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Weight? 

I can't comment on what's out there in £250 powered pa speaker range, but I have a pair of Yamaha DXR15s and DBR10s for band PA and monitor duties. From my experience neither sound as good for bass as a dedicated bass cab and head (I've got a Gen2 midget and Genz Neox2 2x12). But if I was going down that route I'd probably go for a second hand 12inch PA such as Yamaha DBR12 or rcf equivalent if there is one. Bit as someone else said, the best thing to do is to audition a few with your Line6 and see if it works for you. 

To be fair, it's bloody better than talking about football or if your kids are gonna get in to grammar school, innit? 

That's pretty much my dream bass right there! Glwts! 

If I'm wearing a belt for a gig, I redo it so that the buckle is on my hip just before the soundcheck. No buckle rash and no ones going to see it cos you have a big piece of wood hanging in front of you.

Some nice bass face. Great vid. Peavey and Dingwall joint top for me. Liked the Warwick the least. 

I suspect that he also compresses the hell out of it. 

13 hours ago, SpondonBassed said:

Joe's secret is that he had a pioneering operation during his youth to swap the the skin from each of his fingertips with the skin from each toe.

Initially, he did this to help with his early career as a cat burgler.  Having found that there was little money to be earned by just stealing cats, he tried selling them as well.  While waiting for responses to his classified ads for affordable pedigree moggies, he took up bass and realised that he had something that no-one else had.

He's not looked back since and cat theft has been at a record low since records began.

Might as well close the thread now, as that's the final word right there. 

Yup sad times, but as others have said, times have changed. I remember as a teenager in the 90s going up town to browse CDs with my mates and make one or two prized purchases. Music was a more valuable commodity back in those days, you'd read all the album reviews (Metal Hammer, Kerrang!!!) and chose carefully. Albums were listened to from start to finish and you'd pore over every detail in the sleeve. 

Its got to the point where I'm considering getting rid of my 300+ collection of CDs. Not sure if it's a good or bad thing. Having instant access to pretty much a worlds worth of recorded music is awesome, but on the other hand it's made it a bit more like fast food where you just play the things that give instant satisfaction rather than working through a whole album and appreciating the whole piece. 

How nice is that?!? 

Congrats! I've had my Gen1 v7 vintage 5 for a couple of weeks now and very happy. It needs a setup, but I've got a gotoh replacement bridge on the way, so will sort it out after that's been fitted. 

That one in burnt orange looks awesome too. 

Wonderful artist and yes, some great bass playing throughout her back catalogue. 

Ooh that's lovely. Enjoy! 

Provided the neck is all good, then you still got yourself a killer bass. I'd personally love the RW / natural ash combo, so they'd have done me a favour!! 

1 hour ago, garyt said:

I played a load of basses in Andertons the other day, and the Dingwall NG2s were probably my favourite.   It just seems wierd when you look down. 

Yup the fanned frets freaked me out but I can see how you'd quickly adjust. I'm not a big fan of how the bass looks, but it was bloody amazing to play.

Did you see that £7k Warwick? They're brave just hanging it on the wall like that. 

1 hour ago, ianrendall said:

That is superb. Superb. Been Sadowsky gassing for 25 years, and now finally going over to NYC in 2020 to see Roger and his toys. Was always set on the J style, but my recent P bass acquisition has sent me into cahoots over a PJ Sadowsky. I much prefer the P body shape over the Verdine White satin though. 

Go for it! Mine's a metro but the build quality is superb. I can only dream of an NYC, but as I'm not in to exotic woods and find the 9lb is fine for 2.5 hr gigs it's probably all the bass I'll ever need. 

7 minutes ago, Saved said:

The funny thing is that,all the "wood experts" dont like basswood because its used in cheap basses.My vig cobra is basswood and it sounds amazing

 

Turns out it's alder. Not that i perved it on the Internet as soon as I got home or anything. But as a bongo owner, I'd agree that there's nothing wrong with a bit of basswood. It's even got bass in the name FFS! 

Not that I'm looking, but my mate was trying some stuff out at andertons so we had a fiddle with about a dozen basses in the throne room. 

Lots of nice basses but nothing really grabbed me apart from the Dingwall, it's a fricken monster! Super playable, lightweight and killer punchy tone. Reminded me of a bongo, so I wasn't surprised when I found out it was basswood. 

Anyone got one of these beasts?!? Let's see some pics! 

9 hours ago, Tubster said:

Quite surprised there has not been an outcry of something along the lines of “it’s a Sadowsky, it may have similarities, but for sure, it’s not a P-bass unless it’s got Fender on the headstock”.

Just sayin’!

I thought I'd deftly avoided that issue by referring to the pickup rather than the bass. But just reread my post and I blew it in the last sentence. So, yeah it's a p bass, I don't care that it has a jazz neck, active electronics, a j pickup, half decent build quality, no dead spots, it's a precision goddammit!!! 

12 hours ago, ianrendall said:

Pic of the Sadowsky please! 😁😁😁

Excuse the crappy phone pic and the toy graveyard in the background. I have almost as many brats as I have bass guitars. 

I bought this in 2012 off ProjectC from this good forum. Almost flipped it a few months later as I bought a Stingray 4HH around the same time and was only going to keep one. Glad I didn't, it took a while to grow on me, but is now my undisputed First Bass! 

8 minutes ago, chris_b said:

I think the Sadowsky bit might be responsible for a lot of your happiness.

Yes, it could be that, but I no longer have the budget for find out if you're right! 

I've got a nice little collection going, H and HH Rays, Bongo 5HH and my latest addition, a Sire V7 five string in Maple/Ash that nails the Jazz tone. But having gone through all of them tonight in rehearsal, it's my sadowsky HPJ with the P solo'd that always sits nicest in the mix and has the perfect balance of definition and neither to big sounding nor too thin. I find that I almost always end up grabbing it for gigs, despite promising myself to give one of the others a run out. We play everything from rock, funk, soul, pop to reggae and it just does the job, roll on/off and bit of treble and you're there. Can't see myself moving the others on as variety is the spice of life an all, but for me the P is the one bass to rule em all! 

A bit too heavy with the mascara. Not a good look. 

2 hours ago, Mickeyboro said:

I respectfully have to differ on this one! When my band did it I discovered it had no tune😩

In that respect its no different to half the stuff that the punters love anyway!!!! 

Erasure A Little Respect. Always goes down a treat whenever we play it and would still sound good with a strummy acoustic guitar type thing going on. 

A lean year for me due to band being fairly quiet, only four gigs, and newborn twins! 

The only two purchases were a helix stomp and sire v7. Both great pieces of kit and entirely unnecessary given my well proven pedal board and harem of musicmen/sadowsky. So yeah, joint best and worst!