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Indeed. If one were going to pay this fee it had better come with a guarantee for a certain number of slots otherwise it's not worth it for artists. This just seems like a blatant money grab by the venue.

Do it again - QOTSA

Baby Charles, n'est-ce pas?

Sounds like I dodged a bullet with mine then. Originally ordered from Andertons but it was going be delayed by a couple of months, so I cancelled and ordered from Thomann, and narrowly got it delivered before a) Christmas and b) Brexit.

And even us grumpy, cynical old gits aren't grumpy and cynical about everything

Damn, that's gorgeous.

You might get some grief from your band for being too loud though, but you can safely ignore them as they're wrong 🤣

Indeed, this is what warranties are for

Just as an aside, at our gig on Saturday we had people up and dancing to a good number of our tunes, but interestingly when we played Dakota was where people went to the bar and sat down, where usually it's a guaranteed crowd pleaser. Just goes to show!

Get in there quick though, they go in and out of stock like nobody's business!

Variety is good, and there's definitely a wide variety of songs there, but you potentially run the risk of turning the audience off with the less popular songs. I guess it depends on what your target audience is. It may be worth building up a catalogue of songs you can play and tailoring your set lists to the venue; i.e. you probably wouldn't play the same songs in a rock pub that you would in a working men's club or at a wedding. At 12/14 songs per set I'm guessing you're aiming at an hour per set? Any encores?

How very serendipitous!

The TE Elf is a little marvel though to be fair.

Exactly my philosophy! I can confirm that the ABM600 pairs really nicely with a Barefaced Two10.

This is the way

Headroom is good apparently, so if you can afford it go for the 600. I have it and it sounds awesome, but I'm starting to realise I'll probably never get close to getting the full 600W out of it so I'm sticking with my headroom hypothesis...

I'm guessing this was intended for a different thread?

Cheers @CiciBass, good to have the backup of someone who's tested a lot more basses than I have! Welcome to the forums too 😁

Honestly I've gone back to using it passive because I haven't had a need to boost/cut anything with the preamp. The preamp is very versatile and will let you minutely fiddle with the tone until the sun explodes if you so desire, but the base tone is very decent so I've just left it be.

I have the four-string 2nd gen V7 and it's fantastic, so I've no reason to suspect the fiver will be any less good.

Especially as the original members have reformed under a different name now (or they had last time I heard anything about them).

Start timing issues irk me a lot too. A lot of our songs start with our synth player who is not very conscientious about counting us in so some songs sound a bit ropey to start.

It's a Two10S and was definitely a worthwhile purchase. I'm keen to get a One10 for rehearsals and smaller gigs, as though the Two10S is relatively light it's still a bit of a faff.