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could be the output transistors (mosfets) not cheap, cost me £130

well I for one fully understand their behaviour, they wanted to give their mate and band supporter a chance, @solo4652 must have made it look so easy at the audition that Carl thought " I can do that" of course it's never as easy as it looks when somebody who knows what they're doing is doing it, they realised their mistake and tried to rectify it. I also understand why @solo4652 turned it down what with the spectre of Carl hanging over the proceedings

right 22Kg is heavy, the lower wattage ones without the fan are a lot lighter and being Trace Elliot, there's no problem with them not being loud enough 😀

how heavy was it? I've got a AH250 and it's 13Kg, which I don't consider heavy

yep, I use a Trace head and 2 Rumble V2 cabs, all about 13Kg

I use a Zoom B1 on for my overdrive/distortion needs, does me for everything from mild overdrive, which I use all the time though to Lemmy style distortion, bit fiddly till you get used to it

as others have said, no point in falling out unnecessarily you never know when it might come back to bite you

saw them last year at Butlins 😲 for me the best band of the weekend, did all the punky stuff, well it it was a punk weekend, brilliant sound, but the two original members are getting on a bit now so a full tour must take its toll, doesn't say they're giving up gigging altogether, just no full blown touring. Along with a few others on here, JJ was one of the reasons I started playing bass, when the bass kicks in on Hanging Around still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end

this is so true, we're also impressed by other Bass player's sound and gear we haven't got

seems most are of the same mind, if I enjoy a song and think it'll work live I'll try and play it, if I don't I've no interest in learning it, I can't even motivate myself to learn to play with my fingers because the stuff I like, is played, or can be played, with a pick, no interest in funk, slap or anything remotely related to Jazz, I wouldn't listen to it and certainly don't want to play it. I suppose if it was my living I'd have to, but then it wouldn't be fun, would it?

I used to spend half my life tuning up a cheap guitar, by the time I'd got to the high E the bottom E was out of tune again, electronic tuners are marvellous things. I do get exasperated at open mics when the 'performer' decides to do a song in drop tuning, then spends 5 minutes tuning up by ear, Mr and Mrs Silly Billy

I've heard 2 other bands where the bass is using a Rumble 500 recently and they've both sounded great, perhaps I shouldn't have sold mine ☹️

I've found, on those quid ones from reverb, that if you pluck the string too hard they don't work on the E string, but gently pluck it and it's fine

I had a ABM 500 EVO III and was disappointed by the volume, I had it all the way up with the gain on full and it was only just as loud as my 200 watt Trace Elliot on '2' with the gain on 10, @Lozz196 did mention that the 600 was a lot louder when I queried this on another thread

just downloaded it thanks @kodiakblair, just google it, simple and it works, no ads on my newsfeed, yet

I've got adblock as well, I'd be happy to turn it off if it helps

Good God, no not like FB I've nearly stopped using it because of the repetitive ads in my news feed, if it wasn't for the band I wouldn't bother

you are right of course, but you could take adverts like most other sites, I wouldn't mind if they weren't too intrusive, trouble is like free music in pubs, we've got used to forums being free

'i prefer Ebay, the market is so much bigger, as others have said wait for £1 selling fees, I opt for a buy it now with offers, you can set what offer gets forwarded to you, I recently sold an Ashdown 500 ABM EVO III for £200, the asking BIN price after Ebay had turned down various bids of £150 to £170 on my behalf, I don't think I'd have got that price anywhere else. I don't like Basschat for 2 reasons, the £7 upfront charge whether you sell or not and I don't like selling to people I know and I feel I've got to know quite a few on here, not personally, but well enough not to want to sell them anything, if that makes sense.

sorry if this has been asked before, but has anybody tried bluetooth wireless headphones? I've got of the latest Bluetooth 5.0 ones, I've heard the latency issues have been improved, I can't get on with normal ear buds the wire to the receiver just irritates the hell out of me

used a Carlsbro Bass Beasty for a few years, till the preamp blew up, no complaints

cheap option, I find works for me is the Zoom B1on, don't know about the newer B1 4 but would imagine it does a similar job

it was getting messy by this stage

Definitely,never hear bass on modern TV speakers, they want you to spend extra on sound bars, I listen through headphones, never a problem with the sound

still enjoy gigging but not as enthusiastic as I used to be, we're cutting back a bit, or trying too, we were supposed to last year but still finished up doing 58, don't like doing more than 1 a week, but being retired with no health issues what else would I do? and the buzz you get from good one like NYE's makes it worthwhile As someone else said, if I wasn't gigging (or in a band) I wouldn't play bass, can't see the point