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Are you certain you paid your £50 into his account?

Fender Bassman 500 - Neutrik Peavey MiniMax - no branding on visible surface, but metal guide channel.

I can felt my own sheds, and I'm a bass player. I name myself!

+1 for Tim, his service tech is excellent.

I've used G Jones of Whitstable in the past for a couple of Yamaha keyboard repairs and his work has been excellent. If I can find an old invoice with his number I'll PM you.

Does anyone have a circuit diagram for a HK Linear 5 112FA cab (ours is about 10 years old.) This cab has died and our tech says that he can probably fix it if he has the circuit diagram (which HK won't publish). Otherwise it's a new board which is £££. Can anyone help?

thanks, I'll do that.

Does anyone have a circuit diagram for a HK Linear 5 112FA cab (ours is about 10 years old.) This cab has blown and our tech says that he can probably fix it if he has the circuit diagram (which HK won't publish). Otherwise it's a new board which is £££. Can anyone help?

I went to school in Walsall and I remember seeing Medicine Head at the George Hotel in Walsall in about 1973. And also there was a regular jazz night at the pub near St. Matthews Church. But other than that, for bands it was Wolverhampton or Brum. Same for music shops too, I don't recall any being in town. Hope the kit turns up, it looks amazing.

There was another thread on this recently, where I was recommended this: RTX TRT SMX Monitor/Guitar Amp Stand | Bax Music (bax-shop.co.uk) It's excellent, and the variable height is rock solid.

for an end-of-evening smoochy, 'Knights in White Satin'.

I've played in various hobby bands for about the last 20 years. (To stay on topic, we amicably share out all the band-functioning duties between the four of us). To echo the comments others have made, I think the problem comes when you start getting in deps it unsettles the equilibrium - in our case doing a particular gig was a bigger imperative than preserving the nucleus of the band. I've only done that once, when we had to draft in a lead guitarist for a prestige gig 'cos ours had important family stuff to attend to that day. While the ringer played fine, all the band chemistry was lost. I realised that being a 'band of brothers' was just as important, if not more important, than fulfilling gigs and have argued against having deps since. So as a result we have cancelled a few, but retain our group ethos and (perhaps strengthened by not having outsiders come in) we have maintained a harmonious, open, trustworthy and supportive unit.

How about a Focusrite, so she can use her laptop and headphones for silent practice?

It cuts both ways - last weekend i had to borrow a pick from our guitarist as I had left the three I have taken to every gig for the last x years on my desk at home. And it was a really nice pick too, right stiffness and thinner than mine.

I used a Minimax for a gig yesterday afternoon - I engaged the Punch but cut the bass eq. and was really happy with the sound. The fan noise was insignificant.

It's great fun and you'll see a different side of being a musician and a bass player. I've done a few pit jobs including playing two Gilbert and Sullivan operettas' double bass part on electric bass as there wasn't a db player available. As long as you get the music in advance so you can work out what all those squiggles mean in your own time...

The Peavey Minimax has a Punch button, and according to the manual: 'This switch engages a boost of 6dB at 100Hz, which greatly enhances the low-end presence of the bass guitar.'

I'm in a blues/rock/soul covers band. We play pub gigs, 2x60 min sets + encore, (preferably) straight through or with a short break at the venue's discretion.

my recollection is that is was more awkward than heavy - the cabinet is fairly substantial size so it was a bit of a lift to get it into the boot of the car.

I had the 350W 15" combo, ran it for about 4/5 years then moved it on as I fancied a change. Lovely tone for blues. Looked the biz. The single top handle made it awkward to move up stairs/through doors. Sounds similar to the Vintage channel on the 500/800W Bassman.