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I'm not sure I understand the question. . . . but the TF has 2 output sockets on the back and either one can be used to run your cab.

The ST is a great cab but the difference between an amp running at 8 ohms and the same amp running at 4 ohms isn't that noticeable. The 2 12's will add a lot of tone and volume over a 112.

I'm not a fan of Folsom Prison Blues, and this style of Country isn't my favourite, but I'd play 2 in the bar (root and 5th) with some simple runs between the chords because that is what works the best. Always serve the song. Make sure your timing is impeccable and hope you like the next number better. If you think this is dull and monotonous then you should be looking for different, better Country numbers to play. Adding stuff that isn't relevant isn't going to make the song any better for you or the rest of the band.

There's nothing like the buzz of being in a good band, or the joy of playing with great players, or the adrenalin rush of playing in a good band, with great players and performing in front of an audience. I've also been in many bands which were the polar opposite of that. Not many players get through without a bad experience but if you don't start this journey you'll never arrive at the worthwhile bits. If you let the bad stuff get you down then playing in your bedroom probably is the best place for you. On the other hand, you'll never experience any of the good bits. . . and they just about make everything else worthwhile. Last Saturday I played in an indifferent pub, to a small audience, who mostly didn't care, with one of the best drummers and keyboard players I know (both deps) and the gig was one of my best this year. I had a great time. Next Friday's gig is out of the same mould, but with the line up we've got, I'm looking forward to it.

[quote name='govons' timestamp='1478617994' post='3170324'] I have one Bergantino CN212. Lovely cab that I drive with Thunderfunk 750. I like this rig and I am happy nothing to say [/quote] Don't sell a great sounding rig like that on a whim. Only sell when you've actually found something better. I spent several years playing a CN212 which ended up being replaced by 2 great sounding, lighter, louder and modular Barefaced Super Compacts. I still gig my TF750 but mostly use an Aguilar TH500.

[quote name='paul_c2' timestamp='1478646754' post='3170684']If the bass is doing the melody then either someone else is doing the rhythm/harmony, its missing, or its doing all three roles at a time[/quote] Both Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooten have had bass players in their bands. It's not bass guitar I know but for amazing solo bass music, check out Françoise Rabat. I wore this album out when I bought it in the late 60's. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHppW-WZN4k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHppW-WZN4k[/url]

Nobody "cheats physics". . . you either use it well or not so well. The point of the [i]super cab[/i] makers like Barefaced, Greenboy, Bergantino, Acme, Baer, etc, is that they employ the physics in specific and efficient ways to improve the performance of their products.

I've had 2 Bergantino 312 rigs. The first was 3 112's, then a 212 and 112. I'd recommend either format to anyone, they both sounded fantastic. Modular rigs work best for me, and will cover everything from an acoustic duo to the loudest Led Zep tribute. 2 of my 4 amps are 2 ohm so I have no problem powering 2.67's worth of cabs. When I moved to 2 Barefaced SC's I was prepared to buy a third to make up the stack again, but I'm as loud with 2 SC's as I was with 3 Bergs, so I can use my 4 ohm amps for the loud gigs again.

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1478422079' post='3168903'] Nobody mentioned THE white boy who sing de blooze? DELBERT [/quote] I think you'll find I did.

[quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1478428529' post='3168945'] If I forgot to bring my ACS pkugs to a gig, then no gig. The most crucial piece of kit I carry [/quote] +100 I also carry foam plugs as a backup. I had a filter fall apart once and discovered my foam plugs were on the other side of the stage in the leads case! I always have some foam plugs on the cab now!

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1478421298' post='3168898'] Good news is that the new drummer is far more technical than loud and the full band now plays at a more respectable volume that doesn't really need earplugs for rehearsals anyway. [/quote] You should start wearing earplugs [u][i]before[/i][/u] you need them.

. . . then again. . . another not so serious note. . . [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Sn-A7D76o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Sn-A7D76o[/url]

I woke up this morning, woke up yesterday morning too. If I wake up tomorrow morning that'll be three days in a row. - Jim "Golden Boots" Chambers, Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band.

[quote name='louisthebass' timestamp='1478340461' post='3168479'] didn't get it because I didn't have any b/v's.... [/quote] This is it. Forget all this angst about gear and the sound in your head. . . . . learn to sing and you'll be much more use to a band.

The Red House in the song was a pub off the Kings Road in Chelsea. Now it's a Japanese restaurant and cocktail bar. Probably still full of posers though.

I'd be very interested to see that.

I haven't heard this one before. Fantastic Cogbill bass line. Love the Roger Collins version.

I hate Red House. . . even by Hendrix. At our jam we had 3 guitarists in a row come up and ask to play it! It didn't bother them one bit that it had just been played! I had to come up with 3 different bass lines just to keep my sanity.

Don't talk to me about failing auditions. The last one I passed was in 1985! I don't do many, maybe 4 since 85, and I failed them all. I wasn't bothered about 3 of them but I really did want the other 1. That's a terrible success rate! I get all my gigs from guys I know or have seen me play. This is why I always disagree when people post, [i]no one notices the bass player[/i]. They do if you're any good. Play your heart out and people [i]will[/i] notice. Anyway, you're right Highfox, it isn't all about the playing and it does get worse the older you get.

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1478210789' post='3167655'] Lie the idea of adapting some classic blues songs only prob with that is one of the guitarists is a Blues fanatic and will only play a blues song as it sounds by the artist. He doesn't even like me to play ad-libs on certain songs. Likes to keep it simple blues bass lines. [/quote] All suggestions are wasted on a guy like this. You meet a lot of them in the blues world. It's where many of the Luddites end up. The truth is that most of the songs he deigns to play would have been played differently by the original artist on takes 1and 2. We played a bluesy version of a Sting song at a blues club and half of them loved it, but the other half looked very uncomfortable.

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1478250043' post='3167810'] Ooh, way too cool! Yes, great player, bit of an unsung great. [/quote] Very unsung!! He was even airbrushed out of the FAME studios documentary that they made a couple of years ago! Not even mentioned once. He was on many of the hits that came out of FAME studios in the 60's. I believe he was the band leader in the studio on many of the old soul hits. He wrote the bass line for Memphis Soul Stew.

Go for separates. They are easier to upgrade, and you might be doing a lot of that while you find your feet. You don't need big cabs for a big sound any more. 15's are no longer required in order to handle low bass frequencies. There are 10's these days that produce more volume and tone than most 15's did back in the day. Checkout Hartke, Peavey, GK, Aguilar and Markbass heads. Watts are cheap so I'd be looking at 500 watt versions. To start with I'd also be looking in the classifieds. IMO there is a lot of great gear at good prices these days, and most is miles better than the stuff I was looking at even 20 years ago.

This is superfluous twiddling and doesn't form any important function in the song. So leave it out. No band that I've been in has wanted to stick this on the front of the intro when we've done this song.

For starters check out: Keb Mo, The Neville Brothers, Eric Clapton, Delbert McClinton, Bonnie Raitt, Georgie Fame, John Scofield, Jeff Golub, BB KIng, Albert Collins, Aaron Neville, Joe Cocker, Jon Cleary, Robben Ford, The Nimmo Brothers, Lucky Peterson, King King, Lee Dorsey and John Mayer. And see where you go from there.

I have an Archie Shepp album which doesn't appear to employ any time signatures. I played with John Mealing in the 70's just after he left the band If. They used to specialise in odd and complicated time signatures. I asked him how he remembered the count. He said he didn't count anything. You get a rhythmic pattern in your head and follow that. No favourites for me, just depends on the song.