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[quote name='debwilliams' timestamp='1343408874' post='1750404'] My strategy is to add a USA P bass and an electric upright to my current basses and I believe I will be satisfied .... [/quote]No you won't be, you'll just think of something else you want! It's what we all do!!

Another vote here for OBBM, great quality, great value, quick delivery. Why would anyone go elsewhere??

One of my favourite albums ever. The Ox's bass tone on this album just blows me away, in particular on The Real Me and The Punk and the Godfather! In fact I'm going out in the car now and think I might have to take it with me! ( Added bonus that our new estate car has got Bose sound system with a woofer under the boot floor!! )

[quote name='yorick' timestamp='1342757063' post='1740476'] My mate Steve playing all instruments on YYZ............. Makes you sick doesn't it!!!! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZmP4FngzHA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZmP4FngzHA[/url] [/quote]That is pretty bloody impressive!!

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1342714284' post='1739883'] I had a meeting today, 1hr drive there, 1hr drive back. Listened to Wham First time I have listened to Wham since I've been a bassist..... OMG awesome basslines!! You have made my day by coaxing me today x [/quote]Glad to be of service! x They had some great songs, really catchy, and with the added bonus of Dion Estus' laying down some awesome grooves, great tone too.

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1342683229' post='1739066'] Nice, haven't listened to any Wham for ages, but have the urge now [/quote]Go do it now, guaranteed to make you smile! I'm not long home from a 10hr nightshift and should be sleeping but instead I'm now listening to Wham songs on YouTube!!

Wham rap came on the radio on my drive home from work this morning, great tune!! I'd forgotten just how good a bass player Dion Estus is, think I might be putting some Wham on the iPod today!

Not music related, but I once had a pretty big accident on the M5 on my way back to Bristol in my work van. I had a big snap-on cab in the back , which I'd only got around to bolting down a couple of days before, and boxes of machine parts etc. I always used to moan about the wooden bulkhead preventing me fitting long stuff inside and having to put it on the roof. Safe to say when I looked at the carnage in the back of the van I thought "well, I'll never moan about that again"! I dread to think what would have happened had it not been there. Once the wreckage had been moved to the hard shoulder and I'd spoken to police etc, I sat on the bank looking at what was left of my van and thought I better ring my boss, this is exactly how the conversation went: Me: "Ken, I've had an accident on the motorway" Him: "what's happened?" Me: "I've gone under the back of an artic" Him: "how bad is the van?" Me: "I'm fine, thanks for asking!!" Him: "That's not what I asked, how bad is the van?" Me: "it's completely totalled,I was lucky to get out of it in one piece" Him: "sh*t, let me know what time you'll be home and I'll get a hire van dropped off so you can still go to Wrexham in the morning" Me:"F**k off" End call! What a nice boss to work for!

My Streamer LX is my main bass. I use it for every gig regardless of whether it's a function in a posh hotel or providing some background music for the fighting down the local! The majority of our gigs are pubs at the moment so if I didn't use it in pubs it would be left at home 90% of the time and simply can't justify having almost £2k worth of bass not being used. I always try to find a safe spot for it between sets etc and it's back in the case as soon as we finish. If anything kicks off while we're playing I'm ok as our singer/rythmn guitarist uses a very expensive Heritage guitar which he's very protective of, and he's a bit of a headcase so I know as long as i'm further back than him I know he can get stuck in long enough for me to get the Warwick back in it's case!!

Without wishing to tempt fate, the ABM was my main amp for about 8 years and I never had a single problem with it. So you can guarantee the next time I go to use it, it's probably gonna explode now!!

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1341944173' post='1726808'] Btw before I got the 3.0 I had a Laney head that cost me £100, I just left it in the van unless it was a wedding/function then I would set it up and leave it at the back within arms reach just in case, it was something to do while the speeches dragged on and on ....... [/quote] Same as I do, just leave the ABM in the car unless I need it.

My wife's cousin is a pro bassist, he was recently rehearsing for a tour and his GK rig was in being serviced so he borrowed a MB800 and 2 BF compacts and it sounded immense!

