FinnDave

I play in a five piece band and always use Ashdown amps, mostly my ABM500 into a Barefaced Super Twin. Never had to turn up beyond about 1/3 volume no mater where we play. Last couple of gigs I have used a MAG 300 (that our guitarist found in a skip!) with the same cab and still need only 1/3 volume. The bass is definitely clear to the rest of the band and the audience.

[quote name='Greggo' timestamp='1385834118' post='2292702'] As far as cheapness, well I've been looking at ashdown electric blue 180's - seem to be had for around 100 and seem a nice size too. Anyone got any thoughts on them? [/quote] Yes, I have one. It lives at our rehearsal room (a bandmember's house) and is fine with our 5-piece band. It gets occasional use at gigs in small pubs and has never let me down. Mine is the 12" speaker version, I think I paid £90 for it. You can add a second 8 ohm cab if you need more volume as well.

We had a request for a Doors song (forget which one) a week or two ago, told him we didn't do requests. He then said 'But I wanted to buy the band a drink', so we changed our principles and gave him Roadhouse Blues (which was on the set list anyway). Principles are all very well, but a simple bribe usually overrules them!

The Wirebirds are playing in Royal Wooton Bassett tonight at the Wagon & Horses. We kicked up a real storm in Longcot last night and are looking forward to doing it ll over again tonight. For gear aficionados, the backline includes Barefaces Super Twin #001. Please come and say hello if you are there, I am (obviously) the one playing bass!

I ordered a Super Twelve in May, changed the order to Super Twin when Alex tipped me the wink that they under development. Collected it late September and the the wait was certainly worth it. JapanAxe: My Super Twelve will be in use at The Wagon & Horses, Wooton Bassett tonight if you want to hear one in use.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1385570791' post='2289794'] Uhhh.. righty-ho. This might not be your kind of thread, then. [/quote] You're probably right, writing about stuff you actually know about is never a good idea on internet forums. I'll stick to talking crap about bass playing in future.

American English is still English.

Almost every one of the apparently unforgivable grammatical errors listed here will be standard practice in the English spoken somewhere in the world, most likely within the UK. Or has dialectical variation been banned from the hallowed halls of Basschat? When I used to teach English at University, my standard answer to 'which of these is right?' would be 'that depends on where you are'.

Cheers, they certainly beat all records in replying to me, most impressed. I am a bit of an Ashdown junkie myself, when I lived in Finland I had a MAG 300 and matching 410 plus a perfect ten for quiet work, sold those and moved back here and bought an EB180-12 and the ABM 500 plus 410 (though the 410 has been sold and replaced by a Barefaced Super Twin now). I'm also 'looking after' another MAG 300 head that our guitarist found in a skip, he changed the fuses and it worked just fine, it's what I'll use when the ABM goes in for service. I love the sound I get from all of them.

Sent Ashdown an email via their website and received an answer in approx one minute! Looks like the amp has to go back to its birthplace for a thorough service. Good thing it's a Made in England model!

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1385236188' post='2286030'] [font=trebuchet ms, helvetica, sans-serif]Also a drummer I know refers to a dep (abbreviation of deputy, i.e stand-in) as a 'deb' (abbreviation of debutante, i.e. young lady making her entrance into society).[/font] [/quote] Our drummer does this as well and lives in Swindon. Coincidence? Unlikely! (I always thought 'dep' was an abbreviation of 'deputize' rather than 'deputy' but am prepared to be proved wrong,)

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1381183121' post='2235639'] I wouldn't know, I use Macs. Macs sneer at viruses! [/quote] My mac lets in water. I sneeze at viruses.

[quote name='pst62' timestamp='1385228808' post='2285880'] 80's Gong wannabes [/quote] Surely that was Here & Now's job? At least they managed to get Daevid in on the act.

OK, I'll try that at the gig tonight. Thanks for the tip.

Can anybody recommend somewhere to get my Ashdown ABM 500 evo II head serviced? It fades during a gig, not just audibly but the levels on the input meter drop and I have to increase the input volume to keep it going. Ideally would like somewhere close enough to take the amp in person as I don't really want to trust it to the gentle hands of a courier company. I live in West Oxfordshire. Cheers, FinnDave

Tempting...

I've got a VM Precision, it's not quite as good as my US Standard Precision but it is a perfectly useable bass. I was thinking of selling it but there some situations where a £250 bass is a better bet than a £1000 one.

I use a Vox headphone anp, plugs into the bass and has aux in plus headphone out (obviously!). Works well, costs about £30 if I remember right.

Having been glued to the Bear Straps page for the last couple of hours, my wife remembered my approaching birthday and put 2 and 2 together!

Reads like a machine translation to me, no one can write such complete gibberish yet spell everything correctly. Similarly, this has kept me amused for years now: [size=3]"[font="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"][color="#000000"]The evening is being spent in the traditionally hut, where is changed fish news and the host of the holiday camp Petteri rewards largest salmon recipient and with same comes to be be married whole group Teno to the fishermen glorious caste."[/color][/font][/size]

Sheer poetry.... [size=3]"[font=Arial]There is a statement of neck. It is easy to grasp a slender neck, and it is easy to flip it and it has become,"[/font][/size]

My practice amp is an Ashdown EB 180, one 12" speaker. I use it for rehearsals with my 5 piece band and for gigs where space is at a premium. I had to use it at last Saturday's gig as it fits beneath the keyboard of the pub piano, there was nowhere else for it! I picked it up used for under £100. Obviously, it doesn't have the satisfying depth that my ABM 500/Barefaced Super Twin produces, but it still gets the job done when necessary.

[url="http://www.apostrophe.org.uk/index.html"]http://www.apostrophe.org.uk/index.html[/url] That should keep apostrophe junkies happy for a few minutes!

I use the cloth that came with guitar, a fetching shade of yellow with 'Fender' printed on it. Then again, I don't really clean my bass, just wipe the neck down between songs. The cloth seems to keep the neck from getting sticky.

I suspect (ie can't prove!) that the mex jazz would be in better shape than a Squier after a couple of years gigging, and the US better still. I have all three but the Mex Jazz gets the most work at the moment. My Squier precision comes to every gig as a standby, but has yet to be used in anger.