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[quote name='philw' timestamp='1490691009' post='3267002'] Loudest one I've ever played is the one I have at the moment - the Fender marketed Olympia copy of the Tacoma. Like this one: [url="https://reverb.com/item/139838-olympia-ob3ce-acoustic-bass"]https://reverb.com/i...e-acoustic-bass[/url] Happy to let you have a go if you're anywhere near Brighton. P [/quote] Thank you very much for your kind offer. Sadly, I'm in Stockport. If you see what I mean.

I play in an "acoustic" band comprised of lead singer, singer/guitarist, acoustic drums and myself on electric bass. I've been asked to consider an acoustic bass. I said that I couldn't really see the point, for all the reasons given here. The response from the band: [color=black][size=3]"The original idea behind not just sticking to a full band set up was two fold and you make valid points regarding acoustic Bass. We did mean electro-acoustic and yes agree you would need to be plugged in/amplified (to the desk maybe?). Normal electric bass would work just as well but electro-acoustic bass would fit better with the Electro acoustic guitar image wise and project [ the band's] brand if you like so there is 'The Look' to consider also in this. i.e. we all look like an acoustic band.[/size][/color] [color=black][size=3]The second reason for originally suggesting stripped down version was it also strips down the amount of gear you need to bring and hopefully allow faster set up/tear down times."[/size][/color] So, it seems to be predominantly about looks and image. I've never played an electro-acoustic bass and I have no real inclination to do so, being honest. Because of neck and arm pain, I'm picky about what bass I play. My current squeeze is a Fender MIJ Mustang with a waist support belt clipped onto an extra strap pin using one of the neck-plate screws. Switching between basses rapidly upsets my Arthritis. The band knows this, but I'm still being asked to consider an electro-acoustic, and I'm resisting. Mexican stand-off.

On-line collaborations with people who enjoy playing your favourites?

Done. Good luck to you.

Lovely sub-funk feel from Abba's rear Gunnar(son). Wish I could play like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNBeNtqyhZg

Things have taken an upturn here. One evening last week at 6 pm, I got a phone call from a keys player I used to play with: "Our bassist has left. We're rehearsing tonight, gig in 5 weeks. Can you help?" Quick meal, jump in the car and 90 minutes later I'm standing in their rehearsal room. I was OK with songs I knew, but hopeless with ones I didn't know, with the guitarist saying "I'll play barre chords so you can read my fingers" Errr, no, I can't do that on the hoof. Sorry. I was gobsmacked when they asked me to join! They're an established functions band playing to a good standard. The other people in the band have played together for ages, and I played with the keys player for 2 years, so maybe all the "singing off different hymn sheets" issues have been flushed out. I'm learning the setlist as fast as I can. Playing the songs I already know, plus the easy new ones, gives me 16. Only 15 more to go, but they're all new to me. YouTube's going to get some hammer over the next few weeks. So, onwards and upwards. First proper rehearsal tomorrow night.

I'm not too concerned about the Toneprint feature. I don't use any effects at all - completely dry signal. The extra 300W of the TC 800 might be useful to have up your sleeve, though. That said, my GKMB500 has always been plenty loud enough. And no - I don't want to use the MB500 with a seperate compressor pedal, thank you!

Cheapest online prices: Warwick LWA 500 for £299, or TC BH800 for £449 (BH550 is virtually the same price). Is the TC BH800 worth the extra?

I have two Tecamp XS 112's. Each is rated at 300w at 8 ohms. I tend to use one for rehearsal and two for gigs. Band is a 5-piece pub and function band, playing all the usual stuff.

Great! Looks like it's a TC Electronic, then. I tend to favour a cleaner sound, so I'll look at BH550 or 800. No too sure about that Toneprint thingy, though.

Just got myself into a really good new band. Currently, I have a GK MB500. It's my only head, and so I'm going to need a back-up head. I've been told that my plucking and volume can be a bit variable, so this is a good chance to try an amp with a good compressor. Shopping list: Small and light, most probably class D. Simple controls. I'm not a knob-twiddler, and I'm very easily distracted and confused by complex EQ's and stuff. DI out Good on-board compressor Budget = £500 max All suggestions gratefully received.

I was going to bid on this, but then I read the seller's additional comments just before the Q and A section. Don't think I'll bother now.

