FinnDave

[quote name='The59Sound' timestamp='1498755982' post='3326866'] This argument that vinyl is better quality, yadda yadda is rubbish. Blind test no one would have a clue which is which format. [/quote] I'm not so sure, I reckon in a blind test the scratches, clicks, and hiss of the 'superior' vinyl record would be a dead giveaway! The only advantage I can see to them is that they are big enough for decent artwork and sleeve notes you can read without a microscope.

Forgot to post about our gig on Monday night. Played at the Cassington Bike Night, one set, all gear provided, just bring in our guitars and drumsticks as the road though the village is closed to everything except bikes. After a lot of hassle with guitarist & drummer getting seriously lost on the way, they rolled up just before our slot and played well. I used the Epiphone Thunderbird I'd bought the day before, sounded huge!

Quite honestly, if I had to play my Epi (pro, through neck, Gibson pups) and my 2012 Gibson back to back, blindfolded, I couldn't tell you which was which unless I cheated and felt the bridge, as the Gibson has a standard bridge and my Epi has been upgraded to a Babicz.

Yesterday, I bought an Epiphone pro 4, the through neck model with passive Gibson pick ups. I had to say that it compares very well with my 2012 Gibson. In fact, the epi may even have the edge, as a previous owner had fitted a Babicz bridge. Gigged it tonight and it sounded great, rock solid, very pleased with it. The Gibson is lovely too, of course, but costs several times what the Epi did. Best of all, it's a Thunderbird in every way, great great basses.

The only festivals I have been to have been free festivals. Stonehenge sometime mid 70s would have been my first. Here & Now are the only band I remember playing, there weren't any 'name' bands, it wasn't that sort of festival!

Bought Jules' Epiphone Thunderbird pro today, I assume it's the one above this post! Very easy, straightforward transaction, another Basschat meeting in motorway service station! Great bloke to deal with, completely straight forward and trustworthy. And the bass is a cracker, hard to tell it apart from my Gibson T bird except for the name on the head.

I bought a Mono strap for one of my basses as it is leather free, quite wide and comfortable, completely animal free. Not expensive, either.

I am sure most electric guitars are dying a slow death. I blame the central heating.

I'd suggest talking to Ki0gon on here, he made a series/parallel system for one of my Jazz basses and it transformed the range of sounds available.

[quote name='JoeEvans' timestamp='1498291975' post='3323639'] Not everyone can write very well (by which I mean get their intended message across clearly and unambiguously) and - as with music - people who don't write very well, often don't know that they don't write very well. They just assume that everyone knows what they mean. In fact, now that I've written that, it seems to me that we all just assume that people know what we mean, and perhaps no-one can say precisely what they mean in a short paragraph, or even a long book... So I wouldn't personally bother to try and read to much into the exact wording of an advert. If it sounds like vaguely the kind of thing you like, then go and meet them and have a play. You'll know whether it's right in the first minute or two of playing. [/quote] I have met some people who have written pretty crap adverts and they were great, just had difficulty expressing themselves in print. Likewise. some great adverts are all some people can do. I am thinking of an impressive advert which resulted in me showing the guy how to tune one of his many guitars!

Just back from playing an outdoor gig at the Motor Museum at Gaydon for the 60th anniversary of the Harley Davidson Sportster. A few organisational problems were overcome with little trouble and it was good to see so many people I know among the audience. Played on a flatbed trailer in the car park, a good gig overall, and decent money too!

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1498238537' post='3323383'] I had always imagined the SC to be much smaller than the ST, but looking at that picture, there's not much in it! [/quote] It is smaller, but not half the size. Very light, though!

[quote name='keving' timestamp='1498219730' post='3323206'] I would try plugging into one amp, then taking the effects send of that amp and plugging into the other either through the input or the effect return depending on if you want to use the preamp section of the second amp. Of course this only works if your amps have effects loops. [/quote] That's an idea, I'll run that past Ashdown as I'll be using ABM 600 and a Rootmaster 800 heads. Good call!

[quote name='julesb' timestamp='1497820691' post='3320744'] The case is so big that it's a real pain in the ass to put it anywhere other than laying it across the back seat of the car and I've got a Saab 95 estate. The epi case is really good though. Just need an even bigger car. [/quote] My Gibson case doesn't even fit across the back seat, have to fold the seat down and have along the length. That's in an Astra estate I bought this year to carry my gear in!

I've ben offered a loan of an ABY pedal by a guitarist I am doing some work with, so I'll give that a go first. Thanks for the advice everyone.

Thanks, keep the ideas coming! This relate isn't something I can see myself doing very often, but 2 or 3 times a year, it might be useful. The available budget reflects that! I've had an offer of an A/B/Y box I can borrow and buy if it does the necessary, so I think I'll start with that.

If I can save a few quid by not having it switchable, I'll be happy, I just want to able to use two amps, each powering their own cabs, with one input from my bass.

Thanks, I have just sent a message to Smooth Hound, so will see what they have to say. A simple passive splitter would be simple and cheap, and I can't see me using it very often!

Searched and googled for this, but am more confused after that than I was before! I'd like to have to ability to use both my cabs, powered by two amps, so need some means of splitting the output signal from my bass. I am using a Smooth Hound wireless. I had thought a simp Y lead would be OK, but having googled it, it seems there are all sorts of impedance issues to take into account. Just occurred to me that a second Smooth Hound receiver might be the way to go, but is there a cheaper/better way?

It's still very light, literally a two finger carry. Playing at house volume through it at the moment, not sure when it will get a proper thrashing, tomorrow's gig definitely needs the twin!

Taken a better picture now, how high do you think a Gibson Thunderbird through this lot will register on the Richter scale? [attachment=247724:IMG_0899.jpg]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1498132290' post='3322678'] Best be safe and have an AA van following closely behind. [/quote] I've got an AA card in my wallet....