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Does look pretty special, Don, bet you can`t wait

I used to be able to read bass music quite easily, guitar not so well but enough to get by. It`s how I learned to play, I went to a few lessons, learned what the notes were and where they were on the fret-board, then went away and armed with that knowledge and a couple of song-books taught myself how to play my two - then - fave albums. I`m sure I could have learned by ear but I`m glad I learned the way I did. In song-writing it really helps me to this day. To anyone intending on learning a musical instrument, learn how to read music for it would be one of my top tips.

Markbass cabs have a bit of high-end roll-off, whereas the BF will be more accurate in representing the sound of the bass/amp. We did a cab shootout at the SE Bash a few years back and I remember being incredibly impressed with the sound from the Super Midget. At the time I had a CMD121P & NY121 set-up and loved it, but the depth of sound from the Super Midget put a big grin on my face.

Yep I saw this and thought it was great. I just wish that there was a good live CD of them, preferably from the Knebworth or Maine Road gigs. Whilst I love their hits, the non-hits really pass me by, but a good live performance of all the hits from one gig, rather than snippets from many would be great.

Nah, it`s cos in these label-driven times passers by saw he was playing a Squier, so thought he wasn`t a serious musician.......................

Nothing particularly new there, more like concentrating on their strengths which to me seems pretty sensible. And even though I no longer play guitar I just love that 50s Tele.

I like this.

We formed our band in Sep 2013, by Jan 2014 we were recording our first 6 track EP, gigging by Feb 2014 (o1 Feb to be precise). Nothing fancy, just plain & simple fun rehearsing every week. It of course helps that we`re an originals band so our first gigs were 30mins, although given that many of our then songs were less than 2 minutes long we still had a good few songs to both write and rehearse.

Yeah, I also have a Protection Racket rucksack, and whilst it`s a nice rucksack it is a case of pretty much everything in one compartment, so on gigs where I don`t need everything (which I generally find out at the gig, so still have to bring it all) I still had to take everything out in order to put back what wasn`t needed.

Amp-wise nothing really, but cab-wise I prefer my Ashdown ABM speaker cabs to the higher-end ones I`ve had previously. Happened by chance as well, every gig I did where the cabs were Ashdowns I just liked the sound, but hadn`t considered them due to the larger size & weight. Decided to pretend to be a real man & go for them, and am very glad I did. Used my 410 & 210 cost less than £400, a fraction of the cost, and I`ve seen them in not such good condition go for less than £200 for the 410s.

I`ve got a Wenger rucksack for my leads & pedals. I did use a Boschma Utitlty Case for a while, but the Wenger is pretty well padded, and easier to cart about being a rucksack. It has a good few compartments so I can keep amp-leads/guitar leads, pedals & gig-towel/set-lists, spare t-shirt, spare leads & strings etc all seperate so only opening whichever compartment I need at the time. Makes it easier that way as some gigs it`s own amp & leads/pedals, others it`s just leads & pedals as amp is provided. It wasn`t cheap, but it`s been a very good buy.

Awesome

A guy I was at school with got booted straight in the face by one of The Cockney Rejects for spitting at them. They`re certainly not bothered by a bit of a tear-up, those guys, the two brothers in the band being rather good boxers in their youth.

I`m letting an Ashdown RM610 go, really nice cab, plenty of punch to it, and def not muddy. £375 to a new lucky owner.

The only ones I`ve persisted with for a time were TIs, with a good bit of eq-ing I could get near to the sound I want with them, but the tension was just too loose for me, as I`m one of those hard-hitting/heavy-handed players.

I think that`s spot on, and the way we work in Knock Off - not that we`re ever likely to get any payouts worth arguing over, lol.

No 2 is the one of concern, and if you have a sound worked out on your B3 it`s easily avoided. Plug bass to B3, B3 to engineers DI box, engineers DI box to amp, all sorted. That way he/FOH gets your sound, as does whatever amp/cab is on stage. You then get to set that amps volume & eq to suit on-stage sound without messing about with the FOH mix.

Depressingly truthful

Another happy ABM1000 user here. I do prefer my ABM600 as it`s a bit sharper/harder sounding, but there`s not that much in it. I tend to use the 1000 for rehearsals to make life easy, and the 600 for gigs, especially as I use so many shared/provided cabs at gigs. I`d be a bit concerned that the 1000 would damage a lesser powered cab.

When I was in a previous band I was using a Markbass LM3 and a Zoom B3. For gigs where there was a provided rig I`d just plug in the B3 with the Markbass amp-sim selected and hey presto, to FOH went my sound. The B3 is fine for this, plus having on-board tuner and compression it will make your life much easier. That`s pretty much what I do now, only with a Sansamp Para Driver, arrive at gig, plug in bass/pedal/tuner, ready to go.

Re the tuners, I recently changed the ones on my 2015 MIM Precision for Hipshots - HB7s - and they are much better. The provided ferrules/bushes were a bit too small though, so I contacted Hipshot for a bigger set which they sorted for me, but for anyone wanting to et better tuning stability without having to drill new holes or mod the bass in any way, I`d recommend the HB7s.

I`m surprised about that, Bill, given the love for TKS cabs on here.

Shameless hijack, I`ve just seen the Eminence Beta comment and I`m offloading an Ashdown RM414 (a 4ohm 410) that has these in, and it weighs 28kg/61lbs.

I know a lot of people dispute it but I`m firmly in the camp of both body woods and neck/fretboard woods really contributing to the sound of an instrument. I find maple fretboards to be snappier in the upper mids, and have found this when I`ve had identical basses, same year of manufacture etc, just different fretboard material. I also think that the ash body of that 77 will have a lot to do with it, so whilst a maple neck imo will get you towards that sound, it won`t be quite the same.

My old 78 Precision was a bit like this, and from what I`ve read Eric Claptons fave strat Blackie was also not the easiest to play guitar that he had.