stewblack

Teach me to respond to the title and not read the post 🤦🏼‍♂️

Not all of us can play like Entwistle!

Don't know what this 'flight case' that happy jack keeps mentioning but I do know that velcro doesn't stick to the old suitcase I carry mine around in. I used the internal router without an issue... until I had an issue! Busy city centre pub, lots of interference, kept losing connection. BUT it taught me an important lesson. Once set up and sound checked it all still works regardless of the tablet being connected. So learn how to save snapshots (behringer YouTube tutorials are ace) and you can have a basic set up which will work even if your tablet or phone catches fire! Oh and don't waste money on an expensive laptop or tablet. I was given a Tesco Hudl by a gear snob whose gear snob offspring refused to use it! So that is the mixing desk. It works fine. I have the app on other devices just in case but have never needed them. I do use an external router now so I am in the lordly realm of the 5G brigade gliding high and interference free above mere 2.4g mortals. Above all do not be afraid. Treat it as a fun bit of kit and enjoy it. Take it to rehearsals, set it up in your bedroom, put your TV through it, just use it loads until you become familiar with it. You'll never look back.

I went from HH guitar head to Cobra 90, because I could not afford a Trace Elliot and Carlsbro had a good reputation for bass gear back in the day. Put it through a Laney 4x10 and was very happy. To be honest I didn't know or care about the gearhead side of things until Basstalk or whatever this place was called then. Now I know exactly why the basses I like are crap, the amps and cabs I love are rubbush, the strings I prefer are garbage and my taste in effects is risible. Which is nice.

I did this on Sunday. Played a charity gig was told backline would be provided. It was, by one of the other bands, who took it home after their set! So I went into a DI box with bass in my monitor. It was OK, I suppose. At the end of the day a performance is a performance and a pa guy will make your bass sound how he likes it so in the scheme of things it didn't matter. But it felt and sounded gutless and horrible. Anything beyond 3ft from the monitor and I got a weird mix of foldback and out front sound. Yuk. So I had to stand in one place and stand still at that. Which is no way to behave when on a stage.

I had hoped to be getting mine about now but can shift neither the Ampeg nor the CTM which I need to do to fund it. As to what cabs to use with it I plan two Barefaced 15" if I ever actually get my hands on one!

they come in different sizes apparently most folk are medium but old dumbo here needed large. I honestly thought they weren't working first time I used them! Fitting them is a little odd as they don't go in that hard or far but I swear by them now https://www.happyears.co/uk/shop/

I've tried a few but Happy Ears are the best if you're on a budget. Actually do what I always looked for ie drop overall volume leaving the sound of the band intact

No, I was surprised when they plunged us into near darkness.

...and sometimes you just grin, bear it and think of the money.

Having a miserable time in the for sale side of Basschat at the moment. Had a buyer pull out at the 11th hour, a bass returned for refund, no positive feedback because a delivery was late and no acknowledgement when I refunded the delivery cost, looks like a pedal is coming back as well now. It's just a run of bad luck I know but I'm the kind of buyer who never complains, just take it on the chin if something isn't quite what I expected. I know this doesn't mean I should expect others to be the same, but my goodness it tests my serenity. Time to meditate I think.

Incredibly fast Basschatter. I bought a pedal and it arrived in perfect condition, expertly packed virtually before I'd finished responding to the for sale ad! Highly recommended for an entirely pain free bit of bass trading.

Hmm, let me think about it.

You have entirely fixed my moral dilemma. Thank you!

I would not have known what was wrong with that bass unless I'd read the thread. I am so lucky not to be afflicted in this way. I know from experience that @hiram.k.hackenbacker can spot a misaligned bridge or neck a mile away. He pointed out to me that a bass I'd bought was afflicted in this way just from looking at a picture. I would never have known otherwise. Luckly it was an easy fix.

My Harley B obsession continues unabated. Just landed one of these beauties However there is a catch. Nothing wrong with the bass. The HB quality is evident throughout, B-stock (as is my preference) but I can't find a damn thing wrong with it anywhere. The problem is I made a promise to myself to fund any bass related purchases purely from sales. The bulk of this particular transaction was made possible by the sale of a bass the remainder from a couple of pedals. But the bass I sold is coming back. My fault, no blame attached to the buyer whatsoever, but I have refunded the money. So, before I take a drill and some filler to this for the obligatory strap button relocation operation, I ought to take advantage of Thomann and their 30 days no quibble returns policy. Didn't I? But my god this is a lovely instrument.

So often it's something vibrating. I had a farting sound started up last night and turned out to be a lead c®apping out. Never easy to work out the cause

This is so true. I have been a Carl many times in the past, taking offence, flouncing out, nice as nine pence in the early days then a gloomy storm front dragging everyone down thereafter. I try really hard not to be a Carl these days, but it is a struggle sometimes.

I didn't know Eddie played bass. And the ugliest example of the instrument I've ever seen!

My achilles tendon snapped a week before gigging started with a new band. I was in plaster to the hip, not allowed to weight bear on it so on crutches and some pretty debilitating pain killers. Played sat on a stool for the first few gigs. Not cool.

Speaker, mains or instrument?