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  1. I gigged a cheap 300-watt Ashdown MAG series head for years, so I wouldn’t dismiss 250w as too quiet. + 1 on the Genz Benz 212tx. Great cabs, lightweight and about £350 secondhand if you can find one. I wouldn’t bother spending money on boutique niche cabs. Plenty of good reasonable kit out there. Good luck with the quest!
  2. I move between a short-scale MiJ Fender Mustang bass, and long scale Yamahas and a P bass. Adjusting between them? Never found it to be an issue. I play guitar as well so used to playing different scale things without any difficulty. Neck dive. Again, never found it to be an issue either. No better or worse than the long scales I play (if anything a shorter neck should give less neck dive if anything?). Unless you’ve only been playing one bass your entire life I wouldn’t imagine there’s any insurmountable issues in moving from long to short.
  3. Can’t say that I’m into any “solo” bassists tbh. I appreciate really tasteful playing, good songwriting and well crafted bass parts within a song much more than I care about fast playing or technical wizardry. Its like someone having brilliant handwriting but no interesting stories to share.
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  5. Selling my Ampeg Scrambler bass overdrive pedal. Bought only last November and used a handful of times in the protection of a BCB-60 pedal board, so still in pristine condition with box, manual etc. Straightforward, solid bass overdrive, true bypass switching with settings for drive, blend of clean/dirty signal, treble and master volume. I believe this pedal is the “SCR” section of the larger Ampeg SCR-DI unit. These go for £90-£100 new online, so how does £65 including UK postage sound? Will knock a fiver off if you want to collect it. Nice pedal, just not what I was looking for.
  6. I used to own one of these. It was mighty.
  7. I used a Schroeder 1210 for years. It was a brilliant cab and a great design. Hugely loud as well. The dispersion of sound was glorious. The kind of cab that sounded average by itself but brilliant in a live setting. My only reservation is that they can be a little “DIY” in their build in my experience. But ace cabs for sure.
  8. I’ve got a hiscox liteflite for my P bass for those rare times when I’ve had to fly or chuck it in a van full of other gear. I guess I’ll pad that out with extra foam inside for the few occasions that I need one.
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  10. Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere on here, but I was genuinely upset to hear of Justin Currie’s diagnosis with Parkinson’s Disease. He did a piece with the BBC on it today. I love Del Amitri and Justin’s solo work - he’s one of my favourite lyricists and songwriters, and sets a standard of writing to which I consistently aspire, and continually fall short. I wish him all the best in the times ahead. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-68528123
  11. On a slight tangent I’d be interested to see what hard cases there are for Mustangs as they seem rare as chicken lips.
  12. Just back from an Elton John tribute gig at Butlin’s in Skegness. Simple joy of playing a vintage P bass thru an SVT rig for about 1,000+ people (and a blow up dog) enjoying a 70s weekender. An ace day out!
  13. I only had one bass (a P bass) for many years but now I have a couple of spares and I find my tastes vary over time so it’s nice to explore and experiment with new sounds etc. If I’m not using something at all I tend to sell it. No point having something that doesn’t fit in.
  14. Yeah that one sounds like a bit of a mare @skidder652003. I wouldn’t be itching to go back unless there was a very good reason.
  15. For regular rehearsals I’d like it to be within an hour from me (which has always been the case) - if it’s much further I won’t make it regularly so it’ll become an issue. In terms of gigs I don’t mind travelling really far for the right gig. In practical terms almost all my regular gigs are within three hours max of here, but being in the Midlands that does cover a fair chunk of the UK. One-off gigs further afield are accepted on their merit and usually incorporated into a bit of a trip away if need be to make the most of it.
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