Highfox

Thanks Guys. That black P you sold me Lozz has been my main weapon and is fiirst choice most of the time. I'll take the Stingray tonight to rehearsals and see how I get on.

Isn't it a great feeling My first Stingray. 2EQ. Never thought I'd go back to active basses, but these just pop and growl so nicely and have pretty fast necks on them. I changed the pickguard over from the standard black one to this white pearl just to personalise it a bit. Thanks to our Nick (Magnolia) for sorting out the shipping and patiently waiting for funds to clear.

Owning a couple of P's and a Jazz and having just added a Stingray to the arsenal, I'd say they are all slightly different animals, (can't go wrong with either) but as to which ones best, that will depend mostly on my mood and the sound I'm after.

Nice one. I have a set strung through on my 2009 Jazz and another set waiting to go on my Stingray once it arrives I like really like the feel of the Nickel and the TI's low tension, you can really dig- in with them and get some pop. On the other hand I have La Bella's on my P's and they will stay there till they fall off or rust. Lots of choice and variations out there in flats land.

[quote name='AMPEG' timestamp='1333814028' post='1606896'] I bought a GB Shuttle but the Orange sp212 cab whislt it gives me 600 watt handling doesn't move air. I'm looking for a cab weighing about 30 lbs to go with it, excluding the GB cabs can anyone suggest a suitable cab thats light and portable? [/quote] What do you find wrong with the GB cabs? I only ask as I run a Neo x 212 and find it a great match for the Shuttle and Streamliner.

Really like this track I'll have to look out for your album.

La Bella's 760 FSL on both my P's.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1333663137' post='1605174'] Sorry, who is this? [/quote] Sykes! Sad to say my 16 yo Daughter is into them in a big way! The music is ok but everytime I hear him sing/shout/scream or see any video of him, I get an overload of aggresive feelings that make me want to do physical damage to him. I have to beg her to turn that s**t off. I know he runs his own clothes company and the Band seem to be on the road and working the whole time. Oh the joys of middle age

Guess it depends what kind of sound your after.. but the Duncan Antiquity 2's do it for me.

I love watching and listening to any footage of Ber..nard. Not sure if this has been posted before? Here's Bernard showing John Taylor how to break it down in one of the Powerstation songs. No idea if John played the part on the recording! Interesting to see Bernards picking [i]technique[/i] without using a pick [url="http://www.weedioh.com/Video.aspx?VideoId=14528"]http://www.weedioh.c...x?VideoId=14528[/url] and here's a guy talking about Bernards "chucking" technique [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnBJWwK4kks&feature=player_embedded[/media] Interesting stuff for a mortal like me.

I still use my BG500 2x10 for smaller gigs and home rehearsal, good value amps, the 500 can go pretty loud as well. If I was looking for a fairly small combo I'd deffo consider the 250 at the €'s it's going for.

awesome groove.. great playing on the brass as well. Be even better with a live drummer as well.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1332180321' post='1584423'] There was another thread about him recently: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/169138-viacelsav-svedov-show-some-love-for-the-guy/"]http://basschat.co.u...ve-for-the-guy/[/url] He's a member on here & he's pretty popular. [/quote] Oh crap, sorry my post was spam then. On the positive side a few of us that missed the other post got to check him out.

Here's mine... Nothing special but it all gets used during the set.

Love this guy, loads of passion and not just a slap artist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e44SdbQiXQs&feature=channel

Wonder if anyone else has tried theses? I just put a set of Seymour Duncan Antiquity II 60's pride in my 2006 P bass and it's really given me a much fuller sound, more in the lows and very tight and bright (without being harsh) in the highs, somehow more punch as well. I thought the bass sounded nice with the modern Fender pups, but these Duncans really kick it up a notch... even my band mates noticed. Very happy with them and would recommend highly if your after Pbass pups.

You can't go wrong having both, I seem to like the thump of the P more in live situations, but break out the Jazz for some songs when recording.

For me Punk was (is) more about attitude than the music, it was a collective feeling people had that things could change (for the better), it also broke down racism to some degree, gave people the idea and motivation... anyone can do it! It had spin-offs in fashion, art etc that we still see today, that all has to be a positive thing. As has been said and I agree it's pretty hard to label the early punk music as a certain type of sound but you can certainly see an attitude.. from the Jam to the Pistols, Clash, Damned etc. I'd say the youth gave it a pretty good go from 76-80.. for me it all got old hat very quickly after that once Punk became a uniform and simply relied on how fast you could play.

I used to use some kind of Fender bassman valve amp and 2x15 cab at one rehearsal space we used to use in the early 80's, I'm sure it's life before was on the road, so it could of dated from the 70's.. and that sounded sweet. I only had a crappy Invader 50 head and a rooster 1x15 cab that was my own at that time... and that sounded like carp

I had a very brief flirtation into fretless, found out pretty quick I lacked the talent to be confident with it. I'd say it's a good idea that you invest in an instrument that will get you most of your money back if you don't get on. I was a fool and modded my instrument with expensive parts which I got no return on once I sold it on.

I'm not totally convinced just yet, only having tried the Gramma pad at rehersal last night. The room we use has a very thick wooden floor, so I guess the sound/bass is pretty focused and tight bouncing off there anyway. I did have to raise the volume knob slightly from what I was normally using (either that or the sneeky guitarists had turned up!). The main reason I got it was for gigs and trying to keep a uniform sound so I'll see how I get on there.