Dan Dare

It isn't limited to the pop music world. A drummer friend (who also does orchestral work) told me that a visiting Russian orchestra once walked off with the 80 grand's worth of the Festival Hall's timpani. Straight in the back of the coach and back to Moscow. They could hardly have done that "accidentally".

Yep. And he'll tell the boss he paid the band the full fee and put the remaining hundred in his pocket. Oldest trick in the book.

The "my amp only sounds good at high volumes" argument is hogwash. Modern variable gain amps can create wide tonal variation at pretty well any volume. A less powerful amp will break up/overdrive at lower volumes, so maybe guitar players ought to think about downsizing from that Marshall/4x12 rig when playing pubs, clubs and the local wine bar.

Same thing. A willing buyer will take all those factors into consideration.

It's worth whatever a willing buyer will pay.

No fuss, pragmatic and workmanlike are qualities that define a P bass for me. That's very American to me. British instruments tend to be a bit more quirky (and sometimes a bit off the wall) in design and execution - like the afore-mentioned Shergolds, Wals, etc. A bit like the difference between our cars and theirs. A pal loves his old American cars. He has a 1952 Pontiac at the moment - big V8, thirsty and comfortable for a car of its era, but quite agricultural in the way it's put together. Everything about it is over-built. Whereas many Brit' cars would have a couple of dozen machine screws to do a job, his has one dirty great bolt. Just as strong, but not as pretty.

I'd regard that as a quintessentially American quality.

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I found the .070 Tomastik too slinky for my taste. I couldn't get the intonation correct without winding the bridge saddle practically off its bolt thread. I replaced mine with a D'Addario Chrome XL .075 and it worked fine and, now it has aged a bit, matches the Tomastiks for tone very well. Tension feels more even under the fingers, too.

I have a Fusion bag and it includes one. You might try asking them if they'll sell you one. Or you could get one of their bags. They're excellent.

This. I have one. It meets your specs exactly and won't cost an arm and a leg used.

Doh. Posted twice

I'd say it's very much about you. You post it, or variations on it, quite regularly.

They may not wish to...

Some of the best musicians I have encountered have been a bit "flakey". They can be infuriating at times, but the reward for putting up with it can be musically (and financially) very rewarding. I've also met plenty who talk a good fight and are well organised, but who cannot cut it musically. It's a compromise. I, for example, am together, own an expensive PA and tend to end up organising things. However, I'd be the first to admit that I'm musically pretty ordinary. Each of us plays to our strengths. In any band, you need a mixture of all types - some who are musically inspired and some who can take care of business.

Blue, We get it. You play in a bar band and make a bit of money at it. We're very happy for you. We all play music for a variety of reasons - financial, for personal satisfaction, to get away from the family for a few hours, etc, etc. They're all equally valid and even "flakes" are perfectly entitled to play music if they want.

Use it. That's what it was designed/built for. It's not an ornament.

For heaven's sake, man, where's your sense of aesthetics? That overhang is shocking.

If your amp has a line out, you should be able to get what you want by connecting the sub to that. However, depending on where in the signal path the line out is situated, you may find the input volume on the head, rather than the output volume, will control the level sent to the sub. I'd ask Ashdown's advice.

Who's TC Elliot? Has he a daughter called Tracey (Trace for short)? Understand he's from Essex. Re. the original topic, what a surprise that Roger Daltrey says rock "peaked" with one of his albums. No axe to grind there, eh?

Guess he'll have to play one of his other instruments, then... 😁

I take it Hawkwood make kitchens.

Les Paul Triumph? Defeat, more like.

No, it's not. Why would someone cover up the markings that show it to be genuine. P basses "rare"? Maybe after the Armageddon, when virtually everything has been destroyed...

Tears of a Clown. Smokey Robinson. Bass by Bob Babbitt. First time I noticed how the bass drove the whole song.