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[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1397997938' post='2429335'] I'm looking at a new amp myself to go with my Super Compact. I've just move on a Genz shuttle 6 on to get something with more power. Budget is £500-£700 and I'm after something with 500watts at 8 ohms. And struggling to decide what to get. [/quote] Shuttle 9.0 surely?

Some dead spots along the G string. I mainly use Fenders. Does it work?

Just if it's worth it. You say you [i]used[/i] one. What made you want to use it - and what made you stop using it?

Anyone use one?

OH MY WORD! Bought an OLP MM2 4 string bass on a whim on eBay (got it for a song) as I have a session gig coming up with 14pc funk orchestra. Read a little about the Nordstrand MM4.2 pickup and the John East MMSR 2 Band EQ so thought I'd buy the whole lot blind and see what it sounded like. Well - MY WORD. I cannot get over how great this bass sounds now. Installed the whole lot and it just punches and growls. Perfect MM tone with a slight attenuation in the mid highs - I think this is due to both the Nordy and JE being modelled on the late 70s Stingray sound as opposed to a more modern tone. I'm a huge fan of Bernard Edwards and John Glascock and this bass can mimic them pretty closely (playing aside of course!) With the controls maxed it sounds just like Flea from the Blood Sugar era, loads of musical top end! And with the treble slightly down, it reminds me of Bernard Edwards on 'We Are Family' - just enough treble for the slap lick in the chorus with a nice warmth for the verse fingerstyle playing. I am a long-time lover of flats but I put a set of SIT 45-100 nickel rounds on this and it just sounds superb. I think I will keep rounds on this bass - it'll be my only one without flatwounds. Just thought I'd share my joy! Well chuffed taking a gamble on a bass and mods without hearing it before - it really works!

Has anyone tried playing this in a covers band? What way did you approach it?

A guitarist I know plays Gretsch, Burns Bison, Danelectro etc style guitars, and his rule when shopping for clothes is [i]'it has to match my guitars'[/i] He has the most impeccable dress sense.

Hi all, Going to be using a solid state head (probably LM3) with my new Barefaced cabinet. However, I know for a fact I'll miss the valve warmth of my previous Ashdown head. What's the best pedal out there at the moment to achieve this in my signal chain? I used to use a DHA VT1 with a valve inside and it was the business. What options are out there at the moment? I like a lot of warmth and harmonic content, just verging on drive. I have no need for a heavy bass overdrive as it's not really my thing. No pun intended but I am somewhat out of the loop with effects! Cheers! Danny

Hi all, I recall someone posting on here recently recommending a good retailer, I think in Italy, where Markbass stuff can be had for great prices. Anyone point me in the right direction? Or recommend anywhere else? Cheers! Danny

The key is communication. Let your bands know that you play in other bands, and that you work on a first-come first-served basis. If you say no to a gig at the start it is much better than stringing someone along and cancelling on them at short notice. Always be transparent and don't make up excuses for missing gigs as you will always get found out - I am guessing your local music scene is as small and as clique-y as mine!

The main enabling factor in a successful band is being able to get along with the other band members. It's just a social situation really. Mistakes are completely pointless - I guarantee you not one person in the audience notices it (maybe one or two musos but why are they are your gig if they are there just to criticise?) Would you rather have a guitarist who was flawless in every way when playing but was an arrogant imbecile? I'd say you are probably on the right side of things at the moment, frustrating as it may be sometimes.

[quote name='Jack Cahalane' timestamp='1391246955' post='2354876'] With a hairy back and diabetes? [/quote] Lol

Played one of these last week - all stock with rounds through an Ashdown amp (as Nate would) Absolutely loved it! Even opened the tone up full and cranked the treble on the amp - perfect pick sound, pure raw punk edge! Would love to hear flats on it played fingerstyle!

Hi all, I have had a love affair with 12" drivers now for a long time and I have finally decided that it's the route I'm going to go down this year. My current musical situation requires mainly a one cab solution with a second cabinet occasionally - like a modular rig, so I am particularly looking at pairs of 1x12 cabinets. Lightweight a bonus! I have read a lot of good things about the Markbass 121 cabinet and am currently looking at purchasing a pair of these. Has anyone used this exact configuration? Are there any other options out there for a modular 12" rig that I should be looking at? Most likely going to run the lot off a Genz Streamliner 900 @ 4 ohms. Cheers Danny

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1373574136' post='2139279'] I completely disagree with the claim that flats will always sound 'wooly and dead'. [/quote] +1 to a certain extent. I put a new set of La Bella 760FLs on the other week and had to turn the treble down on the amp - when the neck pickup was solo'ed it sounded like JJ Burnel!

[quote name='bigash' timestamp='1373119923' post='2133927'] We got our first really big gig this August at Stormont Castle in Belfast. Can't wait You'll be fine once you get started. It's just that moment before you go on shits me up. [/quote] What's this for? Not too far from me!

Markbass and Stingray!

Always nice to have lessons but never forget - you are the best bass player in the world at sounding like you! Everyone has their own voice and approaches and you shouldn't lose what you have already learned just to accommodate musical theory. In my experience it can make a player a bit more rigid.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1367672761' post='2068225']Sooooooo Police sounding, I love it.[/quote] Have ya heard this? Pure quality. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcvjwUKA4pc[/media]

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