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Sounds like King Billy gigs are good for the system.

We slso played a King Billy gig, though in Northampton. 1st set was a bit sloppy, as due to a band members illness we hadn`t rehearsed for a good while (and he was in fact still ill last night), still, we`re a punk band, so not too much of a problem. 2nd set however was great, went down really well, crowd as always at The Billy were amazing, really vocal - nice to have virtually the whole audience on backing vocs, lol.

All in all, another great gig at The King Billy in Northampton.

Having played in both originals bands, and covers bands, I would describe them like this.

Originals band
You love the songs/music
Venues generally pay you very badly
The audience can either be really into it, or not, depending on their individual tastes
You`re considered "lucky" to gig on a fri/sat, and have had to put a great deal of work in to get that far
You usually play with 3 or 4 other bands, and have 15min changeovers, with everyone on stage in each others way

Covers band
You love the songs/music
Venues generally pay you rather well
The audience usually get into it, as what you`re playing is familiar to them
Its virtually a given that you will only be offered fri/sat gigs
Its rare that you play with any other bands, you`re usually the only band for the whole eve

I love what both types offer, but the covers band I`m in now is more "comfortable" in terms of both physical comfort, and financial comfort.

I`ve always had first class service from Marshall - luckily only when buying gear or arranging servicing for my gear, no breakdowns. They are indeed a great company to deal with.

As we are a punk covers band, it has to be Anarchy In The UK.

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You have both my sympathy, and my admiration in taking this decision Andy, hope all goes well.

I had the BB 1100s in the late 80s. Must have done 500+ gigs with it, in the days before I either considered taking along replacement batteries (didn`t think of it at the time), or a backup (couldn`t afford one). Never had a single problem with it. I even hit someone with the headstock once whilst on stage (on purpose, he was spitting at us) and it stayed perfectly in tune. Very hard-wearing, and sound pretty good too.

Welcome to Basschat, Yamaha BBs are good basses, had the 1100s version in the 80s. Must have done 500 gigs on it, without a backup, never gave me the slightest problem.

Welcome to Basschat, am sure you`ll get a good response to those basses.

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Welcome to Basschat Louise. Stroke of luck getting that Precision, may as well start off with the best (imo).

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Welcome to Basschat, nice to see another Marshall man joining up.

Nice one, I had one of those, and was amazed at the amount of comments/interest it seemd to inspire.

As well as that, they play like a dream, and have an amazingly rich sound, plenty of low bottom end, rather like the T-Bird in fact, but so much easier to play and carry aout.

I actually rate Adam Clayton as a bass player. Why?
Well some of his bass lines, such as New Years Day are the instantly recognisable hook, that everyone remembers.

And, more importantly, it seems that AC/U2 have recognised The Edges talent (and great sounds) on guitar, so AC seems to have made the decision to hold back, and play basslines that let The Edges guitar be the focal point, and to not compete, letting the guitar flourish. All in all, a bassist that is playing for the band, not himself.

Footnote - I just hope in real life he`s a slap-monster, who knocks spots off Mark King, so proving my theory. If he really can only play root notes after 30+ yrs, it kindof disproves it.

Bonus points for Youtube vids of AC in slap-frenzy.

I`d love an old beat-up Fender Precision. Altho I`m not overly "precious" with my current basses, I wouldn`t deliberately knacker them, but there`s just something about a beat-up Fender - prob why the Roadworn series has been so successful, even tho in my view, up close they don`t actually look that old. Before any Roadworn lovers think I don`t like these basses, I do, they play fantastic, just in my view they look new/old.

As an owner of a VBC412, I can honestly say its the best cab I`ve ever played through. Coupled with the matching VBA400 head, that is one awesome rig. Whoever buys this is not gonna be dissapointed.

2 things in my view:

1. A bass player that can`t lock in with the drummer
2. A bass player who doesn`t play for the song, only for themselves - as in "look at me, I`m so good"

Or maybe one of the screws holding the speaker itself in place is loose?

Yep, change strings when you start noticing that yr bass doesn`t sound quite "right" anymore.

To each player, its different. I don`t like the sound of brand new strings. On my gigging/practising bass, I change the strings probably every 4 - 6 months, and make sure its in a big space between gigs, so I can deaden them up a bit, remove some of the zing.

I fell slightly cheated

+1 to that - My Epi Les Paul was a great guitar, but put up against my old Gibson Les Paul Studio, the sound was wayyyyy different. Alder to mahogany, made a difference.

Adding to that, my MIM P-Bass is a great instrument, but the MIAs all sound a lot more authoratative. Better cuts of wood.

Whether or not better, well thats for the individual to decide, but certainly woods and components will affect changes.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='970609' date='Sep 28 2010, 01:09 PM']Hi

Not doubting they both sound similar, but I checked into the pickups on the Classics and Roadworn (same basses basically, but the RW is nitro and has more attention during manufacture) and they are indeed MIM pickups. I double checked with Fender UK and USA, and they said there had been confusion, but they are not the American pickups, they are MIM.[/quote]
That is a surprise, as on a different thread on here, there was an e-mail from a guy from Fender stating they were the US Pickups.

I`ve currently got MIA Precisions, and in the past had both a CIJ 51 Reissue P-Bass, and the MIM Classic 50s P-Bass.

In terms of quality, all 3 are roughly the same, only difference being thru-body stringing missing on the Classic.

Can`t compare the 51 in terms of sound, as its a single coil pickup, but the Classic and MIAs are very alike, prob due to them having the same model of pickup - yes, Classics get MIA pickups.

In terms of playability, the Classic again is very comparable to both MIA and CIJ.

Aside from the difference in width of the necks, I don`t think anyone playing blindfolded could tell much difference between them all.