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I'm glad I'm not the only one with a really unpractical car for gigging. Having said that I can get my One10 cab, GK MB500, Musicman Sterling and cable bag plus our guitarists Fender 65 Twin Reverb combo, 2 guitars, pedal board, 2 cable bags & our gigging clothes (and our guitarist) in my Scirocco R But back to the OP - I've always had big rigs. Usually 2 4x10" or 15"s etc plus amp but my last setup was a Fender Rumble 500 combo. Fantastic and really loud but I wanted something smaller and lighter as it was only going to be a monitor so I have the setup I have now. I did initially buy an MB200 but felt that I was pushing it too hard. I'd rather have the higher powered amp ticking over than over exert a lower powered one.

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We play a medley of Gimme Gimme Gimme into Lay Your Love on Me and then Voulez Vous. Always goes down a storm at weddings and it's a lot of fun to play

I've had many 4 string stingrays but only one that I liked and was the 30th anniversary one. I really want to like them as they are really cool and great sounding basses but there's just something about them that I don't get on with. The 5ers have all been great but there's something about the 4s. It might be the ceramic pickup that I like and possibly the reason why I love my Sterling. I really want one of the new models but I must try it first.

Absolutely if they were using existing recordings but Unless Derek Acorah has been imbibed with the spirit of Rutger Gunnarson

Hi Frank - in that case I'll be Ernest I'd much rather pay the extra £70 and get myself a Barefaced Super Twin or 4 Ten

Great as he was I'm not sure how he could contribute to a new recording

and he also gave his name to a concoction of spirits that you'd pour into a small lemonade bottle from various bottles in your dad's collection so that he wouldn't notice that any was missing

There's the big fellow with the crimped hair from Kansas but he does backing vocals as well

The story I've heard was that Alex fitted the look of the band better and the record company would only sign them with him in the band but he couldn't play bass to save himself so they got Hugh in to record the bass lines. At the time Hugh looked a lot older than the rest of the band so didn't fit the look of the band. End of the day the story goes that either they were able to bin Alex through some sort of end of contract thingy or the rest of the band finally began looking about ages with Hugh. Something like that

I had one of those D'addario clip on mini tuners and thought it was dreadful. I've been using a snark clip on for the past couple of years. I usually only have it clipped on for the first few songs. Other than that I'm straight into my amp via the wireless

I read the brand name initially as "Firewood" - probably wasn't far off the mark

Yes it's only a 6 hour, 250 mile round trip

I'd be wanting to take the bridge cover off and put it back on the right way

I'm also in the minority. I've played in the past with people who fell into most of those categories but I wouldn't tolerate that these days. I'm at a stage where I am really enjoying my playing and gigging and if there was someone spoiling my enjoyment then they would either need to change or I would walk Luckily we're all really accommodating and if something needs to change then we'll work out the best way to do it, no one moans, everyone turns up to rehearsals having learnt their parts, everyone turns up to the gig on time and we all get on really well

Ah, I thought he meant that he bought it new in 2010. I've checked the serial and right enough it comes up as May/June 2003

If you stay in the same tuning and like the Rotos then why not get a single 125 string https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/strings-c1/single-strings-c810/bass-guitar-c536/rotosound-sbl125-swing-bass-stainless-steel-roundwound-single-string-125-low-b-p6096 I use a 110 E string but most of the time I am in standard tuning and need to drop the string to D or B during the set. I'm looking at those D'addario EXL165BT strings for standard tuning and a less floppy E string when dropping down lower

Ah I think I get your thinking but 90% of the songs we do are in standard tuning so the balanced set makes sense for most of the gig. For the songs that require a low D or B then it is easier for me to drop the E than to change basses which is virtually nigh on impossible during a wedding set. If I drop the E to B then the tension is 28.6 which is still low for a B string but a better compromise and less floppy than the 110 string that I am currently using. Dropping to D would give me 40.3 which is the same tension as a 105 string tuned to E

Oh dear. Not nearly as common as Stingrays but also don't command as high prices as them either. If I was interested I would be offering around the £400-450 mark. And also introduced in 1993, not 2003. I'm eagerly awaiting (and saving for) the announcement of the 25th anniversary model

The song by the Pistols may have been called "Pretty Vacant" but that wasn't what was being sung.

The tensions are 50.3, 51.9, 51.05 & 49.24 which is pretty close as far as packaged sets of strings go. The standard 45, 65, 85, 105 sets are way off with the A & D being higher tension than the G & E- when I made up my own set of Chromes using individual strings, the most balanced set I could put together was 45, 60, 80, 110

I have been using D'addario EXL165 strings with a 110 E string for the past couple of years now. The reason I use the heavier E is that I often detune to D or B during the course of a gig and the heavier E means that the string is less floppy when detuned than the standard 105 would be. I've been thinking about getting a set of EXL160 balanced tension strings as it has an even heavier E meaning that the string would be even better tension when detuned. The gauges I use are 45, 65, 85, 110 and the BT set is 50, 67, 90, 120. The strings I am using have an overall tension on the neck of 182.41lbs and the balanced tension set is 201.68 which is only an increase of 19.27lbs and about the same as the tension on a 5 string neck. It's a Musicman so I don't foresee any problems with the neck. I should get away without touching the nut to accommodate the new strings, I'll have to adjust the truss rod and as a bonus I will be able to lower the string height. Has anyone on here been using these strings and is there anything else I should know before getting them?