MichaelDean

Having been in this position and chosen an amp, I'm glad I did. It really elevated my experience and I hope it does for you too. A little Fender Rumble, Ampeg Rocket or the new Laney Digbeth Foundry would be a big step up for not all of your budget. An 8" speaker might be ok, but a 10" one generally sounds better to my ears. Always keep a lookout for used deals too. Here, Gumtree or Facebook marketplace are worth a nose. A little MarkBass or Gallien Krueger might pop up in your price range, or any of the others I've already mentioned could be a second hand bargain.

Yeah, I feel like the Bristol one has really gone downhill. The rooms all used to have decent enough gear. A rootmaster head and a 210/410 cab, a 412 and head plus a 212 combo for the guitarists. Now you're lucky to get a 100w Orange combo and one Boss Katana combo. But wait, "we have two guitarists" I hear you say? Tough sh!t. I really don't quite understand how everything gets so broken unless people are intentionally breaking it. Like, a 412? Are people intentionally trashing that? Or was the quality insufficient for the amount of use it gets and the budget not allocated for good replacements? Or perhaps they can just get away with cheap gear so they do. We use the live room of a studio most of the time and it's so much better. No noise from other bands because there aren't any within in the building. I get an 810, both guitarists have 412s and the drum kit is decent.

My Dingwall has a similar angle cut in. I find it much comfier than the P bass standard cut, which always seems to be in the wrong place for me. I'm seriously tempted to strip the finish off my HB tele and do a forearm contour like that... I might be a bad influence 😅

I told them to put you above the puppet show!

The drive sounds very similar from what I've heard on YouTube...

That's why you need to stack it on an 810. Makes the front controls much easier to see 😁

@BassAdder60 - that's a shame. I thought they looked decent - especially the Lionheart head. My Digbeth is a solid thing. Though the external transformer for the Ironheart Foundry doesn't seem like a great idea. Those flimsy cables are always the first to break. I don't remember ever having a broken kettle lead!

It does fix the only irk I have with my DB-500H, the foundry has a master volume. I don't know why that was omitted from the original. I look forward to your report when you get it!

Booo! Maybe an email to them is needed along with some gut shots?

That looks lovely! I went from mainly playing my Mustang to a SBMM Sub Ray 5 quite a few years ago now. I think I prefer 5s these days, but it's fun going to my Mustang from my Dingwall. Totally different beasts. Enjoy discovering it!

Maybe that's the reason I need to learn to play slap bass 😂

Zilla will do a 1x12 that you can match to whatever head you want: https://www.zillacabs.com/zilla-cab-customizer Sky is the limit. White with gold corners and VOX grill cloth? You got it!

I was doing some googling and came across this: Line 6 Electronic User Guide – Mission Engineering https://share.google/n6GYRtJQ2vG5qcdz6 Have you got metal washers on the output jacks? In which case, you might have revision A where you need a TRS -> Y cable.

The problem I have with NAM is that anyone can make a NAM profile now. They're not all created equal and you can waste quite a lot of time trying to find the needle in the haystack on Tone3000.

I briefly had a fretless bass. Didn't care for the tone and it didn't fit my bands. I was also using flats for the first time in a long time which I'm also not keen on. I don't like mwah and don't understand the appeal.There are a few songs where I don't mind fretless bass, but I don't even really like the tone of other people playing fretless bass. Safe to say it isn't for me 😅 Fill your boots though - variety is the spice of life.

These are a thing too. They just stick on with suction cups. No idea how good they are mind. https://thumbfin.com/

I saw the forest green one in a local shop not too long ago. They look lovely in person! Enjoy!

Looks like a potentially decent bunch of new shorties from Eastcoast. There aren't any videos about them yet that I've seen. I don't think much of the headstock personally. But a 42mm nut width is a rare thing on a shorty, so could suit some different people. https://www.andertons.co.uk/browse/bass-dept/bass-guitars/short-scale-bass-guitars/?cio_brand=EastCoast+Guitars

That Grainger looks amazing!

@neepheid's Les Paul is indeed a great bass. I'll second going for the pointiest one you have! What's the overall collection like?

Slight tangent, but I once spent way too long at a bar in Japan trying to get a gin and tonic. I was asking for a "gin ando toniku". Took me a while to re-read the katakana and it was just "gintoniku". Dude got it immediately after that 🙄

They're trying to mix it onsite where they've got enormous PA systems interfering. Even with a closed back headphone mix I can see why they might mix the bass too low.

I had an email while I was at Glastonbury - they've added the android app to the Play Store, so it should install where it didn't for some people. It works for me now 👍 I'm also very much enjoying these NAM profiles: https://www.tone3000.com/tones/ampeg-svt-classic-with-6x10-28202

Sunday Celeste Good but she was a bit peeved that she hadn't been asked to play before. Came off as a bit arrogant. The Libertines Fine. Not that exciting. Left to see... Sprints A ruddy good band. Their set was energetic and tight. No notes. Brought in Kate Nash for a cover. Excellent tone from a Hagstrom Viking bass. Might have been my favourite bass tone of the weekend. Rod Stewart Bad. Really bad. Had to leave. He wasn't in tune, neither were his backing singers most of the time. Though I do wonder if their singing ability was the reason that they were hired. Goat Good at what they do, but after I think three songs and 20 minutes, I was bored. Not for me. St Vincent Wow. She really goes for it. A big performance, all executed perfectly too. Big stage persona compared to when I played on the same lineup 16ish years ago. Wolf Alice I really enjoyed them. I was looking forward to their set and they didn't disappoint. Olivia Rodrigo My wife really wanted to see her and I'm glad we did. She really put on a great show and it was a lot heavier than I as expecting.

Saturday The Amazons I heard one track that I thought might be cool, so thought I'd check them out. 90% there on being great, but there's just an element missing. The songs had good elements, but perhaps needed a bit of producing to smoothing things out. Wouldn't watch again. Nice custom Jag bass with a wide range humbucker in the p position and a great tone. Also used a bass VI for a while, but I'm not sure why. Bess Atwell She's popped up on lots of playlists of mine. I really enjoyed her, but you won't find it on iPlayer because she was on Avalon. Japanese Breakfast Enjoyed this lot. There were a few songs in the middle that were a bit samey, but they came out the other end. The singer had a gong that she used for one song, and liked so pleased to be using it. Weezer These guys know how to do a festival slot. Play all of the hits, I was singing along to everything. 10/10 for me! John Fogerty We caught the end of his set after Weezer. For an 80 year old, he's great. Was so happy to be there, cracking band too. Blue checked Les Paul was on point. TV On The Radio I've been listening to this lot for 15-ish years, which is about when they stopped performing.oved seeing them live. Much heavier in person than on record. Lovely stuff. Father John Misty Oooof. You stepped into his world for that performance. He stayed in character for the whole gig. Top quote: "Is anybody here spiralling? Can I give you some advice? Disassociate completely. Works for me." 😂 Neil Young We knew his set was going to be self indulgent, but fu*king hell. Not every song needs a 3-5 minute jam on it. It was the quietest I've seen the pyramid all weekend. Really didn't work. Doechi Energetic performance. It was good, but not my cup of hip hop tea. A bit too over sexualised for me.