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[quote name='jimbaby' timestamp='1359798293' post='1960361'] I have a Bronco and love it, they can be upgraded quite easily, the tuners are a bit suspect but since I restrung and did a wee setup it has faithfully stayed in tune, cheap as chips as well. [/quote] Broncos are great fun to play, really cool sound to them too.

Did anyone catch Spin Doctors on their recent tour? I saw them in Leeds at the Brudenell, which was quite odd as they're clearly used to playing much bigger stages. This wasn't my choice of gig, my girlfriend bought tickets and forced me to go (with violence). I'm glad I went, seeing Mark White and the drummer (name?) was great, Mark seems to have an effortless sense of groove and as a rhythm section they absolutely nailed it. His bass sound was awesome and it looked like he was running a very simple setup of some kind of custom red and white jazz bass into hartke rig, there may have been an octave pedal hidden on top of his amp that he used in a couple of tracks but I couldn't see.

I do the opposite to Doddy because I use compression to tidy up the clean bass signal, so it sits at the beginning of my chain. Just have a play around with it and see what you prefer the sound of, there's no right or wrong way to do it.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1359584770' post='1957234'] Thanks dude. Yeah, that certainly have something special going on. I aim to do a similar interview with Nick as well later in the year. [/quote] That would be an interesting read. I'm gonna have to give Drugs To The Dear Youth a listen now with all this Tera Melos talk [size=4] [/size]

Just read your Nathan Latona interview Shep. Good stuff dude It's cool to read about some of the ideas behind his sound as Tera Melos seem to have a pretty unique approach to music.

Quite possibly the best comparison of bass and guitar ever: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5iG11s-dok[/youtube]

This is probably harder to answer than the best amp thread! Too many variables. Brain hurts.

and I think Grails need mentioning whilst we're here: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsX5ao7HRGI[/youtube]

There's also some good bands on the slightly heavier side of [s]post-rock[/s] instrumental rock. Russian Circles (quite progressive music, with lots of loop pedal action done tastefully) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzYW1pY3hFA[/youtube] Pelican (riffs!) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlif6FjTkJY[/youtube]

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1358899257' post='1946974'] "Humans may lose the desire to throw away unneeded items because of a feeling of attachment to these item" OC-2's?.........Unneeded? .......Whatchoo talkin' 'bout? Si [/quote] Haha! Perhaps I should have linked it to 'herd', is herd the correct term for a group of OC-2s? Or is it a pack? Or maybe a pod? no wait.. thats a group of tacky line 6 effects all in one box. I'll get my coat.

Would you achieve the same effect as parallel compression by running any compression pedal through an effects loop - using something like a Barge VB-JR? I'm going to try running my Demeter compressor through my Barge loop later, I'm intrigued to see what it sounds like.

[quote name='bigthumb' timestamp='1358752026' post='1944353'] Try and hold out for a decent secondhand SS1 or the bolt on LX which IMO is a better slapper if thats your thing. The older LX's with the wenge necks being very nice and easy to play as they have a slim and comfortable neck very much like the vintage Streamers. [/quote] This. Especially if you're going through a Jamiroquai phase, Zenders sound is all about the Streamer. Corvettes are great basses, but tonally they're very different from a Streamer.

Another vote on the D'Addario Pro Steels, they seem to last better than similar priced strings and they're nice and zingy!

Are there any players you particularly like the sound of? I'd personally go with a Stingray 5 out of the basses you've mentioned, as I think they cut through mixes nicely in louder/heavier bands, plus they have a great low B. Also as White Cloud mentioned, Lakland make good 5 string basses with a cracking low B.

Another Yamaha fan here, I've had a TRB for a few years that I picked up for next to nothing considering how nice it is. As Dingus mentioned though, the BB series are 34" scale so you'll probably be better off looking for one of those if you're going to use a high C instead of a low B. Yamaha basses come and go on the for sale section here all the time.

[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoarding"]That's a lot of OC-2s![/url]

The Diago Powerstation is well worth checking out, I've been using one for about 5 years and haven't had any noise problems with any pedals, which was a problem I seemed to be plagued with before getting a Powerstation. It's a very versatile bit of kit too.

[quote name='S9_S12_Bass' timestamp='1356384354' post='1909873'] :0 that really is so nice, I love the grain, is the finish really thin as the grain really seems to come through? [/quote] The bass is quite worn but I think it's just that the grain is particularly prominent on this p bass.

Here's my trusty steed. 1974, all original, well loved. My favourite bass I've ever owned, we've been together for 7 years.

I use nothing more than a planet waves micro fibre cloth on my 70's p bass and it works fine on the nitro finish, no need to use any cleaning products on it. For the fretboard I use lemon oil and if I'm cleaning the frets I tape them off with low tack masking tape and use brasso (very sparingly!).

The Minutemen [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGHNcQ4zv6Y[/youtube]

This bass is awesome, it really oozes character with that relic job. I bet you're chuffed to bits with it!