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After much trying out and research, I’ve finally sorted out my small rig. It’s unbelievable that this little lot ( Aguilar AG 700 and a Barefaced One 10) can produce the sounds that it does in such a lightweight package. Rehearsal tomorrow night should be fun!

My Maruszczyk Jake was based on the specs of a Duck Dunn I had blocked and bound neck matching headstock I decided against a jazz pickup at the bass , this comes in at around 7.5 lbs , I've had several laklands Dj , Bob Glaub , and loved them however I now have 2 Jakes and they are at least the equal if not better than the laklands , i had the bass pictured below up for sale I have since come to my senses and removed it

I'm glad he's managed it saw the announcement today. Although, as dingwalls are already quirkily shaped seeing it in lefty REALLY sent my head spinning

No but I got him to stop gigging with a Les Paul which is almost as good!!

If you just want 30w in a bedroom, a Fender Rumble is brilliant and good value. the Roland series of Bass Cubes are awesome too.

I wouldn't be too happy if I had to spend a whole gig with my foot gaffer taped to a cymbal stand!

Update o'clock: Posted the pics on my fave MIJ FB group and after lots of (occasionally heated & fractious) discussion, it's been established that the serial number & neckplate style is a dead-on match for Tokai. This is from a 1980 JB-65N: This seems to be the standard format Tokai used on their replica-level Fender copies & it's interesting to find that they were presumably building slightly more modestly-specced off-brand instruments simultaneously. There aren't any other 100% match components as far as I can see, although the tuners (which I'd say have distinctively large backplates) are quite similar. Here's the link to the full listing: https://reverb.com/item/3703632-1980-tokai-jazz-sound-bass-very-rare-natural-finish-birdseye-maple-neck-custom-shop-quality so @steviedee, looks like you got a vintage Tokai for £75. Not jealous or anything...

Team work folks!! Following correspondence with Andy and the seller I managed to pick this up at the £525 price. Andy's agreed to pick it up tomorrow once he's agreed a time with the seller. Bit of a steal? So much for downsizing, eh..

If you have an audio interface, then you should be able to write a simple beat - or set up a loop - and record some bass to it within your first hour with any DAW (certainly using YouTube tutorials). If not, then you’re probably not using the right DAW for you. And you won’t discover that unless you demo a few and try. But yeah, it’s a cyclical discussion that comes back to Reaper because it’s the cheapest DAW for people to ‘dip their toes with’. I suppose I’m just more of a tart ‘cos I enjoyed playing the field before finding my sweetheart

Haha. It's clear that all 'real' upright players are going to vote for the real thing...I'm definitely going to be out voted here, but I'm sticking to my guns in saying that an EUB is a great (= convenient, not overly expensive) place to start for a 'real' electric bass player

Oh, I've made many sacrifices on the altars of the gods before - Rob Allen MB2 , Stu Hamm sig, '64 Jazz (yes, a real one), cusp Fender Showman head.....and haven't lost too much on the resale, so I think I have done enough to be let off this time.

Provided you have an iPhone, Focusrite have designed a product for this exact purpose: https://itrack.focusrite.com/products/itrack-pocket https://www.gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/Focusrite-iTrack-Pocket/13CV?origin=product-ads&campaign=PLA+Shop+-+GENERIC&adgroup=GENERIC&medium=vertical_search&network=google&merchant_id=1279443&product_id=51007d1&product_country=GB&product_partition_id=125996608879&gclid=Cj0KCQiAvrfSBRC2ARIsAFumcm-G6uIRReLLQpd2lBv2i6xjLPfGIYhfIwKkPZan5jjDG6_EbjUA-2IaAlywEALw_wcB The price has been dropped massively, too!

So what do Slipknot use? A Johnson?

Interesting... I've just bought a Big Block 750 and it sounds fantastic to my ears when paired with a Berg 212 AE; and that's when using it with range of different basses, 4 and 5 strings, active, passive etc.. It's loud but with plenty of headroom, has very good mids and loads of low end. More importantly, it has that 'authority' and 'heft' (or should that be 'weight') that I would normally associate with an all valve amp. I say that because I've A/B'd it against my Ampeg V4BH - which has a lovely warm and sweet tone to it - and it compares really well and, whilst it's not quite as warm sounding, it's got more detail in the mid range and more power, as well as a fantastic overdrive sound to it. Overall, I'm very impressed with the Big Block and as my introduction to Mesa's bass gear, it's created a very good first impression.

