Lozz196

The bass to end my GAS is the 2012 - 16 US Fender Precision that I have. So I have obviously just bought another one of them..............

Stingray, tick. Precision tick. Jazz, position vacant. Has to be a Jazzer, get the classic 3-some.

Tom bought some strings from me. Good comms, swift payment, advised when they were delivered. All round good transaction.

Bruce Foxton, the sound, the basslines, the cool moves and great stage presence. Plus he`s had the same hair-cut for the last 40 years which is a big achievement.

We rehearse every week, gigs or not. And one of the main comments we get is how tight we are. Fail to practice, practice to fail.

Two for me, main gigger, and backup which is tuned up, strapped, and in its gig-bag. I`ve seen a few people have problems, usually with the electrics on their basses, so always have the backup close to hand.

Very Keef! Love it Gary, looks great.

PMT are pretty good, I tried out an amp in Bristol, again made it clear I wouldn`t be buying - a bit of hard-pressure selling attempted - but the sales guy was great, very helpful and we had a good chat about local bands/scene etc.

I used the B3 as I needed a DI and the 60B doesn`t have one. That was my only reason for choosing it, if the 60B had had one I would have bought that due to it`s smaller footprint.

This sounds to me like a guitarist bumping their levels a bit. Packed area should soak up the sound, low ceiling means it should have sounded the same in either set (unless it lowered miraculously at half-time) and ear-fatigue means that the second set should have sounded quieter, especially on top-end. I`d say the drummer started to get into it more to hear themselves due to the - imv - bumped guitar volume.

I`ve had a couple of Eden cabs, a Nemesis N410RT (I think) which was light and sounded great, and a 410XST which was incredibly heavy and sounded great. So common denominator here is sounding great.

[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1487524657' post='3240451'] Holy sh*t. That's bad. Has anyone reported it? [/quote] I have done, but the ebay reporting method is so awkward - and doesn`t ask for specifics - it`s almost as if they don`t want to know.

I tend to have to change mine about every 4 gigs for the sound I need. I used to keep strings on for ages (6 months to a year) when doing covers but since joining my current band I need that twangy aggression that you only get with new strings (Rotosound steel rounds to be exact). We`ve a 3 day recording session coming up later this year so I`ll be methodically putting on a set of strings for one rehearsal to wear them in slightly, then taking them off and repacking them. I intend on using one set per day. Probably a bit like Marcus Miller as BoomBass has described above, although I`d think that`s pretty much the only similarity between us, I wouldn`t attempt to say my talent/ability is anything like his (if I even have any of course).

I had the Zoom B3 and it was pretty near on the effects I tried on it, not 100% but maybe 85/90% there.

I didn`t know that Mexican 08 models with rosewood necks were made in 1959, how educating today has been.................

Well I`ve now arrived at a point where I have both lightweight and semi-heavyweight. Lightweight portable rig is an Ashdowm RM-500 EVO with RM210 & 115 cabs, the semi-heavyweight rig is the ABM-600 EVO-IV with ABM210 & 410 cabs. I gigged last week with the ABM and in all honesty it`s not that big a deal to carry that amp about. The RM irig s really for backup purposes and when both the guitarist and myself need both our rigs and we`re in his car.

Precision type but not Fender says Lakland to me.

[quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1487454343' post='3239990'] Stan Boardman returns!! [/quote] So Fokkers will be banned soon then.

Yes it will be fine, having had Markbass 500 watt amps I`d be pretty sure you`ll never be likely to push the 800 watts available so all should be fine.

I`d say pretty much all of my Ashdown gear. I`ve been using much higher-priced gear for a while now, but at many gigs the provided rigs have been Ashdowns and I`ve always preferred the sound from them than from my own gear. So I`ve bought a fair bit of it, at not much cost at all - and could have been cheaper if I`d gone 2nd hand on the amps rather than new. I`m well chuffed with it all.

I used to have this set-up, great tones and much more powerful than its size would lead you to believe. Works great with passive Fenders as well, imo.

Nice one Sam, it`s great when you get an instrument that feels so right.

I recently offloaded a 2015 US Precision (I still have one) but as these are now discontinued, and the necks to me are just the ones I like most, I was regretting it big-time. So I`ve just scored another.