Lozz196

I have the ABM 600 EVO IV and it`s the best amp I`ve ever had. Admittedly I get all my eq from my Para Driver but that`s due to me using many provided/shared rigs, but I can get the Para Driver sound from the ABM easily. It has power to spare, and with the compression, drive, and 9-band eq is probably the most flexible amp I`ve ever had. And as per @Mudpups post, when your on a big stage and have to turn it up it doesn`t get lost, the bulkiness and weight of the sound are still there.

I`m pretty sure that I read on Talkbass that the Tonehammer is pretty DB like, might be worth checking out? If extra warmth needed then add in a DHA VT would be an easy way to do it.

There are a few venues but for us it`s more of a case of the types of events - the ones where there are 10 bands on an all-day bill, but where there`s nowhere to store your gear, so in effect the audience is 9 other bands and their guitars/drums as no other punters can get in. Other than that there`s nowhere that we`ve categorically said we won`t play again.

Dan bought a cab from me. As I`m from darn sarf and he`s from oop north we met at a gig I was playing in the midlands for the handover. Had a good chat as you do. Comms throughout were good, swift payment, all that`s good in a transaction. Hope you like the cab Dan, it`s a cracker.

Well I`ve had a TC BH250, and use one pretty regularly as a provided amp. Connected to an efficient cab they are pretty decent little amps. I know there`s this thing with TC about over-rating their power but if it`s loud enough it`s loud enough. Certainly the one I used last night connected to a 610 of some sorts was plenty for on-stage, and the one I had I used to connect to a Barefaced Super 12 and it was enough on its own for a pub-sized venue.

Not sure, on my Precisions these frets are fine and I also use a bright tone so it may be something to do with set up - try raising the saddles at the bridge half a turn, having a slightly higher action can make a lot of difference to the notes.

I`ve not done it - yet. But for me I find my fingers falling over each other on a Jazz neck,I almost find them too easy to play, so prefer the chunkiness of a Precision. The real answer is to become a better player and be equally competent on both but as I prefer a Precision neck at some point I`ll get round to doing this.

I think it was worth your soul, @Creeper

That`s why I always connect the DI cable to my Sansamp - a straight bass sound would decimate the sound of our band, much the same way as getting the guitarist to play his Les Paul with no gain.

In all honesty I rarely use more than the E & A, the D being visited now & again and the G only in one song. So you may well be spot on, Baz

Yeah the 40th edition of Never Mind The Bollocks is on my radar but at nearly £40 I`m a bit reluctant. It is my fave album of all time tho, so maybe I should.

Tools for the job, most of the theatre acts and music shows I`ve seen the bassists have used fivers, whereas on the punk scene a five string bass is rare - if ever - to be seen.

I`ve just bought the re-mastered version of Appetite for Destruction and it`s great. Before the guitars were mainly Slash, whereas now you can really hear the distinction between him and Izzy and it`s a revelation, Izzy does so much and his lines are quite a lot different to what Slash plays. It really makes for good listening, hearing two separate guitar lines fitting so well together.

Un-modded is generally what I look for. I`ve been throught he changing pickups/bridges thing and have realised I prefer my Precisions stock.I`m not that fussed over a bit of wear & tear, as long as it looks like genuine wear and not an instrument that has either not been cared for, or made to look worn.

Sold an amp to Manuel. Swift payment and good comms throughout. Turned out to be cheaper to drive it there than courier it so had a trip to Southampton where the cruise ship he works on had docked, got a nice day out as well as a good transaction, bonus.

Really low tension suggests Thomastiks to me - certainly the flats are so do some research on the rounds.

I`ve been very impressed with Warwick Red Label Steel Rounds. I have a very twangy aggressive sound and these can do it easily. I use 45 - 105 and tension is ok, so dropping a couple of gauges should reduce it further. Plus they`re cheap, and last a long time, I used to go through a set of Rotosounds in 3 weeks/a month, I`m getting 2 - 3 months from the Warwicks.

Three Lions is a great song, great catchy chorus, but always puzzled me as it says 30 years of hurt and Jules Rimet, yet it was the European Tournament it was put out for, where both reference points were for the World Cup. Never liked Vindaloo - well as a song that is, love the curry. World in Motion was good but just didn`t seem like an anthemic football song. Think we need a reform tour of Hoddle & Waddle...................

It is tough, we do mini-tours, 5 days or so and the amount of travelling and lack of sleep - even with employing a driver and booking individual hotel rooms - is hard. We were offered a 10 day "living on a bus" tour but had to admit that in late 40s/early 50s we just can`t do that sort of thing anymore. Shame, would have been a great opportunity but we`re sadly past all that now. Back on track, I think the guy is just clarifying that the position stated is still the case, so he doesn`t waste both parties time.

Yep enough there to be more than wary of

That`s a bit sneaky, but then I suppose it`s also business and why Simon Cowell is rich & successful.

Good old Fender Precisions with graphite rods in the neck, no bother come hot or cold.

If I were spending money on a collection it would be comprised of: Fender Precision & Jazz, Musicman Stingray, Gibson Thunderbird, Rickenbacker 4001. I`d probably look at a semi-acoustic bass as well, but no idea which.

If you used the Terror with your own bass and own cab and loved it, getting one has to be the answer.

Yeah swap them out, Wilkinson or Tone Riders are cheap enough and sound great.