I've got a Sansamp PBDDI that I use as a drive pedal so can use that into PA for smaller gigs should the inevitable happen. However for bigger gigs where the PA would be pushed to take the bass as well I have got an ABM500 head that I chuck in the car just in case.

Yes I quite like some of their stuff, we do Club Foot which is good fun to play, and sometimes put Shoot the runner in the set too.

Disco Inferno- The Tramps I was made to love her- Stevie Wonder White Lines- Grandmaster Flash

Just been browsing eBay and if you want something with some serious grunt, there's a 1000W Warwick Tubepath on there which is currently on £200, ending on sunday. Obviously you can't guarantee it'll end up going for that sort of money but you never know! I know some Warwick gear is about as popular as a dose of the clap around here, and I'm biased but if it goes for anything near that price it's a great piece of kit for the money!

[quote name='Jack' timestamp='1337941437' post='1667645'] That would be a hell of an amp, even if you use it into your current MAG cab. [/quote] Agreed. Great amp for that sort of money, if I was in the market for a head I'd be snapping it up and using the rest of my budget to buy a couple of the best 8ohm 2x10's I could afford. As someone has already said, with a pair of 210's you can use one for rehearsal/smaller gigs and when you need the extra oomph, or just to get the cabs up higher you can stack them vertically. Better sound dispersion and that great GK tone, can't imagine you'd be disappointed with it.

There's a Gallien Krueger 700RB in the FS section for £175, that would be worth a look/listen. Great amps for rock stuff. My wife's cousin is a pro bassist and has never used anything except RB heads in all the years I've known him. Drop thombassmonkey a pm, he's clued up on all things GK.

1st set The bartender and the thief or local boy in the photograph, 2nd set usually starts with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- Whatever Happened

A drummer I used to be in a band with went through a stage of bringing his 11yr old stepson to rehearsals, and it caused no end of problems. This was before the smoking ban but he used to insist we didn't smoke in the same room as the lad, which used to infuriate our guitarist who was quite a heavy smoker(normal cigs and the herbal kind). He eventually decided it wasn't the best place for an 11yr old and stopped bringing him, but many rows between guitarist and drummer had taken place by then. I'm not a parent so not in the best position to comment but I wouldn't even leave my dog in a van on his own for 2 hours, let alone 2 kids.

Another bass playing legend leaves us. Steve Cropper announced the passing of Duck early this morning aged 70. So sad.

[quote name='Mzungu71' timestamp='1336602761' post='1648433'] Has anyone had one of these beauts and if so what was their opinion? [/quote] I've got one, and the WCA115 but using the 411 on its own more lately. My Streamer sounds great through my Tubepath head and the 411. Not sure how it matches up with other heads, i keep meaning to try my ABM500 Evo head through it just to compare them but haven't got round to it yet. One thing to consider is the weight, if you like lightweight gear then it's probably not the cab for you! The plus side to that is that with so many people going for lightweight gear you can pick the 411 up ridiculously cheap. You see them for as little as £150 used and IMO at that price they take some beating.

My GAS has just been re-ignited by my wife's cousin who's currently in the studio rehearsing for a tour. His rig is being serviced so he's borrowed a GK MB500 and 2 BF Compacts (he normally uses a 1001rb and 2 RBH410's) He phoned me and said "This thing sounds f***ing immense, and it's light as a feather, I'll see if I can hang onto it for a bit and you can try it out". God damn him!!

Our guitarist is an amazing drummer! He only switched to guitar as a problem with his neck meant after each drumming gig he was in agony for a couple of days. About 15 years ago I was in a band with a guitarist who still to this day Is one of the best guitarist's I've ever heard. He was into the whole technical neo-classical thing, yet ended up in an AC/DC tribute band!!

I was quite cynical about them at first. We do quite a lot of gigs for motorcycle clubs in village halls and after a few consecutive weekends of fighting with EQ on a big old boomy wooden stage I decided to buy one and try it. All I can say is, I couldn't be without it now. It just makes your sound more consistent, you don't get to a gig, spot a big wooden stage and think "oh bo***cks, it's gonna be one of those nights"! Great piece of kit, well worth having IMHO.