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Once again, easy peasey. Good ol' Cetera.

A Touch Too Much - AC/DC

Touch Me - Samantha Fox

I know it might seem boring to post your kit every time but there are so many posts from so many different people that i often can't remember who uses what so i enjoy that little reminder from those that add their gear list in their post. Just adds a little bit extra to a post IMO. Dave

I have seen the vid. Chuck Rainey is one of my bass heroes. I attempted to learn his Steely Dan lines in lock down (along with the Will Lee Walk Between the Raindrops).

I like disco drummers. They can't play too slow.

I must be really boring using the same kit every gig 😂 Sunday afternoon/evening at the White Hart in Melton Mowbray. It was a little bit quiet, possibly due to the Grand Prix, possibly due to being very close to Leicestershire schools breaking up for the summer. Still, we had a decent crowd, plenty of dancing and pointing phone cameras - although not by me because I forgot. Sir Duke was much better for its 2nd (and 3rd!) outing. We also had some great feedback - "How on earth do you make that sound with just 3 of you?" made me smile. Then this morning from a chap that comes to see us a lot, talking about our Mackie SRM450s which only have the vocals going through them, the rest just backline... "Morning Danny, great gig yesterday. Just again realised how perfect your PA setup is. When you first started, I thought it could do with being a bit louder, Ian said what a perfect sound. Later on I went to the toilet, I listened right from the back of the room for one song. I could hear every note and vocals were absolutely crystal clear. And it was still loud enough. Have to say it now, but even in the barn at Barkby, with all Micks expensive gear it wasn't such a nice sound. The harmonies just somehow didn't seem as good. A fantastic job of entertaining us last night as always, let the boys know! Take care." Always nice to hear that kind of thing, especially as we only ever do a line check. The landlord was telling us about a recent band that took 4 hours to do a sound check - sod that!!! 😄

Not heard that before. I prefer it to the album version, which I wasn’t really a massive fan of. I think this version has an airiness that suits the song better. Liam’s vocal sounds really good. Thanks for posting…

Did you manage to get any clips to share with us? No worries if not. As you mentioned, there doesn't seem to be an input gain with the sub mix doubling up as the output gain.

The toaster nearer the neck, lack of checkered binding, full width inlays and what looks like a post 72 bridge (not to mention the crackerjack Grover's) suggest early 73 4001. Looks really nice nick whatever.

Aye! But if it's a 160bpm punk thing we don't really want 110bpm funky drummer!

Thank you, young Francis Honestly, with an Ampeg V4 and a Sansamp, I think you probably already have more than enough compression in your signal chain without adding an additional pedal. My guess - obviously based on nothing more than an assumption based on your gear - is that it's an EQ issue rather than a compression one. The inherent Sansamp sound is a massive mid scoop which while sounding great on its own tends to make anything above the E string difficult to hear in the mix, at least that's been my experience wherever I've tried it over the years. Try dialing back the blend control to under 50% to make the mid rich tone of the Precision more prevalent. And the Ampeg tone, especially if you have the low boost button engaged, also cuts a big chunk of the low minds which usually translate as the bass frequencies you hear in the mix. So if you use that, try switching it off. It might not sound so pleasing on its own but will help you hear the bass clearer in the mix. And again, with the Ampeg and a Sansamp, I'm guessing you have enough drive for a natural drive sound, especially when trying the above suggestions to counteract the mid scoop of both.

A great example of what-could-have-been bass-wise is the Brendan Lynch mix of Champagne Supernova. It's a lovely part.

Well, the things I didn’t know about Ricky’s! Thanks to all you backers 😆

Update: I have now got the bass how I wanted after living with it for 18 months. The Babicz bridge is gone, good design but grub screws kept working loose on the saddles so this has been changed for a fender Himass bridge. I found the stock pickup very unbalanced across the strings, the E string sounded great but the others less so and this has been changed out for a Geezer Butler EMG….what a brilliant piece of kit and I’m very happy with the bass as is now.