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I had a couple of US Sterlings, and agree with all you say , except for the weight thing. Maybe I’ve just been unlucky, but mine were not noticeably lighter than my Stingrays were, despite the smaller body dimensions. Great basses though, very underrated IMO.

Since an accident resulting in a shoulder injury, I can only play light basses now -the thought of a 13lb bass makes me wince! As you say, Danelectros are very light, but do seem a bit of a Marmite thing on here - loved or hated etc. My Dano Longhorn is probably around the 6lbs mark, and despite being a touch neck heavy (alleviated by a decent strap) , it sounds and plays great. Not a lot of tonal variation maybe, but what there is sounds good ,to my ears anyway. Quite surprised nobody has yet mentioned the Fender Precision Lyte ( clue is in the name...) . Made in Japan from around 1989 to 97, they are fabulous basses IMO. Slim jazz neck, PJ pickups / active and weigh around the 7lbs mark. Balance well with no neck dive too. Decent ones come up quite often for around £350ish, an absolute bargain for a well made Japanese instrument. I have 3 of them, and they make long gigs so much easier.

'Fast neck' - huh?

I had on briefly in the 80s, great bass. Mine was metallic red which was the only reason I sold it I think!

Only tried the Mustang out briefly in a shop, and was quite impressed. However, did have a Squier SS Jaguar for a while and thought it was great,especially at the price point. Sounded fine with the PJ pickups, and really light too. Rather foolishly sold it when I was a bit skint .

This exactly ^^^^ Standard Stingrays are just fine IMO, especially in natural as their bodies have usually been chosen for the best grain. Unless you really have GAS for the wackier finishes/options on the other two, I’d go for the natural 3eq one. A lot of people reckon the 2eq models sound better, but having had a few of both I’d say just ‘different’ really. The 3eq offers a wide range of tones, more than you’ll probably need but always good to have.

Great stuff and well done!

Depending on the quality / output of your PA, be mindful of bass (and also kick drum) reducing headroom in the PA mix for everything else. If it copes then fine, but more basic systems may well be compromised by putting too much through it.

I was always made to believe one of the reasons that sound techs preferred a DI box feed was to prevent any problems should the amp fail? I have a good XLR DI feed on my GK amp, but send the signal to the desk via a Sansamp for this reason. The Sansamp is also phantom powered, never had a problem with this ( so far.....). As with pre eq DI feed from the amp, it's good for me to be able to eq my sound onstage without affecting out front, although I don't rely on the tone shaping from the Sansamp for my 'sound' , just use it for the DI really.

[quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1510300631' post='3405359'] Not the worst list I've ever seen but The Cure and Oasis, Super Furry Animals, all great bands but top 20 greatest of all time? Pretty subjective (as usual) [/quote] All these and no Sex Pistols ? Crikey.....

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1510172601' post='3404506'] Quite. Add to that Seasick Steve, Christine and The Queens, Pokie Lafarge and KT Tunstall. All acts he brought to my personal attention. [/quote] Yup, agreed. Mine include St Paul and the Broken Bones, Chatham County Line, Amy Winehouse and Adele, amongst many others.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1510055162' post='3403544'] Reading back through the thread so far, it seems that apparently Later is crap for the following reasons (some of them slightly paraphrased):[list] [*]The bands are too extreme or boring. [*]There's no rock, metal or prog. [*]It's not the Old Grey Whistle Test. [*]It's too diverse and lumpy. [*]It's mostly about veterans, indie bands and quirky singers from islands somewhere. [*]It's too polite and needs edge and energy. [*]The acts are only on because they have an album to plug. [*]It's over the hill and stuffy. [*]There are far more well known and popular genres that don't get on it. [*]It needs a more diverse range of music. [*]It's trendy and pretentious. [*]It's not my taste in music. [/list] I think that last one sums it up perfectly. It's crap because it doesn't have the stuff that *I* like. Although I suppose if it's simultaneously too trendy/pretentious AND over the hill/stuffy, it must be doing something right [/quote]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1510048676' post='3403432'] I buy my cables from one of the guys here on Basschat. So do a lot of us. You'll see a lot of recommendations for OBBM cables. [url="http://bassic-bits.co.uk/"]http://bassic-bits.co.uk/[/url] You could drop him a line for more info. [/quote] +1 to this. Quality components are all that's needed to make cables that, with a bit of care, will last for decades. Always makes me smile when I see someone has paid out a fortune on the latest fad in cable world - check out what the pros use next time you're at a gig or on YouTube. Am betting there won't be gold plating / big ugly plastic jack plugs / fluorescent colours etc involved somehow.

