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Hi all, my Ampeg SVP appears a little temperamental at present and I'm guessing now might be a god time to get the power amp serviced also, anyone know a decent tech in Aber/Mid Wales? Chris

Relevant http://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/the-23-best-drummer-jokes-ever-169967 Chris

Ha ha, as soon as I saw the title I knew the content! Drummers, says it all

Nice one Michael, I love vertically stacked cabs (my old Ampeg with two 2x10s sounded great on stage). Interested to know, if there's only one driver per cab, if it make any difference whether they're vertically or horizontally stacked? C

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1372899958' post='2131515'] Some of this debate reminds me of discussions I had many years ago with people in the country music community about the soi-disant New Country format. Oh, spawn of the devil, it was. Not [i]real [/i]country at all. Your station should be playing more Gene Autry / Bob Wills / Carter Family. You're letting the side down. Even sent death threats and - on one occasion - a turd in a box, just because we didn't play the 'right' artists. Well, that was all bollocks, because the limited toehold country had on the market was proof positive that normal punters weren't ready for the hard stuff. You had to coax them in with something a bit pappy and - once they'd overcome their natural distaste for the entire genre - they'd fan out to discover all the other artists and songs. And it worked, because after a year or so we started getting requests for Lefty Frizzell or George Jones or (God forbid) Lloyd Morgan from 18 year-olds. Thing was, the hard-core country fans didn't like what we were doing because it didn't gel with [i]their[/i] idea of what the genre should be about. Bands such as The Mumfords may not fit their genre template, but they're a damn good way of growing the market for the music. Trouble is, existing fans don't always make the connection, see the benefit and take advantage of the opportunity to ship in some new blood. 'If you like [i]that[/i], you might like [i]this[/i]' would be the way forward to my mind. Were I a folkie, I'd be sending the Mumfords a thank-you note and a box of delicious gingerbread. [color=#ffffff].[/color] [/quote] Went to a outdoor/daytime gig in Canterbury last year, the usual daytime mix of rock, folk, world (plus singer songwriter who's clearly a mate of the promotor) etc. There were a bunch of very cool looking 16-18 year olds hanging out, and I would have put a few quid on them being what we termed back in the day 'an indie band'. Anyway, they stepped up to play, I was expecting a Ric or two, possibly a Tele but, to my surprise, this bunch of apparently too cool for school kids picked up a banjo, a mandolin, an acoustic guitar and - IIRC - an accordion and a cajon, and proceded to thump out a collection of great up-tempo folk songs - including many by Mumford & Sons - to much appreciation from the entire audience. They completely stole the show. Despite all the talk of 'the new folk' etc I didn't expect to see kids both so proficient at and so motivated to play what were until very recently considered pretty nerdy acoustic instruments. Whilst I doubt Messrs Mumford and Sons can take all the credit, the fact that the majority of the set was theirs suggests that the Mumfs were at least a strong influence. Skank's post above is spot on, it's never a bad thing to have a few 'genre-crossing' bands around to stir things up and open a few doors. I guess it's Fusion Folk (or Folk Fusion), and it'll become it's own genre in time.