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You kind of expect this on eBay where someone has a bog standard Squier PJ up for £600 but not from a retailer.

Yowzer. Not sure they were £299 new nevermind secondhand.

Expensiver.

Having some issues with volume peaks from my bass, hoping someone can help me... I don't particularly like the compressor on my Fender Downtown Express pedal, I probably need to invest more time with it tbh, but wondering if the amp built in compressor can help me even out volume spikes from going fingers to pick and playing harder and softer? Whenever I've used the onboard compressor it's always been a bit too squashy, sucks the volume, and seems to take a bit of character out of the sound. Does anyone actually use it and can you advise a good way to get the best out of it and keep the bass sounding "natural" rather than dull and squashed?

Decent gig for a private party. Great venue, played for nice people who weren't drunken idiots and they sang and danced along. I think this is the first time I've played my Epiphone Jack Casady for a whole gig, and my forearm knows it this morning! It was also my first experience of a sound limiter and we popped it in the second song, but with the drummer having an electronic kit we just turned him down a bit and it wasn't a problem again.

I really like that. Subtle, great colours... Looks amazing!!!

I stack my cabs because I grew up watching people play through MASSIVE rigs and I feel it doesn't look right to just have one 15" speaker. It also sounds better too for me on stage.

I think so. When it was the top of the range it had the flame top and ebony board but when the V7 second generation got ebony boards too I think nobody bothered with them. The maple top makes it look very 90's to me at least. With all the new models out I don't think they've bothered with it anymore and probably also why they were such a good price for the last year.

Hypnotic shoes! Very cool

Lovely!!! Hankered after that colour for ages.... Ended up with my V9 though which may well be gigged tomorrow.

A lot would be too embarrassed to do that!! Am sure that really helped. I thought I was being clever buying the soundman a beer recently.... It wasn't, first half sound has awful 😂

That is awesome!!!! Am sure she will enjoy the experience of any half decent Beatles tribute. What an awesome thing to do together

Collectable Fender... Fender Left Handed Jazz Bass 1965 - Sunburst https://reverb.com/item/66005261-fender-left-handed-jazz-bass-1965-sunburst?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=66005261

This tickled me a lot.

I get the sound I want from an Ashdown ABM600. I have a "decent" preamp (opinions may vary...) Which is a Fender Downtown Express. I usually use it for compression, the mute switch and the occasional bit of overdrive. I use the EQ more as a volume boost, I don't want it on 90% of the time. I have this pedal because if for any reason I can't use my amp I could XLR from this pedal. So it's my "backup amp" without having to carry a backup amp.

I expect this uses the same hardware as the Harley Benton jaco-alike fretless, within a week of getting one I both rehearsed and gigged it. Meaning I used this for a whole gig, under lights and hammering away at the strings with my fingers and pick, drop D tuning it a few times... There's nothing wrong with the tuners. It needs new strings, but the tuners are fine. There are lighter tuners, more expensive tuners, ones that feel nicer. But be under no illusion, these work: you can use them to tune the strings and they stay in tune as good as most.

As if you needed more persuasion.... For a long time my only bass was a five string fretless. And I played classic rock, Black Sabbath etc with it and though I couldn't clank the strings I didn't have to mwah it all over the place, it was just "bass". We played one or two Pearl Jam songs though and the reverb and chorus were on and it was mwah all over! It was a fretless Kramer which is now over twenty years old, I don't think you'll find one easily and if you did you might not like the styling, it's an acquired taste! I now have five basses. My most recent acquisition is the Harley Benton jaco-alike fretless jazz. For £150 brand new it is excellent. I have had two Sire basses (still got one of them, V9 fretted 5) and my Thomann wishlist has the V5 fretless in it... Just do it. What do you lose? You buy a bass you can resell, you spend some time scratching an itch. What do you gain? A new bass that does something your existing basses can't, a new technique, a new way to express yourself. I always find new, different, basses encourage me to make different note choices, you will discover something guaranteed. Even if that discovery is "I like fretless, just when other people play it".

Gutted. Always loved popping in there for a nose about and the staff were great. I mainly bought straps from there, about four by last count!! But tried out a few basses. Sad they're closing rather than selling the business on or somehow keeping it going, but I'm sure they investigated all possibilities before coming to this decision.

Thanks @Phil Starr!! I think you've summed up perfectly what I'm looking for. I often bristle when my current band schedule the third gig in a row or ask if I can do another "overnighter". Playing once a month for kebab money would do me fine as long as it's with people who aren't knobs. Plans are gathering pace, will be sad to leave my current band but the family comes first.

Westone Thunder ii 1981 LEFT LEFTIE 4 String Bass Translucent Savanna yellow https://reverb.com/item/65815777-westone-thunder-ii-1981-left-leftie-4-string-bass-translucent-savanna-yellow?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=65815777 A bit pricey IMO but would be great to have a go on one of these!

Less boomy, yes, but also not very p bass like. If I were you I'd be looking at maintaining your preferred playing style and instrument but looking at using EQ and maybe compression, or a limiter, to even out the sound.

Here's an open ended question... I'm very seriously looking at relocating to Exeter with the family. My wife is from that area but I'm not. I've visited a lot over the last 8 or 9 years and very much like the place. Thing is, I'm in a really good band in Hertfordshire, it took ages to find the right people where we are all on the same wavelength. Does anyone have local knowledge of what's going on terms of live music on around Exeter? Once settled I'd be looking at finding a band, fairly open minded as to style etc. I'm very nearly forty, have good experience and all my own gear, a car etc. I'm not looking to make a living out of it but I also don't want to waste my time doing endless rehearsals with people who love to talk about playing "massive gigs" but will never be ready to do a short set in a pub. What are my chances?

I went from the RM115s to Pro Neo 115s... And RM500 amp to ABM600. Weight-wise they are the same, the Pro Neo isn't noticeably loads bigger. In terms of sound I used the Pro Neo cabs with the RM head so could compare the cabs directly. The ABM Pro Neo has a more "full" sound than the RM. The RM is very good, but the Pro Neo is just better. If you're only using at home the difference would be negligible.

Most Warwick's... Mainly the Double Buck when they were German made and £800 new in 2006/7. Every 80s Aria that I see coming up.... Funny thing is I had a Warwick Streamer LX and didn't gel with it. I tried a Double Buck a few years back and the neck was basically an entire tree. I had an 80s Aria too and I think I got to it twenty years too late. But there's one on eBay right now....

How's the colour in real life? That's the one I'd go for, even though I can't get on with PJs I'd probably just never use the J.