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The 'aerosol overspray' around the pickup route ruins it, if it weren't ruined enough already.

I have an Ignition Club bass. The Ignition is the cheapest, then the Contemporary (which is also known as the HTC, I think) then the full fat real deal. (There may well be others). The Ignition is fully hollow with Chinese 'Vintage' pickups, cheaper versions of original ones. The Contemporary has a solid centre block and modern sounding pickups, hence the name. The real deal is out of my league. I went with the Ignition as it's closer to the original in sound and construction and is half the price of the Contemporary. For the money it's amazing. I put LaBella flats on it and it sounds perfect. Finish is good but not exceptional, but I am mega fussy about that sort of thing because of my job. Perfect size for picking up and noodling at home and being hollow doesn't need plugging in if you need to be quiet. Plugged in it sounds like it shouldn't be able to produce such a big sound.

The worrying thing is most of the bands mentioned are at least 30 years old.

Backing tracks containing sound effects that can't easily be replicated, helicopters, machine guns, church bells, that sort of thing, is absolutely fine. Any lip syncing or instruments on backing tracks I'm not happy with. If you can't play the song properly live then move over and make way for the boys and girls that can.

Yes, but not quite. Next best thing hopefully, luthier built replica. I won't derail this thread and will do a NBD when, and now looking like if, it turns up. Bloody couriers. I only said R related 😁

I've had several acoustic basses and as far as I can tell the bronze strings are 'for acoustics' because they're the loudest strings out there, but loudest in terms of the played notes and finger noise, fret clatter and every other unwanted noise. I'm happy to sacrifice volume for sound quality and have settled on Fender tapewounds (9120), nice slick feel, very little unwanted noise and sound great both plugged and unplugged. I really don't like the sound or feel of bronze strings.

I needed nothing music related this year as I am totally happy with all of my kit. Then in the space of 24hrs I'd seen, pondered and paid for a (hopefully) dream bass, it'll be here on Tuesday. I would do a NBD as it'll be an interesting one but as it's R related I'm not sure I'm allowed, and the model doesn't end in 0,1,2,3 or 4. Oops 😁

Oh no, that's a shock. He couldn't have been that old could he? Maybe noise annoys, but not the noise you made Mr. Shelley. Thank you.

Good on you Sir! Long may it continue 👍

As nice as that looks I just couldn't play an energetic gig after eating that. I don't like to eat closer than two hours before gig time, even then nothing heavy. I had to clean all sorts off my pedal board but my dinner isn't going to be one of them.

I just can't get used to the standard Fender style headstock on an acoustic bass/guitar. It wouldn't stop me playing one but it just looks odd.

Budget twins(ish). Aria STB Series Jazz and Precision. The necks on these are lovely. The J has Entwistle JBXN pickups, a series switch and rounds, the P has a Quarterpounder and Chromes. For a pair of forty quid basses plus some upgrades they are awesome.

I use the Boss TU3 one, seems good enough and it's free.

I also need to like the band to like the bass player. Paul McCartney, Chris Squire, Geddy Lee, Victor Wooten, Stanley Clark, Jaco, Billy Sheehan, and others I've forgotten. It wouldn't bother me if they never played or recorded again and their entire back catalogue was deleted. Now cast me out 😁

Ah yes, I've led myself away from the OP. Although the first album (and best, all downhill for the next twenty years Davey Boy) was all young Master Grohl I seem to remember.

And Dave Grohl I suppose. Although I preferred Nirvana.

Nobody mentioned Michael Jackson yet?

I was going to say use a Stanley or single sided razor blade but hadn't thought of making a little jig to hold it in, really liking that idea.

Currently trying to get The Real Me by The Who nailed. Being in a Mod band with quite a following on the scene people will notice if it's not bang on so near enough isn't good enough. It's like a three minute, hundred miles an hour solo.

This is all just guessing but it's a common thing in the doublebass world to mix and match to get a set that works on your bass so back when he started it possibly didn't seem so strange. Also if he was predominantly slapping then two diffent techniques are applied to the two pairs of strings, so maybe heavy strings for the slapping and light for the popping. 🤔

Individual stacked volume and tone for each string, and left and right buttons that double up as a controller for running in Daley Thompsons Decathlon. Or, I'm buggered if I know 😅

We yes, but apart from buy for yourself, play for the audience, play for the song, the aquaduct and sanitation, what have the Romans ever done for us?

Totally this. If you want an expensive bass or amp or whatever then go for it, similary if you're happy with a cheap gear then crack on. Whatever you do though don't think anyone but yourself will really care as long as you sound good. I have a £40 Aria P copy with a 1/4 pounder in it, I could use that bass for the first set and then use a matching coloured Fender Custom shop P for the second set and nobody would know or care. If some geek did notice I would probably get more praise for getting such a good sound from the cheap bass, it would be expected from the Fender. Buy for yourself, play for the audience.

Bluetooth won't work for for monitoring for exactly the reason you've discovered. As far as I'm aware there is no way round the lag, it's just too slow to process sound.

No, not at all, that's everything that's right with rock music. I never have and never will like the notion that you have to know what all the notes on the board are called and know all about music and composition to be in a band. Terribly boring and stuffy IMO. Some of the best music can a bunch of scruffy Herberts with no real musical knowledge of what they're doing just making their instruments make the sound they like without knowing why it sounds so good, just that it does. Of course a lot of knowledge can help you on that road but also might make you not try something bizarre because it's not how you are supposed to do it. From the comments this bloke has joined a band, made the sounds he wants to, entertained millions of kids and made a fortune, all without really knowing what he's doing. I think that's brilliant and was probably the sort of inspiration that made more than a few of us pick up an instrument.