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Looking back at the few videos I took for my son, Rex's bass was only really audible during Planet Caravan. Robert Trujillo was cutting through the mix nicely though, even with the loud kick drum.

He was great, and loving every moment!

Just a few bassists from the day...

I was there, had a great day! Geezer was amazing, he can still play as fast as he ever could. Ozzy was clearly struggling to talk and move, but absolutely nothing wrong with his will to entertain and belt out the lyrics. Some of the choices weren't great (I could have skipped Sammy Hagar) but overall it was a perfect tribute to Sabbath and Ozzy. Shame Villa Park didn't plan to feed 40,000 people past 4pm and they were struggling with beer towards the end of the day too.

I bought the original one yesterday. I decided the v2 wasn't worth the extra £100 for 80 more Watts. I definitely would have gone for this though had I waited a day!

The headstock looks like a 5 string headstock which has been stretched and skewed to fit the four in a row tuners. Which just looks wrong! The body I thought was perhaps NS-94 shaped with a change to the lower horn, but maybe the top horn isn't quite that shape either.

Yep, 'modern' features like the extra fret, locking tuners, narrow tall frets, and non-traditional finishes.

I bought a Hybrid II Jazzmaster last month. I was tempted by the Beryl Red but settled on last year's more traditional White Blonde finish. The quality is exceptional, if I was in the market for another bass I'd definitely look at the Hybrid II range before any US model. The Hybrid range is designed to have more modern specs than the Traditional range, but of course, it's Fender, they don't stray too far off the traditional path.

Don't forget the far better US version! I had a matching Japanese version, but I rarely played it, the neck on this one was much easier to play and I prefer the P pickup. I agree the current variations look like they're missing something though, they don't look right without the chrome. I understand the Squiers need to cut costs (although the Classic Vibe guitars manage it), but the Players could at least have had some pickup switching there if not the full active controls. As a signature model it's fine, especially with the minimal controls, but I'd have specified some chrome blanks to complete the look! I'm sure if Fender brought the MIJ or American versions back they'd sell well.

Lozz's suggestion got me looking at the Rumble, and happened to find an older Rumble 112 cab for £149 at Bass Bros. They say it's light, and it handles 250w at 8ohm. That's got to be worth a try! Thanks for the recommendations, I'll you know how it goes after next rehearsal.

I don't have the time, tools, or space to build one unfortunately. I don't put enough time into practicing, so I don't want to eat up any more of that time. That was part of my thinking with finding something small - less time getting out the house for band practice, but also something compact I could set up in the corner of a room for home practice.

For the last 15 years I've played a Tecamp Puma 350 into an S212 and I'm still very happy with it, but it lives upstairs in a wardrobe and I don't want to take the cab to practice every week. The studio is very inconsistent. I take my Puma 350, but depending on the room, I could be playing through an Ashdown 4x10, an unbranded 1x15, or have to play through numerous old combos. I'd like to get something I can rely on every week. I'd like a one hand carry from the car to the studio (we're sometimes upstairs). So what are my options? We play pretty loud rock. I've looked at 1x10 and 2x8 cabs. The Trace Elf cab seems ideal, but very expensive just for rehearsal. The Warwick Gnome 1x10 cabs are cheaper but can't handle the 350w at 4ohm or 250w at 8ohm. The TC Electronic cabs seem harder to find but similar spec to Warwick? I could buy a Gnome amp and cab for less than the Trace, but us there anything else I should be looking at to.solve my problem?

Since buying my Euro Bolt I never pick up my other basses, it's that good. In the past I've owned a Korean Legend Custom and Classic and a Q4, but the Euro is way ahead of those. The current Korean models look to have caught up with the Euros but are much more expensive than the older ones.

I bought some as a backup last time I was in there, I haven't tried them, but they're in a sealed foil packet like Ernie Balls so i'm sure they'll last.

Sleep Token The Wonder Years The Menzingers Thrice Sincere Engineer I didn't think I'd listened to that much Sleep Token, their newest album isn't in my top songs, I think I just put the first two albums on a lot while I worked in Jan-March. I always made sure I listened to songs I was learning on YouTube instead so they stay out of my playlists!