Lozz196

That is a great looking Precision, awesome job on the ‘board, really dark/rich

Good call

Football hitting a sheep, love it!

If I remember correctly I was chatting with Dave Swift at the SE Bash a few years back and his 5 string Fender had flats E to G but a round B - maybe to get better definition?

Just got in from a rehearsal with Knock Off. Went well as usual but the highlight for me was the Hartke HA3500 410 combo with their VX speakers, combined with my JMJ Mustang and Behringer BDI21 the sound was awesome. I know some people aren’t that keen on Hartke gear but this amp was just great.

Next gig for me is with my old band Knock Off, Sat 26 July at The Hope & Anchor, Islington, supporting GBH. Am expecting a rather hot sweaty evening, which as they say is good if you`re with a woman, bad if you`re in the jungle.

Having Jazz pickups with a series/parallel option beefs up the sound a good bit, as only electrics can be put back to stock easy enough.

Not the most practical bass for carrying about

My hairline feels like it was, back then I resembled a bog brush, now I resemble a cue ball.

Welcome back to the low end!

Nice bass, really nice dark fretboard and am assuming passive is also an option.

I used to do similar in my last band - either D for a dead stop or R for a ringing out ending. When questioned about it by a punter I said it was the key to the songs, “Cor you lot are really professional” was the response. To 5 songs in D and 5 in R 😂

Yes of course, now you mention it I’m sure I’ve read this somewhere - quite possibly on “that site across the water”.

Before you leave home check all of your gear to make sure it works. Pack all of your gear up so you know exactly where everything is - a bag with separate compartments is a good purchase for this. However long the journey time is to the venue allow half again (it’s no problem being early and having a coffee whilst waiting for setup time). Make sure that whoever does the set lists takes into account the person in the band with the worst eyesight - they need to be seen when in the floor in semi darkness. And probably no need to mention this, be nice, to staff/sound-person/audience.

Try the regular scale, on pretty much all the Mustang basses I’ve bought they’ve come with regular scale strings, including flats, on them.

The pickups will make a huge difference in the sound, with each bass type rather famed for how you’re describing the sound. Putting heavier gauge strings on the Spector will make it beefier but you should retain the articulation.

The sensible option is to check each of them out, but if I were buying untried then given the PB70 has the US spec I’d go that way.

I think I’d just shoot the ex-wife

Good to hear you’re out & about

And a good tip - one which we’ve had to ram home a few times - is don’t stop recording at the end of the song, keep recording to capture the applause/audience reaction.

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Same for me, a pattern that I’ve repeated several times over the years.

A good carpenter could de-fugly that quite easily.

Not got one but I’ve used a good few TC amps at gigs (maybe one of these who knows) and always found them both powerful and to have a good sound, def preferred the ones with both mids.

Yeah we’re all telling each other what bass/bit of gear is best, they’re telling everyone they meet they’re the best.