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As title really, I want help developing my soloing skills, which probably isn't every bass trainer's cup of tea.

I've got a swamp ash/maple Sire v7 and I can't get a sound I'm happy with, however I twiddle the knobs. I've had alder v7s before and had no trouble finding my noise. I had no idea ash and alder would be so different. Any one else found this?

All I know is when I'm in the bedroom I need to turn the mids down to around 9 o'clock (bass and treble at 12) to get the clean nutty sound I prefer. But the minute I'm with the full band I need to to be flat to get a clean sound in the mix.

Hi 62, top end gear (Markbass 11, Barefaced 210, Sire v7, Squier P backup), own transport. Mostly blues experience but with a dash of latin/funk. Looking for like minded group perhaps with an eye (ear?) towards doing their own stuff as well as covers.

Hi all, looking for recommendations for a monitor cab. I need to get mixer out to me and the drummer. I don't currently go through the mixer so it's just so I can hear what everyone else is doing, mainly the vocals.

Just bought Graham's Sire V7. After a slow start, in which I'd ask a question one day and he replied the next, which went on for a while, he became a paragon of helpfulness, efficiency and general full on-ness. Bass was great and the work he done on it seems good too. Deal with confidence.

Yeah, saw Alissia live at the Umbrian Jazz fest in '15. As good as the recording.

You must have read my mind before I wrote in it. I've tried pretty much every make of string and find whether I love them or not depends on the bass. At one point I had a Hohner 6 that I had to buy a hotel room for when i showed it Overwater strings, they sounded so good together. At the same time I had a Peavey Grind 5 that sounded great with D'Addario nickels. But one day I went mad and swapped them over and they didn't sound near as good on the other bass. But over time I have become a total D'Addario fan boy: EXL170s and the Chromes flats . For me the right tension, build quality, longevity and sound. But YMMV.

Not that gender makes any difference. But if you're seeking good female bassists for inspiration, try Berklee College YouTube channel. [media]http://youtu.be/SEFe6XXaPCQ[/media] [media]http://youtu.be/BS2-qoNHhxY[/media] [media]http://youtu.be/ggPooXtzUD0[/media] [media]http://youtu.be/YyNwc2O5gRA[/media]

Thanks.how did you get the vid to display please?

Still amazes me what you can do with the bass http://youtu.be/YyNwc2O5gRA Let it get past 1:45 or so and it takes off

I made my own and I'm no mechanic.[list] [*]Found a bit of nice light pine wood the right thickness from an old posh wine box [*]Measured the size I needed to go on bass. [*]Sawed wood to size [*]Bought sandpaper sheet and stick it to INSIDE of a dustbin to roughly approximate the fingerboard /strings curvature [*]Rubbed block of wood against sandpaper until one surface convexly curved [*]Attacked all part of ramp with finer bits of sandpaper [*]Checked it fitted [*]Finish with paint or oil to taste [*]Attach with doublesided Sellotape [/list] Or get someone to make one, don't know who

FWIW I had two Fender 112 cabs that at bedroom volumes sounded excellent. But they got ugly if you really turned the wick up. Same was true of a pair of TC BC 210s I had. So I bought a BF 210 which sounds good in the bedroom and excellent on the stage. But then I guess there's a very big difference in the quality of the drivers given the relative price of the cabs.

Or who post photos that are no more than dark silhouettes. "Here's my out of focus pic of my black bass on a black sofa against a brightly lit window, fill your boots."

... respond. Bugs me when you're really keen on buying some gear and the seller just doesn't respond, either because the item's gone and they didn't flag the changed status or because they don't check their messages or the for sale thread. Grrr...

My beef with the comps is with the follow through on prizes too. A while back he had a whole slew of several top items up for grabs - amp, cab, bass and other stuff. Instead of allocating one item to each of several winners the whole lot went to a single person in Ireland. What a waste. You get the impression that once the competition has raised attention the rest of it isn't worth bothering with. I learned almost everything that has made me any sort of bassist from Scott and I find him inspirational. But much of what he does is too difficult for the average Joe and as others have pointed out much of his latest stuff is the opposite and more to do with being in his 'gang. Thanks to Scott I regard myself as a journeyman bassist, but if I need help now I'm more likely to go to down to earth practical sites like Talkingbass.net. There must come a point when SD has accessed every bassist on the planet. When they've all tried it and found it too cerebral, or on the flip side, too - well, flippant - presumably much of his client base will disappear.