Bigwan

Just bought an 08 precision from Jon. Bass was as described, comms were excellent and delivery speedy. Deal with confidence. Another great basschat transaction!

I've played with half stacks and hard hitting drummers with loud drums (most drummers don't know how to play soft, or dynamically in my experience). That way usually ends up sounding like a dirge with everyone fighting to hear themselves, and possibly damaging their hearing in the process. The best 'sounding' band I've been in stuck to quiet on stage, loud out front and it was a joy I'd never before experienced - being able to hear everything so clearly (although sometimes it was a curse - especially with our singer's dodgy voice! Was able to hear every bum note!). Drummer wasn't that hard a hitter though... he also moved all electronic while I was in the band. Another revelation! Next rig purchase for me is a set of in-ear monitors.

If it were me in your band I'd try to talk the guitarists into smaller valve amps at least. There's no need for 100 watt valve amps on stages smaller than stadium size. I'd have to agree that carrying 4k of PA and using backline like that is a nonsense...

They did heavy with the Musicman range of amps and cabs (too heavy according to some - that was the only criticism I've seen levelled at the MM cabs). They also did heavy with the first Markbass range.

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Berg IP310 with pres, sounded great but not loud enough for me.[/quote]

Tilt!

I injured my neck lifting bass cabs a couple of years ago - nothing serious, physio and rest sorted it. I seriously considered going with a small combo as a monitor for the band and decent in-ear monitors for me. Only problem with that is having a PA up to the task. I've since given up my cover band so it never transpired, but if I was to start again (which I'm considering) an in-ear monitor system would be my first purchase.

Thank goodness for that. That saves me falling out with the new wife after spending 950 quid unnecessarily!!! It's bound to be up there with any Fender of any era going on everything I've ever heard about Nash.

Quite an entertaining spelling mistake in the thread title there!

I'm not an authority, but living where I do there's no chance to play decent basses in shops so shopping time is spent researching!

1). Not a clue
2). Recent Celinders seem to have celinder pickups as standard, but I believe there was the option (when the website was up) to spec alternatives
3). Preamp questions answered here: www.greengrove.dk/ Older Celinders (like the Basschat bass) didn't use the green grove pre. The basschat/Skarbee Celinder had Fralin pickups and an Aggie OBP1 (a blinding bass).
4). I believe the Me'Shell bass was a one off, electronics wise. Someone here (think it was eubassix) had it for a while and seem to remember there being a thread that described the electronics mods (here it is [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=30287&hl=Me'Shell)"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...l=Me'Shell)[/url].

Hubba hubba!

I'd agree with bigjohn on the price. If you know anyone that's handy with 'lectronics then you could get them to look at the internal fuses of the amp. I acquired an Ashdown head from another basschat user with a similar sounding fault and it turned out to be loose fuse holders making and breaking connections.

If you were closer I'd make an offer as I hear these are a nice amp - very tubey sounding for solid state.

That's rather lovely! How could anyone live with that wallpaper?! I'd have a constant headache (or just keep the lights off)!

Was the USA one the 'zone' or something equally rubbish...

Different bass, different string gauge, lower action? That'd be my first thoughts. Giving up would be my last!

I recently left a band that sounds nearly exactly the same as yours. I ended up using a Line6 Studio 110 (tilted towards my head) and a 1x10 powered monitor (for everything other than bass) - a bigger powered monitor and DI pedal would have done EXACTLY the same job, especially since our PA could do 3 separate monitor mixes. Our PA was up to the job for bass out front, but as everyone else has said if yours isn't then you could be in bother. Batter your guiturd player for being a typical banjo playing idiot. We found that even a 5watt valve amp was too loud on stage (we liked to keep it quiet - everything sounded better) so the guitar player ended up using a POD and powered monitor. Nobody noticed the difference out front, but it meant we weren't getting deafened - he started out using a fender twin!

PM sent.

[quote name='phil.i.stein' post='696564' date='Dec 30 2009, 06:15 PM']that is pure porn, like a nissan gt-r with strings.. [/quote]

Yeah... dirty...

Hi guys,

I'm on the lookout for a Fender Precision (see my sig) and the only new offering that really fits the bill is the Fender Highway One Precision. I've never played one (and am unlikely to since I'm in Northern Ireland - a veritable musical instrument wasteland!) but it looks good. Anyone have any experience of these? They're certainly well priced for a new US made Fender!

Cheers

Ian

No probs at all John. Glad you were able to move it! Hope the bass works out well for you BE! Looks like a corker!

Bollocks! Too slow...

I'm gobsmacked that this is still here! Breaks my heart to think the cr*p some people have bought for this money over Christmas...

What about a barefaced vintage cab and a markbass littlemark or Hartke LH500 head?

I've seen worse believe it or not. In Sound Control (as was... I think. Not the Jamaica St. one) in Glasgow. 70's Fender Jazz, Sunburst, rosewood neck, blocked and bound, tort pickguard. If I stopped there you'd think it sounded class... except some bright spark had removed the binding on the neck and tried to slim the neck to the new fingerboard width (very badly). They'd also re-routed the pickup routes for bigger than standard pickups (while drunk I think) and modified the pickguard accordingly (also badly - SO much bigger than the pickup routes!). Also battered to hell and back. The sort of bass that any right thinking human being would be take out back and put out of its misery... played like an absolute dog. They were still looking 1700 quid for it... ALL ORIGINAL apparently! LOL

It won't last. I was GAS free (and thought I hated P-basses) until I played a really nice '66 Precision on honeymoon. Now I'm as GASsy as a really GASsy thing... It's still there and I still have a credit card. Could get messy...

Edit: scratch that - it's gone now (the bass, not the GAS)

I'm actually the opposite of you mate. I had EMGs and a BT circuit in my corvette and got tired of them and went back to the passive MEC pickups and standard passive electronics.

I have to say I'd be tempted by the ACG filter pre if it were me. Been considering one for my Shuker for quite some time (currently set up with EMGs and standard volume/volume/tone).

On a recent trip to NYC (Honeymoon) I got to play loads of really impressive, boutique and vintage basses, as well as all the standard fair. Strangely there are 3 basses from the trip that stick out in my mind as awesome. A Sadowsky PJ in burgundy mist(!) (@ the Sadowsky shop), a refinished '66 Fender Precision (@ Rudy's on 48th St.) and a Squier Classic Vibe Jazz (@ Guitar Centre on 14th St. - what a horrible place by the way! Cheap though)... the Squier's in pretty good company there I think!

I would add that I'd buy a Squier CV 60s P-bass in a shot, but I'm not a fan of the colour. If it were Olympic white with tort (like the jazz) I'd have one already!