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I heard Steve Williams at the Moffat Bass Bash few yrs back using his Jazz bass fitted with Bart's and it sounded warm and really quite sweet. Enough so that i nearly considered changing my Geddy Jazz pick-ups to Barts but in the end decided i quite liked what i had. Dave

Did the Ibanez basses have Bartolini pick ups too ?

Chris at Overwater had me play different basses unplugged to hear the difference in tones from them. I'm a big believer in this now.

The NG2 has a Darkglass pre-amp and the tone can go from sterile or piano tone to growl depending on pick-up selection or series / parallel mode. I compared it against the standard Dingwall and liked the growl from the NG2. Its definitely not to everyone's taste but great for recording As you said the neck is a treat for a 5 stringer IMO Dave

I have a Dingwall NG2 5 string and the B string is almost piano sounding and studio engineers just love it for that reason. My Overwater custom 6 fetless i had some issues with my B string and changed to Elixir strings with a Taperwound B string. I was finding same as OP issue. What i found out when adjusting string height for the 1st Taperwound i fitted was that the saddle was a little tight and hadn't fully seated on the bridge. As soon as i eased it off and it seated i found when i put a normal B string back on that the muddiness or dull tone had gone. Make sure your bass is working properly to ensure everything else is ruled out. I use Dingwall strings on my Dingwall and currently have Overwater strings fitted to my Overwater. I don't use these basses too often. Dave

Nowt wrong just playing at home. I did it for many years when i first started and it helped me become a better bass player. I did it again when the old work thing took over my existence but when i turned 50 i decided it was time to do something more and i've never really stopped since. Of course i've been thru more bands in the past 8 yrs than i ever did in my early years of gigging but its been great fun and i'm lucky to have ended up in a great band doing Glam Rock covers. If i had to go back to not being in bands i would still have basses at home that i just won't sell on. My Jazz, Warwick Thumb NT and my Overwater Custom 6 fretless. Anything else i would sell if need be. I thoroughly enjoy playing along with albums at home especially Prog that i love. There are all levels of playing bass from sitting at home to playing arena's and everything in between. Nothing is more important than what you personally want from it. Dave

Crackin sound from that bass.

Why not just ban the band that made the statement and either replace with another band or simply rely on the remaining 2 bands to fill the night. Too much reliance on a sound engineer isn't good for a venue or bands. There should always be a fallback person. Pretty ridiculous situation for venue and bands. I just can't get my head round this one and why someone else couldn't run the desk even just getting a reasonable soundcheck and let the bands take care of themselves. Surely one of the band members could run the desk when not actually playing. Think there's more to this than meets the eye. Lets start a Conspiracy Theory and see where it takes us Dave

Sacking offence as far as i'm concerned. Don't mix your personal life with work. No matter what sex you choose to be this week. Dave

At least you'll still be playing in bands in some form or another. Good luck with whatever you do. No reason you can't stay on the forum tho as sometimes the chat can be fun. All the best Dave

Curious where the lead from the bass goes if you have a wireless in use ?

My Mpulse with an 8ohm cab at home i have the GAIN at approx 12 o'clock mid-point and Master Volume between 9 o'clock and 10 which i think is between 2-3 on a 0-10 scale. At rehearsals the master will be between 3-4 or 10 o'clock and 11. That drops by approx 1 when using my 4ohm cab. Must be a very quiet gig you were playing or the M6 is a lot louder than my Mpulse. Dave

Why not just turn your bass volume down ? Does using the wireless not take you into active territory as it's now an electronic signal rather than passive. (i'm curious about that myself) I've used my Jazz bass in both active and passive modes on my Mesa Mpulse and never noticed any difference in tone. Just a change in volume. On the other hand i mistakenly played my active PJ in passive mode and it sounded quite flat. Dave

Superb. Loving that bass tone. What rig you using ? Barefaced cab i think 2 different basses too. Nice one. All the very best with the album. Dave

Nice bass. Always fancied a fretted one. Know what you mean with the ironing board. Here's my Overwater 6er.

I can play with a high action but i find it very limiting. Currently running my Jazz at just under 2mm. I get cramp if i'm playing too long with a high action Dave

Police in Greenock near Glasgow have recovered 5 electric and acoustic guitars. Details below :-

I downloaded Jeff Berlin's book "A Comprehensive Chord Tone System for Mastering Bass" with the intention of working my way through it. So far i've managed to download it. 2019 i think i'll make a start on reading it and practicing some of his ideas. I've been playing since 1976 and did take lessons for about 1-2yrs or thereabouts. Got the basics and the guy giving the lessons said i know enough to go out and learn the rest on my own. I believed him and altho i've done OK with the little music theory i had i've always thought it wasn't enough for me hence the Berlin book. I quite fancy the Jazz Theory book more so as a reference for when i want to push myself a bit and work my way thru over time. I don't want a book to become an every day occurence where i'm back at school kind of thing. Just when i've no new songs to learn and i'm bored i can just pick up the book and give myself that little extra kick in the pants. Thanks for starting the thread and i'm curious as to how others react as its a very emotional topic on forums as to who does read music and who doesn't. For me i'll use whatever i can to get the job done. By ear, bass tabs or sheet music i don't care how i get there as long as i get there and the song is done correctly. Dave

My Thumb bass is a bit like that. If sitting down its a stretch.

I stil have the programme from the 1978 Apollo gig in Glasgow. Dave

String spacing was something i'd never paid much attention too but when i went back and checked almost all my basses have been 18mm spacing. Few yrs back i thought i would try 6 string basses and bought an ESP which had 16 or 16.5mm spacing and it completely thru me. I kept missing strings or hitting the wrong strings. When i played the bass a lot and no other bass i got used to it reasonably quick. It didn't cause me a problem going back to 18mm spacing for some weird reason. Now i tend to go for 18mm spacing on my basses. With regards the different necks i can adapt to most basses altho i found the Precision and Musicman necks a bit wide for me but i can adapt quite quickly to them. I just feel much happier with my slim Jazz or Warwick Thumb NT necks. All my basses currently have 18mm spacing including 5 and 6 stringers Dave

Saw them at Glasgow Apollo around 1978. Lights Out album was out round about that time. My older brother was a fan of theirs so i went with him.

My friends were also fans of Stevie Winwood. Just for you Pete

Wasn't at the gig myself but my friends were at the Glasgow gig and said Stevie Winwood was really good too.

They were rehearsing in the studio next door to us 2 weeks ago before playing Glasgow mid week. Studio corridors were littered with large flight cases. Guitar techs setting up guitars in the rest areas of the corridors. That was worth watching. One flightcase had several guitars and only one bass. The case next to it when opened was a work area with a PC screen attached to the underside of the lid so when opened he had tuning and set up software on it when we walked past. He was in process of restringing a guitar. Was a bit odd having all these American accents in the area. Not used to hearing that in the studios. Dave