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Looks like they have gone up then.....!

True. But not for a tort guard model tho

£11k? Seems a bit steep that! Have they gone up that much??

Cor I don't know how you all got here. My original post was about buying a specific FRFR after most reviews pointed to the Yamaha. However, to be clear, I have a full rig, I have this one (lightweight FRFR) and I have Helix/Preamp DI options. I am in an originals band. We play pubs, clubs, venues, festivals large and small, all sorts of things. Even a town hall this year. It is pretty much always through a house PA. For me, the choice is to enable me to pick the gear for the venue. Sometimes traditional backline, sometimes a DI with monitoring. Horses for courses. For me in this band there isn't one solution.

For me, playing in a band is more than just "my sound" It's also about portability and not having setup and tear down being a massive hassle. It's about the other band members hearing me and me hearing them in a good mix It's about having fun and sounding as good as we possibly can It's about being able to adapt to any venue and any stage Sometimes the gear can get in the way of the main reason we go out there to play..

I'm waiting this one out.. it'll be a one off.. most excited. Stuff the b15n heritage..

Just to show I'm not completely mad, I've started a discussion with a very well respected amp maker about a small valve head with DI as a sort of B15 clone...

Judging by the last 53 years shrinkage, I'd say probly 25 years or so

Well. Sometimes you have to be pragmatic. The angle of the screws on the peripheries meant that the chances were that the pointy bits were going to crack and snap off. I pulled the screws for a look. The holes were basically disappearing under the guard and the screws must have been putting a huge load of tension on the points. So. Big boy trousers on. Decision to make. Screw the value. If the guard cracks it will be similar anyway. It's a lovely bit of tort and I want it to stay. So. New holes drilled through the metal plate and into the body. Screws refitted and they are level and flush. No more tension in them just a snug fit. Only had to do 4 screws like this. I reckon it will give me 20 years or so (hopefully!) Yeah. It's got 4 new holes in the body. Oh well. In the grand scheme of things for original uncracked tort that will have no meaningful effect on value. Plus it's a keeper. It's going nowhere. I keep the original tort without fear of it going at the points. There.

Much as the big cab and more watts thing is interesting - my FRFR choice mostly came down to weight and portability. It really isn't very big or very heavy, and I don't need a head for it either..

Seen any decent EB-650's recently?

It's pretty big in the guitar world what with Helix, FX8 etc. But it's just as relevant for bass players where FOH is DI and you want some dedicated monitoring that you can control directly

Are those two bits linked?

Like most things, the internet as a medium for making money is still in its infancy. By now, it's a screaming toddler in the troublesome twos. There is still a high risk profile for anyone wanting to invest and the returns can be great, but there isn't an accepted norm yet. Just like most shifts in medium it is a process to get to a point where it's got some ground rules and some universal acceptance. Its sort of no different to when the talkies came in with cinema, when radio became universally popular, and then when TV took over from radio. "Digital music will kill the business" - well, it will change it, but kill it? No. In my view, once the really smart business heads get their brains around it, a method for fully exploiting the new way will come to prominence. Regardless of how this happens, an investment won't work without the talent - the really savvy investors know this, and will want to look after their investment. How do you do this? You make sure your investment has enough of a return to not go elsewhere.

You'd be surprised at just how many big name touring artists have no amps or cabs...

Not sure yet - we are recording and so on at the mo - I suspect in December

Full range flat response - means it isn't coloured like a guitar or bass cabinet. Most are powered (with a power amp) and allow you to amplify a source which already has modelling or treatment for a signal which has pre and post amp and speaker cab emulated Line 6 Helix is a guitar and bass multi effect processor with a full range of amplifier and cabinet modelling capability

I'm here all week

I feel slightly funny and need a sit down

Bass Zimmer frame. Either that or it's got a spring in it and it's actually a bass pogo stick.