Jamesemt

Ok thanks - I've struggled in the past being able to hear myself but defintely something to add to the list.

Are they loud enough for a rock band?

It'll be my temporary rehearsal rig - at home I use my PC. Once this band is gigging then I'll buy something better. Can't leave the amp at the rehearsal room... I don't think. Peavey TNT might be too heavy to take out the car at home.

Yeah seen that and one similar locally but dont know whether it would be loud enough for a rock band?

So our rehearsal room is changing to one without a bass rig... And I can't DI into the PA as I get the impression it's not the best - the room is local so it's not all bad 😂 I've got until early January to get a cheap (really cheap) bass rig. Stupidly I've blown all my spare cash on a recording setup so can only scrape a small amount. Probably around £200. I've seen loads of local 2x10s that will suffice - Peavey and Laney territory here, but I need a head. Apart from old Peavey stuff is there anything else out there minimum 300 watts that is dirt cheap? Talking around £100 for the amp leaving me £100 for maybe 2 cheap 210 cabs. I'm not going any larger with cheap cabs as don't want to put my back out... Lol... Any ideas would be good. I was supposed to be saving for a Fender Rumble 500 but that is on hold for now. Edited to add - I have a sansamp bass driver so would I be better off with a power amp?

Came back to playing about three months ago after stoppong cor ten years (!!) and have got the bug. Was in a function band for five years previously. Looking for a rock band, nothing too serious. Maybe monthly gigs eventually. My influences are Queen, Gnr, Bon Jovi.

Ok thanks for that

Thanks for both the replies - plenty to think about!!

I'm going to start track recording our rehearsals with a Zoom 24 (8 inputs) and have 3 channels for the drums - we have 2 guitarists and the singer plays occasional guitar too, hence not able to stretch to 4 drum mics. I own a cheapie large condenser Samson C01 and an AKG 170 small condenser. The singer has a spare SM58 I can use... Does anyone have any advice? Was thinking close mic the snare with the 58, AKG on the kick and the large condenser as a mono overhead. If so, where should I place the overhead? Thanks.

Thanks- I'll put a Rumble on the shortlist...doesn't seem to be loads around second hand though.

So I'm looking for a cheapie setup for a rock band as I've been away from playing for 10 years. Lurking on Gumtree there is an immaculate TE 1153T cab for £100 and I've seen the GP7 on ebay looking like it might go very cheap too. Is the amp likely to be loud enough? I'm thinking I'll need another 8 ohm cab to get full power out of the head. I don't want to spend a lot of cash and this setup looks like it would be under £200...to then spend £150 ish on a matching 2x10? Tbh I'm lost with amps - last time I was in a band I had a Genz-Benz shuttle combo with an svt210av which was awesome.

Yeah I think you may be onto something there

Yeah I'm having a real hard time finding a comfortable hand position that doesn't end up in blisters...

I think I might try that way and see how I get on.

Maybe it's the way I'm holding my arm but I don't have any picking hand control if I don't anchor?

I'm anchoring with my fingertips of 3 and 4 on the scratchplate but considered sitting on the bridge...but that limits me tonally and tbh I can't get comfortable (playing on a Jazz). But I can't be anchoring much due to the blister!

So I've recently come back to playing after 10 years off. I played 99% of the time fingerstyle as I couldn't get comfortable with a pick, (despite being a guitarist) so coming back to it, I've been playing solely with a pick. I'm playing some aggressive pop-punk Green Day and have developed a blister on my picking hand ring finger outside. What is the accepted best way to play with a pick? Anchor or no anchor? On the guitar I developed a technique where I anchored near the middle pickup to help with muting but that wouldn't work here. On a side note, picking stamina seems to be a thing 😄 On the guitar I used to play softly as it stopped me tensing up and I could play faster, but I've noticed with the Green Day stuff I'm really digging in and I'm thrashing the crap out of the bass. Is this a bad habit i need to stop now? Talking about my playing and not Green Day 🤣

Yeah - thanks for the advice 🙂

For anyone in the future who searches for this, it was the saddles that had been put back in the wrong order by a previous owner.

OK great thanks

Ah I never thought about that. I suppose it's possible. I think I need to take the strings off and have a look.

I've tried taking another photo. To me it looks like the G string is a bit low? But I've no experience with these bridges at all.

I've just bought a Hondo 2 Sd Curlee style bass off ebay and the D string is too low and frets out half way up the neck. The other strings are fine. The string visibly looks too low. Looking at the bridge, I can't adjust the individual saddle heights. I'm reluctant to raise the entire treble side of the bridge as happy with the G height. Is this a known issue with this style of bridge? Am I just going to have to compromise? Could it be G string nut height?