Merton

Jeff Ament - Pearl Jam Cass Lewis - primarily for Skunk Anansie but also for his Scars and TTD work. Robert DeLeo - STP

[quote name='Rich' post='312993' date='Oct 23 2008, 02:22 PM']They've probably got their 'fingers crossed' that they don't all go ffzzztttttt within 6 weeks too.[/quote] That's certainly one method of QC

Just had an email from Ashdown, they say "fingers crossed" they'll be in stores mid November.....

My ultimate amp head would be the Trace V-Type preamp mated to a 600W MOSFET power amp. Basically, I want a Trace V-Type 600H amp head please. About as rare as the 4x8 cab I have.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='312970' date='Oct 23 2008, 01:54 PM']And now you can get that same preamp topology in a dead cheap but amazing sounding Hartke! Alex[/quote] But they don't have a gain control! <gets coat, leaves the room>

Sweeeeet. I wanna do the course now!

[quote name='OldGit' post='312915' date='Oct 23 2008, 12:43 PM']Certainly is here [/quote] I love that!

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='312654' date='Oct 23 2008, 12:26 AM']+999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 9 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 9 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999[/quote] That's a big number! We love the Ox. For my birthday earlier this month my lovely gf bought me that book with photos of his bass collection circa 1995/6ish (but not printed til after he died). Awesome

Gorgeous!

[quote name='tombboy' post='311685' date='Oct 21 2008, 11:23 PM']Extreme - beginning of November at UEA, Norwich Thunder - end of November at Corn Exchange Cambridge .... gap to be filled!!.... AC/DC - april at O2, London[/quote] Nice! My next one is Extreme at the London Astoria, then ManRaze at the Camden Barfly

Take your head to the Bass Gallery (or another shop) in London and try lots of cabs out I did this when buying my first rig many moons ago, but at Electromusic in Doncaster. Spent 3 hours there, played everything in the shop whether in my budget or not. Even took a bass playing friend to get a second opinion. Was great fun and you come away knowing you've made the right choice!

[quote name='coasterbass' post='310614' date='Oct 20 2008, 05:06 PM']Check out the version of Romeo and Juliet by The Killers. Whilst a fan of the original, I found it worked better in a smaller band arrangement.[/quote] Cool, will do. Cheers Didn't even know they'd done a cover of it!

Slightly OT, weirdest request we have has was MJ's "Earth Song". At a Christmas party. Back on topic: I have to learn Sade's "By Your Side" and "Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits for a couple of December weddings. Not standard first dance fare but better than some of the stuff we've been asked to do

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='309852' date='Oct 19 2008, 02:55 PM']Doesn't anyone offer a service to retro-fit new internals into old pick-up housings? Can't go wrong with that - at least they'd definitely fit whatever they came out of...[/quote] Pretty sure Andy @ Wizard does this...? Definetely a good idea to look into it!

We do occasional (ie. once every two months ish) public gigs in a bar in East Grinstead, bring potential punters to that and job done.

Good gig last night, we have a completely new lighting rig, trusses and start cloth and it was their debut last night. Looked awesome and of course made us sound better The gig itself was cool, one of my pupils played "You Really Got Me" instead of me - it was his elder sister's 18th birthday. I think we played well, my new Ibanez synth pedal sounded cool and ultimately everyone was on the dancefloor all night so can't have been bad

[quote name='bluesparky' post='308569' date='Oct 17 2008, 01:18 PM']Not sure if this is the place for them, but whilst we're / i'm on the subject, would anyone be interested if i posted some tour photos here - as requested in another thread?[/quote] Maybe a seperate thread might be the best place? But yes please, pics are a must!!

[quote name='alexclaber' post='308579' date='Oct 17 2008, 01:28 PM']From what I can see of most lighter weight cabinets (and many heavy ones too) is that they're insufficiently braced. My old Acme cabs were 3/4" ply with pre-stressed cross-braces - very rigid indeed. To get similar rigidity with my 3/8" ply cabs I'm running ribs along all the panels and then using tensioned cross-braces. The downside is the extra time it takes to build them and they're not quite as light as an unbraced lightweight ply cab but they're a hell of a lot better sounding! Alex[/quote] I have f**k all experience with light cabs but I do know htat the sound of your Compact cab was astonishing. I can't wait to be able to afford a couple

[quote name='MoJoKe' post='307934' date='Oct 16 2008, 03:17 PM']Thanks for that! Who do I contact to get my name on the waiting list? I left a message on Pete's answer phone about a year ago, but didn't get any reply.....[/quote] I'd try Charlie Chandler's Guitar Experience in Hampton Wick to get hold of Paul Herman there, or get another contact no. for him

[quote name='stevie' post='307893' date='Oct 16 2008, 02:12 PM']My hands are not big enough to stretch, but the open A sounds all right to me. I just tried hammering onto the F sharp in the main riff, which also makes it easier to play.[/quote] Fair play. There's no "correct way" IMO, everyone plays things slightly differently. Interestingly I use the open A at the chorus. Not sure why, I just do.

[quote name='OldGit' post='307882' date='Oct 16 2008, 02:04 PM']Ask for a referral fee then ...[/quote] Now, being the naive idiots we are, we've never thought of that. Ta!