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Recently bought Toms superb Lakland DJ. Great to catch up with Tom again and I'm very grateful for him delivering the bass in person. Top Basschatter! Many thanks 👍

Looking forward to this. Band diary has nothing booked in May surprisingly. I'll be bringing: Gibson Ripper Gibson NR Thunderbird Sandberg Electra Lakland DJ Can bring my Markbass LM58R head and 2x10 cab(s) if anybody is interested in the new lightweight stuff. Or, a smaller setup of a TC Electronic BH250 and 1x10 Epifani cab if required.

Robert bought my Greco Thunderbird. First class communications throughout which was great as the bass was shipped to The Netherlands. An absolute top guy to deal with in every way, I highly recommend! 👍

A great period for stingrays and wish I wish I wish I kept my '86 Ray but there we are. Sounds great on them tracks 👍

Until now, I've not used an active bass for well over a year so I found the preamp to be 'hot'. Loads of bass and loads of fizz to my ears. The last gig to this I did was with a Gibson Ripper and Gibson Thunderbird so the Sandbergs a bit different. I set the bass and treble knobs to the centre indent and left it there. It was great, Pbass with a bit more on top would be my simple description. The bass is active only, no push pull for active/passive.

VERY happy with this Sandberg Electra. I have owned German made ones in the distant past and I've fancied another for a while now. But to scratch the itch for the time being I recently got this Electra and I really can't fault it. I gigged it last Saturday with the intention to try it out on a couple of songs in the first set but used it throughout the whole gig.

Ben bought my Orville Thunderbird. Really great communications and a thoroughly top guy to to deal with. Many thanks! 👍

Sandberg might be worth looking at.

I've never owned the Travellers but I use two 102 Energy cabs and the LM 58r amp and there's plenty of bottom end, certainly enough for me.

I've bought a good number of basses and amps from BD over the years. When I lived in the Midlands I'd love to drive down there for a visit where Mark was always very welcoming and I would probably leave with a bigger credit card bill than I came in with. But a couple of times the description of the items sold has been a bit inaccurate regarding the condition. A cab described as in 'A1' condition was very much not. I needed the cab so I cleaned it up the best I could and it served me well. Another occasion a Markbass combo had the yellow Neo driver replaced with a ceramic Celestion one and not stated in the description. I did address this with them and the issue was resolved and again, it served me well. Overall I've been very happy with the service and I continue to buy from there.

Just bought a superb MarkBass amp from Will. Great communications and super fast delivery. Very happy! Cheers! 👍

I’m still experimenting with it to be honest. I do need to spend more time with it but loud practice at home is impossible due to the neighbours. I’m not sure what it puts out at 4 ohms off the top of my head but I found it loud enough for the gig. I did notice that I needed to dial in more gain though, especially with the Ripper bass. Maybe the volume comes out at the higher end of the dial.

I only play 4 string so I couldn't tell you about the low B but after a gig and a couple of rehearsals with them I have found them to be quite bassy and not lacking any depth.

Certainly wise to look after yourself and at least you can enjoy playing at home pain free. When I got injured at work last September (crushed foot) there was no way I could cary anything, not even a guitar. The first gig I did after the accident was sitting down with my right foot elevated, which was interesting and quite a few after still having to sit down. Only now can I stand up but I still struggle carrying anything to heavy. My foot will never fully recover so I have to accept my limitations. All the best Brig!

Not last nights gig but last Saturdays... Sorry for the long post. Jan 2nd our drummer quit, quite out of the blue. It was quite a shock as he was very keen, a great drummer and always up for and gig or practice. We managed to get a replacement who was/is a very experienced guy who's spent years gigging in some pretty good bands and depped for many others and will ing to join the band. He said that he knew our set bar a couple of songs so all very promising. We had a full rehearsal before the gig which went ok. Not brilliant but as well as could be expected. We were all happy to go and gig. So at the gig. The new drummer guy looked very uncomfortable. He took a long time to set up and didn't really interact with any of us. Our singer was asking if everything was alright and offering to help if he could. Apparently he said to our singer that he was extremely nervous. Now he made out that he was very experienced and did this sort of thing often and was fine with our set so that came as a bit of a worry. During the gig. I've never known a drummer to play so softly, he might as well had been using drinking straws for drum sticks and no matter how much encouragement to play harder, he simply wouldn't. At half time the the manager of the pub asked what was going on and that we could hardly be heard. This is a venue that we've played a few times before and we're well liked there. We told him that the sound would be sorted in the second set. Second set improved slightly, things seemed better and went down well with the punters. Not much was said after the gig. We thanked him for stepping in and we appreciated that he had little practice and was pretty much thrown in at the deep end. All in all we were happy with him and the next gig would obviously be better. We never heard from him after. Oh well, we'll have to try and find another drummer but this was all too much for our guitarist who quit a few days later saying that he didn't want the hassle. Gigs coming up and no band. Great! What a week it's been.