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I did the same years ago. The album was so built up and hyped up, I thought it was a guaranteed future favourite. It wasnt. I think the problem is we forget how diverse bass playing can be. From jazz, Motown, soul, funk, groove, rock, pop, fun, serious, synth, backing roles, solo roles, lead roles, accompaniment etc. The problem with this album in particular is its classed as just a 'bass' classic, without taking into account the style of the music. Which is correct, but not for everyone.

Excuse the poor phone edit, but you want something like this to keep the 2 paths separate.

The problem may be that your SEND at the bottom is also then going back to the main send, so the main send is receiving both lines. You can do it so the main out is on the top line, then another out runs off the bottom line for a send. Ie so the lines are parallel, but 2 definitely separate outs. You need to bring the line linking back upto the main out down to create 2 separate paths.

Laney sent me some fuses very quickly when I enquired. I didnt need them, I just wanted spares, but they were very good customer service wise. Contact them direct by email. They will also tell you which fuses they are.

It's a work of art. Built to outlast us all. Brilliant amp.

Some registrars are good. Some think they are high and mighty. At the end of the day one reads some writing out and the other writes something down. None of which justifies their attitude of being almighty to me.

I thought it was just me! Where does all that dust come from?!

I've carried pretty much 2 of everything since returning to bass a few years ago, with a built in contingency of also being able to cope if something goes down with anything I've just taken one of. So... x2 basses. x2 amps. x2 speaker cabs (bass cab and monitor). x2 kettle leads. x2 speakons. x2 power adaptors for stomp. x2 xlrs. x2 power adaptors for wireless. x2 lots of guitar cables. x2 lots of spare cables. x2 multi tools (screwdrivers, allen keys, scissors etc). All fits nicely in 2 bass cases. The only change I've made now is bringing just the one amp, but the bass feed goes from the stomp to pa, so can be fed back through my monitor if needed. If all that goes down, I can plug straight into monitor (cheap alto ts110a) and mix as it has 2 channels.

I do Weddings and events for a living. Firstly, if you dont hold your ground, venues will take the proverbial as shown here. If you throw a ' sorry we are all organised now, and its impossible to set up in the evening's youd be amazed at how quickly they can reconsider. That aside, tips for getting done in that time scale are: 1. Have all your equipment un cased and ready. 2. Make clear straight away when you go in the room that the priority is that the staff clear the area you need first (or be prepared to wait 50 minutes whilst they amble about working it out...). 3. Be very friendly with the dj when you meet him, be courteous and work together, it's easier for everyone then. 4. Try to stop guests coming back in the room when they start to wander around and filter back in. Once 2 or 3 come in, they'll all follow and you'll have a room full in 10 minutes. 5. Only play music and let the dj play music when you are 100% ready. When guests hear music for over 2 minutes and the lights are down, you'll attract everyone in. 6. Remember it's not the end of the world if you struggle for time. Do what you can do in the time scales and be confident knowing you couldn't do more. 7. Enjoy it.

I had a super compact 3. Very good cab. Great weight. I thought it would be with me forever. But, I'm afraid, nowhere near as loud or filling when needed as a good 4x10 like they state. Perfect for small, enclosed, places, but not for bigger stages.

Nowhere near as bad as I thought, but heres a comparison between the g&l and v4.

Just set up a blank patch.

Sorry, I should have said... they have different amounts of frets. With the frets definitely differently spaced out differently - almost a semitone in the 3-7 area of the fretboard. G&L - 21. V4 - 20. Some basses even more.

I'm sure weve all been there..... bought a new bass and it's slightly a different scale which then throws you're muscle memory a fret or two out. I'm trying to keep to one brand from now on (g&l) which have the same necks, but cover different styles of bass (p, j, pj, mm etc) but also have massive gas for playing my vintage v4s and buying some lovely looking cheapo harley Benton's, but I know these will be different scales and amount of frets again. Now, playing around the house isnt a worry, but I'd hate to play one bass all week, then get the usual out for the gig and be semi tone to full tone out when gigging! Has anyone ever done that?

Massive to be honest. But as always the case hard to explain. Cheaper ones are usually quite thinner sounding once you need volume, and struggle balancing low end with the rest of the sound for me. They seem to divide up the sound coming through the speakers much more and struggle reproducing a full sound, sounding disjointed. Theres a distinct lack of richness and warmth, and the sound sounds like it's coming only from the area around speaker boxes. The more they are driven the worse they sound. You can tell they are being driven hard. Higher end amps are more like coming in from the cold into a warm house on a winter's night - lovely and warm sounding and just get better and better the more they're driven. Theres more definition and feel to the music, and it just kind of feels like a complete sound, not like an amp driving some speakers - more like the sound sounds like it's coming from everywhere rather than the x2 boxes. A bit more 3D if you like. And they always sound like theres a million percent more power and volume at the same quality on tap. Also much more reactive to eq.

It's definitely folly for me. I DJ'd professionally for a living for 10 years. I used ALL kind of PA systems and rigs, from just a pair of 12" active to x4 18" subs and 10" tops, to full passive and active rigs for small venues and large venues all over the country. I probably played through most of the top 12" 'tops' out there (all supposed flat- ish) from Mackie, Alto, EV, HK Audio, RCF, Martin, Peavey, LEM, Yamaha, Nexo and more - all using the same mixer and play out systems - and I can tell you now theres a whole massive range of quality, depth, warmth and sound between the lot of them. Likewise with power amps. All you need is something fairly neutral to give you a fair crack at getting a good sound. Looking for fully flat - to me anyway - is pointless. A rig, whether it be djing, band, bass etc is only as good as the sum of its entire parts. What you gain or lose from one part you add or subtract with another until you have the sound you want.

Agreed. Great reviews. Well thought out, explained, and nicely in depth without becoming monotonous. Keep at it!

I love my G&Ls. I had a mint M2000 tribute. Gorgeous and an amazing sound. It sold for about £300. I also have a sb2 tribute I bought for £50 in bits, and love it. And a owned from new l100 tribute. Utterly brilliant bass in every way. I'm just a G&L man from now on. Unbeatable value. I think they only struggle as not many shops stock them for people to try. Good luck with the sale.

I had one as a backup. Looked lovely. Sounded good. Impossible to play. Horrendous neck dive. Absolutely terrible. If buying, but a thick suede strap to have a hope of keeping in place.

I emailed laney once. Got a reply in a day, very thorough and easy to understand (no fobbing off), and they even sent me some free replacement parts in the post. I found them to be a fantastic company.

My advice is listen to several 'bass only' or 'bass and drums' multitracks from your favourite bands on youtube etc. You'll be amazed at how awful (even amateurish) they sound isolated, but brilliant in the mix. For recording a beautiful loud thumping live bass tone isnt always the way to go. I've had best results with quite a messy, over driven, basic sound which picks up all kinds of clank and fret noise.

Yes, 12 o'clock keeps it clean. 4 o'clock adds in the drive and thickness. If you doing the eq etc from your stomp, start with everything at 12 o'clock.

On it's own I use the gain at 4 o'clock. With the stomp I set it at 12 o'clock.