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I loved that black midwestern. Finding it very hard to resist!

Super helpful and as described, thanks Jono! Deal with confidence guys.

Played a couple at the show last weekend. Totally blew me away. Will be ordering one at some point. Btw the Trickfish amp it was plugged in to was also impressive.

Same here

Brought a vintage Fender from Dan. Lovely bloke, easy to deal with and gave me great confidence in the bass. Deal with confidence.

Peter brought a cab from me today. Super easy to deal with + good communication throughout. Good gear geeky chat to boot

Worth keeping your eye on Gumtree. Here's the local one: https://www.gumtree.com/music-instruments/leicester

I would reverse the previous claim and pay the tax based on the profit I'd made. I don't think I'm smart enough to evade the tax man. Plus I believe in a social system where you give what you should and take what you need. Evading HMRC doesn't sit well with me. However, I also appreciate that not everyone shares my thoughts on this. But then, thats up to them. Things get rather muddy if I brought said bass new in 1965 (lets say for equivalent £1k). Claimed WDA as it depreciated. Retired in 2013 and sold bass for £5k as I no longer needed it. I see how that would work in principle, but is there some kind of time limit placed on this or is it a grey area yet to be tested (I appreciate this wouldn't work for other trades)?

Thats cool. And I'm not saying he's wrong (as I said in my post). I do still stand my advice that seeking professional advice is best. Jack obviously knows his onions. But, there will be other advice on this forum that is less qualified (such as mine for example and some of the other posts). As there is no way of differentiating between posts seeking advice directly from a qualified professional is prob the best thing to do.

This may help: https://www.musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/Advice/Your-Career/Tax/Capital-Allowances

Wouldn't a new bass come under annual investment allowance (AIA)? Also, isn't it a depreciating asset until/if you sell (if you go for depreciation instead of AIA)? Then you'd need to declare the difference (loss/profit) in the tax year you sold it? If you intend to buy then sell later for profit then it would be treated as an investment/stock and you may treat it differently. Regardless, I think you should seek professional assistance with this. Not suggesting anyone is wrong. Its just your better getting qualified advice in such matters as getting it wrong will cost you in the pocket. I use an accountant, safer that way.

I expect me and the boy might make an appearance again this year.

They are in horrific debt. $520 million to be precise. $145 million is secured and due in July 2018 and the remainder is a credit note that comes to maturity in August. They've sold 3 good properties in the last month or so, but these won't be finalised in time. Moody's have lowered their credit rating. It's hugely unlikely they will secure the funding they desperately need. There's multiple reasons for this situation. Using credit to expand in to tech companies and poor, short sighted senior management seems to have caused most of them. Plenty of commentary in the MI & financial blogs/press: http://bobbyowsinskiblog.com/2017/08/31/gibson-shakeup/

Enjoy, great amps!

I have one. Its great. There's some great threads on Talkbass that might help. I'm not sure its a magic bullet, but I love mine.

I have two of the original units, both have hiss coming from the tweeters. Not an issue when playing. Great amps, game changer for me. Super versatile and loud. Perfect one box amp solution.

[quote name='Ceebass' timestamp='1509804214' post='3401765'] I play for The Distractions pretty regularly- like Len_derby said we definitely do play some crowd-pleasing cheese, but we try to cover as many bases as possible and cater to the clients tastes/needs wherever possible. Clients have some say over the setlist- they can veto songs they don't like (within reason!) and request three songs for us to learn. There are also a number of different singers- our manager will try to get the singer that best fits with the flavour of the set. [url="http://thedistractionsband.co.uk"]http://thedistractionsband.co.uk[/url] You might want to check out The Velvet Notes- different kind of vibe (more contemporary RnB/soul). [url="http://www.thevelvetnotes.com"]http://www.thevelvetnotes.com[/url] Len- thanks for the plug [/quote] The Distractions are ace

I tried one at the bass show this year. Brought it straight away. Wasn't in the market for a new bass, but it smokes and had to have it. Great basses, lovely to play and sound great too. Andrew knows his onions and is lovely to boot. Was it Clive Newnham playing? If so he's a great player.

Love Sam Wilkes playing. Scary Pockets are cool: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVAmU72k8AU"]https://youtu.be/IVAmU72k8AU[/url]

I was looking at this last night. Getting the right bridge would be a challenge. The new ones won't work, you'd need one from the era. Pretty rare one comes up. I'd be super tempted otherwise. Edit: There is one here: https://reverb.com/uk/item/2271296-music-man-1977-vintage-pre-ernie-ball-stingray-bridge-serialized-neck-plate-musicman a bit pricey though.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1504118931' post='3362848'] Depends on the band Im playing with - but for me, recessing the highs off at 10k and above with help loads with ear fatigue... also, clean up the mud in the lows and for me, 2-4k is a hot spot... recess that but not too much because that is where all the details and stuff is in the vocals but it is where you war is sensitive so can tire you ears quickly. I think a good quality headphone amp helps also - running the inears straight off an aux is not great as there's mismatched impedance and an introduction of distortion if your drivers aren't powered correctly. A decent headphone amp will help you out no end. (Maybe that is the justification for the Shure as the amp in that is actually really nice) Loads of people tend to compress the hell out of IEMs... thats not good for ear fatigue either... the less compression in your ears the better really - a limiter for protection is good but don't get carried away with loads of multi band compressors and limiters to get mega loud mixes - they will destroy your ears in no time When I talk about compressors btw, I am talking about what you do with the output bus for your monitor sends as opposed to the individual channels - I would expect a certain amount of compression on the individual channels - but don't mush your inear mix into a tiresome mush. This is also one of the reasons why decent companders are so important - pants companders will squish the hell out of your mix and give you an overly compressed mess. Also- make sure there is no clipping anywhere...! Go stereo if you can! Mono mixes are more fatiguing - separate those instruments out so they don't just clump in the centre of the mix. [/quote] Yeah I avoid compression on the IEM sends and roll of the low and some low mids mud. Might have a go at the 2-4k range as I've left that alone so far. I might start running stereo I think as its mainly the keys and guitar FX cluttering my head by the end of the night.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1504108002' post='3362737'] Learn how to EQ and compress for inears... say goodbye to ear fatigue... oh and the volume at which you listen to your ear mix is the greatest influencer of how quickly your ears fatigue. There's not a great deal that you can do about it. [/quote] What settings do you use on your output? Not been super happy with anything I've tried so far.