Lozz196

I had a live CD of theirs, came with a Sunday newspaper supplement, annoyingly I can’t find it now but it was superb, those great songs made even greater with live performance.

In my last band the singer/guitarist wrote most of the songs. I contributed with a good percentage but music only. Sometimes I’d have an idea of a lyrics to a chorus which led to the theme of the song, other times no ideas on that at all so he would put whatever he was writing to it. It never bothered me what subject matter was put to my music. Sometimes we might each add a bridge, a start/ending, or changes to the others structure, again never any issues.

I don’t think that most of the people I’ve been in bands with would even know what a Precision was, let alone tell me I should be using one.

I`ve found in general to set the heights approximately (from the body) 2mm on E, 6mm on A & E, and 5mm on G, then adjust to the individual bass. But of course this is suited to my playing style, might not suit others.

As a confirmed Precision man of course I’m going to say yes. But rationally speaking, if you need that sound then yes, because although many basses will get near it, well it’s only near, not spot on. But if it’s just because, well because, then probably not.

Shoechat!

Not that I need any more basses but sounds ideal for me then, as I generally boost the highs a fair bit on my Precisions, even though I`m a pick player.

Volbeat in a couple of weeks, soooooo looking forward to it

I don`t see any issues in buying something at current market value, then selling it some years later at the then current market value. Similarly if lucky enough to pick up a bargain and selling it at market value, well the new buyer isn`t being ripped off as that`s what the item is selling for. Still looking for that `59 Les Paul up for a tenner at the local boot sale, it`s there somewhere......

I’ve encountered problems from both sides on this: One bassist took 20 minutes to put her lead and bass into her gig-bag. That’s 20 minutes out of the 15 minute changeover, putting me under pressure to get set up swiftly shall we say. On finishing a gig immediately the next bassist was up on stage unloading his gear. My rather frank “the sooner I can get to my effing gear the sooner I’ll be out of your effing way” was both effective and motivational.

Lovely looking bass

That is a great tone, I’m a Duff fan too

My last gig with The Spacewasters was early Sept, we have one this Sunday and had a rehearsal on Saturday to run through the set a couple of times. More than anything it was for the 2 guitarists who in the downtime have got together and worked out "this solo is best for you/this is what I should do for rhythm underneath" sort of stuff, they got to put it into practice on Sat and the work they`ve done really went well.

I`ve put a sticker on mine that reads "if no sound check headphone switch on the back" as have been brought to a state of major panic at gigs when my RM has appeared to not be working due to this.

Interesting that given he both tuned up to F# and used quite light strings his sound had such a good low-end.

On the basses I have with through-body stringing I always use it. Not for sound, or string tension, but to make sure those darn ferrules don`t fall out and get lost!

In my two gigging bands we had set formats, either rehearsing a set for a gig, or rehearsing to prepare for recording. If the latter the songwriters would bring the gist of the song in and then we would work on it together to get it in its final form. In my non-gigging band we often suggest a new song and learn it, only for the guitarist to turn up having forgotten to do just that. In his defence he is like this throughout life, not just with regards to the band.

John Taylor - boost those mids Deon Estus - Jazz Bass

And a queue jumper, going by the above

Can’t Explain - The Who

And probably a lot better too, Dave

Through the body it’s slightly more.

Slightly higher string tension on string through. I have found on my string through Precisions that there is a tad less mids but we’re really talking a waffer theen meent amount here.

That’s a good point, and yet another way the audience get ripped off - if the artist wants/needs a certain amount to make the tour viable then having 40% taken from them will just result in an increase to factor it in.

Same here.