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Because the sound check wasn't done? Because there's an incompetent on the mixer? If you can't hear the bass then you can't comment on the tone. You can't hear it! You can only comment that the mix is bad. How do you know whether it's "processed" if you 1) can't hear it, and 2) can't see the signal path? Pedals on the ground doesn't mean they are all in use. Sometimes they are used for little embellishments.

What if your aim is not to have a clear tone?

If you like. You are right for you. Everyone else is right for them. There are many bass parts written specifically with selected FX. "Hysteria" for example. Play that with a P and an SVT but without the swirly bits and it won't sound right. Every person who has started a thread like this has been myopic and only considered what they like to play and their own set list and not the needs of other players or even what the composer of the tune wanted. These threads are always worded like a "MY SOUND IS BEST" approach (or like you did claim your opinion about a subjective matter of taste is "fact") rather than an entirely reasonable "My favourite sound is..." Is a P and the SVT a fantastic bass sound? Yes. Will it "slay" every other sound in "every department" - of course not. That's beyond silly.

Oh good. This thread again. I hadn't seen it for a couple of weeks so I was getting anxious.

Sitting down gigs are fine with stands. Nothing else.

Still better than a music stand. /LightThatTouchpaper

Ooo! Nice!

I am so weak. Sea Foam Green one incoming.

Good luck for doggie!

For one room I played in a lot I actually put my cabs in a corner pointing out at the 45 degree angle. The spread was great that way and really everyone in the room, band and audience and me were in front of the cabs and could hear everything. It worked really well - first time I did it I was playing an active jazz so I could be far from the amp and still control my sound. Then later I got a longer speaker cable and kept the amp head near me.

Just need someone else to test them before I take the plunge!!

600W, built in compression, and a tuner! If the fan is quiet I might have one!

This is very interesting. Their Vintage G212 guitar cab is superb - and it's cheaper than just buying a pair of Celestion V30 cones alone!

Is this just curiosity or are you planning to call in an air strike to get rid of Scott's spam?

Can you measure the string length WITHOUT the ball end please... 1: To the end of the speaking length 2: then also the total to the far end of the string? I think they just might fit on my 32 scale Ibby. The DR website says they are 33 3/4 inches but doesn't say whether that is including or not including the ball end, and also doesn't show the total length of the string from ball end to the very end. My Ibby is exactly 33 3/4 from back of the bridge (so not including the ball end) to the far end of the nut. So if the string length is excluding the ball end and they are long enough to go round the tuning heads they should fit! ta

For a while my band leader was a pianist. She had no idea what the range of the bass was. I'd often get parts that fell off the ends!

I'll have to keep an eye out for a used one. Need to sell my stingray first otherwise the wife will kill me!

I'm currently in a Big Band (if we ever get back together again). My rig varies a bit depending on how I feel but it's often a Precision bass into a small head and a pair of Barefaced One10 cabs. I find the sort of secret is to cut the bass quite a lot to remove boom and have some gentle compression going on. I reduce the bass at about 65hz and 180Hz but sometimes boost a little at the 500hz sort of range. Then I adjust the Tone control on the bass quite a lot depending on the tune. If we're playing Van Morrison's "Moondance" then I knock the tone back loads and play gently and get a nice fat sound with hardly any highs. If it's "Uptown Funk" then the tone is all the way up again and I play more aggressively. The higher aggression and the increase in treble changes the tone quite a lot but the compression keeps it all at similar volumes. It's just that the EQ curve is very different and cuts through in a different way. On Moondance I want to sit under it. On Uptown I want to hammer through the middle. And I pick a mid point for something like "Zoot Suit Riot" - But the volume is about the same. The biggest challenge seems to be getting out of the way of the trombones. Noisy sods! That's why I cut the bass quite a lot and boost the mids a little. I like a little bit of grit in my tone too - adds to the harmonic thickness but also isn't obvious in the mix. It's not a great sound when played alone, but it sits with the rest very well. As for hearing my amp - to be honest I listen to the drums more than my own amp and if it sounds right at sound check then I'm ok with it not being perfect for me on stage. Sometimes I can't hear myself at all and I just treat it like I was playing unplugged along to a CD.

I really like the Sir Duke version. I've never heard it with a plectrum before. I've been playing a big band arrangement of it for so long I can't remember how to play the original!

Fair enough!

Idea - is it worth having a pinned post with a sort of directory of all members youtube channels? With a lack of gigs there seem to be more of them now and it would be great to find them in 1 place. @ped What do you think?

Subbed. I want that Rachel Bolan bass

'Nard swapped to rounds. Nile has confirmed it, many times.

Nice! That's the best price I've seen so far! I'm thinking about the green for my second one.