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[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1377938652' post='2193736'] It's just a laugh! Jebus! [/quote] Exactly.

The singer in my band has just sent me this. Thought I'd share it.[attachment=142730:10 commandments of bass.jpg]

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1377201177' post='2184804'] Cough cough, [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/213184-unusual-but-im-liking-this-any-ideas/page__view__findpost__p__2155716__hl__i+like__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.u...__fromsearch__1[/url] [/quote] I should have gone to a well-known high street opticians before posting this!

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Check out "Shades" album too and think: "Hell, yeah..." I nicked that quote from an Amazon album review - sums up the JJ Cale Vibe in two words.

Spooky thing is, I was practising After Midnight this afternoon because we're going to play it in my new band. I played Naturally virtually non-stop back in the 70s and it's still one of my all-time favourite albums. Cool, laid-back, less-is-more swamp-rock. Love it. I have 4 of his albums in my car including Road to Escondido where he co-operated with Clapton but, for me, it's not as good as Naturally or Troubadour. On Road to Escondido, my personal feeling is that Cale's understated style doesn't mix too well with Clapton's more florid sound and there's a nagging non-meeting of minds throughout the album. Cale couldn't sing all that well, but for me, that added a straightforwardness to his songs. For those people who haven't heard too much about JJ Cale, Here's After Midnight: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j81Vx-0uM0k[/media] Genuinely sad to hear of his death.

[url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/4b0be624-6b87-47e8-bbf0-588a2c6c0439"]http://www.bbc.co.uk...f0-588a2c6c0439[/url] BBC is reporting: "[b]Born 5 December 1938. Died 26 July 2013." [/b]

Lady in red [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt2YIpZWBqA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt2YIpZWBqA[/url]

Sheena Easton [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huNejF17gzg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huNejF17gzg[/url]

Thought I was sorted, but band folded after 6 meetings. So, still looking for a decent party/function covers band...

[quote name='LawrenceH' timestamp='1370389158' post='2100316'] If it's just for rehearsal and you already have a compact, why not make the weight/size saving worthwhile and go for a ten inch unit? I use one loaded with the celestion ntr ten from a markbass f1 and always have volume in reserve, it is a nice driver. [/quote] Yes - good point.

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1370420019' post='2100457'] A lot depends upon the relative importance to you of having something you've made yourself versus a practical solution. A second hand speaker means you can try before you buy, you have good residual value if you need to sell, you know exactly what you are getting. If you decide to go ahead you could try this driver [url="http://profesional.beyma.com/pdf/SM-212E.pdf"]http://profesional.b...pdf/SM-212E.pdf[/url] I use them and like the sound, smooth and controlled. This is a ceramic magnet driver but still only 2kg more than the Celestion with better excursion and lower bass. 6V6 is building a cab at the moment with this driver, you could wait until he reports back how it sounds and then go for it. Here's the thread [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/200152-1x12-diy-cab-build/"]http://basschat.co.u...-diy-cab-build/[/url] [/quote] I'm not a very practical person ("DIY" = Destroy It Yourself, as far as I'm concerned...) so, in reality, I'd be just about capable of fitting a driver into a pre-prepared cab - hence my interest in the empty cab + driver idea. I'd certainly not be capable of building a cab from scratch. You make sensible, practical points about what I'm aiming for. Basically, I want something that's easier to take to rehearsal than the Compact. I realise I'm probably not going to get anything much lighter than the Compact, but I'd be interested in something that is less awkward/cumbersome to carry up/down a steep flight of twisting stairs to a basement room and could also be used for home practice. I don't want to spend any more than £200 but i don't want something that sounds awful. I don't want much, really. Secondhand? No problem. Easy (empty, pre-built) cab + matched driver + 6 screws + push-fit wiring? No problem. This? [url="http://www.basscentre.com/bass-cabs/eden-ex110-cab.html"]http://www.basscentre.com/bass-cabs/eden-ex110-cab.html[/url] or maybe the 112 version.

