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I'm never going to own one, so they can charge what they like. If you owned one would you dare to gig it? I wouldn't want it knocked off its stand down the Dog and Duck

My Kustom 10W practice amp. Totally useless for bass but great for the electronic drum kit. I use an old powered monitor wedge for practice. Worst gigging amp was my HH 100W 1x15 combo. Totally gutless for what I needed. I replaced it with a Traynor head and 2x15 cab - much better but a beast to cart around

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1428158352' post='2738619'] 33kg! [/quote] You just made my back twinge

Whispering Bob or a bit of classical. I have been known to listen to a bit of drum and bass on odd occasions

That probably means some string changes - the Thunderbird definitely needs a new set

It's great when you go for something on the spur of the moment and nail it

I don't think I'll need an extension cab for the small pubs we play in. It's replacing my Peavey Databass 1x15 combo (450W) I added a front panel pouch to the cover so I can slip in a thin sheet of MDF for extra protection of the cloth grille Edit: Oh yeah, basses. Mainly my Ric 4003, occasionally my Thunderbird or my Squier P-bass Special (PJ) And I'm hoping that dodgy one that GAK had is long gone by now!

One of the issues you may get using footswitches to switch mains voltages are loud clicks going through the pa. Old style sequencers switch at the zero crossing points of the 50hz cycle to avoid these mains spikes.

It might be easier to invest in a DMX controller as these will generally allow you to set up several "scenes". On ours I just use two - playing and breaks, although my controller can do at least 16 different scenes. As for the other question about master/slave without a controller, that should work ok if you are connecting identical lights. If you have a mixture of brands/types you may need to use a controller and set up different channels for each type within each scene Edit: ...and read the manual for each light so you can set the base address

I've just pulled the trigger on a Fender Rumble 500 Combo, so add that to the list Edit: And the Aria SB-1000 is looking promising...

I just pulled the trigger . GAK price matched Musik Productiv's price (£413) Now off to Roq Solid... I'll bring it along to the Midlands Bass Bash if anyone wants to give it a go

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1427991799' post='2736826'] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA-xHT-cUC4"]https://www.youtube....h?v=mA-xHT-cUC4[/url] [/quote] Great tone!

[quote name='planer' timestamp='1428044221' post='2737296'] I forget to breathe... [/quote] I do this quite often

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1428050876' post='2737392'] I wouldn't agree that the live scene is dying.. etc. [/quote] Absolutely

I'll admit that back when I started gigging in the mid 80s there were a lot more places to play. That declined over the next 20 years or so. Right now though despite a lot of people staying in at night,the scene has stabilised. We may have to travel a little further, but the gigs are out there

Standing there banging out rock while staring at your shoelaces is not enough. You need to play stuff that people know (for a covers band) but not stuff that every other band is doing. You need to give the crowd something to look at and engage them. Obviously there are regional variations as to how many venues are available, but if you ENTERTAIN the crowd rather than just play to them, it shouldn't be too hard to pick up gigs (IME of course )

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1427991799' post='2736826'] I can chip in here as well. I bought one back in February - read some good comments both on here and Talkbass (I'm now in the Rumble Club there! ).Actually, it's also well worth a read, as there's hundreds of posts and good info. It sounds glorious on it's own, and I have gigged it that way. I also bought a Rumble 115 (15" cab) a bit later to add more umph....not so much volume, but sonic depth. TBH, you can easily get away with the cab as is. Stick the 15 under it, and you have instantly more of the same in abundance. Tone heaven! I changed over from Markbass to these, and I for one far prefer them. They just sound so much more, well, bassy. I use the vintage setting all the time, it gives you a lovely valve-y growl, real old-skool. Just to help - here's a photo of mine I took with my USA P Bass - [attachment=188174:20150306_201428.jpg] ...and here's a sound-sample, recorded a few weeks ago in the studio with same P-bass, and Rumble amp and cab mic'd up - [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA-xHT-cUC4"]https://www.youtube....h?v=mA-xHT-cUC4[/url] Let us know what you decide! [/quote] Sounds good on my phone. I'll give it a proper listen later. I think I'm pretty much sold on it. I just need to save the rest of the required beer tokens from my gig money now. Hopefully should only be a week or two

I'm liking the replies. Thanks folks

Sibelius is probably a much more polished product, but MuseScore is very usable once you've worked out how to fly it

Have you seen MuseScore? [url="https://musescore.org/"]https://musescore.org/[/url] It's quite similar to Sibelius but with one major difference - it's completely free rather than requiring another mortgage to pay for it No it hasn't got pen input afaik, but if you can bear to click with an old fashioned mouse it's very good, and the audio playback isn't too shoddy either Edit: There is also an installer for OSX 10.7 & older

To be fair to a lot of landlords the band budget is often set by the breweries. There have been a few times that landlords have been desperate to have us on but can't afford to. We won't go below a certain amount - the guitarist plays for a living.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1427800694' post='2734326'] Is this something mainly affecting covers bands then? [/quote] Not ours. We are probably busier this year than we ever have been. Venues come & go. The ones that survive are the ones that ensure they have quality bands (-> decent money) on a regular basis (-> commitment).

[quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1427625691' post='2732356'] Bloody Sex on Fire..............grr ffs!!! [/quote] Ha ha! One of the few songs we absolutely refuse to play under any circumstances

Toss up between Funky Music and Paranoid

The howler I saw that prompted the post was "I look ill" written as "I could kill"