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I’ve sent it back. Whilst it sounded fabulous it just didn’t have the power and presence my old SWR had.

I bought my first Phil Jones bass amp this week. PJB 400 compact suitcase. I had a difficult start because I was using a 4 way that clearly had a problem and the amp wouldn’t let me turn up. Switched to plugging it straight into the wall and, wow, what a sound. My fender jazz sounds spectacular...

Can I just just focus on the instrument. I used a GSR205 whilst playing in a house band for a season at Butlins (backing acts like Jackie Graham and The Fizz etc.) and found it to be more than adequate. The sound guys liked it and regularly took a D.I. directly from the bass. I’ll admit it did...

Hi everyone, My name is Steve Lowndes. I studied bass with Tony Morgan at Birmingham Conservatoire 1986-89 gaining BA with double bass specialism and ABSM in both teaching and performing the double bass. I began my studies at Leeds College of Music studying jazz bass, but moved to Birmingham...

Try here Elegy and Tarantella (Bottesini, Giovanni) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download imslp have quite a lot of music available, so it might be worth a look around the site