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Chuck Berry was one of the most influential songwriters and performers of the 20th Century. He's up there with Lennon McCartney, Dylan, Lou Reed and the rest. Those who think they haven't been influenced by him had better check out their heroes. The 6 Degrees of Separation theory certainly applies here.

Always a genius. RIP Chuck. Treated very badly in the beginning and, sadly, spent the rest of his life trying to get even. There will be a lot of Chuck Berry songs being added to set lists around the world over the next few weeks.

The Harvest full leather gig bags are currently £259 on their web site.With the Mono M80 gig bags being listed at £200-ish, the difference is not as great as it was.

In a band everyone should be playing in time. There should be no [i]timekeeper[/i]. As has been said, embrace the spaces. Enjoy the clean uncluttered and fluid sound.

[quote name='ThePapabull' timestamp='1489834677' post='3260169']That might sound daft but I think sometimes that kind of thing can affect how you play! [/quote] Not daft at all. If you are confident in your sound then you'll be happy. A happy bass player is [i]always[/i] a better bass player.

Send it back or take it to a qualified repair man and send Maruszczyk the bill.

Louis Johnson used flats on his Musicman to start with. If that can work then flats on a Jazz will sound fine.

Doesn't the amp come out of that combo? If so I'd use it and see if the tone you have liked for all these years is still there. I use an Aguilar TH500 with my SC's. And I play Motown, Blues, Soul, Rock and half a dozen other genres.

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1488989404' post='3253550'] I've had a Compact in the past and I didn't really enjoy it- I was using it with the Orange and I think it may have been a bit of a mismatch perhaps, but I could never get a sound I was happy with from it. It was also a touch too transparent sounding for me. [/quote] Seems to me that if someone don't like the sound of a transparent cab then they're actually saying they don't like the sound of their amp. IMO a great amp would sound just that through a transparent cab. This is the trouble with neutral sounding gear, it puts the spotlight on the other parts of the signal chain. The stuff we might never have clearly heard because it was masked by other more coloured sounding gear. Moving to amps and cabs that sound very clean, with a well defined sound often bring out the comment, "I can now hear all my mistakes". It doesn't always mean that we don't sound good. But we do sound different and probably uncomfortable because we feel our playing is more exposed.

They're not being fair to you, at all. I'd want mp3's of what they wanted me to play at the audition so I can give it my best shot. "Just turn up and give it a go" doesn't sound like a very polished or professional outfit.

I have a Harvest leather gig bag. It's the best I've found. I know they're not leather, but if I was looking at a British company I'd check out Hiscox cases. I'm also using a Harvest strap. I'd recommend those as well.

With your requirements, after a low action I'd be looking at very light strings.

GHS Precision flats are great and won't break the bank. I have a set of TI flats on my PJ at the moment. I was interested to find out what all these tension comments were about, but IMO the TI strings don't seem to be very different from my GHS set. On the gig, both bands loved the GHS strings but I've also had good comments about the sound of the TI's.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1489682871' post='3258977'] Indeed it was Pan and on March 11 the [i]actual [/i]Vox Foundation you bought is in the ad at £95. Presumably you screwed them down a fiver which is £83 in today's money. Nice work, Sir.[color=#faebd7].[/color] [/quote] Wow, what a coincidence. My Dad was handing the money that day. Took me over a year to pay him back.

Was that Pan? I used to see lots of good gear in there, most of it hadn't been looked after too well. On March 12th 1967 I bought my Vox Foundation there for £90 and the transformer caught fire 2 weeks later!!

Ah yes. I saw the title before it was changed. But I'll throw in Da Doo Ron Ron, Ron.

I'll help you out. . . . . [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moAR4Bb2QHI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moAR4Bb2QHI[/url]

[quote name='krispn' timestamp='1489575319' post='3258014'] Twice the price for twice the features [/quote] At the risk of ruining a perfectly good witch hunt. . . . Not twice the price. If my maths is right, the TH500 at approx £819 is slightly over 30% more expensive than the TH350 at approx £600.

One that requires the features and spec of the TH500.

The differences. . . . the TH350 has no send or return circuitry, 1 speaker out, no voltage changer on the back and what ever it is missing to make 350 watts up to 500. The TH500 is aimed at a higher level of gigging than the TH350 so price and spec differences reflect this.

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1489524177' post='3257689'] The battery comparison on morning TV showed that Lidl batteries outlasted even the duracells. [/quote] I saw a TV program and they put 4 different makes of battery into model cars and ran them until they stopped. In this test the Duracell batteries did not last as long as Lidl's own! I have always used Duracell but that just seems to demonstrate the power of advertising. Lidl batteries? Seems I need to try some of those.

The current Super Compact is gen3.

Yes you are. Check the specs again.

[quote name='Ajoten' timestamp='1478961267' post='3172988'] Blimey £££. And here's me hoping there some £100 pracky amp that might do. [/quote] It might but you won't sound as good. . . then it might not. Practise amps are not always designed to gig with. There are plenty of small cabs/amps/combos but the good sounding ones are few and far between, and will cost more.

[quote name='krispn' timestamp='1489480157' post='3257206'] I'm still annoyed at him ripping off Brother Marvin on that terrible song a few years ago [/quote] Hardly a rip off. Thinking Out Loud bears no resemblance to Let's Get It On in the copyrightable bits, the lyrics and melody. These songs are simply not the same. So if you think you can sue over a chord sequence or rhythm then every song written in the last 60 years is a rip off. This is a smash and grab. An opportunistic attempt to con some cash out of ES, hoping he doesn't want any "bad" publicity.