Dan Dare

I have found memories of my old TE AH350. I do think there's a big difference in showroom vs live sound. The Trace sound just seems to work on a practical level. Some of the amps that sound nicest in the shop fall flat on a noisy stage.

You need to work it into the pores of the Tolex - takes a while. Agree with Bill. Dye best.

Good move. The stock Ampeg driver are Eminence, but cheaper models. I replaced the one in my SVT 15 with an Oberton. I think the "drivers must be matched to the cab" rule is a little over-stated. As long as you get drivers that suit the cubic capacity (roughly) and type - sealed, reflex, etc - you'll be fine.

Pedals? What are they?

Agree with EBS Freak. I add an extra power amp to my 350 and drive both cabs separately if I want more grunt.

Get another drummer.

A powerful amp running at low volume will sound easy/unstrained. Much better tone/more headroom. Most amps are over rated anyway - a 1khz test tone through an amp into an 8 ohm resistor ain't the same as a complex musical signal into a reactive load like a speaker.

Sure am for real, Steve. I'm old enough (61) to remember punk. I wouldn't go near some of the venues I used to frequent back then. Used to come home with gob all over me some nights. The venue owner here is obviously a dick. But that doesn't alter the fact that if you present yourself as "punk", flash the flesh and play (mime) at those sorts of places, you can hardy expect people to be dressed in dinner jackets and ball gowns and talking naicely to you. It ain't the X Factor ;-)

Good acting is right. Look carefully Woodin. What the hands are doing doesn't match the sounds, especially the guitar. The picking hand is floating just around the bottom E, in a regular pattern and full chords, with rhythmic accents are magically happening. The bass player looks to be using all 4 right hand fingers, but the notes don't match.

There is flexibility - drivers with similar characteristics are interchangeable. In the end, though, you have to suck it and see.

I have several. They're excellent. You can get stuff up to 14.5 inches from face plate to rear (there's extra room for knobs, handles at the front) in them. Shop around - discounts to be had.

Sounds a bargain. Good score.

That's interesting, Bill. I didn't realise it was based on researching peoples' actual experiences/opinions.

I meant plays bass, not holds one for effect. Their stuff looks to be karaoke - sung over an electronic backing track

Take the passenger seat out. Used to do that with my old Saab Turbo.

I see the SGs advertise themselves as "Rock Punk post Grunge with pop sensibilities". Something for everyone, then, in the modern little-bit-of-everything-but-not-too much-of-anything world (let's keep it fun for all the family, boyz n' girlz)... They can hardly complain if things get a bit too, er, punk, can they? BTW, what's this doing on a bass players' site? As far as I can see, neither of the SGs plays bass.

AER Amp 2. Add slave power amp an cabs for extra volume if needed.

Two holes that size won't act as ports. They'll just help to cancel the low frequencies.

Classy stuff. Good taste in drums too. Always wondered why more people don't play Sonor. Lovely crisp sounding drums.

Me too

I know this is an old story, but I like the one about Bonio preaching to an audience, "Every time I clap my hands, a child dies in Africa". To which some wag shouted out, "Well stop clapping yer hands, then".

2 Pitchblacks - rack and pedal, a clip on and several plug ins. Too many...

I picked up a nice used Drawmer on the 'bay. Worth a look there.

Adele.. Oh, hang on

So far so good. We also don't have a permanent drummer. The chap who turns out for us says we're the politest band he's ever worked with. Probably because we're all 50+ and were brought up proper, like...