A nice Squier JV 57 Precision, black with a maple neck. Bought cheap, sold for a little more, now worth a lot! Also my 70's Ampeg SVT rig. The best thing I've ever used, sold it too cheap to a guy who drove up to Yorkshire from darn sarf in an old Escort van to collect it - he got a brilliant set up at a cracking price. Still miss it.

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1510057493' post='3403573'] Always liked the version by Gladys Night as well. Although a different vibe and feel from the Marvin Gaye version, it has a terrific, funky Bassline. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQRcUxNJEbs[/media] [/quote] Love the Gladys version too. This was actually recorded first, predating Marvin's version by a year or so. But which one is best?.........FIGHT!..................

I had a later 135 watt model with a matching cab. Black panel, 2 channels etc. Great sound but as you say, was lacking in headroom for me and not the easiest rig to transport either. Sold it and moved on to a Trace 500 I think.

[quote name='Skybone' timestamp='1509807202' post='3401792'] Quite tempted by the "hard foam" gig bag/cases. They offer the protection of a hard case, with the weight of a gig bag. [/quote] I got a hard foam case from gear4music, was around £30 I think. Had it a couple of years now, still works fine even though it travels in the back of our tour bus. It’s a shaped version, not that bulky and very lightweight whilst offering more protection than a gig bag. Great compromise between case and gig bag for me, and excellent value.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1509754357' post='3401498'] Ok, I'll fold. However the Ampeg SVT was a mild stone in the advancement of bass amps. Blue [/quote] Nothing mild about the SVT I had....

Words fail me......

[quote name='Burns-bass' timestamp='1509779763' post='3401535'] I think this is actually very far from the truth. In my youth we were part of musical tribes, ignoring anything that wasn’t cool. Now young people are much more able, and in my experience willing, to listen to and enjoy a wide variety of music. They’re not out there paying £300 for a new box set of Dark side of the moon. [/quote] I completely agree. People I know in their teens and twenties know an awful lot more about a diverse range of music than most people I knew at that age. Access to YouTube / Spotify etc means that any reference to influential artists can be easily followed up, with radio / TV and of course the internet allowing a far greater access to music of all genres. Subsequently younger people will embrace a wide range of music, and not just a few like we did in the 60’s and 70’s.

[quote name='FarFromTheTrees' timestamp='1509718720' post='3401173'] Thanks for clarifying, much appreciated. So that means I couldnt use both my cabs with the GK as my 1x15 is only 350w, right? I'll take a look at those, thanks for the tip! [/quote] Yes, the two cabs will each get around 250 watts (i.e. 50% each) of the GK's full 500 watts output, as they are both rated at 8 ohms so should receive an even split of the amp's output. You can also probably use the 1x15 on it's own as the amp will give around the same output (350w) as the cab can handle, if it's the original Eminence speaker still in there. Your ears will tell you if the cab is struggling! The 4x10 will comfortably handle the same 350 watts from the GK on it's own and sound good, but the two cabs together should really sound the business if you can be bothered with the lifting / transport issues. ( From my experience of the Loud Inc 4x10's, they are good enough to use on their own.)

[quote name='pbasspecial' timestamp='1509492078' post='3399471'] Noel Gallagher - did he 'borrow heavily' from Plastic Bertrand's Ca Plane pour moi or was it just me? [/quote] Nice use of a pair of pinking shears / scissors by one of the ladies in his band too.....

This ^^^^ Sell it for spares maybe, and spend the dosh on something better off here.