Phil bought a TC Electronics combo from me. He remembered where I live from his British Aerospace days and we had an interesting chat about what had been what. Hopefully meeting up with Phil again later this year at the LBGS - top fella, totally trustworthy, an asset to this forum... BTW Phil, took about 5 mins to get Shalla back in....

Phil bought a cab from me. All as it should be. Recommended

we use a couple of pull up banners for quick get in gigs and a proper printed fire certificated one, which is great for more established venues that require the proper paperwork the pull ups were £23 each and the full cert one was about £220 i think, the print quality on that one is superb, its just set up at our rehearsal place in the pic. overall i think they were both good purchases.

Yes, plan is to use these with the D800 & fingers crossed it's not a bouncy stage

Maybe a magnetic badge you can peel on and off like a fridge magnet... bonus being you could also put it on your fridge when not playing through your BF cab.

I believe Aguilar used the same power module in the TH500 that other manufacturers used in their 900 watt rated amps. It seems to me that Aguilar under rates their products.

I use 2 RCF Evox 8's with a 6 piece covers band. For your band, 1 will probably be fine as they have good sound dispersion and good feedback rejection so you might be set it up in such a way that you can hear it and use it as a monitor. A word of warning about in-ear monitoring. Unless you have a sound person controlling the FOH sound you can be blissfully unaware of how bad you sound to the audience because you have the perfect in-ear mix. Been there, got the tee-shirt etc etc N

One of the important points is that (I believe) these cabs use Eminence Deltalite II 2512 drivers with a Vd of 255cc. So a total Vd of 510cc for the SL212 versus c.1100cc for the BF Super Twin or c.550cc for the BF Big Baby 2. Mind you, I owned a 212 cab with a pair of Deltalite II 2512 and it was still quite loud, but not that good in the lower frequencies. You pays yer money and makes yer choice. Frank.

I think I'd sum up my preferences with the following table: Mac 1. Logic 2. Reaper Windows 1. Reaper 2. Cubase Si

Those of us born in the 40s are completely stuffed.

Not least when the band ask you where the rest of it is...

They're kinda like more expensive TKS S212's :-)

Welcome mate, are you named after Tommy Saxondale? Brilliant series!!

There's a Laney RB1 on sale in the classifieds here at the moment. I had a look at a couple of videos on youtube and quite like the tone. It's a 15W which might be suitable for home?

agree 100%. It's taken me a couple of years before my musical ear came back after a 25 year lay off. I worked out a bassline for a young bassist and he and the rest of the community were AMAZED that I worked it out just by listening to it. They had no concept of it at all. TBH it was easy to work out, a Bruce Springsteen slow song

Indeed - so yes, you do care who makes it because of 'heritage' and 'history', which are obviously not real attributes of a musical instrument and the 'look' which is subjective (and frankly a 60s Jazz bass looks pretty similar to a copy of a 60s Jazz bass). I have played a couple of older fenders (in the 60s, P and J basses). Some were good, a couple weren't. Whether they sounded good or played well didn't really seem to affect the price, it seemed more related to how original they were and the quality of the finish. Certainly I don't count any of the 60s / 70s fenders in the 'best basses I have ever seen / played', and as I am not a particular fender fan, the look isn't something I am that bothered about. Yes, a collectors item, no question about it. Although there are far better investments, they are nice to have if you like the look of them and are into the history and heritage aspects, in the same way as classic cars and old wines etc. I would never judge anyone for having anything they wanted, but that doesn't fundamentally make them better instruments, it makes the better choices for retaining money, and for me, not being interested in heritage or collectors items, and not being good with money, seems crazy money to pay on something that looks just like anything else, unless it was the best sounding bass I had ever heard, and for me, I have yet to hear one that is.

I suppose good rule of thumb is look at what bassists you like and what you want to sound like, then look at what basses they use, then look at trying to get similar. If you are transitioning from guitar, you might even find it beneficial to look at anything with a thinner neck and/or a shorter scale.

If you provide a rough idea of your location, offers may materialise from local forumites who are willing to help you (and, admittedly, themselves). Ideally, there should the opportunity to view and play the instrument(s) that you are considering. There could even be scope for haggling yourself a good deal.

