LukeFRC

I've a 1977 BB1200 thats pretty lightweight and sounds great!

try the tone hammer thingy?

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1430593098' post='2762994'] I'd rather listen to a pro describing how their music works than a weekend warrior saying they need this bass or that bass for their sound! It seems crazy that most people will read for hours on what gear to use but then just go, oh the music bit, when I'm playing, that's just me. Nuts. I was watching a questlove video the other day and he explains how he has had to learn how to play behind himself to do the d'angelo records. Software companies have spent a fortune developing quantising grids, or top producers spend ages shuffling waveforms around to get the music happening- quantifying rhythm is what we should be talking about on musician forums, not so much 'I use these strings to play the dog and duck!' Sorry, ranting..... [/quote] agreed! I kinda just presumed we would all know this sorta stuff - obviously not so a good thread to have! [quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1430652477' post='2763362'] Surely, as a bassist, you should be listening to the drummer?! Si [/quote] post number 46 before someone points that out! The bass can sit behind or in front of the beat, whatever - but it's pointless to talk about unless you also know what the drums are doing. You've to play as a unit - and the bass placement relative to the drums makes the feel of the song. I played in a band for years with a drum machine and how I chose to place the beat relative to the drum beat would make the song. (right hand technique and the attack of the note is also important) - the whole "ahead is aggressive and fast sounding" and behind is "laid back" etc is meaningless without knowing what the drums are doing. Often with new drummers I've not played with I'll play a game to see how much I can pull them out of time by my note placement- play dead in time but push and pull around the beat and see how good their timing is.... *evil face*

I had a japanese BB300 at one point. Nice bass but picked it up in a trade deal and sold it on. The fella who bought it intended to strip the body down and refinish it, and when he did found some kinda butchers block type wood. Not a bad bass at all but not solid wood. (if that matters)

Or - barefaced - so good they actually make you pregnant.... either could work

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1430590660' post='2762963'] Interesting... [/quote] barefaced revelation amp - you heard it made up here first

what do we win if we guess what it is?

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1429997282' post='2757107'] I always think one of the nice things about the for sale section is that you can browse around and might come across something interesting you'd not normally spot. Subdividing would take this away and the section could get a bit boring. I think it would hurt sales numbers too. [/quote] this - you start looking for a fender jazz to replace your squier- and before you know it you've gone through sandberg, sadowsky,valenti and are just putting the deposit down on your sei custom jazz.

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1429984228' post='2756973'] You're not asking too much - a Super Midget will do that just fine! I don't know of any other cab as small or light with comparable output. [url="http://barefacedbass.com/product-range/Super-Midget.htm"]http://barefacedbass...uper-Midget.htm[/url] [/quote] business idea for you.... backpack harness for your super midget and/or retro210 - I imagine some kind of cover with handles and the 210 would be an easy lug

[quote name='DanH71' timestamp='1429975711' post='2756884'] I know, sin car isn't the best but I hope to learn. For now I need a small lightweight no I can lug on/off buses and trains.. I understand some sacrifice is needed in power output, so if I could find a 300/400W single driver lightweight solution that would be great. [/quote] it's not the power in specs that are of interest- it's the amount of volume that the cab can give out with that power....

looks stunning.

[quote name='philw' timestamp='1429552331' post='2752540'] My memory of the 80s is that [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Tokai was the brand that finally pushed Fender into the arms of Japanese manufacturers. I think the first Squires are actually re-bedged Tokais. In other words, 80s Tokais are actually early MIJ Fenders.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]P[/font][/color] [/quote] Fender Japan was from the greco factory - not tokai

that could have been a link to ANYTHING!

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1429711694' post='2754186'] Heresy! Burn him! Burn the witch! [/quote]Only if your cabs weigh more than a duck!

could always go the other way - barefaced IEM....

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1429628082' post='2753392'] It depends on if you want one big cab or some smaller ones? And how loud you need to go. Walkabout into one Two10 won't be exactly quiet! [/quote] Something to try then! [quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1429628082' post='2753392'] From the logical engineering perspective I thought we'd solved most bass guitar amplification challenges as well as can be expected - but if there are more unsolved ones then I'd like to know and I'll see what I can suggest! [/quote] from an engineering perspective maybe - but it's the design problems out there that are interesting. If I had the $$ a powered cab with DSP and a couple of preamps for it would possibly be the way I would go

the 4x12 you mentioned sounds interesting. out of interest... if you had a mesa walkabout... 300w at 4ohms, 160w or so at 8 ohms, can push it to 2ohms if needed... which barefaced would you suggest? the retro 610? two retro210. It might be as interesting to ask peoples problems and see if there is a barefacedsolution to them (which gives you more engineering latitude than folk predetermining that they want a certain size driver or so on)