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I reckon the it's the cab. Everything else can be tweaked (eq settings, playing style and position etc...) but there's no way to adjust the sound of a cab ( withthe exception of positioning, but there's seldom any opportunity to do this on a gig).

Each pickup will have a black and white wire (your colours may vary, but they'll be different colours), take the wire that is soldered to the back of the neck volume control (ground) off the back of the pot, so it's floating loose inside the bass. Then remove the wire that goes to the middle lug of the bridge pickup off the centre lug and join it to the first wire that you removed. Make sure that it's isolated (electrician's tape or similar) and that's it. Effectively you'll have a black and a white joined together at the end.

Looks nothing like Tracey Island, Paahhhh!!!

My personal preference: 1) Bitsa Fretless Jazz 2) Bitsa Fretted Jazz Metal band's preference: 1) Bitsa Fretted Jazz 2) Bitsa Fretless Jazz This is really easy with only 2 basses!

[quote name='Matt P' timestamp='1477037592' post='3159346'] ...and as they show up all the string noise etc I have found that my playing has got better as I'm trying to keep the extraneous noise to a minimum. [/quote] This is the best reason for practicing through headphones; I hear every little detail and it really highlights any shortcomings in my technique.

The 2 guitarists in my band (and myself included) have tuner pedals on our boards, and check tuning between numbers (not [i]every[/i] gap though). Takes seconds and is silent. I'd rather we do this than have the set descend into a train wreck. It's got much quicker now that they've got locking trem systems - one's a Floyd Rose and the other is a Kahler.

Nah, unless it can drive pissed singers/guitarists/drummers/hangers-on home after the gig then I reckon we're pretty safe...

Justin Chancellor, as I had the opportunity to see them way back when (mid 90s) and didn't because I hadn't heard of them. Silly, silly boy.

Peavey Bandit 112 (scorpion USA version, with the blue piping). They were ubiquitous in Colleges and rehearsal room once upon a time, glad to say that I haven't seen one for years. The Classic 30, on the other hand, is magical!

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1476442950' post='3154339'] Is that from Viz?? [/quote] yup. Caused quite a bit of bother when it first came out.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1476395270' post='3154032'] This is a holiday camp. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOag3Fcig_Y[/media] [/quote] I think that's more of a camp holiday

I've played Butlins at Skeggy a couple of times... [URL=http://s1221.photobucket.com/user/paul_510/media/5614aed0-8ea4-e018_zpskxqluli1.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/5614aed0-8ea4-e018_zpskxqluli1.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

My advice would be to practise reading as often as you can. Certain rhythms and note groupings crop up quite regularly, so once you learn to spot them, then it's all stuff that you've played before, so there aren't really any surprises. If it's a 'sight reading' gig, then I'd echo what's been said on here already; take a couple of minutes to read through the score to see if there are any complicated rhythms or fast runs that need a bit of prep and play them through in your head (visualise where your hands will be on the fingerboard) to mentally prepare yourself for playing them. Other than that, just relax and have fun with it.

http://youtu.be/FcerV0AO0bM

Johnny Roadhouse on Oxford Road always have a few odd/vintage bits in.

Sennheiser cx300II. Usually I'd go for the old faithful Fostex T10s, but they don't play too well with the headphone output on my DHA VT pedal which i use for my practice sessions. It's an older one ( in the big old box), so this might have been addressed in the newer models.

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1476029917' post='3150596'] I play Jazz basses and pretty much always go for the classic 'everything on full' approach. That sound is why I play jazzes. [/quote] Me too. Occasionally we'll do something by Iron Maiden or Saxon (or something in a similar vein) and I roll the back pickup off to give me more of a P bass sound. That's about it.

Check out 'Rank' (live Smiths album) too - great playing from all (but Mozza sings sharp throughout the entire album) and shows how good they were live.

I'd like to see a video explaining [i]why[/i] they're made...

The Rick's probably got the thinnest neck of all of those you've mentioned; I'm a die-hard jazz player (I like a skinny neck too) and borrowed a Rick for a session - couldn't get on with it as the neck was [i]too[/i] thin.

I watched the video and I liked the sound of the bass. Except when he went up the dusty end and soloed over the backing track - sounded out of tune to me, should have checked the intonation before filming that methinks...

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1475173054' post='3143791'] By listening to records & trying to copy what I heard. [/quote] This. Led Zeppelin II and a compilation CD of Soul tunes (Midnight Hour, Knock On Wood, RESPECT etc...).

Bass into a DHA VT1 DI EQ. iPod into the line in and a pair of Sennheiser in-ears from the headphone out. Sounds great.