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Thanks Dave, I hope you guys have a good one too. Yeah, August was slow for me. September has been busy. Daryl

I think DI is the way to go for small venues. I use a pretty basic DI. I wonder if I should shop some of the high end bass DI/ pre-amps with all the bells and whistles. Daryl

danny.......

The physics of bass notes being an octave lower than guitar means they are more difficult to track and I've not yet found a dedicated pitch shift pedal that works really well on bass, particularly moving more than a couple of semitones. And multifx have, in my experience, been significantly less good than dedicated pedals - certainly the ones I've used. As you say, the drop tuning seems to be excellent for guitar! If it gets comparably close on bass, colour me super interested - having singers who have different vocal registers means that this could be ideal for use with my crew! Although £195 is going to be a decent chunk of change to part with.

There's a high-mid/treble bump that you get from a G&L that's quite reminiscent (to my ears, anyway) of the Wal sound with the pick attack setting activated. It's a lower frequency than the characteristic biting MM "thwp" sound (which is at around 8kHz). That rubbery Wal tone you mention is what you get if you run the filters between about 30-60% - if you run them wide open, you get a flatter sound that a G&L can do a decent facsimile of. To me, the main drawback with a G&L with the L-series electronics is that you only have a 3-position pickup switch and not a proper blend control. I do maintain that a G&L is one of the best rock basses out there though. The M-2000/M-2500 basses had a more conventional blend and 3-band EQ setup, and they had a more MM-like sound - the treble boost was higher up the frequency range. The sound, when dialled just a little off centre, favouring the neck pickup slightly, and scooping the mids a little, was one of the biggest rock bass sounds I've ever come across. I used to own an SB-2 and it was one of the best P-style basses I've ever played.

Me too, that's only a few miles from home. Good choice with a decent car park and local shops close by.

Small venue tonight so I went DI with one of the 'baby' devices. Struggled all first set until nearly done when I realised the PA on my side had the top turned down. Used it to Bluetooth music to the pa in the interval... then struggled for two songs until I realised it had reset and was on a preset, then I got my sound back. All this combined with gigging flats gor the first time, I couldn't relax and felt awkward. Ironically a bass player in the audisaid I had a really good sound... I just wish I could have heard it better. Conclusion... if I go ampless again, I will need IEMs. But it took me decades to find earplugs I like so... Took me a few minutes to pack away, then 50 minutes helping the others...

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Dunno but it's all got to fit in my car...

Correct. Most Gibson long-scale basses (EB-0L, EB-3L, RD, Victory,Bass IV/V...) are 34.5" scale.

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https://www.andertons.co.uk/squier-fsr-classic-vibe-60s-mustang-bass-in-antigua/ Just placed an order for this peeps 😅 Anderson's seems to be the only place to have them... Including Fender (Squier)

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Sold Brian an amp. Great transaction, everything went as it should. Have no reservations 😁 Thanks agin Brian.