Legion

[quote name='Gareth Hughes' timestamp='1305894035' post='1238112'] Now that's just showing off Paul [/quote] I actually took my bass with me when car shopping...and ended up with a golf. I can easily fit the bass in the back, along with a K&M stool, bag of stuff, PJB amp and still room for me and 2 passengers.

I used to have BMW 3 series - I always put my bass in the front passenger seat a little bit like BassBags has described above. Whatever the car, there is usually a way, just be careful and methodical.

Well, they are extremely nice and I say that having owned both a mouse and an MB-2. But - for me it was always a substitute for a DB, and once I got one I liked I stopped using the MB-2. I sometimes miss it, but then when I listen to recordings of the MB-2 that I [i]thought[/i] were good at the time, they don't sound anywhere near as nice as the DB does. The DB also has a style of its own in terms of the physicality (did I make that word up?) of playing it. The whole upright thing has you playing quite differently and you will approach lines in a whole new way. If you don't have any desire to actually play a real DB then I'm afraid you are in marital trouble

[quote name='Rabbie' timestamp='1440840082' post='2854211'] Also of course it depends on what sound you wanna hear. If you don't need to shake bowels with your low notes, then a PJB or AI combo are great, really fantastic hi fi sound. [/quote] This is true, with my Puma/Big Baby I could feel the bass. With the PJB I can hear the bass.

I previously owned a Puma 900 (Puma's are rated quite highly for DB) and a Barefaced Big Baby 2. This was a great setup for electric but for DB it was just too 'boomy' for want of a better word. It seemed as if the larger speakers just added that character and the PJB's little speakers have a different flavour all together. My PJB super flightcase is brilliant for both, but the DB really shines through it. Not a common amp to find second hand, but worth the effort IMO.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1440484901' post='2851087'] No, that's not me I'm afraid, might be Jason (Legion)? [/quote] Not me either - although I was using a Rob Allen and it certainly sounded best through my (your old) Super Flightcase, I never tried anything other than Labella Nylons on it

Yes, not quite what I was hoping for though. Regarding LCD soundsystem I'm pretty sure the bass belonged to James Murphy but he loaned it to Tyler Pope for live stuff. It was apparently modded with a gibson EB type bridge pickup fitted in both positions. You can still find the odd ET280 for sale on ebay etc but bear in mind it will probably be a project and need TLC

[quote name='Sonic_Groove' timestamp='1439893283' post='2846476'] Anyone: Know if Phil Jones solved the high-pitch noise on 240v ?? Brendan [/quote] I gather the double four is fixed (by a different model of external PSU) but the cub still seems to have the same internal PSU and is still prone. I really want a cub but all the ones I've tried have had the whistling noise which is very frustrating.

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[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1438613895' post='2835774'] Anyway, I've dabbled in slap on DB but it never really appealed, and having always played with drummers live, have never really needed to use it. However, it looks like I'll be assuming bottom end and rhythm duties in a drummer-less bluegrass band soonish, so I need to get some more percussive elements into my repertoire, probably not to a huge degree, but certainly sufficient to push things along in up tempo stuff. (Jason/Legion might be able to confirm the make of the strings as they came with the bass but they feel pretty easy on the hands, not unlike Silver Slaps albeit a little warmer and with a smidgeon more tension). [/quote] Chris, Those strings are Velvet Blues so you are already on a gut-a-like string there. I'm covering the same sort of role with my DB as well, but I just use liberal amounts of ghost notes and percussive accents to drive things along. I havent needed (or wanted) to add the slap style playing to fill the space left by a drummer. In fact I quite like the undiluted aspect of things as they are.

[quote name='kevvo66' timestamp='1438170181' post='2832206'] Thanks uncle ,i am seriously considering getting rid [/quote] I had 9 at one point and I hated it. It just became a distraction, leading me in the wrong direction. Now I've got 1 electric bass, 1 double bass and 1 amp that suits them both. Needless to say I'm spending my bass-time more constructively now. I would say it's not so much 'less is more' but more like 'undiluted'