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Not sure specifically about the Para Driver but when I had a small pedalboard with a BDDI on it I used to leave a jack connected and it was fine. Def worth buying a cheap battery to test this though.

For me it would be one high end bass providing I wasn’t in a gigging band as would always want a backup. If I were in a gigging band I’d be stuck with this either or situation as I know I’d sell most of the lower priced instruments in order to get at least one US Fender.

I’ve often thought that the Jazz bass growl has a lot to do with low action and digging in so getting fret rattle.

Just got in from rehearsal with the classic rock band. Went very well, are now working on Led Zeps Kashmir, a great song made rather more difficult when it’s played without vocals. But we’re getting there nicely with it. On a personal point I’d recently changed strings on my MIJ Fender Mustang from Elixir steel rounds to nickel rounds and they really work with this bass. So a great evening for me.

I’d say drop Dave Green at Ashdown a call and ask for his advice.

I`ve had both, and certainly the 12s have a greater clarity on the notes but for me after a while I found this to be a bit sterile sounding so moved to the 10s but annoyingly I couldn`t coax the aggressive highs from them that I wanted, it was a case of near but not quite, so I went back to the 12s. Bear in mind my sound was like a cross between Lemmy, Duff McKagan of Guns N Roses and JJ Burnell of The Stranglers so I was after a lot of aggression. For anything other than this I`d choose the 10s over the 12s, as to me they have more "bass cab character".

Yes the Fender flats on one of my basses are a fair bit lighter. Maybe these are just very old and have darkened over the years?

Two (or more) preamps is fine. A good few years ago I used an Aguilar Tonehammer DI for the tone and drive, then added in a Sansamp with everything at midday to beef it up (a trick I was shown by our producer).

Many congrats, I had one of those (the 7400 version) and it was a truly awesome amp. I paired it with a Marshall VBC412 cab and the sound was immense.

I remember that presentation Jack, I’m sure we all looked young(ish) back then.

Was the same for me when I was in Knock Off, I always thought that a 30 - 40 min set was best, full-on and unrelenting.

Good venue

Yep, I`ve just started to get arthritis in my left thumb, I`ve found that playing a Jazz width neck is easiest on it but bizarrely playing my thickest necked Precision is also ok, it`s the medium sized necks I`m having trouble with so it`s clearly how I position my thumb on those that`s the issue. As such I`ve got a bit of work and many years of unlearning to do.

Uber cool, would love to know that Cliff had owned one of my basses.

Yep, I read that Mick Jones of The Clash (and many others at that time) used their grants to get guitars and much of their college/university time to learn how to play.

It wouldn’t bother me if: 1 - the bass played and sounded great 2 - more importantly I knew about it before the purchase. I’d be a bit miffed to find out about it months down the line.

Good score there. I’ve done similar, picked up a bass on way to a gig and gigged it straightaway. I found it quite liberating, instead of perfect set up and correct strings it was just play the gig & enjoy it.

Sounds like a good call, playing music you really dislike isn’t a good thing

Very sorry to hear this @WalMan

I can only imagine, and even then I’m sure I’d fall short of what actually went on with those guys.

Ashdown ABM600 Fave amp that I’ve owned, great sounding with very flexible eq & bags of power, light & portable enough to not be a bind to cart about (if able bodied). Marshall DBS7400 Pretty much as above though a fair bit heavier. Ampeg SVT Never owned one but loved seeing them as provided rigs, knew what I was getting and loved the sound.

As a rather bizarre one, given its links to psychobilly, I saw Wrathchild at Klub Foot.

I think DR do strings designed for drop tunings. The highest tension roundwound strings I’ve used are Rotosound steel rounds, Warwick Red Label steel rounds, and Fender nickel rounds.