joeystrange

Just picked up a Fender 6x10. Bought a new Big Muff, too, after mine failed a couple of weeks ago. A resounding fail for me. Although I did last one entire month!

Those are fairly common for cheaper pickups, especially Mex Fenders and Squiers. They use ceramic magnets under the pickups which magnetise the pole pieces through contact whereas higher end pickups will often magnetise the pole pieces themselves instead. I don’t know why (nor do I know the technical details, as you may have guessed) but this is the gist of it.

It was all going so well until yesterday when I decided that I need a 6x10. Havent bought one yet but the GAS is strong.

No but we once named our guitarist’s guitars for him. He had two identical Fret-King Esprits, a white one and a black one. He also liked to drink whisky so we named them Whyte and Mackay. Whyte was the black one. Obviously.

I don’t know what model but Drad Delson from Linkin Park has always worn Shure headphones for live monitoring. If they’re ok for headlining stadiums then it can’t be bad.

I also remember seeing a studio tour with Dave Grohl where he had a Les Paul made from NASCAR parts. Can’t find the video though.

Nice! I’ve had a few guitars and basses made by Andy over the years and they’re all great! Good luck finding it!

How many flights of stairs have you carried it up so far? I wish I still had my SVT rig. Transport issues forced to go get rid of it.

It’s something that will come with practice. It’s a new movement for muscles that don’t often move on that way otherwise. As an example, you decide that you want to be able to do the splits. On day one you can’t get your legs anywhere near that wide apart but after months of practice and repetition you can do it. The same applies to your hands. Enjoy your bass journey!

Yep. Sims are great!

Given how many of those first 3 records (Domination still sells fairly well too) they still sell (I used to work for Earache) it is a bit odd that neither band play any of those songs since that’s clearly what people want to hear. Those albums are indeed landmarks for the genre. I believe Covenant was the first million-selling death metal record!

This is pretty close for me.

Thanks for the input. The flight case is on it’s way. Got a few gigs next month so I’ll see how it sounds then.

Actually, it was just really badly written and everyone answered in the way I intended. It’s the cab that I want to put on top of the flight case. I’ve edited the post, thanks for pointing it out!

That’s good, it seems I was worrying about the wrong thing. I clearly need to work on my understanding of physics!

My sound is fairly similar to yours with the addition of fuzz so that sounds good to me.

Thanks, I’ll look that up. I think trail and error will probably be the way, just wanted to gain some knowledge up front.

That’s good to hear. So you didn’t get any low end loss or boominess?

I’m thinking of buying a flight case for my head. It’s a Fender Bassman and as the knobs stick out a fair way they’re easily damaged during transport etc. I know this as ir happened to my previous Bassman. I’m currently using a 4x10 so I’m thinking of standing this on top of the flight case at gigs to raise it a bit (I do miss my old 8x10!). I’ve no doubt that this will affect the sound somehow but I’d like to know how much and on what way. I’d also like to hear whether anyone has done this and what their opinion is. Thanks!

I get that. It was just that the bass player decided he was going to leave at the end of the year and since they were on good terms (he still plays in another band with our singer and drummer) everyone agreed to it. They actually gave him the boot a bit earlier than that, in the end, when they decided they liked me and wanted me to start playing gigs as soon as possible.

It worked out great! They actually cut down what I had to learn slightly, which was good. Started by listening to the 25 songs for the set on the way to/from work for a week or so then spent some time working them out and playing through the set by myself. That was for maybe 6 weeks then started rehearsing with the band at that point and played the first gig a couple of months later. When I started rehearsing with the band I started the same process for 25 new songs that we were to record early this year. I’m stil in the band so I guess it worked out alright! I had fun learning all of their old bass player’s parts too, which made the whole process easier.

I’d buy the same bass (Fender P) and pedals (SansAmp BDDI and EHX Big Muff) but for the amp I’d go for different gear to what I currently have. I’d get an Ampeg SVT-CL or SVT II with an Ampeg 8x10. Although I’d have to buy a bigger car too. That’s the main reason I don’t have that setup anymore.

An old band of mine once played a week or so of dates around the south of England, finishing up with a few shows in Devon. This was back in 2005 and long before mobile internet was a thing. We arrived at the final venue somewhere in Devon (I don’t remember where), set up, soundchecked and went round to the bar to get a drink. In the bar were a few TVs which were to be our only source of news. The date was July 7th 2005 and we sat down to learn of the bombings that had happened in London that morning. The mood was somber and the town was empty but we needed the night’s fee to get us back to the midlands so we decided to play the set. I don’t think a single person watched us play.