Count Bassy

I liked and still like "Dancing in the Street", Great driving version which doesn't take itself seriously.

The DBS7400 is a class H power stage, and I think the DBS200 is the same. so that would be 200 Watts with 2000W peak. Has he tried the amp through different speakers? I would have thought that they'd be the most likely problem after 25 years. Blown Tweeter perhaps?

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1487766152' post='3242547'] The good news is that bugeras seem either to fail early, or carry on running... One of my guitards is very happy with his... [/quote] This is a standard feature of almost all products, and is refereed to ad the bathtub curve. i.e. there are a relatively high number of failures early which quickly falls off (The tap end of the bath) then there is a period of reltively few failures (the bottom of the bath), and then there is a gradually increasing number of failures as the things start to wear out (The back of the bath). A good bit of kit will have fewer failures at each stage of the curve, but will generally follow the same pattern.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1488030444' post='3245175'] That's what they mean, but it's of no consequence anyway. Output is limited by voltage swing, which is the same irrespective of the load, while sound levels are measured in decibels, and there's no direct correlation between power and decibels. [/quote] Output swing,[i] and the current/thermal limits of the output devices[/i]!

Well, if it had to be just one then it would have to be Family, as they were/are my favourite band ever.

[quote name='fleabag' timestamp='1471744060' post='3115533'] He was on Fearless, as well as Bandstand. Just the 2 albums unfortunately. Ric Grech and John Weider played on the other albums [/quote] Apart from "It's Only A Movie", which was Jim Cregan. Saddened to hear that he's gone. Saw him with Asia a few years ago (not really my sort of thing), who were on the same bill as Family. Struck me as a shame that "Family" didn't get him up for one.

How long have you been playing, and/or how often do you play? You refer to gigging, so I assume you're not a beginner. Different strings will help, but it sounds like you need to toughen your finger tips up. This only really comes from perseverance BUT the trick is (IMHO) to stop when your fingers start to feel sore (easy when practising, not in a gig), i.e. before they blister or shred.Give it a day and repeat. If you let the skin blister/shred then you're back to square one.

[quote name='skb558' timestamp='1485117623' post='3221317'] Steve Upton, Wishbone Ash drummer went to run a chateau in France. [/quote] And what a great drummer he was!

[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1484848259' post='3219094'] Holding out for a Hero written by Jim Steinman Total Eclipse of the Heart also written by Steinman [/quote] Oh well, that's made me look twat hasn't it! Actually I've got to admit that having posted that last post I heard "Total Eclipse of the Heart" on the radio and I did think (without knowing who'd written it) "Actually that could easily be a Meatloaf song" I still think that Meatloaf had a good voice for the songs, obviously not a classic 'good voice' but very suitable for the songs in the same way that Joe Cocker or Tom Waits (or indeed Bonnie Tyler) could be said to have good voices. (still loving that "Twat" gets through the filter)

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1484772992' post='3218389'] Nah. Meatloaf has an awful voice, strained and tuneless. Bonnie Tyler would have done those songs so much better. [/quote] I think Meatloaf had a great voice for those songs at the time. Bonnie Tyler had a great voice for her songs, but I couldn't see it in many Meatloaf/Jim Steinman songs.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1484777586' post='3218449'] Do they still do Bert Weedon's Play in a Day? Edit; Oh yeah. They do! [url="http://www.bertweedon.com/playinaday.htm"]http://www.bertweedo.../playinaday.htm[/url] [/quote] We are normal and we love Bert Weedon!

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1484758125' post='3218191'] Ok I'm gonna say it - he's been dead long enough now... Ace of Spades. Forty-ish minutes of melody-free garbage. [/quote] Loved the short acoustic bit he did in that advert though.

[quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1484665702' post='3217296'] My guitarist loves come together by the Beatles and wants to open shows with it. [/quote] Great song, but I wouldn't class it as an opener.

[quote name='Harryburke14' timestamp='1484591539' post='3216616'] The weight is the main thing putting me off, my HB Jazz was far too heavy, so just interested in weight... [/quote] Just think of weight being 'Heft', and then it becomes a good thing.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1484598383' post='3216726'] Anything by the Eagles. [/quote] Except "Get Over It", which is a cracker.

All the above!

I've always ha d a soft spot for Lazy. Used to cover it in a long gone band.

And it's "The Weavers Answer" by Family, goose bumps and shivers every time. This should be classed as one of the all time great songs, up there with Bohemian Rhapsody etc, except hardly anyone knows it.

[quote name='SICbass' timestamp='1484055787' post='3212251'] Was that by any chance in 81/82? [/quote] The original possibly, but I've always played it in straight 4/4. Bdum Tish.

I don't mind if people hold different opinions to myself. It's a free country and they're perfectly within their rights to be wrong.

WTF was she wearing? - & I thought I had poor taste in clothes!!

[quote name='Bass_Guardian' timestamp='1482513829' post='3201244'] Stu Hamm Urge Bass [/quote] I've got one of these (in black). It's a beautifully built bass and lovely to play, but I must say that the difference between the P pickup and a particular blend of the the two J pickups sound almost identical to my ear. Perhaps I am cloth eared, or just doing something wrong.

If you need them, fine. They look sh*t though.

God, that's Fugly.

I've certainly seen Dave Pegg playing an Ibanez SR505.