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I saw SLF when they headlined a Punk all dayer in Bath, back in 1995. Bruce Foxton on bass 😎

Burn him!

Paging @Happy Jack

Who owns the PA? If you left would you be paid your share of it?

Sometimes I was looking for a particular sound and/or volume level, other times I was looking for something that would fit in the (new) car.

HH combo. Weighed as much as a small tank. College amp, not mine, but I used it and gigged with it. Marshall 100w Bass and Guitar amp. Probably the worst amp ever made. Much transistor nastiness. 15" Peavey Black Widow cab. Painted black. Indestructible. Peavey 15" Combo. Green carpeted, probably one of GP7's? Never let me down. Loud enough for any gig. And I mean any gig! Fender Bassman 500 (IIRC). Valve loveliness vintage tone and then some. Traynor 60w valve bass combo. Hands down the best bass sound I've ever had. Just not loud enough for the gigs I was doing at the time. Ampeg PF-250 & matching 2*12. Never seen another Portoflex 2*12 since. Great head, undeniable Ampeg tone, but again not loud enough. PJB Dalek. M-500 head, T-8 & B-16 cabs. Looked great, but the head (heavy) sounded better with other brand speakers. TechSoundSystem 500w 2*10 combo. Folded speakers so smaller than a normal 2*10. Difficult - but achievable - to get a good sound. 2*12 TechSoundSystem cab. Folded speakers. Still got. Mainly used with: TecAmp Puma 500. Not the most versatile of amps but sounds great. Peavey Vampyr VIP III. Guitar and Bass modelling amp and fx. Ridiculously good value. Loud enough to gig with bass. Ashdown miBass 500. Lies lies lies! It is not 8.3x2.6x6.3 inches as per the Ashdown website, it's a lot bigger! Will edit if there's something I've forgotten.

"Hello Cleveland!"

Bauhaus Even though they're my best buds fave band, I never liked them at the time. It was much later I realised how incredibly awesome they were. I saw them when they first reformed and toured, that gig is in my top 5 best gigs ever.

Or a folding bass

Back in the day we had a ' Bass players in hats' thread 🤠

Started happening to me during the week. Only on Basschat.

If you have a decent amp, why would you need a preamp?

To be serious for a minute, this is my latest Shuker, but there is method beyond the madness... 😆

Headstock from a Gibson reverse flying V. Worries over the reliability of the G string stopped me buying one. Now they go for 4x what I would have paid 😖

About 20 years ago I was in there with a friend who got glassed. The perpetrator was allowed to escape through the bar.

If music is a language, does that mean than those who can not read music are illiterate?

Speak for yourself!

And God bless him for that! 😁

Absolutely, I for one am often to be found anxiously awaiting the countdown of the weeks best selling baked beans 🫤

As not to derail another thread, I'm putting forth the notion that music is a competition. Or rather music that is commercially released, is competitive, and it is the results of this which feed your Spotify and YouTube algorithms. If music was not competitive we would not have The Hit Parade. Thoughts?

To quote Lister from Red Dwarf "that guitar is a genuine Gibson Les Paul copy".