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'Money probably.' - Nope, I think it's fairly safe to say money isn't a huge concern for Nate or any member of the Foo Fighters these days... Unlike many brands today we don't give any free gear to any Artists and Nate pays for his Ashdown gear the same as any other artist. Pic of their payment for Nates last rig attached for you. As you'll see that's money coming in not out... 'In the studio the bass will be DI'd and tracked via some esoteric vintage valve pre-amp' Nope again. Usually it's a mix of Mic and DI from his ABM 900 Head, an old B-15 combo thrown in once in awhile and his BTA 400 as well. It's been this way for the past 15 years. 'The choice of amp and cabs makes zero contribution to the sound either recorded or live' - Really?!? Wow that's quite a statement, if that's the case then I'm not sure what we're all doing here to be honest.... As for testing gear vs ours... The Foo's do this every touring cycle, as you can imagine being in one of the biggest bands in the world Nate is constantly getting gear offered to him, they usually get all the gear together from a multitude of brands for a week of testing during their pre production, after this Nate will pick what he wants to use for that tour. Always a nervous few days from our point of view to be honest but touch wood we have always come out on top. Not for reasons of money or support or promotional purposes but because that's what Nate chooses...

Great response from Ashdown, and what it says to me in a nutshell is that he simply prefers the sound of their gear to other brands. Which is the way it should be imo.

Is it better to jam on a Cream song, or cream on a Jam song?

Is this any help?

I didn't even know there was football on.

That's right - you can fiddle with them for a while, then leg it.

I'll lend amps, but the list of people I'd lend a bass to is very limited. To 1 person actually. And even then the amp lending will have a receipt and a signature. Bad experience means I'm cautious.

all photos will be attached in future, to keep things simple for everyone.

Gotta give Ashdown their dues, they're great at responding...

Ha! That was great fun. 😜 For those concerned about power handling, we smashed 530 watts at 8 ohms into it and it didn't compress at quite insane volume especially for a 1x10. Some manufacturers say things continue to get louder as you turn the volume up. Mostly this is just marketing crap. In the case of the One10, that's actually true.

i'll try and find time to weigh it. its smoother with the sealer, even unsanded.

Not sure if that question is aimed at me or Josie, so I'll give my answer anyway! I'm a huge Dead fan, and to do their music full justice, the sets need to be long. Some of the songs last 30 minutes plus! There needs to be time and space to allow prolonged improvisation, or it simply won't be a GD experience. Over to Josie...

Our BL shares vocals with our other guitarist. Blue

Marigold gloves are the business for getting rid of unwanted hair and fluff. Just wet the glove first A wet Marigold can sort a lot of problems

And handling charge by whoever sorts Customs and Theft ?

footie? who watches that?

Please explain this. I've heard it mentioned many times over the years, but a quantitive explanation would be most useful. What does it sound like, considering everyone's farts quite different.

I agree but if your gear wasn’t to hand what would they do? And definitely make it clear you break it you replace it!!!

Just seen on Facebook - Origin FX are going to have a very limited number of "blemished" pedals on sale from 30th March with 20% off. No idea what compressor models yet, but for 20% off it has to be worth a look on the day.

For reference, you probably won't get much from Fender UK. When I was looking at the USA Geddy Lee Bass with the wrong neck on it, I was dealing with a guy in the US Consumer relations dept. called Bryce Wells. Email - [email protected]

I would ask for a proper spec'd bass. That is what you paid for.

Don't get too excited Dave......http://www.elotribute.com/

Good grief what were you doing to/with them?

I have no experience with that particular cab but can add this. Yorkville is part of Traynor and are very common here (in Canada). Usually the quality is top notch, very durable and road worthy gear. I've owned Traynor cabs in the past which were light and loud. Although some older models can be heavy. Maybe do a search on talkbass.com to see if anyone has any experiences with that particular cab.

It's the same in the Kemper world too. Everybody trying to flog profiles... alot of them absolutely dire... and with no evidence of them actually being their own profiles, or even profiles of what they are reputably meant to be profiles of. The good thing about the Kemper though, is that there are the established folk out there that have the supporting evidence and great sounding profiles that back up their business. MBritt is probably top of the class for that... and in this country, theampfactory.

I assume that cable came in through the Dumble door?

I've been known to jam on a Cream song, but there were no scones involved as far as I know!

Love it thanks - tweaked the setup a fair bit - reduced neck relief, adjusted action a little. Mainly going to be a bedroom toy - I don't really have time for being in a band for the next couple of years. My repertoire is also such that local dep jobs would be awkward too! once the kids are old enough to get themselves around and be left unattended I might start looking.

Haha! Just showing off my fancy inlays 😅

Joe Dart all over it as usual - lots of E7 vocabulary to steal from the solo! The Fearless Flyers - 'Ace of Aces' bass transcription pdf

Iacopo just bought an MXR envelope filter from me. Great comms and quick payment - no probs at all. Would deal with again in a heartbeat. Cheers mate!

So he's probably too old by most bands' criteria??

I used to think that I'd like to do that, even if my income came down quite a bit. But then I enjoyed a busy summer, travelling up and down every weekend (not even the full week, but typically Friday lunchtime till Sunday silly late in the am - technically MOnday)... and I changed my mind. The 3 hours or so playing each night were great. I even didn't mind that I didn't always have my own room and had to share with a tractor (that's our guitarist, who snores like one)... but the WAITING AROUND was unbearable. I liked the guys, we got along great, but it felt we were stuck with nothing to do for far too long. Free beers are welcome, especially when it's warm... and coming home with a good wad of notes was great (even if it paid less than my day job, somehow that money seemed more valuable)... but it was BOOOOOOOORING for hours and hours each day. I really admire bands who are out touring all over the place for months at a time. I'd go crazy... I'd have to find a way to bring some kind of activity to my day... bring my bike so that I can cycle in each new place, I don't know... but even then... What I'd like is to be able to play good paying gigs within a 70 mile radius a few nights a week. The kind where I just drive and show an hour an a half beforehand to set up things, play, get money and go...

Arguably, strings that weren't noisy would be pointless ...

Its the light and WB. They are very close, although the MB is a bit more shiny :-). That's the Italian in me

Noooo they’re different shades of red. My OCD can’t cope! 🧐

It doesn't play well, but looks cool: