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I don't want to derail the thread too much but unfortunately in our society it breaks down as: had a bad day? - have a drink had a good day? - have a drink does the day end in a "Y"? - then have a drink

We've been playing the same venue for their Christmas party nights for the last 3 years so they know us and trust us - enough to pay us in advance for all of the gigs including hogmanay. I have also noticed in the last couple of days on local Facebook pages that there are a lot of people having gigs cancelled for NYE which is extremely shabby. I honestly wouldn't know what to do if I wasn't playing as I don't drink alcohol.

Well my first thought on powering it up was that I may have got a dud as there was a lot of distortion when playing an open G. It took me a while to work out that it was actually the contents of my house vibrating 😛 I've had a play with it in the house but I am trying to find a rehearsal room with a free hour slot available tomorrow as I need some time to get to grips with it before I gig on 31st I only have one concern which is that when it is sitting in the monitor position, the power and instrument cables and slightly squashed against the ground. I'll probably invest in a right angled power cable

Absolutely - it's been sitting in various cold trucks, vans and warehouses for the past 24 hours so I have it sitting in the living room getting up to temperature before I open it up and try it out

My one has just been delivered and the tote bag was included so I'd definitely chase it up. There's a chance that they simply didn't have any in stock but it would have been nice of them to tell you when you could expect it. PMT are on the QSC website as an official dealer so there shouldn't be any problem getting it - if not contact QSC on their Facebook page, they respond pretty quickly

Absolutely but what I meant was that as soon as I adjusted my playing position to suit the Rickenbacker, it felt the most comfortable of the two basses. I play mine finger style with Fender flats and it still has that amazing sound. Not in the least bit thuddy

A quick look around the internet offered - an explorer case, an EB-3 case, a coffin case but the one that sticks out is that a case for an Epiphone Rivoli bass fits this bass. As long as they kept the dimensions roughly the same then the Jack Casady case should fit the Ripper

You're right but for me it required a change of playing position, strap height etc to be able to enjoy it to the fullest whereas the Sterling is just a plug and play bass or at least was as after a couple of months of playing the Rick, the Sterling feels odd to play now

Most of the other players started off on Ricks and moved to other basses. Off the top of my head John Entwistle, John Deacon, Roger Waters, Pete Quaife & Geddy Lee. I think it was either Waters or Quaife who said that the neck ended up like a banana when he changed strings so that was the reason to change

I have a EBMM Sterling and a Rick. I changed the tuners to Ultralites on both basses as I found them both slightly neck heavy. Both basses have their place although I'm enjoying the Rick more at the moment as it's still relatively new but will be using the Sterling when we go into the recording studio at the beginning of next year

Joliet Jake was John Belushi's character who was released from Joliet correctional facility at the start of the movie

Are you Elwood Blues?

I own a Musicman and a Rickenbacker so everything is overrated 😀 My last car was a 280bhp VW Scirocco R but my current car is a Skoda Rapid 1 litre - I like to keep everyone guessing 😉

I got a set of licenced Ultralites for my Rickenbacker here and they were £64 delivered. You just tell the seller the configuration that you want I've had licenced ones on my Sterling for the past few years and I didn't feel the need to spend double the amount for the USA ones as these ones are really good. They are more of a satin finish than shiny chrome though

The way I have taken it is that the RCF 735 & 745 are superior but maybe more than is required for what we are looking to use it for. The QSC K10.2 is plenty enough to be gigging with as a bass monitor but the K12.2 gives you a bit more headroom just in case

I think I may have discovered the donor piece of wood used Just under £20 from your local Travis Perkins

Get it just in time to put the tree back up again (ooer missus)

Really? - I was under the impression that the bag came at the same time? Ah well, It's only one gig at Hogmanay that I plan to use it for so if it doesn't come at the same time the I can transport mine in the box until i get it. I got mine from DJ Kit who are an authorised dealer and get a lot of good reviews. They are doing it today only for £718.20 so I've taken the plunge and it should be here on Friday I checked all other UK authorised dealers and they are all at £756 or higher. I've emailed QSC as you have to register products within 30 days of purchase to quality for the 6 year warranty but the online form to do this is broken.

Was it just me that read the thread title as "Geddy in the Garden"? I thought that he'd embarked on a new career presenting a TV gardening program.

That's interesting as I now have another option - I could use the DI out of the BDI21 into the QSC and select mic level input then use the pass-through on the QSC to go the desk. I like the first option of going straight to the QSC then straight out to the desk as it reduces the chance of noise entering the signal chain between the effects and the QSC

K12.2 it is then I've read all 40 pages and it has been very informative and humorous at times. My reasons for buying one are: Although my rig is already compact I feel that it looks untidy out front with my cab on a stand in front of me so I can have this on the floor out of the way I still have the option, if playing venues where there is a chance of drinks being spilt or clumsy guests tripping over it, to put the speaker on a stand I can use the second input to take a monitor feed from the desk to add keyboards as I struggle to hear them at times and I can also control the level from my end as well I can use the user "scenes" to store settings for venues we play a lot so that I can just turn up, set the scene as it were and play without having to faff around I get a bit panicky when my amps reach a certain age (I've only had this one 2 years from new, if that) and fear that it will fail even though I look after all of my equipment but this comes with a 6 year warranty so I know that I can keep it this long After looking online I am still unsure if I should be selecting line level or instrument level. I'll be using either my Sterling or Rickenbacker through some effects and out of my Behringer BDI21 into the K12.2. Should I use instrument level and risk overdriving the input stage or select line level and maybe have to crank the gain? I also have an EQ pedal that I intend the match the levels of both Rickenbacker and Sterling so that the amp gets the same level input. I have the option to raise the level of the Rick or reduce the level of the Sterling. I think that I'd be more inclined to lower the output of the Sterling

I've mentioned this before but I could never get the Stingray sound I had heard in so many recordings out of a Stingray - 4 string 2 & 3 band and 5 string. I tried at least 8 or 9 of them from different eras including a 20th anniversary, 30th anniversary, fretless & a USA SUB5 but came to the same conclusion. The answer was to buy a Sterling. That is the sound that I was looking for

One of my favourites is during I Know What I like when Mike plays that unusual bass line on his Rick 4080

I am considering making the jump from cab & amp to one of these fellows. I currently have a GK MB500 and Barefaced One10 but my sound comes from a Behringer BDI21. I can't work out whether to go for the QSC K10.2 or K12.2. 14.5kgs v 17.7kgs and £643 v £756 Both are on offer at the moment with carry bags included Would the K10.2 give me the same bottom end and volume that the One10 does or should I go for the 12? I have the money to buy either so that isn't a factor - or given the number of forum members who have recently bought the K12.2 merely wait a couple of months until they start flooding the BC marketplace? 😛 Or would the CP12 be enough? Also to add - I have my cab on a speaker pole and am rarely more than 4 or 5 feet from it