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And what f***ing comedy they are 😆

I'm an entertainer.

Marine boy theme. Howlin’ Wilson

This is my 1978 T40, it was in a bit of a mess when I got it, not so much now I'm finished.

The dictionary definition is: ‘noun One, such as a painter, sculptor, or writer, who is able by virtue of imagination and talent or skill to create works of aesthetic value, especially in the fine arts. A person whose work shows exceptional creative ability or skill. "You are an artist in the kitchen." One, such as an actor or singer, who works in the performing arts. One who is adept at an activity, especially one involving trickery or deceit. "a con artist." One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan. Similar: artisan. One who professes and practices an art in which science and taste preside over the manual execution. One who shows trained skill or rare taste in any manual art or occupation. An artful person; a schemer. Similar: schemer. A person who creates art.’ I don't see anything pretentious in calling yourself an artist. If you do create art then you're an artist. Does playing ‘Sex on Fire’ down the Dog and Duck on a Saturday evening make you an artist? Probably not, but if you're writing lyrics and composing your original music, then yes.

I have the classic issue of my bass isn't cutting through the mix very well at gigs. I have no backline so I rely on my PA completely. The problem I have is that I really like the 2 pickup mid-mid scoop type sound and while it sounds great in isolation, it's gets lost in the mix. I also know that I should be pushing the mids to cut through and while I don't like the isolated sound, I'm sure it will cut through the band mix better. So my question is which frequencies should I be cutting/pushing on my mixing desk(Behringer XR18). For reference my pa speaker set up is 2x18 in bins and 2x12 tops. Thanks in advance.

Thank heavens, as otherwise there would be none that could be guaranteed to be independent.

That's exactly what I was about to say. A new bass should be pretty much immaculate, not chipped and scratched. They should have refined the body before letting it out of their workshop.

Yep. Reading ur post reminded me, back in the day you switched it on at sound chk then it would be left on standby until show time which cld be hrs later.. they always sounded better toasty hot.

Interesting! I guess that, plus the positioning further from the neck, is what makes the sound less like a Gibson mudbucker. The name “Bi-Sonic” is misleading then. I may have gone too far towards the mudbucker tone with the humbucking P-127 then. However, I have the ‘60s British Invasion bass tone in my head and a lot of that was achieved with Gibson humbuckers.

Interested to know how you hook everything up? Is your bass straight in to the passive DI or do you have a pedalboard inbetween? I've been working on something for just this sort of situation and it woud be really helpful to understand how you link everything together and what lets you down. Cheers Chris

Reasonable price for 4 string as I doubt many will have been poorly cared for?

Hope I'm not hijacking this thread, but I'd be really interested to hear what you guys would need from a DI box? The reason I ask is that as well as being a mediocre bass player I'm a mediocre electronics designer and have come up with a "pedal" that gives you some degree of volume and tone control as well as being 9V/battery/phantom powered. I have a couple of these with gigging bass players but I'd be really intrested to hear if it's something people would find generally useful. I have nothing to sell, but I'd love feedback if it's something you potentially would find useful. I'll attach my "user manual" in case you're interested. Cheers! Chris Embarrassingly Direct.docx

Nope - I can't say I've ever hated a bass.

Marine 475 - King Crimson

I know it’s not popular on here, but ‘Later with Jools Holland’ has been championing plenty of music, with 65 series over the last 30+ years. It’s been viewed not only here but in much of Europe, USA, Canada and beyond too.

I got a Zoom B3n about a year ago, and it has lots of fun effects and presets. I haven't found a combination of settings to make a good synth sound yet. The pre-set patch doesn't sound great! Can anyone suggest what settings to use for a good synth sound?

i will say the japanese ones are alright yeah the construction is nice as always from MIJ it's just the electronics and general body designs that do my nut in, moreso meant the korean models with my original comment but it's just a bias against all tunes really, have nightmares about them

Thanks Dave, We share a huge dressing room with the other performers. Should be fun. Daryl

yeah not really the bass itself just everything fell to bits mate when i owned one it was like an ancient curse thought things were looking up but then my ceiling started leaking next day and it felt like all my plants were dying even the plastic ones looked a bit off mate so every time i see one it just feels like absolute horrible dread and bad omen can’t even look at them without feeling sick mate hope that helps 👍

Thank you 🙏 The bass guitar has added distortion and chorus. It’s from the producer’s sound bank rather than my board - he thought it sounded better and I am happy to be guided here. I added the drone note on the synth but that’s in a slightly higher register. It does all add to the mix.

What hasn't been mentioned and is slightly more concerning than the lacquer stuff - is why use a mini toggle there on the lower bout? It's too small for there and just wierd!!