamps_paradi.shtml"]http://www.lrbaggs.com/html/products/preamps_paradi.shtml[/url]

There's also the Dvorak quintet. String pieces like the Tchaikovsky and Elgar serenades are good fun with single strings too.

Well, a package turned up this morning addressed to a Mr Steve Thomas. As I'd moved house a few months ago I thought this was for someone who had lived at my address before. A minute ago, I was just looking on the Schertler website to see what other dealers I could get the pickup from and one of the names is familiar from the Steve Thomas package. So, I open the package and it contains my Schertler dyn b pickup. What the f***! If I'd been any more awake this morning I would have told the postman, sorry there's no Steve Thomas here, and sent him away with my pickup! Concert Systems told me they had the pickup in stock when I ordered it, obviously not. Still no XLR cable though. What a surprise!