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Unreal! Enjoy every minute of it. Massive respect for Sting, I love virtually everything he has been involved with!

Is there any logic in placing the subs on the floor (audience level) as opposed to on the stage (band level)? I've always thought the bass response to be better on solid ground.

The footprint of a DB/SL112 cab is pretty large compared to most 1x12 cabinets, particularly the new breed lightweight options. I found them somewhat unwieldy at times actually.

Exactly what happens in the band I manage. It's the fairest way and we take into account distance to travel when pricing the gigs, so as to ensure no shortfall.

OT, but a terrible DJ IMO with a serious chip on his shoulder when talking to some callers.

He definitely goes on a bit and I don't particularly like his playing, but I would have loved a resource like SBL to learn from when I started playing.

P Bass with a pick, tone open into Sansamp or SVT = bliss!

Much too basic and rudimentary to be interesting. 8th note pentanonics with the odd blue note WOW! Zero melody or structure really. Also he fluffs his fingering which fails to sound the odd note properly, I think he is possibly drunk. Much prefer his Bullfrog Blues solo.

Love Rory and Gerry but that has to be one of the worst bass solos I have ever heard!

Had a Big Baby 2 for a while and just couldn't get a sound I liked out of it. Tried numerous heads, both lightweight and full fat (Aguilar, Hartke, Ashdown, Bugera) and no joy. Ended up moving it on. I now play Aguilar cabs and they are so sweet.

I like the simplicity of only having one control knob, but does anyone actually play with volume below max? We aren't guitarists trying to drive a preamp for solos. I think volume is the only control on my bass that I never touch.

Here we are guys - it's for sale finally! First 50 are numbered: https://gumroad.com/l/dart-bass

I think the whole P Bass tone ideal is a bit of art imitating life. It was the only recorded bass sound throughout the 50s and 60s on 1000s of records which subconsciously dictated how electric bass should sound. Ergo, engineers know how to mix it 'properly' due to years of having that exact tone thrust upon them. My point is that any bass can sound good given the right context, and the P Bass just got a bit lucky.

Are the pickups out of line with the strings? The pole pieces look off.

Horrid

Disappointed they have done away with the Hi Mass bridge on these CVs - probably the most useful upgrade a bass could have. I actually retrofitted these bridges to a few of my other basses! Great piece of kit.

Just do what you do and if a drunk punter addresses you as a member of staff, tell them to f’cough

A real pet hate of mine is bands who just throw songs together and busk them without actually ever really learning the nuances. You are 100% right in your observations. I've had to compromise many times by playing progressions that I just know are plain wrong, just because the guitarist hasn't bothered his derrière to learn the right chords. It seems to be more prevalent in 2/3 piece pub acts where most punters only care about roaring the melody after a skinful. I decided a couple of years ago not to accept mediocrity anymore when learning a song with a band and have been vocal when I have needed to be when things are going wrong. Probably hasn't made me any friends but I don't care, it's the most conscientious of musicians who respect an honest approach and those are the ones I would rather gig with anyway.

Great song but not one I would ever consider covering, I guess it would appeal to the 90s generation. In my experience, you could start a set with the Force Theme and people would start to dance

I owned one and didn't like it - the G string got completely lost in any mix. I'm led to believe this is a persistent issue with 'rays and probably part of the reason you see so many used ones for sale. I think there's a way to correctly use the EQ to counter this - isn't the Bass control boost only, but the mid and treble are cut/boost?

Agree with all of your points except the bridge being unimportant. The traditional Fender bridge where the saddles sit atop the base plate is a completely obsolete design IMO. In modern times manufacturers are making bridges where the saddle height screws are fixed into little channels, which is a much better design from an engineering perspective as it reduces the horizontal movement of the saddles and therefore can only benefit string vibration. I have this type of bridge on all my basses,

Superb track although it really doesn’t need those two old chisellers on guitar and drums, they don’t add anything. A nice doff of the cap to their heroes if nothing else.

I owned a TH500 and struggled to get a clean tone at anywhere near gig volume. Tried various cabs including Aguilar and Barefaced. I found myself preferring to use a Bugera Veyron (which I also had at the time) - none of the Drive EQ nonsense and much easier to get a good clean tone. I sold the Aguilar soon after.

That is one of the coolest promo vids for any instrument I've ever seen.

My initial thought is that this is incredible (albeit paid-for) publicity. Bet you his next tour sells well - assuming he can find venues to accept his booking.