Lozz196

I`ve sold some stuff I really should have kept hold of, hopefully I`ve learned my lesson now. It`s just that I hear other stuff and really like the sound of it, and then realise that that sound was great in whatever band it was being used in etc, but my sound suits my band the best and I already have the exact right gear for what I need. I`m lucky in some ways that I`ve found the perfect basses for me, the post 2012 US Standard Fender Precisions. I`m so happy with them that I`ve no intention of looking at other basses, it`s amps/cabs that I keep buying, moving old stuff on, then selling the new gear to buy the old stuff again. Just been through it all for the second time, selling my Aguilar Tonehammers, only to then have to buy them again. Hopefully I`ll learn from this that as much as I want a big looking stack, I`m too knacked to be carrying one - even of a 13lb racked amp and Barefaced lightweight 410 & 210 - so it has to be a small Class D amp and a single 2x12 (Barefaced of course) cab. Basically I need to adopt a bit of common sense in both the wallet, the ears, and the back.

Great bass, and what a great pressie.

Well without wanting to appear forward, I`ll be selling a BF Retro Two10 and Four10 soon, will be advertised on here.

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1476707572' post='3156448'] There's a volume control? [/quote] Pretty much sums it up for me. I like the Nikki Sixx approach, on his old T-Birds he just used to have an on/off switch.

For me it`s the audience/industry that determine this (originals bands here I`m talking about). If your audiences keep growing then you should move higher up the bill, which should generate more income, and hopefully more sales of your merch, if you`ve decided to go down that route. At some point you may then be able to get backing from the industry in some form or another.

Depending on if you need a DI or not, the Zoom MS60-B has many different effects on it, all in one Boss sized pedal. You can use four effects at a time I believe, so even two of those would cover most areas.

Depends of course on budget, but if funds allow I`d be looking at Barefaced, Schroeder, TKS or Bergantino. Barefaceds 12" range are pretty much uncoloured, their 10" Retro range is voiced more towards traditional sounding bass cabs (much like Ampeggy sort of sounds), Schroeders have a slight mid-bias, but this really works in the mix on cutting through. I`ve no experience of TKS but have only read good things about them. And Bergs, well in a cab shootout a couple of years back that we did their CN212 was the runaway winner.

I`d reckon that the Showmaster in split-coil mode is probably 90% there so probably the only things to be gained are, to the good point, a nice shiny new guitar, to the bad point, something else to carry around for gigs.

Must say I liked the songs that he played recently on Later much more than anything else I`ve heard him do since The Police.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1476537774' post='3155051'] Good idea. My prediction is for people to be astonished they genuinely can't tell some of the cheaper models affinity, cv, mim standard from the more expensive ones in tone alone. Or in playability. But in weight and feel there's a difference. Just like most blind bass tests. In fact wasn't this already done and a mim mark hoppus beat a lot of higher end p basses? [/quote] Yes, based on sound alone the Hoppus was a runaway winner. Beat 50s, 60s and 70s Precisions by a mile. And the runner up was a MiM.

Awesome idea

[quote name='nash' timestamp='1476532982' post='3155009'] And I'd love it if you could have the option of a standard PJ with a P or J neck, not just a J. [/quote] Def, would be ideal that.

I know a lot of the sound from that clip is due to strings/pickups but man, this amp sounds nice. The start of the clip is pretty much the tone I use with my Tonehammer & Sansamp. If I were in the market for a new amp I`d be GASSING severely for one of these, but as all I`d do is get the sound I currently use there`s little point. Additionally, what strings were they, I`ve never seen an E string flap so much, it was flappier than a flappy thing.

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1476521648' post='3154916'] I'm also put off by people who put "professional" in their brand name - always makes me think it isn't; like Tywin Lannister put it "Any man who must say "I am the king", is no true king". [/quote] I remember a classic saying, professionals built the Titanic, amateurs built the Ark.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1476516427' post='3154869'] I have three Precisions, one Squier, one MiM and one US Standard. All are fairly recent and there is a clear step up in sound, feel and general quality from cheapest to most expensive. [/quote] I`m similar Dave, have an MiM and two US Standards and the US are noticeably better, in as you say, sound, feel and general quality. I`ve added the same pickup to my MiM and a hi-mass bridge to get it as near to the US as I can, and these have pushed it nearer, but the US still feels more substantial underhand.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1476487376' post='3154822'] After 50 years it's always a blast. It's never been a chore and never will be. How could gigging ever be a chore? Blue [/quote] Pretty much nailed it for there too, Blue, though in my case it`s 35 years.

We played at the punk weekend last Friday at Butlins in Skegness. Was a great gig.

Not had the Darkglass, did have the Ampeg and if you want Ampeg sound it`s very good, wood def recommend it, but as above, if not that keen on the Ampeg tone this won`t be the right pedal for you.

What sounds the best to your own ears is the best for you. Others may not like it, but you have to be happy with your sound, providing of course that it serves the band well. Always choose the sound for the band.

Subscription for me. I love reading about new gear and interviews with the big names, but mostly I like the section where regular bassists go through their gear.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1476352153' post='3153495'] Maybe you don't like how [i]you[/i] sound on a P bass ? I was talking to a friend a coupe of days ago. He loves jazz basses, I always sound rubbish on them. You were hearing another guy play one remember, you liked how [i]he[/i] sounded on it. [/quote] Very good point this. I`m similar but with Jazzes, I love the sound of them except when I play them. I`ve had numerous Jazz basses and sold them on, sometimes you have to accept that a particular type of instrument just doesn`t work for you, even though they sound great when played by others.

Not bad nick at all, that`s a bargain for someone, if I were nearer I`d consider it myself.

I had a Fender Kingman which has a blocked Jazz neck on it. Nice bass but in any kind of setting you need an amp with it aside from home practice in you living room.