[quote name='BassBunny' timestamp='1370302893' post='2099014'] I thought you had a Barefaced Compact Steve? [/quote] Yes - I still do. At 13 kg it's really light and powerful. That said, It's still a bit awkward to lug up and down stairs because of its size. Never satisfied, you see. I'm looking for something I can use with the GKMB500 at home for practice and also at rehearsal. The obvious solution would be a Barefaced Midget, but I haven't saved enough bottle tops for one of those yet. So - something just like a Midget, but half the price. Like a Golf, but not a Golf. Something like your Zoot 112, in fact.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1370284306' post='2098647'] You'd need to port the cab and tune it. Plus that celestion probably handles about 100-150w tops. [/quote] Aaah, right. What would be a good, inexpensive, lightweight alternative to that driver, capable of handling 250 - 300W?

I've been looking for a decent, light 112 cab to go with my GK MB500 head. How about this cab: [url="http://www.lean-business.co.uk/eshop/montage-112-intro-empty-1-x-12-guitar-cabinet-p-1844.html"]http://www.lean-business.co.uk/eshop/montage-112-intro-empty-1-x-12-guitar-cabinet-p-1844.html[/url] with one of these inside it: [url="http://www.watfordvalves.com/product_detail.asp?id=3036"]http://www.watfordvalves.com/product_detail.asp?id=3036[/url] £200, 300w neo driver, 12 kgs. What do we reckon, folks

I'd forgotten that not only do you have to take off the pickguard, you have to take the neck off to adjust the relief. Flaming pain. Anyway, I've eased the truss rod by 1/4 turn, dropped the pickup a smidgeon and bolted it all back together. With the new strings, this has made a definite improvement, and the tone is noticeably fuller and deeper than it was at 9 o'clock this morning. So, with everybody's help, I think we're getting there. Thanks, folks.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1369646459' post='2091098'] oh I'm pretty sure in the OP's case it's about the action and curve in the neck - but cables can have an odd effect on tone - esp (obviously) on passive basses. [/quote] Could you explain your comment about the action and neck-curve, please?

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1369606995' post='2090899'] try a new cable too [/quote] Really? OK - That's easily done.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1369564663' post='2090430'] I went through a phase a while ago of chipping away at the action on one of my Ps, making it lower and lower over a period of time. At one gig, I realised it sounded terrible - not clanky as such. just loads of barky mids, and no authority. The notes weren't very big acoustically either. I raised the action back so something sensible, and it sounded fab again... IME, of course.. [/quote] Hmmm - I wonder whether this may be the problem. I generally have my action set fairly high and over the past few weeks I've been gradually lowering the saddles bit by bit without touching the truss rod. One of my many bad habits is that I tend to strike downwards with my plucking hand (never use a pick) which means I have to set the action quite high to stop me bouncing the strings off the frets. I've put a new set of strings on. I've got the expected zingyness which slightly confuses the issue, but the good news is that the barky mids have been reduced noticeably. Still missing the rich, full bottom-end P-sound however.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1369562915' post='2090401'] To me, [i][b]middy [/b][/i]and [i][b]clanky [/b][/i]are two different things ... especially when discussing P-basses. If you have recently adjusted either the action or the truss-rod, or maybe if there has been a big change in humidity and the neck has moved, then I would understand [i][b]clanky [/b][/i]and know how to get rid of it. IME getting a P to sound too [i][b]middy [/b][/i]is bloody difficult, and I'd be looking at the amp. Presumably you've tried playing it through other rigs? [/quote] The only other rig I have is my Eden E10 practice amp and it's the same story there - the P bass has gone from rich "n" full tone to barky/middy with a distict lack of bottom end. I did lower the saddles a little last week, but I haven't touched the neck relief because that's too much of a faff (you have to remove the pickguard to get to the truss-rod adjuster).