mcnach

That's what makes it attractive to me

There will probably not be that much of a difference, to be honest.

You are an evil person. A beautifully evil person

same here, although I prefer to add wood glue if I have it handy... however, when in a hurry, without glue will work too... it may not be as durable but I'm now talking years without needing retightening or anything. Schaller screws are noticeably thinner than most strap button screws, so I always needed a little extra help or replacement screws. Eventually I gave up on the Schallers and turned to using tough rubber washers and/or strap buttons with oversized T-shape heads.

Been using one for years. I love it. Two things, 'though: 1) the belt clip. the belt clip is a metal clip held onto the transmitter by a flimsy plastic tab. It doesn't look durable to me. From the moment I saw it, I decided to buy a separate leather pouch to attach it to my strap, and I've used the transmitter either using the pouch, or having the receiver in my pocket (yes :D) That works. 2) the battery door... I think what people complain about is actually by design. To close it properly, you need to press hard the latch. It's hard. So if you're not paying attention it's relatively easy to not latch it properly, and then it can work itself open which is not something you want in the middle of a song. The solution is easy: pay attention when mounting the batteries and make sure it latches. I think it's by design, because you want a battery door that stays shut no matter what. That's my take on it based on a sample of n=2... so there may well be really an issue with some units, but what I saw was that: you need to press that door down and ensure you latch it properly. Once that is clicked in place, it doesn't come off by itself. Range, delay etc... not an issue to me. Range is probably better than the blurb says... not that I need that range, but we have sometimes wandered into the crowd and I had one guitarist climbing onto the roof at a beer garden gig and play his solo there... hair in the wind hero style

what do you mean by 'it sounds a little cheap'?

You have a (presumably) nice sounding, light and relatively compact setup (one cab)... I would really just look at taming the input signal, either through the bass volume control, or my preferred option: a separate pedal with volume control... some kind of nice preamp or an EQ or something along those lines. Using a 210 or a 115 alone is likely to not sound quite as loud (there are many factors in consideration to say exactly just how much of a difference there will be) but I doubt it will make the "too loud" problem into a "just right" situation... and you'll end up with 2 cabs for when you want to be louder... So, your idea might work, or might not. Taming the signal you feed into the amp, however, *will* work and it requires minimal expense (or none as you probably already own something suitable... and there's always the option of turning down your bass, of course).

Ha! I got it wrong You got a very Stingrayesque tone with the Cort! Was the pickup in series/parallel/singlecoil?

It was actually asking which Stingray to go for...

Classic 50s Precision for 386 euros??? Erm... nope. Too good to be true. That's like £450 cheaper than in most places. I'll watch the site with interest and see how long until it goes down.

It was interesting to hear the basses in the mix... but how about isolated, just the bass alone?

I saw this earlier on "the other site". I found it very interesting... because to me both sounded both very Stingray-like. I would vote for #1 being the Stingray but #2 could easily be as well, for all I know. In fact, I'd vote it's a trick question and both are the Stingray using different settings. Question: if the Cort is in passive mode, what is the humbucker switch selected to? (series? single coil? which?...) I find it interesting because I used to own a GB74 (the 4 string version)... and it didn't sound anything like a Stingray to me. It sounded a bit like a Jazz, but a very fat dense one, the Arnold of Jazz basses... but it lacked the low mid growl a Stingray has. I also had a Lakland 5502, which is similar to the GB75 in layout... and again it didn't sound like a Stingray to me. However, you could select the neck-facing coil of the humbucker on its own, and tweaking mids a bit, it did have a bit of a Stingray vibe to it. My GB74's humbucker switch only allowed series, parallel, or one single coil: the bridge-facing one. Neither was Stingray-like at all. Very curious to find the answer.

urgh... That's a shame. I hoped you wouldn't need to do a test again. I *think* I would pass a test now, but I would hate the process immensely.

just out of curiosity... can't licenses be exchanged pretty much automatically? (after paying a fee, I suspect, of course). I love driving... but driving in town is not fun, I don't love that. I do it because the alternative either does not exist, or it involves a lot of time or hassle or both. For example, where I used to live before, it was barely 15 minutes by car to get to the rehearsal place. By bus? Around an hour. It involved changing buses too, which is a looot of fun in bad weather. Too many situations like that in my city... so I bought a car and never looked back. If I lived in London, I think I'd use the car a lot less and would be using public transport more.

I think based on the responses here, there's largely two groups: those in a big city and the rest. Those in a big city mostly play in their city, where driving and parking is probably not very convenient and the venues they play are venues that either have their own PA, lights etc, or do not require any of that. So these people mostly use public transport, and travel light anyway. Then, the rest, don't live anywhere where public transport is a viable alternative because of the amount of gear they need to take and the lack of coverage.

Most people would not have a problem picking up a band member, equipment etc. I have done it many times, and others did it for me when I needed it. However, it gets tiring pretty fast if it's frequent. Picture yourself driving back home from a gig. It's late. You're tired. Band mate(s) have had a few beers and maybe are snoozing in the car. You then arrive in town, and proceed to drop your band mates at their places, and finally drive home. Your trip can easily be an extra hour longer, late at night. If it's a frequent occurrence, it can get old pretty soon, despite your best intentions.

I was in my mid 20s at the time... but heavily into 80s metal and prog rock, and 'virtuoso' guitarists etc... which I guess didn't help. Once I grew up and my taste expanded considerably I was able to like a few of their songs, and Noel's voice is not bad either... but the band just seemed terrible to me, coupled with their attitude and the whiny Liam as a front man... I just could not digest it.

oh yeah! I was expressing my amazement that the guy could see something special in them at all... I see regularly bands that are far tighter and more polished, in every style you can imagine... so for someone to choose THEM, it's what I can't get my head around it. But then maybe it's why I don't make my living out of signing bands

It's undeniable that they had a huge effect. Kids picking up guitars etc... that's true too. Which all adds to my amazement. Sometimes I feel like I was away in Mars and I had missed a whole decade or something because I really could not understand how they were so influencial. I think I also resent them a bit because they were the reason I found it so hard to find a band I'd like to join. Far too many Oasis wannabes... but without the good songs

so they were real idiots, not fake idiots?

... which I find so hard to understand. What did [I forget his name] see in them, at that famous gig in Glasgow's King Tut's, to decide he should sign them? Was the musical scene so dire at the time that it made them stand out? Noel has written some good tunes, no question, but the videos I saw from that time didn't look promising (to me, of course). There are bands I simply don't like, for one reason or another, and I'm fine with it and I understand that people have different tastes. OK. But Oasis intrigues me like no other. How did they become that big? The music? Their lovely personalities? I watched the documentary and it was like watching an accident. I didn't like what I saw but I could not stop watching. It was interesting, but it did nothing to change my mind about them.

That attitude just seems pathetic to me. Trying too hard, transparently, to "be cool", which by definition is a fail. I really can't stand them. Urgh.

That amp is versatile enough... I don't see why it wouldn't work for your style of music. (I owned a Shuttle 9.2)

I use one of these "electrician's tool cases" to carry my amplifier. I added a layer of hard foam at the bottom, and made a frame with more foam so that the amp doesn't move in the compartment. The space it leaves is where I carry most cables. There are additional compartments where various other bits can go.

and with my luck, the holes will be anticlockwise