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I’m not in a gigging band right now, but I have bought a new rig during the pandemic, amp is the same as I foolishly sold my Ashdown ABM600 so bought another one, but I now have two of their ABM PRO NEO 210s, so if do end up gigging then they’ll get used. Plus I bought a couple of great basses too, Fender Precision & Precision Deluxe, depending on band type one of those will get the call.

Currently watching Deep Purple, the musicianship and Gillans vocals are pretty amazing. I’m not familiar enough with their material to know if this has been touched up/edited but I really hope not as I’m very impressed and that would be a let down.

Never played one unless the Pino Sig Precision is counted as one (it was @Clarkys one that I played), which was a truly fantastic bass.

And listen to the bassline line to Nice & Sleazy, then to one of the mid section breaks in Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas and there’s not that much difference. Similarly the verses on Duchess and Surrender by Cheap Trick bear more than a passing resemblance. Should point out I’m not knocking The Stranglers here, great band, loved them since the late 70s.

It could have been the biggest rebrand since Marathon to Snickers 😂

Great amp, must be nice having that in the armoury.

Less of the foreplay now 🤣

Agree Dan, I found this out by accident a few years back, that the tone as you describe might not sound great on stage but it really translates well in the mix out front.

I absolutely loved the Ashdown ABM215 that I played through, far preferred it to the SVT810.

One of the bass tones that really inspired me to pick up the instrument

It does sound like a renaming is in order

And I think they might have also been tired & emotional when recording it As in, as a newt

The Marshall VB & DBS ranges were great bass amps, ideal for rock etc, but yes, never really known as a bass amp company due to the huge guitar amp reputation. I was surprised when they took over Eden and am even more surprised at what they’ve don’t with it as it would have been an ideal opportunity to get properly into the bass amp market.

I can see tort……

Bruce Foxton on the Setting Sons album or JJ Burnel on the Rattus Norvegicus album for me are/were the most exciting bass tones. However although in my last band I had a vaguely similar tone to these my preference on tone for my own playing is more the typical warm Precision/Ashdown sound. But this wouldn’t have suited the band, and I’m a firm believer in choosing tone to suit the band.

And me, I used to hide behind the sofa when it came on Top of The Pops

I think I’d be tempted to buy it online from GG just to spite them.

At the moment my bugbear is Carry on My Wayward Son by Kansas. If we do it right the first time at rehearsal I’m fine with it but if someone else makes a mistake and we do it again I find my fingers falling over themselves on the fast riff at the end of the song. With it getting progressively worse the more times we do it. Aaarrgh!!

Yeah, coupled with the low-mid bias of a Precision they can get boomy if lows are added. Because of this I send post eq to the desk via a Sansamp Para Driver which does the usual Sansamp thing of removing some mids so it focuses the sound, sharpens it up a bit.

Good to have you back with us

There are some very good ones out there, The Ramonas and Maid of Ace being a couple of them. It’s a great scene too, lots of fun and great people both in the bands and in the audiences.

Unleash your inner Iommi……

Well done! I had the v1 of these (and also still have a v1 but with maple) and they are great basses, if the v2 is anything like them then you have a cracking bass there.

I think you’ve hit the number 1 with the number 1 post, Stew

Best to try and keep those to the bare minimum 🤣