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Looks like it's good if you're in the very south of Britain, but it looks nigh-on useless for the Midlands, North of England, and Wales.

Maybe they should be...

Bleed All Over Me - Wicked Wisdom

Dirty Laundry - Carrie Underwood

[insert suggestive joke here]

It's also worth noting that if this is the photo from the listing this is not an image of an ABM 1200, this is either an ABM 300 or ABM 600 (the resolution of the image makes it difficult to tell). If nothing else you should get photos of the actual gear being offered for sale if you decide you do want to get the amp and the cab, though I would reiterate that you definitely don't need the cab and it will just take up space in your house gathering dust, plus it'll be a pain to sell on when you decide you no longer need it.

Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad - Meat Loaf

How long is your rehearsal session? We struggle to get through more than three new songs in a three hour session, so ten would be nigh on impossible if you wanted to get them anywhere near gig-ready

First gig of the year coming up at Spen Victoria Cricket and Bowls Club first weekend of February. I'm going to put in a bid now for my Elf still being away for repair so next rehearsal will involve an exercise in EQing my bass in advance!

Save yourself a heap of money and just go straight into your computer via an interface, and if you need any effects use plugins in your DAW. If you aren't playing live you can at least dispense with the cab if you want to record the tone of the amp, but you can get the same result with an ABM 300

It was cutting out during a gig. Haven't heard anything further from PMT yet so not sure if the cause.

Calling all drummists! Last week I took my poorly Elf into PMT for it to be sent off for a repair under the warranty. While we were in there my 6yo son plonked himself down behind one of the very expensive Roland electric dum kits and decided to have a bash at them. Not literally, fortunately, but he seemed very keen to try playing them again, to the extent that he practically begged us to take him back the following day so he could try again, which we did. After directing him towards one of the less expensive setups he was more or less happy to amuse himself, and while Mrs asingardenof kept watch I gravitated to the bass section (as you do). Some time later he was still going, and we decided we should look more into what would be involved in getting him started. We've found a local drum school and he's had a taster session this week. He was pretty shy but did very well at the basic stuff he was being shown, and afterwards was very vocal about how much he'd enjoyed it, how he wants a kit of his own and more lessons, and how I should quit my current band and form one with him - my protests that I could be in more than one band are currently falling on deaf ears 🤣 Alas the teacher we went to has a full roster of 1-2-1 lessons and a waiting list, but he agrees with me that that is the best approach rather than group lessons. He has offered ad hoc lessons and advice as and when my son is particularly enthused, which the boy is happy with as he quite likes figuring things out for himself. So in the immediate term I've ordered him a practice pad and a set of sticks so he can practice hitting stuff, and am looking into what sort of kit to get him. He wasn't overly keen on the acoustic set he started on at his taster lesson, much preferring e-kits, which suits his mum and I (and our neighbours) just fine. But do we start him on a junior kit such as this one from G4M, or do we look into getting him onto a full-size kit ASAP? I don't mind going for a junior kit first if that's the best option, but a full-sized kit would mean if he lost interest then it would probably pass to me as I wouldn't mind having a go. The bright colours of the G4M kit have - as designed - turned his head, but should I try and dissuade him? And before anyone asks he has zero interest in picking up a bass!

Payback is a much better wedding song IMO

Well there's this one: bass chat or something? I dunno...

Another vote for the D'Addario XL range here.

Ghost Town - The Specials

The Birth of Loud by Ian S Port is a good read about the heyday of electric guitar and bass development and the relationship between Leo Fender, Les Paul, Gibson, Paul Bigsby, etc.

Apprentices will do both.

Given I'm completely skint for the rest of January this will be an easy one for me to achieve.

The Squier and The Sire. We're not guitarists, we don't need to play our basses the way the women we name our instruments after played us.

Where Do You Go - No Mercy

I use Dunlop Tortex 1.14mm. I have tried triangular picks but I have fairly short fingers and they feel like a handful.

Have come down with a cold. Managed to power through a three-hour rehearsal this afternoon feeling not too bad, but then I had to carry all my stuff down a flight of stairs and then a couple of hundred yards to the car. Wrecked now, and back to work tomorrow – yay.