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Did a deal with Ian which went very smoothly indeed and gave me an excuse to get down the country for a drive. Top bloke! All the best! G

I'm still super happy with my Cali76-G. That bass version does look tasty but I just got mine a month ago. It's going nowhere

Ticket booked and a room on the delightful Grassmarket Bench hotel, boasting seating space for three and comfortably sleeps one

No sweat maybe some other time If Danny is in tonight i may get him to record us on my phone ( I may have a buddy swinging by too so we should get some audio or video nabbed) G

Hey guys my shout out for tonight still stands - if anyone wants to swing by Finnegan's from 10.30pm and berate the live sound but provide some useful advice too I'm all ears As a side line our singer has just bough a new desk and is 'studying it' ahead of using it for two gigs tonight - one a duo and another with the full band. The desk looks super intuitive and I think we will be more open about what we want to get out of it as well as we've had a big chat about the sound etc. I'm not just interested in how my bass sounds or how out of tune the singer might go, I'd just like to know what the mix is like if the fiddle has enough body, the vox are full and even and most importantly the guitar - He's using a POD HD500 and I'm aware they can sound harsh. I'm not too sure he knows what to do in attaining a good rock sound and uses 18 different patches over the course of the gig (I'm not sure why - I think because he can he does). Ultimately it'll be a good gig but its so hard to judge the sound from the stage and we dont get to do a sound check as such - just a monitor feed on stage before they change FOH over form the jukebox or TV sports Looking forward to it though as it's always a great night in Finn's! Gavin

I recently switched from a 115 to a 212 cab and notice the difference in 'percieved' volume on stage, its a more punchy sound too as one might expect. I'd simply echo whats been said on here depending on the gigs you'll do either one or two 112 cabs or a 212 would be ideal. Mine is a TecAmp and is lightweight, punchy and makes me happy when I'm gigging it. Super excited to be playing it at rehearsal this Monday in fact as its so much better than the in house rig

I've currently got my 4 sting p with rounds and my 5er Jazz with flats.... I love the sound and feel of the jazz and it's a misconception to think rolling the tone off on round wound strings is the same thing as playing flats. Most of my gigging is done on the 5er and while I'll bust out the p for the occasional rockier track the tone of the Jazz just sounds and sits well in the mix(I hope)! It's funny I used to flip between rounds and flats as sometimes it's just nice to change things in tone/feel/sound. We quickly get accustomed to the sounds we make so it's nice to mix it up. Might stick some new DR's on the P this week ahead of next weeks gigs just for a big of a change!

Wonky Can you link to the types of sound you like/are trying to achieve? I've just got my hands on a Cali 76-G which goes into the 'always on' series loop on my basswitch and my bass has a very 'studio mixed' quality to it (how it's EQ'd will play a factor). It's a fat, round tone that from what I have heard so far just sounds just how I hear some studio bass tracks I'm gigging it tonight (in a trio) and looking forward to hearing it in my monitor mix with the band. I'm playing flat wounds on a 5'er jazz bass and its a just a great tone - I was playing along to Cosmic Girl by Jamiroquai earlier and feel like i'd a really good solid version of that tone on the go to give you an idea of what I was aiming for. I wasn't using the germanium to dirty up the sound - but I will be experimenting with that tonight at the gig (might have the 4 string p bass with rounds along too just for fun)!

The thing is with music we all have ears and it's such a consumable thing - we all know what we like. Same with food, how we like our tea made etc etc. with music if we hear a bum note we all know it's a bum note classically trained or otherwise - if food has too much salt we can all pretty much tell on the first taste. If you happen to be a musician or a chef and you don't meet someones expectation expect them to give their opinion - be that constructively or otherwise. How you (we) deal with that is another story!

oh hang on a pint - nah sure the tweeter isn't THAT important