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I had mine set on the Markbass amp/BB Pre-amp as this mirrored my set-up at the time. What I did find was that all of the effects are set too full-on for me - back off of the blend to about halfway and everything sounded great. I also did what many Talkbass users recommended and fully backed off on the cab sims. I really liked the B3, nice bit of kit.

[quote name='Oopsdabassist' timestamp='1479588152' post='3177737'] Have some fun there guys!! Personally I love playing Satuedat!! [/quote] Cheers Russ - what the hell was I typing there, haven`t even been on the caffeine today

And maybe get a highr gauge G as well, to add a bit of beef into the equation?

A bassist I know who plays for a rather well known punk band lives in France, so has to fly to get here for all his gigs. I asked him about what he does re flying and his advice was take it as a carry-on item, but stressed put it in a gig-bag, that it was unlikely if in a hard-case it would be allowed in the cabin. He did say every now and then you get someone being overly officious that won`t allow it on, but that at that point all the luggage has been loaded so the bass will be in on top of everything else in the hold.

After a brief interlude where the singer/guitarist got his dodgy ticker sorted (I`m serious folks) we`re back this coming weekend, supporting The UK Subs: Friday at CLWB Ifor Bach, Cardiff Saturday at The Fleece, Bristol Will be great to be back, been some 7 weeks without a gig, a dreadful state of affairs that.

It`s always been about packed audience for me. Sure the money is nice, but when I was in a covers band having a load of people dancing to the band was great. Now I`m in an originals band we`re trying to gain fans so audience size is very important, especially as we make a fair bit of our money via merch sales, so the more there the better.

Vid will be set - or should I say digi-box now I`ve joined the 21st Century.

Yes a modern 212 or 2 x 112 should handle all but the biggest gigs. And then you`d have FOH so would expect a monitor mix to help out on-stage.

I`ve just picked up a Jazz which has the stock Fender 7250M nickel plated steel string on and it has a very nice growl to it when you dig in. It`s changing my opinion on Jazzes as I`d always thought them too thin/weedy sounding (for me that is, love them when others play them) but these strings really react well to aggressive playing. Worth checking out imo, especially as they`re pretty reasonable on pricing.

I`ve just picked up a Jazz bass from the OP, we did a swap with one of my Precisions I was offloading. It has the stock Fender strings on it and to me this makes a real difference as I`ve never had a Jazz with nickel strings on before. Even though they`re the original strings that are at least 6 months old there is enough twang for me but not super-annoyingly-bright. They make a nice growl too when digging in. I doubt I will choose the Jazz over my Precision for my band but this has been a revelation for me.

Just completed a bass-swap, another one of those illicit ones at a motorway service station. Traded one of my 2015 US Precisions for his 2015 US Jazz. Good comms throughout, recommended. We also had a good chat about basses, amps & motorbike accidents - as you do.

The other thing to consider is that your ears may be "tuned" to the Jazz bass tone & clarity, so the less refined sound of the Precision won`t be as easy to pick put. I reckon this could be a factor.

Always a good bass to have in the armoury, and a pretty decent price too, go for it.

They just look like a bitsa gone badly wrong to me.

Agree, additionally someone looking for a Squier generally has to trawl through all the Fender ads in order to find one.

Yep, keep warm before going on, buy a coffee/hot drink just before going on and don`t drink it, just keep it there to warm your hands up on if needed, though I doubt you will. If a musicians hands/fingers aren`t warm enough when playing then they must be some pretty sparse parts that are being played.

[quote name='thegummy' timestamp='1479066090' post='3173687'] Any tips on how you EQ a J to have more of a P thump? [/quote] To do this I went neck pickup, add in mids - low-mids if available - and reduce top-end. It`s the same sort of tone, just not as big sounding.

I`ve not encountered this but I know a good few guitarists who have bought Tokai Love Rocks as backups to their Gibson Les Pauls and the Gibbo being relegated to the backup status.

Although they`re not the loudest amps I`ve used, Ashdown ABMs seem to have the most solid presence of any that I`ve used, the sound just seems to slam into you. I find I have to push the volume on them much more than on other makes I`ve used, but once there the sound is very full. I also found this when trying out their Rootmaster amp. In comparison to my Tonehammer it had more solidity to the sound. But then I use a Sansamp to get all the solidity I need, on top of the sound I want as I really like the eq/gain/voicing of the Tonehammer. The Sansamp set flat just beefs it all up. Makes gigging with provided rigs easy as well - Sansamp and Tonehammer DI into whatever, my sound instantly.

I`ve only got Precisions so don`t have the luxury of trying out other basses in the band, but for me the instrument used has to be the one that sounds the best for the band. Our guitarist bought a great guitar, a P90 equiped Les Paul but as soon as he played it in the band we all knew it wasn`t right so he sold it on. Likewise I`ve tinkered with different amps/cabs etc and keep coming back to the same gear (when will I learn, lol), the guys will always say of they like something, or prefer the previous etc. I don`t think there`s anything wrong in a band knowing what fits their sound best and letting the band members know that.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1478987971' post='3173219'] The OP said "I am looking for an amp I can carry easily (on the train, walking to rehearsals)" ....I wouldn't like to do that with a Mark Bass CMD 121P, relatively light though it is! [/quote] Agree, I had to walk about a mile with my old CMD121P, bass and bag of leads etc. Was rather worn out by the time I got to the venue.