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The blue/yellow/blue rings a bell.... I want to say old Innovation Honeys? What do the ball ends look like? If they're bars rather than balls then they're probably Innovation.

The Monaco sounded better to/for me. Caveats: I was playing my carved bass with a Realist pickup rather than the ply bass with a Krivo magnetic pickup which I normally use 98% of the time, so in essence, my carved bass was sounding like my ply bass?? Also, my carved bass is quite bright, so I may not have produced the lower frequencies noted by Chyc. Honestly, I think either cab would be great for DB, and noticeably louder than your Upshot. Everything else is just personal taste.

I actually preferred the 12" Monaco over the Monza, but that was probably because it sounded closer to my MAS 45. If I had to replace my MAS cabs, I'd be looking at a LfSys Monaco or a couple of Barefaced 10s

I believe the Earbox has a ridiculously high impedance so you can run it from your amps second speaker output, even if your other cab is 4Ohm/minimum impedance for the Clarus. Never tried one though. Much as I loved my AI amp, their speaker cabs always left me feeling underwhelmed.

Any particular reason you want to use a dedicated multitracker rather than using an interface into a pc? I've owned a couple of Tascam units in the past and exporting the tracks was always a major PITA. I found it much easier to do the same level of recording with a £30 Behringher interface and Audacity.

There's a load of great live venues in Bristol city centre - for a covers band I'd look at Mother's Ruin on St Nicholas Street, Mr Wolfs on Baldwin street, The Ill Repute (and possibly the Stag and Hounds - not sure how regularly they put bands on these days) on Old Market and the Bristol Stable on Canon's road on the harbourside

Hi S'manth I have a Markbass LM2 that ticks all your boxes and is currently surplus to requirements.... Dave

For me, a very recent rediscovery was Skunk Anansie. Saw them loads back in the day, then over the years drifted off into other genres. Seeing Bob Vylan recently just reminded me of SA and the pure intensity of their live shows.

What's the pre/DI on top of the Puma?

No - didn't buy anything the end. I managed to get one of my Altos working through a gig by stripping it down and cleaning out all the layer of cider infused floor gunk, so hopefully the sme process will resurrect the other two. It's also coincided with a bit of a band discussion on whether we should continue to even own a PA any more, given that we use it 3 or 4 times a year and can easily hire in if we need to.

Churrz Rich.

Looks like a fantastic do as always, genuinely sad that I couldn't fit it in. In the photo with the Reverend, the Harley Benton semi and the Explorer on the table, what is the '51 style P bass? Looks gurt lush. Dave

Went to see Random Hand and Popes of Chillitown with Roshambo at the Fleece in Bristol last weekend. Fantastic night of ska punk

Unfortunately I'm going to have to miss this one - couple of busy gig weekend coming up and I've left myself with too much to do this weekend. Have fun everyone! Dave.

I recently bought a Roth & Junius BSB06 which I'm very happy with. Quality is great and it fits my large ¾ perfectly. It replaced my Christopher bag, which is still going strong after 10 years, apart from the anchor point for the back straps. Zips and everything else is fine - you're welcome to it if you want it.

The best* single combo offering for upright and bass guitar is probably one if the twin channel combos from AER. They're not cheap and they're heavy by current standards but they sound amazing. There's a handful of 2 channel amp heads aimed at players who double on upright and bass guitar (different EQ centres on each channel)- the Acoustic Image Clarus S2 being the primary example. There's also the, now discontinued, Euphonic Audio Doubler. I have one of these and it's a great amp. I note that there's one for sale in the classifieds forum at the moment... (no affiliation). The benefit of going with the likes of AER/AI/EA is that the input on the double bass channel will be high impedance to match the requirements of piezo pickups, so you don't need a buffering preamp. Cabinet wise, for upright I much prefer lots of small speakers (6" or 8") to single 10s or 12s. Notable exceptions* are the Barefaced One10 and the LFSys Monaco. I tried the Monaco at last year's SW bass bash and thought it was a great cab for double bass - the notes on the E string had plenty of separation/articulation, which is rarely the case with 12" cabs* *IMO/IME Dave

I use a Fishman Platinum Pro analog in my live seup and use it's predecessor in our rehearsal room. I really like it - high impedance preamp, HPF, DI and tuner all in one box. I don't tend to use the EQ much, but its' useful to have. The ability to be able to switch the EQ centres between 'guitar' and 'bass' is handy if you play other instruments.

Cheers Phil. RCF would have been my choice if we were using our own PA for every gig, but I can't justify the cost for the handufl of pub gigs we still do each year. The specs on the Turbosound pretty much line up with everything else at that price point, so they certainly can't be any worse than our old Altos, wth the added benefit of DSP. Hope to be at the SW bash - just haven't got round to cross checking with Mrs Rev.

The tailpiece in the Shergold article looks quite small compared to the bridge so I'm guessing it might be a cello tailpiece? New tailpieces are pretty cheap and if you have the bridge, then all you need is a shout out for a set of used strings and you could be up and playing for £100. I'd leave getting a setup until you're sure you can tune it up without it folding in half.

Two of my Alto TS 112 monitors have sucumbed to the intermittent thermal cutout problem that plagues the Alto Mark 1's, so I'm looking to replace them. We don't use our own PA very often so I don't want to shell out loads of money for something we'll only use 4 or 5 times a year. I'm intersted in the Turbosound TFX112M-AN active wedges, which seem to offer a lot for under £400 each - has anyone got real world experience with these monitors? The PA company that does our festivals uses the passive 112 Turbosound monitors so I know they're generally decent. Churrz! Dave

ArcTangent? That's held on the same farm as the festival (OutCider) shown on Country File.