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Tonight, despite being in a good room and my eq virtually flat, my jazz sounded lifeless. It was only 2/3 of the way through the rehearsal I realised that I had tried the tones off, neck pickup backed off a bit reggae sound before we started. I'd reset my volumes but not the tones... Anyway... it's originals and for one song I needed inspiration and a more aggressive sound. I found both with a pick. The changed sound inspired me to a much better bassline.

Have replaced the pick ups? A Squier p bass I had had a dreadful buzz. I shielded it, changed the pots and wiring. No change. Changed the pick ups eliminated 99% of the hum/buzz.

As in money you mean? I don’t think there’s an absolute answer to this in the same way that I couldn’t say “how much would you do a gig for?” For me depping comes down to whether I can make it work with the rest of my life/gigs/work/ other commitments as much as anything else. It might involve other factors too - like whether the gig is close or far away, whether it’s a gig/venue with a decent reputation, how much notice they’ve got to learn the set etc and whether the dep is actually mates with the band or if it’s just work etc. I agree with the comment about having a run through. I’ve never rehearsed with any of the bands I dep with - it’s another time commitment and expense that might put off busy musicians. I’ve just learned my stuff at home and at most just run thru any unclear or difficult bits in the soundcheck. I wonder if the focus on “a pro player” is making things more difficult. There’s a lot of professional standard players who are still mostly combining music with other work, and depping might work for them.

Was Asked to play bass behind two acoustic guitarists tonight. They fist-bumped me (afterwards) so it probably wasn’t terrible (thanks god for lending some talent) was aiming for a dark jazz bass sound but sounded disconcertingly toppy through PA - more playing around needed sire v7 5 in passive, mostly front, middle tone control

I have an SB14 which has been converted to fretless. It came with and still has the switch

Nice She’s quite good at double bass. also Kate Davis and post modern jukebox

My old SB14 had the switch

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The Birdie Song - The Tweets

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The old SB14s (the original Sterling series) were very close to the US Sterlings - all they were missing was the coil selector switch. I'm actually still looking for a CAR one! Most MM replacement pickups are made to replicate the Stingray pickup - the Sterling pickup is more like a 4-string version of the pickup in the Stingray 5, with alnico magnets and a phantom noise-cancelling coil. Delano do an alnico MM pickup that'd probably a closer match to the Sterling than the Nordstrand. As for a replacement EQ, the Retrovibe one gets very close to the original Stingray preamp and it's stupid cheap. I'd actually leave the stock circuit alone as it's close enough to the original and maybe just upgrade the pickup.

That's really helpful, thanks 😁

Yes I know I posted this picture on the Warwick thread a few weeks back, but I was just running through a few things this afternoon ready for taking the new (to me) Warwick Streamer 5 and TE stack out for their first gig together next week, and the combination just sounds like everything I have ever wanted. It's taken me almost 30 years to finally get the set-up I lusted over as a teenager and it's exactly as I hoped! Has anyone else done the Warwick + TE combination?

The Cobras ... though we have no new video up yet ... but if you want to book us ...

Yeah, i thought this was quite a common practice. Thanks, ill bare that in mind.

Ride A White Swan - T Rex

I've been playing all evening and absolutely loving the sounds I'm getting from it. Dirty channel on my Revolt preamp pedal, both pickups on full, and it sounds huge.

It was exactly one of these that re-stoked my love of the Jazz! Picked one up in March last year - lovely Firemist Silver, which is more of a light blue if I'm honest... But WOW! The feel of the neck, the sound of the pickups, the matching headstock and the lovely stacked knobs! Truly beautiful and almost impossible to put down! It does feel like a genuine vintage bass, for the most part. Since then I have added a few more Jazz basses: a 2003 Am Deluxe QMT, a 2010 Victor Bailey, a 98 American Standard and 2 x American Pro II's (the most recent being the Dark Night, which will serve as the last bass i ever buy - still no one believes me hahaha) I started off on a Jazz many many ago (Mexican Standard J - still at my parents house in Ireland to this day) but decided the P was way more punk back then hahaha. Always preferred the look and the feel of the Jazz but preferred the sound of the Precision - maybe that's why I love my pink Mark Hoppus Mk 1 so much! I agree with some of the above posts around them sounding a little less full when compared with a P. They definitely need a bit more tweaking when trying to get them to sound more bottom-heavy but I do find them to be incredibly versatile when it comes to dialing in some different tonal options. It has taken me a long time to learn that the trick is NOT having both pickups and tone all the way up. I like swapping back and forth between J's and Stingrays live. I do find myself having to play a little bit lighter when playing with fingers and swapping from P or Stingray to a Jazz, as I find the Jazz pickups are a little less forgiving when it comes to 'digging in' - never a problem with any of my Precisions!

Hotone Bass Press or AMT Electronics WH-1B - I preferred both of these to the Dunlop too. The Bass Press is discontinued now though I think. Hotone have a newer wah, but no idea if it’s any good on bass. Looks like the AMT is still in production though! https://amtelectronics.com/new/amt-wh-1b/ The recent additions to the Morley range look quite small as in they’d fit on one of the long thin Pedaltrain boards, but they still take up a lot of width.

To file without the right tool (a real nut file), use an A string (in your case) with some sanding paper (800 grit or more) wrapped around it.

Whats the name of the band, I'll look you up. Nothing wrong with 60-ish musos slapping a double bass in punky billy bands 😀.