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I have severe GAS for a 5 string Fender type at the moment, but I have to say I'm tempted by a Carvin for that sort of price.

Simple supply and demand. No more or less stupid than the Akai / Klon pedal prices.

Ed's finally got round to doing a proper vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-ujgbDoNeI Sounds pretty good to me! Love the colour too!

File it. Won't need a lot just to smooth it off.

I'm sure there was a thread on this, but I can't find it. Are there any lightweight 1 unit power amps that the basschat massive can recommend? Don't care if it's mono or stereo as long as it's 1 unit, light weight and about 500W (mono or per side) ta

I can't avoid the italian in the orchestra! Piano might be the way to go for me. I recall Marcus Miller stating that he thought all the best bassists played piano too!

and the Letts Bass official https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lettsbasses/282169748481596?hc_location=timeline

https://www.facebook.com/jsttelnoj?fref=ts

I used to read Bassist and then sub'd to BGM for years. I stopped BGM about a year ago. If (big If) I spot it in a newsagent I'll buy it if I have to sit on a train for hours. I still like the feel of a proper magazine rather than web stuff. It must be difficult though - so much free stuff on the web and the magazines having to be 50% advertising just to have the funding to get printed. I do wonder if we are just hanging onto the idea of paper magazines when really the concept is dead? I hope not - I still like print!

Different sounds for different gigs. Some 4 string P necks are too big for me though - but not, curiously, the 5 string! My P is a Jap 1962 re-issue that I bought used from Japan, and my "jazz" (ish) is a Fender Urge 2. Love them both.

6 string EUB? Is it even possible to play Arco on a 6? must be like putting strings on a pipe!

I'm guessing... nothing! Still - it's a nice looking thing, and the prices are quite reasonable if it's built to 'Ray standards!

This thread interests me as I've been thinking about getting formal lessons. I have some very basic stuff - Grade 1 theory, Grade 1 Piano, Grade 3 alto sax - and these days I'm playing in an orchestra. I had a look at the Rockschool requirements and they don't seem anywhere near as complex as traditional classical grades. Is that correct? I was only looking at a few items so I'm sure I'm not getting the while picture. I'm actually thinking of taking piano lessons instead, so I can learn to read both clefs, and I don't need anyone to tell me where the notes are on the bass - I just need to know how to read the music properly!

The "tech" sounds like the usual snakeoil, but I have to say, it's a lovely looking bass! http://www.alusonic.com/hybrid/rigoni-signature.html It's very stingray like to me - but the non-sig models have passive pickup options. A Ray5 type with single coils interests me greatly! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-xLmjJucmE

Huge thanks to Si600 for letting me have a play on his 5 string precision. It was lovely!

Order one from Thomann They have a 30 day return policy. You pay the return postage if you just don't like it though. Pretty fair for such a long try out period - check the terms to make sure that it applies to all instruments though.

20 years?? Blimey! You are going to hate the new ones!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1398334368' post='2432959'] I can only imagine your pain! Nearest I got was a nine-piece function band - drums, bass, guitar, trumpet, trombone, sax, singer and two backing singers. Challenging enough, particularly as the drummer's timing was a bit 'special'. [/quote] I've got a psycho on the Kettle drums to cope with. I can't work out if he thinks he's marking time on a Viking Longship or he wants to be in Slipknot.

[quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1398334313' post='2432957'] Then ditch that TC kit you are using and get yourself a Markbass big Bang! [/quote] That went long ago!! I'm using a Genz Shuttle 9.2 and a Berg CN112. The mid controls have been a life saver!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1398333110' post='2432925'] I'm in a 3+1 and have educated the guitarist on this point. Luckily he's relatively ego-free (for a guitarist) so all is well. Mind you I can't imagine how difficult it would be with two guitarists, keyboards, brass and three vocalists... [/quote] I'm currently playing in an Orchestra. Trying to get the bass guitar heard next to the tuba and trombone is a nightmare!

I've had MB stuff and TC RH750. The TC was loud enough, but it had no soul. I thought the LM2 was way better, much more musical to my ears.