Lozz196

Nice one, takes a well balanced guitarist to admit that just because they can play guitar doesn’t automatically make them a bassist too. I always describe myself as a bassist who can get by on rhythm guitar at a push. I’d never describe myself as a guitarist as I don’t have the same understanding of the instrument as I do with bass.

Baaaaaahhhh

I’d try Hot Rod (who used to be Wizard) their 70s style pickup was very similar to my 70s Precisions that I had.

The 1001rb is a great amp, bags of eq-shaping, tons of power. Use your ears wisely and it should be fine through the 210 but as others have said, I`d get another of the 210s to be safe. It`s very unlikely you`ll blow the speakers in two of the 210s before your ear-drums.

I had Tonehammers for a while and was really pleased with them. I then played through an Ashdown RM500 at the London Bass Guitar Show and was pretty much astounded at the depth of sound in comparison.

I keep on looking at these. I`m more than happy with my US Fenders but have noticed my fretting hand/wrist aching a bit recently and wondering if the slimmer neck profile on these Players may help with that. Plus that Buttercream colour, well...………….

I’ve played some older Fenders, some have been great, some haven’t. I doubt I’d buy one just for how old it was.

When we record I go from my preamp pedal to the desk, and gave the amp/speaker miked up. The addition of the amp/speaker brings a warmth and depth to the sound. My amp has a preamp valve so I’d probably look at a low-wattage valve amp like an Ashdown Little Bastard and a small speaker cab to go with it. No need for big wattage amps & big cabs in the studio, but I would want amp/cab in there as well as DI.

My instinct would be rounds/maple, flats/rosewood, but my ocd would mean trying the above, which is the most logical approach.

That looks amazing

Does look nice, pricey though

I do like the idea of a pair of these - a doable 610. Which is nice.

Curses, the only ones near me are when I’m gigging/on tour myself.

I’ve always resisted trying to make music a job as it’s my hobby and I do it for the love of it. I think with all of us that’s how we start, so as pointed out above, find a band that plays what you love Stew. I went through a bad year last year, with stress and depression and being in my band kept my brain in somewhat in check (which is rather ironic given my symptoms stemmed from exhaustion, mostly as a result of gigging). Having a hobby you live really is like a pressure valve.

In purely bass terms I`ve been amazed by the amount of pro bassists I`ve seen who use Mex Fenders and Squiers. Also seen a lot of the same re guitars, plus a lot of Epiphones. It seems that people who tour regularly play gear that isn`t either difficult to source if it breaks, or to replace if stolen.

Newish steel rounds, digging in, and action that enablesa bit of fret-buzz when doing so. Adding some high-mids (2kHz and above) helps.

If you like the Markbass sound the NY121 cab is a great little one to have - so two of them would be very good to have. I gigged for ages with the CMD121 combo with an NY121 cab, which is essentially the same cab as the combo, and it was plenty for pub-sized venues. Nice and portable too.

In general for rock covers, especially if using the Precision I`d start with everything flat, then knock back on the low-mids and add in treble. If an option also add some high mids but at 2kHz or above. I`ve found that for pick use with a Precision the low-mids really jump out and can really get in the way, especially if guitar is a Les Paul. I know live sound is different to recorded but our producer also said that too much on the low mids gets in the way of the kick-drum, and gave me a demo of this. Was quite enlightening really. Simply backing off of the low-mids at around 400Hz suddenly gave the kick-drum a much better presence and also the guitar had a much better sound.

The Tony Butler is an excellent bass, a real quality instrument, and a real chunker of a neck. It`s pretty much an exact copy of a 70s Precision.

I think I was guilty of doing this until my brief period of playing Thunderbird basses. The neck dive into my pints cured me.

That`s a really good, powerful recording.

It looks like it’s been squashed.

Congrats, great basses the V4s, and am sure the VJ74 is equal in quality and playability.