PaulWarning

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the drummer does seem to be the only original member on occasions, except Spinal Tap obviously, no offence to drummers but they're not usually the part of the band that defines it

cheers guys, think I'll will try boosting the mids next time I use it, one of those situations where you can't really tell until doing a gig

it did got back to Ashdown a few months ago to repair a fault on the valve drive, I'm assuming any fault would have been spotted then

4 ohm, I use two Fender V2 cabs, no shape engaged and valve switched off

Used my Ashdown at the weekend, I had it on 3/4 volume, 3 o clock, (gain on full) and it wasn't cutting thought that well, at half time I changed to my Trace 200 watt series 5, gain on full, volume on 2 out of 10 and boom, instant cut though. Are Trace amps really that much louder, is it a different type of volume control (i.e the Trace is on full at a lot lower setting), or is there something wrong with my Ashdown?

not a big fan of Country, in spite, or maybe because, of my ex dragging me off to line dances, (might be why she's my ex) but I'm enjoying the series, usually when I've come in from the pub after a few pints, sort of puts me in the mood for music documentaries. A while ago I started a topic about whether people actually listen to lyrics, I don't usually, but it is important in Country, let's face it a lot of the melody lines sound the same, it's some of the sublime lyrics that make it listenable

collection only, wonder why it 'only' weighs 52Kg! 😣

that's ok some Trace expert will no doubt put me right, is it a UK built one?

wonder what year that is, looks a later model then the SMX with the Ashdown type harmonic emphasis and the valve drive

I would say you're disengaging the pre shape if it's seeming to raise mid frequencies Here's what pre shapes do on a SMX preamp Pre-Shape 1:+6dB at 50Hz and 2kHz, -6dB at 400Hz. Pre-Shape 2: +5dB at 100Hz, +3dB at 3kHz and -5dB at 650Hz.

well it'll be loud enough

same with ear plugs, when you're young you feel indestructible

wheels help, but you've still got to get it into a vehicle and up steps and stairs at venues, Trace 4 x 10 combo? rather you than me.

Blitzkrieg Bop, dead easy and a message of intent for a punk (mostly for pub gigs) covers band

where did you see the Let It Be film?

I would suggest until you have exactly the same strings on both basses they are going to sound different

51 minutes ago, PaulWarning said: it's not about viewing anybody as enemies and it's got nothing to do with gender Fake news, I never said that, how did that happen?

socialising can be fun when you find out you've got something in common to chat about, hard work when you haven't, unless, like our singer, he has no problem at all, he just talks about himself 😀

it's hard to stay real friends with band mates because band politics gets in the way, when you start off everybody's up for it and really pally, but the longer it goes on the more arguments happen, the Beatles, Jagger and Richards, extreme examples but you should get the idea

yep' I've been gigging with my B1on for about 4 years now, no issues at all, I did try a B3 but went back to the B1on because it fits nicely into my hard case and does exactly the same job, for me anyway.

just out of interest, how are you going to sell your EP, in any format, if you don't do gigs, are you going to get mainstream radio play?

used the one in Nottingham 3 times, about 3 years ago, like @kev b, had problems with the door code, every time we've not been able to get into the room with code they gave, wasted 15 minutes on the phone trying to get it reset and the equipment has never been what they promised, I had to use a keyboard amp, the last time we used it I took my own amp head. But others have used it and said it's ok, so maybe we were just unlucky, it is cheap though, get discount when you first use it so get each member of the band to book it and you get multiple discounts

maybe I misunderstood the post, I thought the problem was buzz when playing above the 12th fret, but if you've got buzz above the 12th fret while playing roundabout the middle of the neck then too much relief might course that