Don't forget used Yamaha, some excellent buys up to £200. Try & buy used, if it doesn't pan out, you should be able to minimise any losses. Have a look on the Facebook pages for stuff local to you, as well as here, Bumtree & FEEBay.

Another vote for Ibanez, I had a lower middle range one and it was far better made than the MiM Precision I had. I have a cheapish Ibanez fretless and can’t believe how good it is for the money.

If I were you I'd buy a VM 1977 Squier Jazz......... I had one and it was so light and lovely to play.... It had all the qualities my 1977 Fender had except the price. The necks are lovely and the block inlays are really nicely done.... Then, when you're ready to sell the world alight, I'd pick up a pair of EMG pickups for it... they're active but require no routering or mucking about. They come with the control plate and cost about £200. It will sound amazing and you won't look back. Happy new year.....

@Harryburke14 The Entwistle JBXNs haven't been fitted yet. The Zodiac got them about 3 years back on the suggestion from a very nasty man by the name of @chrismuzz He was up to his tricks again yesterday so I'll be trying them in an old very Metal Washburn. The Washburn will still get 2 PBXNs fitted at a jaunty angle to match the lava finish and pointy headstock.

First time I get to use the new digital calipers JBXN neck 91.38mm x 18.5mm x 24.76mm deep JBXN bridge 94.59mm x 18.5mm x 24.76mm deep I've 2 Peavey Zodiac DE Scorpios. They come with Duncan Basslines as stock, replace them on 1 with Entwistle PBXN & JBXN. Bloody Hell they're loud. I'd heard folk bumming up Duncans as loud. Bollocks !! Entwistle Neos are easily twice the output. Both Zodiacs were strung with Roto Nexus,I find that a bright zingy string, the Neos were too powerful for the Nexus so that bass got a set of Fender flats.Stil very loud and clear. If you were swapping basses mid set I'd advise an A/B pedal or volume pedal,chances are you'd need it.

I brought this beauty last year, it is a 2016 CS 62 Precision, it is, for me, the perfect Precision bass, I couldn't really afford to shell out for a genuine 62 Precision and even if I did I would be reluctant to take it out and gig it so this whilst still pricey is the best of both worlds for me, that said I also own a sunburst Road worn Precision and whilst the colours are less vibrant on the Road worn playability, weight and sound wise there is definitely not a couple of thousand pounds difference between the two

My gopro picks up sound well though I'm sure some will have more complicated set ups

Play everything and anything you can get your hands on. My experience with P basses is that I have played custom shop and vintage instruments that if I was blind folded I would have guessed they were squires, and vice versa. You might find your perfect instrument is a lot more affordable than you first thought!

You can just order a Limelight.

If I had the money, I'd be spending it on a good Custom Shop re-pro, known history (ideally new) and a known quantity.

Also this one is worth a look: https://www.cogeffects.co.uk/tarkin-fuzz.php

Personally I never say never anymore. There are just too many basses and guitars that I despised for years, only to end up lusting after them.

A band I love, and have been lucky enough to play gigs with, Booze & Glory started out in 2008. They released their 4th album last year, and have been pretty much on a world tour since then. They started out as an Oi band, but have shifted slightly to a street-punk band, still a minority genre, yet they`ve all had to give up work in order to be in the band full-time. It is possible, yes the odds are stacked against us originallers more than ever, but with a clear idea of what is wanted, band members who are prepared to put in the graft, and a good working ethic it can be done. Even if the aim isn`t to "make it" but to venture forwards you can still have a great time, accepting that "making it" isn`t what is wanted. We`ve no intentions of that, we`re too old, and too comfortable in regular working life, yet in the four years we`ve been together our profile has grown and we`ve had a blast doing it. We released our 3rd album last year, and already in 2018 have gigs booked in (if you include England, Scotland & Wales) 7 countries. There`s also possibility of an overseas tour with a larger band being proposed. Our albums on vinyl are with record companies but on CD we handle that ourselves, along with all of the other merch. So it is possible to do a whole lot more than you`d think, but it requires no passengers, lead, follow, or get out of the way really (I`m a follower btw).

just bought a pedal,all received and post it and pack perfectly , thanks PHIL ,BEST