Stag

I sold mine... ...the I bought it back a few years later. I dont use it anymore (its an old Aria Pro II that got defretted, not the easiest thing to learn on!) but its nice to have the old girl in the rack with the others.

And on the complete other end of the spectrum, if you like your fretless heavy (yes, really) try Leprosy or Human by Death. Amazing playing from DiGiorgio on those two albums. Not often you hear a fretless bass in death metal but it certainly works for those albums.

Im an Ampeg lover and always have been, but was seriously impressed with Charic's TC rig at the East Anglia BB last year. Masses of volume... Obviously totally different to an Ampeg but i liked it a lot. Some nice features on the RH like settings memory etc, tuner, tube tone blah blah... And as you say, very light.

The Norwich boys have been good to me, price matched online prices and ordered stuff in for me with no hassle. And thats back to and including from the days of it being Academy Of Sound.

[quote name='Stag' timestamp='1326841484' post='1502808'] £120 is a steal! [/quote] Especially given the price of this... exactly the same, no? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Trace-Elliot-7210-SMC-300watt-GP7-bass-combo-/170760783331?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item27c222c5e3

I had the separate head of this for years, served me well, hundreds of gigs it did... the odd overheating issue but that was probably my fault more than the amps! Corking sound... this is one of the newer versions to mine tho. £120 is a steal!

Im loving those Grabbers! Is that Burgundy or something similar, Zydian?

My old Ric has aged from white to a yellowy cream... Wonder if its much to do with the places i used to play in? Ive always had nice comments about the way it looks, complete with light fag burn mark in the headstock. My two penneth on the whole smokin' thang - it should be the landlord / venue's choice if smoking is allowed or not, then its also your choice to play there or not. Being as ive been in both positions (behind the bar booking bands, and on stage with a bass) its plain to the eye that the ban has had an effect on crowd size, particuarly for the rock music i used to troll out regularly. However one should consider a number of other factors such as more expensive booze, the rise of the chain pub, the amount of cash a punter can spend on seeing a local band vs. saving up and seeing a famous one, etc).

Now then... when I was learning thar' bass as a young lad, I was bought the following book by the big man Mr Rainey : [url="http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Electric-Bass-Player-Book/dp/0825624258"]http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Electric-Bass-Player-Book/dp/0825624258[/url] Excellent book full of tips and grooves. No tab tho, all dots... which IMO was a good thing when I had my "L" plates on Worth investigating!

I played Charic's one at the East Anglia Bassbash... I think he should put some piccies up!!! (Presuming he still has it) I blew some light bulbs up with it. If that isnt endorsement enough as to how fine ACG stuff is, then I dont know what is..

I might be late to this party, but I tried Charic's TC rig at last year's bass bash and that is the first amp ive been truly impressed with for many years. So impressive that I think ive talked myself into getting an RH450 (or Classic) and a couple of RS210's.

Welcome to you good sir, always good to have more Naaarfffolllk people on board! I meet up with Dan for beers and cheers everynow and then, perhaps some kind of pub / bass discussion event soon?