Well, well! Bit surprised to see this thread again! Quite timely, actually.... I took a break from bass-playing while I got to grips with the repercussions of newly-diagnosed neck Arthritis and associated left hand and arm weakness. I had to give up competitive sailing, after 50 years, and golf after 4 months, which was supposed to be sailing's replacement. I sold all my 34" basses and switched to 30", and that has helped a lot because of the reduced arm and fret reaches for my left arm. Having (sort of) accepted the need for some fairly major life changes, I went looking for a band. Again. In the past two years, this is what I've done Band 1 - Existing pub band. Good female singer, poor male singer who overruled her. Her health and reliability was very variable. Guitarist became a first-time dad and couldn't commit to the band. In theory, the band still exists but, in practice, it doesn't. So, I joined; Band 2 - Male acoustic guitarist and his sister who were looking to expand their act into some sort of full band. Both decent singers. They recruited a very good friend of theirs as drummer and myself on bass. All going well and just starting to talk about getting gigs when drummer gets promoted to a London job and is now commuting weekly. He's struggling to find the time for Sunday rehearsals, but band leader seems reluctant to look for a replacement. The last 4 rehearsals have been cancelled. Next one due this coming Sunday. I'm not hopeful. That brings us to last night; (Non)-Band 3. At short notice, I spent a lot of time to learn songs for an audition for a "semi-pro functions band, not playing pubs and clubs..." I had my suspicions ( band leader couldn't/wouldn't send me the band's name, website/Soundcloud, setlist), but I decided to attend, mainly because I'd said I would. Total farce. As I suspected, the band was largely a figment of the singer's imagination. He had massively over-promised and wasted a lot of people's time. I was very irritated, and so were the keys player and drummer. Pretty fed up today, for all the reasons I listed in my OP. On the upside, I'm so pleased to have bought my FSR Fender Japan Mustang. Cracking bass with a really clear, middy sound. It meant I was able to get over the sale of my much-loved, but heavy, Yamaha BB 1024.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ashdown-2-Bass-Amps-with-Evo11-300-Head-/172561382164?hash=item282d75bb14:g:IXQAAOSwWxNYuu39

Carlsbro Stingray on Ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Carlsbro-Stingray-Bass-Amp-Head-/182471442739?hash=item2a7c254133:g:NCYAAOSw2gxYtZTU

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1487672334' post='3241624'] I read a quote somewhere, something like - 'some bands rehearse until they get it right, we rehearse until we can't get it wrong'. That is my favoured place to be. Not always possible but if I feel under-rehearsed then I don't enjoy the gig as I am always waiting for the inevitable train wreck. And for me it is all about enjoyment so I begin to question what I am doing there. [/quote] There it is, right there. Paul S says in 3 lines what I clumsily said in 3 paragraphs.

I do loads of home practice to learn my parts and I sort of pride myself on arriving at rehearsals well-prepared. Trouble is, not everybody has the same attitude. When we make mistakes and then agree on changes to address them, I make notes so I arrive at next rehearsal having incorporated those changes into my playing. I expect everybody else to do the same. But they don't. Result is same mistakes continue to be made, even though we've agreed what to do about them. Result is a bassist (and drummer) who rapidly gets fed up. Bands could easily make do with fewer rehearsals if members bothered to make notes/pay attention to rehearsal recordings. But often they don't and, for me, that means I can't relax before a gig if I feel that a band is under-rehearsed and just about to go on stage and repeat all the same errors. Train hard, fight easy.

In the past two years, I've gigged the song at least 50 times. No effects whatsoever - simply chose the P bass, cranked the gain a bit more than normal and pushed the low mids on the amp EQ. Unless you're a tribute band, that'll be absolutely fine. It's a party chant after all - audiences generally want to dance to it rather than listen closely to the bass tone!

Are we including cheesy 80's power ballads? If so, then [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_zHQ6kFuQ0"]www.youtube....h?v=b_zHQ6kFuQ0[/url] Good grief - what a voice.

[quote name='mikegatward' timestamp='1486732157' post='3234178'] My band have just started to cover Human - simple song but fun to play [/quote] Yep - same here, although we had to shift the key for our female singer all the way from Bbm to Ebm.

How about Jimi Hendrix's flat: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34647637

Affleck's Palace in Manchester? Online, too. My son used to get all his punky/goth/skate clothes there. http://www.afflecks.com/

https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/rockburn-bass-guitar/1215255593