Lozz196

Given the style of music I’ll assume it’s originals and therefore venues with proper PAs. Given that I’d look at a rig that can fulfill on stage sound. You can’t always rely on either the gear that’s there or the person operating it, so having a rig that if needed is powerful enough for the whole band to hear on stage is essential imo. As I do similar (tho punk/Oi) I’ve an Ashdown 500 watt RM500 Class D head, and two of their Pro Neo 210s, the whole rig is about 28kg. I’d always look at two of the same cab, for rehearsals use one, for gigs both if needed, plus if one cab blows the sound will be the same whereas with say a 210 & 115 each will have its own sound, so your overall sound always depends on both cabs.

Wilcock do one, but it’s not cheap - there is one up for grabs on here at moment

It`s def a case of two arguments: Better amp - sounds better so makes you want to play more. Not much can be done to make an amp sound better than it already does. Better instrument - plays better so makes you want to play more. Re this as other mentioned a decent set-up can turn a budget instrument into a great player, so always worth getting optimum performance from your existing instrument.

Thanks chaps, I know it’s New Bass Honeymoon at the moment but it’s one of those basses you don’t have to convince yourself about, you just play it - it virtually plays itself - and find yourself immersed in the playing, rather than thinking about the bass, this to me is the sign of an instrument you “get”. For me the Fender US Standard Precision is king but this bass, like Musicman Stingrays, is a notch above in quality imo, it just feels ergonomically more thought out. The neck at 40mm feels like a very comfortable Precision/Stingray, again very well thought out. Sound-wise, well I’m using it passive, 90% front pickup/10% bridge, with tone halfway which will most likely change when I put a set of Elixir nickels on it, as these are warmer and less toppy than the Elites steels it’s come with. Puts me in Precisiony territory. But being active, with bass and treble controls it has a lot more versatility to it, though I doubt I’ll be making much use of this aspect.

Definitely, in my first proper band much of the bass work was on the D & G, with a sly bit of chorus added in of course.

Nice

Thanks Ped, will get deleting

How do I find old photos to delete when I don’t know what posts/topics they’re on?

So new (to me) bass day, a rather nice Sandberg SL. Been looking for one for a while due to back issues and when I saw this up for grabs, in my favoured black/black/maple it just had to be. Just played it for about an hour and even without being set up as I like, and without my favoured Elixirs (currently has Elites steel rounds) it’s simply a dream to play. Not usually a fan of matching headstocks but I think it really suits it, plus - and shows my levels of OCD - it matches our guitarists Ibanez like this so I’m more than happy. I’m giving up gigging so this will be used at home and with my non-gigging classic rock band, this 6lb bass will make 4hr rehearsals a lot easier.

Sad but when thinking about it it’s almost like he could let go once he’d played that last gig with his old mates.

Yep I’ve used a few of these and it’s one of those rigs I wish I’d had.

Same, buttons on front difficult to see, and in my case difficult to bend down to see as well.

I get where you’re coming from Andy - and I’m sure we all do - many years ago I left a couple of bands due to this, where it wasn’t adding anything to my life anymore but taking stuff away from it.

Happened to me when the strap button came out on my Thunderbird, it didn’t need that much of an excuse to dive to the floor anyway, but this totally floored it. Fortunately it happened on the last note of the last song in the encore so not too much of a problem.

That clip of Buggles doing Two Tribes is great, I knew Trevor Horn was a good bassist but imo he really shines on that version.

Yep 6 months use as a rehearsal room rig suggests reliability, especially the way some people pound them

Same

Great looking bass

The worst thing for doing in your ears imo are cymbals, so if on a cramped stage there’s nowhere to get away from them. And the worst cymbal of all for me is the ride, I try to keep well clear.

I watched a clip of FGTH doing a rehearsal of this and agree his playing very good, much more complex & interesting line than I’d thought.

I used one of the amps from this range a few weeks back, was quite physically small and had to be pushed on the volume so I think was the lowest wattage model. But the sound was great, all 4 bands used it, a variety of different sounds, handled them all. What I really liked was that the lows were really tight and solid but no booming, a really good full bottom end but all notes had definition.