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Of current bands it would be The Darkness, just for the fun aspect, of days gone by probably The Jam for those basslines.

Mono Betty are good - I have one that I`m considering letting go, it`s the long version.

I don`t go a bundle on the looks of fake relicing, but the Fender Road Worn Precisions are excellent instruments. That worn in neck is sooooo comfy to play. I really must grab one of these myself at some point.

They generally go for around £800 - £1000. Nice basses.

Tried mine out yesterday and am very pleased. OK, not at full gigging volumes but the sound I wanted was there, not far from my ABM cabs which is great.

[quote name='Burrito' timestamp='1487002289' post='3236172'] I like the original post but the jury is out on clip on tuners (no issue for me) & I think we have touched on the topic before. I think;[list=1] [*]Learn your parts. [*]Show up on time. [*]Don't moan about everything. [*]Know your place in the band. [*]Buy the odd drink. [*]Enjoy it. [/list] Seems to have worked for me over the last 30yrs! [/quote] Pretty much spot-on for me.

Always play your best show, irrespective of the size of the crowd. As the OP found out, sometimes these gigs can be great, and for those that are there, why shouldn`t they get the best a band can do.

I`ve used these a lot over the last few months and they`ve been great.

I`ve not used my 210/115 set-up yet but they are nice and compact and easily portable.

My flippant answer would be anyone who had roadies. In real terms I`ve not seen anyone do this, but then aside from big bands with big stages I think it would possibly be overkill, and I mean more for the amount of gear required than the sound obtained.

[quote name='2elliot' timestamp='1486900451' post='3235329'] The ABM EVO IV 600 has a 9 band eq... 3 knobs plus 6 sliders. I'm quite impressed by the one I've recently bought. [/quote] Me too. Although I get all my eq from my Sansamp I`ve had a tinker around on the eq on the ABM and theres a great deal that can be done with this amp.

Try a Road Worn? Great basses, incredibly nice to play and sound great.

I have one of these as a backup to my Sansamp Paradriver. OK I can`t get exactly the same sound out of it, but pretty near and at £25 or so it`s a no-brainer to take along to gigs just in case.

Being relatively rubbish at anything technical I don`t know if my fretboard is laquered or not. Aaaarrrrgggg!

I`ve used lemon oil on my maple fretboards for a good while now, can anyone advise why it shouldn`t be used on maple please?

I find getting an on-stage sound that is just a tad more middy/trebly than I like to hear translates out front as a good defined sound. get a warm rich sound on stage and out front = mush.

On the basis of what I`ve read I`ve tried Prosteels, DR Lo-Riders, Dean Markley Blue Steels and Elites, but Rotos, even with their shorter life span still win. Theres just something in those strings that brings an agression that I just can`t find in any other string. DRs and Elites were nearly there, but not quite.

I`ve not used either, but from what I`ve read the EBS sound is pretty articulate, and I`ve not read a bad word about Genz Benz at all.

Nice one, that`s very encouraging to hear, the ones on mine seem pretty ok so far.

[quote name='danbowskill' timestamp='1486453205' post='3231804'] Slap some dimarzio model p's in it ,a nice gotoh 201 bridge and some better tuners and it's a bass that cannot be beaten .........Like my main player ;-) . Good score, I absolutely love mine and don't think I would ever get rid. [/quote] Which tuners Dan, I`ve not had an issue with mine but like to spec up on these things before the event so to speak, as not tried mine in a band environment yet.

I`ve got a couple of these on the way, a 210 and 115. I know the theories about different speaker sizes but this pair were decently priced, and every other 210/115 set-up I`ve had has worked great so am taking a punt.

Overdrive literally blurs the notes, making them less sharp sounding, so adding in highs/high-mids is def the way to go. I`ve found that when I get to a point where I think the bass is too toppy/middy on-stage, or nearby when I`m rehearsing, that is the sound that will be right, out front in the audience. The frequencies you`ve boosted should have been ideal for what was wanted, maybe boost them a bit more, or up the mid-freq to say 2.5khz or even 3khz.

Nice one, glad you found one in the end, they`re great basses.

Yep that`s how I read this, the adjustment screws for the saddles need turning clockwise to make the saddles go nearer to the bridge.

Either buy from user experience, or from the perspective of every time you hear a certain amp you love the sound. Either way it`s buying with your ears so to speak. Loads of people don`t seem to like Ashdown stating they`re too warm/woolly sounding. Well if I`d gone by that and not the fact that every time I`ve used one it`s sounded great - and I have a far from warm/woolly sound, very far in fact, though I do use my Sansamp to get this - I`d never have bought one, let alone two. They just seem to pair far better with my Sansamp than any other amp, yet many written opinions would have put me off of them.