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It was similar in the SE Bash, Stevie, Berg CN212 won by a mile.

Vintage - I`ve been very impressed with the Tony Butler Signature Precision I picked up recently. Just think the name makes looking for instruments a bit difficult, vintage bass, vintage guitar etc, end up with any old pony bit of gear.

There`s not much wrong with Peavey gear, aside from the weight of the older ones. I`m not that clued up on their gear but I`m sure they must have got round to introducing lighter cabs into their range.One of my fave cabs is the TVX410 but at 110lbs I`ve never even considered buying one.

The description says Barefaced Big Twin II to me. Not cheap but if I had to describe one Transparent, featherweight, 4ohm, vertically aligned would be pretty much exactly how I`d do so.

It is a strange one, and one I still can`t work out. For years I`ve used Rotosounds, but as I need that twangy/brightness you get from a fresh set of steel rounds I`ve found that Rotos although they sound great just die too quickly. So I`ve moved to Warwick Red Lables, and I get pretty much the same sound but at least twice the life/almost three times as much.

Hmmm, the cynic in me says pretty much the same basses, differnet name, higher price tag, a bit like what they did with the US Standard/Professional tagging. And I`m a Fender fanboi.

Thanks Mark, that is a good price all in, bargain in fact

Good call, the Tonerider pickups are great, they are very close to the Custom Shop 62 pickups that come in US Fenders. One of those and a KiOgon wiring loom, instant improvement in both quality parts and sound.

It could be that a good many of us really like Ashdown gear, Jack. I`ve been through (many of) the technically superior lightweight cabs but have found I prefer the sound of Ashdown cabs to any of them.

Yep, as my girlfriend in the mid 80s was JT obsessed I had a rather large hatred of him, to the point where I convinced myself his basslines were played by Nick Rhodes on keyboards. Luckily I snapped out of it and realised his talent, and was rather impressed when he joined up with Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) and Duff McKagan & Matt Sorum (Guns N Roses) to form a heavy rock band, The Neurotic Outsiders.

If you don`t mind me asking Mark, how much did the bridge end up costing in total with import/postage etc, and could you PM the link please?

The Squier Affinity Precisions, once set up nicely are very nice basses. If you like a big chunky neck however I`d recommend the Vintage Tony Butler Sig, really nice basses, and a real chunker of a maple neck.

No worries Dave, I see what you mean. I took said claw hammer so that if I saw the person I suspected of stealing my bass, I could hit him with it. I was less reasonable in my younger years.

I did have a - luckily - cheap bass stolen once. I was pretty sure who did it, but didn`t want to throw any accusations, so I went to their next gig. With a claw hammer. Probably lucky for all of us that said bass was nowhere to be seen. But, lesson learned, don`t leave your gear to your band-mates to bring to gigs/take back for you. The singer of the band had brought all the gear in the van, and then said he would load up/take it back. He just thought I`d taken it back with me.

The Sex Pistols playing Pretty Vacant & New York live on their comeback in `96 was pretty good too.

No doubt emitting birdsong

Warwick Red Label Steel Rounds. At the price (just under £9) I wasn`t expecting much, but the sound, and the life of the strings has far surpassed my expectations. Similarly when I`ve bought Squier basses, and my current backup, a Vintage Tony Butler Sig Precision. Much better than you would think for a so-called budget instrument.

Why exactly are you moving the 210 on - if it`s just due to the weight then a lighter 210 would be my thoughts, and in this respect unless you`re DI-ing I`d agree with a Markbass 210 (Markbass cabs seem to have a high-end roll-off, so what goes to PA is much toppier than what you get on stage if DI-ing). If however you need a bigger cab then there aren`t many 410s around at under 25kgs that aren`t expensive - aside from (shameless plug) the Ashdown that I`m selling.

Def, really decent article that. Just goes to show that inefficient and poorly designed aren`t necessarily factors to be taken into account when it`s your ears making the decision. From reading the article you`d get the impression that everything was being done wrong and that the sound would be hideous, but drop that sound in the mix and all makes sense.

When I bought one of these I did a fair bit of reading up on them on Talkbass and the general concensus was that these amps need to be pushed to get that famous GK growl, and given the power of these amps at that point your ears will be more than likely bleeding. I only ever used mine with a Sansamp so got the drive from that

The trick is not to play with even rhythm all the way through, as it`s more like a (loosely) strummed guitar so sometimes it will be double-notes, sometimes singles. Given the sound that he made, I think many often over-looked Lemmys actual bass-playing, which really was like a rhythm guitar on bass. I have to admit his style has had a big influence on the way I play for my current band.

I think we`re quite fortunate on that part, there are no quiet bits in our music

Yeah you`re probably right there Mark, kinda goes with the territory I suppose.