dave robinson wrote:I saw John Rostill with The Shadows at least four times and each time they used the house PA system and no miking up of their amplifiers. John's sound was always good, through what appeared to be an AC30 bass amp.
Carefully worded! What appeared to be an AC30 bass amp may have been a facade. I understand that John gravitated to using a heavier duty head and cab hidden behind somewhere, in order to get a better sound.
Licorice later acquired John's AC30 bass amp and it was refurbished for him by the E Yorks club. I have used that amp on stage and on its own it struggled to hold its own and sounded quite tame. On one occasion we miked it up and the sound through the theatre PA was sweet, rich and low - everything you could want.
That said there was nothing special about it, apart from the obvious, and I was much happier using my own modern gear which can deliver all the required sounds at a level that fits the rest of the band.
Iain