Quilly

I've low tension flats on my precision player and I love them , never had an issue with them. played a few long gigs with no issues.

I was in a position where I was looking for a small but relatively powerful rig for jazz / acoustic sessions. I had bought a TE elf there a few months ago and was really happy with it. In my head I had a One10 to partner this with as I know how good these cabs can sound as I have a Two10...but I just couldn't justify the cost of one, especially for just occasional use. £450 for the amp and another £50 for a cover for it. Another £50 if you wanted the silver cloth. I'm in Ireland so we're talking €650 potentially (or thereabouts). in the end I just ordered the 1*10 TE cab from Thomann for €295 delivered and all. I know the one10 is probably going to be a “superior” cab but c'mon....

Yea band members that have unreasonable expectations regarding pay for a cover band in a pub on a Friday night, I’m totally against doing gigs for free on principle but in reality it’s just drinking/petrol money is all than your can expect

But it’s for charridy mate and if you don’t do it you’re a miserable c*$t

Being offered BS fantasy gigs far away that never materialise

Sale Regret : A Carlsbro 50top head I used with bass. Gorgeous sounding amp , best dirty channel for bass id ever heard

I normally use a barefaced two10, I must keep an eye out for that brand though

That’s cool , what does it use ?

Very clean , transparent cabs . Very sensitive also, so you can get a Big Bang out of a small head . That amp is just 30w but it’s hella loud through that cab. The one in the picture is a bit of a Frankenstein cab, one of the drivers blew and I replaced it with a commoner garden thromann brand 15” woofer, still plenty of top end from the existing full range driver and plenty of heft. 700w into 4ohm

I was going to propose an upper limit of 100w but I’ll let this one slide …because it’s such a cool amp 😂

Proudly plagiarising the thread from talkbass to this side of the pond….

It’s the look of an amp or electric guitar. You could be blasting them with an accordion on a tannoy but that’s fine 🤷‍♂️

Trying to sell gear on local buy and sell sites. - Is the item still available ? (then radio silence when you say yes) - Can I swap my crappy item for yours ? - Gan I give you half the money you're looking for? - Will you drive across the country to hand deliver the item even though your ad clearly states 'pick up only' ? - Turning up at your doorstep trying to haggle even though price was agreed

When you finish the gig and are looking forwards to a few bevvies and the bar closes

I kinda stopped using pedal boards for this reason.

I'm no virtuoso or anything but a pet peeve for me is being made play really simple songs with like 2 - 3 note progressions and no dynamics in the song.

Its easy to say - Just Quit, but I get that getting a band together takes some work and there's always going to be some pain associated with the pleasure of playing live gigs. I guess the moment you dread rehearsal or playing gigs with these folks then its probably time to call it a day.

WRT # 5, all a venue manager needs to see is an electric guitar/bass guitar and - 'you're too loud'

In general I agree but the new Trace Elliott Elf 200W class D micro head really bucks that trend. It seems louder than 250-350W class D heads I've owned in the past and it has a real aggressive character also. Similar to those old Trace workhorses in days of yore (I've had a couple). I think they're definitely getting better at making good class D amps.

Probably not but if you take an A/B amp like an Ashdown or Trace and a similarly priced class D amp. If something goes wrong with the AB amp you're more likely to be able to get it repaired. I has a couple of class D amps go bad and they just weren't worth the hassle fixing.

I had an old 215 Schroeder cab in the practice place , one of the 15”drivers was a basic Thomann brand woofer nothing fancy, brought the elf in the gig bag due to laziness. So much volume from this thing ! . I dunno how they do it with a 200w class D amp. On paper it should be a very mediocre piece of kit and it sounds terrific . Heaps of headspace left.

well I wouldn’t pay that much for one, I got one of the old ones second hand for €250 from a Dutch version of gumtree . I replaced all the valves and boom it sounded fantastic. As for volume I’ve played one outdoor jazz gig and one indoor gig with guitarists using small amps and it was able to hold its own, though you need a good sensitive cab , I use a 4ohm barefaced two10.