skidder652003

ive got an ampeg PF 500 and was looking for a gig bag and found that my old laptop soft bag fitted perfectly...free!

thanks guys, lots of great advice! I see the memory boys at £75 new in the states and aboiut £94 here so thats a start. The akai looks awesome and there some on ebay now. theres a line 6 echo park on there for £70, so thats in budget....lots to think about!

Anyone got one/heard of one/recommend one? Love delay but want to "tap tempo" in with the drummer rather than set some arbitary dely time with the Knobs! Budget IS a consideration... £70 ish? thanks guys

yep, 4 x 10 @ 8 ohms will be good

sorry, you might be in a jazz band though!

try a 1x 15 with your 4 x 10, classic rock combo, bloody loud

Hi Got the PF-500 head and its great but im carrying it to gigs in its delivery cardboard box and feeling a bit of a tw*t. I cant seem to find a case to fit it, its 14" wide, 11" depth, and 3" high. Any ideas? The 19" 2 RU rackmounts look a bit big and Gator dont seem to do anything to fit

yep got the VT2 twin EQ and its le nads du chien. Dave makes the best!

+1 for the equinox system. £400 new for 2 x 4 bar lights, DMX foot controller, stands, cables and carry case. We use it for all our pub gigs and it works a treat. Avoid the sound to light options (school disco), but the slow fade washes look good. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KS-BtFA_CY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KS-BtFA_CY[/url]

[quote name='DHA' post='1355037' date='Aug 29 2011, 10:17 AM']I am also after soundchips for my bass pedals and would be grateful for any please Dave[/quote] where do we send em to Dave? using the VT-2 Eq its f*****g ace!

Might be worth having a look at Tracktion 3 from Mackie? Ive used it for years along with cubase, protools, abelton et al... For musos its very intuitive and everything fits on one screen, ie no clicking on extra pop up screens for VST's etc, just drag and drop them in as filters. I think its really cheap now as well

MU seems the way to go, just treat all the bands gear as your own if something goes tits up.

nope, he wont let me go near his mesa!

I use Dave Hall's VT-2 bass eq pedal [url="http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/page38.html"]http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/page38.html[/url] got to say im very pleased with it, very tubey, even at low gain, pricey though!

how about a p/j? Loads of those about at the mo!

Thanks guys, went and got a pretty nice looking 2nd hand squire on fleabay for 120 notes [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260814393704&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT[/url] which he can have on permenant loan . Like everyone says, it looks really unprofessional not to have some backup plan when the inevitable happens! Talking of which how many of you take a spare bass to gigs? have to say in the years ive been playing never busted a big one!

So there we were, in the middle of "just got paid" / "American woman" by ZZ Top/ The guess Who - in the pub tonight when the guitarist busts a string, goes out of tune and stops playing. What would you guys do in that situatiion? Me and the drummer improvised into a dodgy jazz funk thing for a couple of minutes whilst said guitarist fumbles for new strings, restrings and retunes. We discussed it after the gig, and as its happened before and likely to happen again we think we should have a standby "question and answer" thing going on between myself and the drummer to cover the guitarists ass. Its really panicky when it happens in a room full of punters! Any ideas, experiences? Dont suggest he gets a standby axe cos he hasnt got a pot to piss in

i have the ASC -15db filters after i exchanged them from the -17db filters which i didnt like. However the -15db filters were designed for solo singers or classical instumentalists and to be honest theyt're even worse, so im going back to the -17db filters. They're fine for rehersals but you loose the sheer oomph when you're gigging.

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='652667' date='Nov 12 2009, 03:16 PM']I can't remember what happened to mine either? Perhaps they escape and roam free in a field somewhere like the one in the pic.[/quote] Thats weird, i had a VS and a 1 x18 and i cant rtemember what happened to mine either....it sort of just wasnt there one day...

[quote name='Bankai' post='1286900' date='Jun 29 2011, 08:12 PM']I've lost the high-bid status. Do I bid again? It'll probably still be a good deal but do I really need ANOTHER rig?[/quote] yep..its ampeg not ashdown!

Ah god..if only [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/B-Stock-Ampeg-SVTVR-Vintage-Bass-Guitar-Amp-Head-SVT-VR-/170658811298?pt=UK_AudioElectronicsVideo_Video_TelevisionSetTopBoxes&hash=item27bc0ecda2"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/B-Stock-Ampeg-SVTVR-...=item27bc0ecda2[/url]

looks interesting.... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230639713882&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...atchlink:top:en[/url]

hi jack ive always sold my basses/ guitars by taking em down the local post office. They weigh them, give you a price and the option of how to send (i use parcelforce 48 - never had any probs). Sending to the states might be a bit trickier but i think they can do that as well. The insurance for musical instruments is a minefield however, and you should check very, very carefully if you're covered, a lot , if not most companies will not cover for musical instruments damaged in transit. I always make this clear now in any correspondence to buyers who insist i send the items by post. Good Luck!

A mate of mine, Murray Gould, who plays session for the wanted and sugar babes told me he finds the music itself a piece of piss, but the real struggle is to concentrate and NOT MAKE A SINGLE MISTAKE when in concert, on TV etc. Amateur musos like me who play in a pub band make loads of mistakes every gig! Is that one of the differences? Maybe...