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[quote name='Heket' timestamp='1437211299' post='2824422'] On a side note, if you want an amp that doesn't disturb anyone you could give the Yamaha THR series a go. They are digital modellers with 2 X 5" speakers and small enough to fit on your desk. With it I can play amplified but as it's tiny with tiny speakers the sound doesn't travel far. It still sounds good though. Don't expect to get any sort of volume out of it, but that's not what we are after here. They are not cheap but go give one a try. A bonus is that they function as an easy recording amp, just plug it into your USB socket and go. I originally got mine for guitar but love it for bass. You won't get as much use out of the models, but the other features are still just as useful. There's a Yamaha shop in London if you go near there, otherwise I've seen them in plenty of other stores. They're not advertised for bass at all, but they are suitable. [/quote] And there's one for sale in the [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/265371-fs-yamaha-thr10-practice-amp-more-pics-added/"]Basschat Marketplace[/url].

To some extent that sound comes from the position of the pickup i.e. its distance from the bridge.

+1 to buying a cab. If buying/trying in person, take your MB head with you to see how the head and cab get on.

I had a Mono dual bass gig-bag but I found it too heavy and bulky. The idea was to reduce the trips from the car, but in the end I sacrificed that consideration and bought an ABS flight case (for 1 bass). If I need to take 2 basses, I have a Hiscox case.

And a word from Scott: [media]http://youtu.be/-vUNUo3TbyI[/media]

Here's a couple of mine. Boo Instruments OD-T/S tubescreamer clone - etched, and lights up round the bottom: BYOC CE-2 clone which I rescued from eBay, sprayed pale blue, and added a waterslide decal taken from the manual (before and after):

Yes, and still teaching myself. Latest resource is the Bass Bible, bought from another BCer.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1436799079' post='2820854'] The key to being able to achieve anything at all is the ability to get up in the morning and put your shoes on. I tend to avoid people who can't manage this as they are inevitably feckless, lazy bastards who think they're 'special'. Your mileage may vary. [/quote] This entirely.

1980s Ibanez SD9 Sonic Distortion pedal (sister to TS9) - £4 from Brixton Exchange (or something). They originally wanted £10 for it, then I watched the sales eejit connect it to a power supply with the wrong polarity. Unsurprisingly it didn't work, so they £5 as spares/repair. I had £4 cash or my credit card, so they took the cash. That pedal has served me well for 20 years.

[quote name='72deluxe' timestamp='1436790306' post='2820733'] They look good! Hopefully he will want to buy them, as I can't see him willingly spending money on them... [/quote] €500+ price tag, large bulky item to store and transport - you might have a problem there!

Right decision by the venue.

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1436788274' post='2820699'] The 'Tupperware' jug also dates the photo. We still have one, use it to top up the garden bird bath. Never saw Slade live, to my regret, but the first time I was aware of them they played Shape Of Things To Come live on ATV (Midlands news program). They were skinheads then. Must have been '69/'70 [/quote] Yes, Tupperware jug it was, intended to hold the blackberries we were picking. '69/70? The band might still have been known as Ambrose Slade.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1436784834' post='2820641'] Did they play the Christmas song ? [/quote] In July? Of course they did! [quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1436785243' post='2820647'] Was he having cuppa soup for his breakfast? [/quote] I didn't say we saw him [i]having[/i] his breakfast, I think he'd been out to get a paper. Anyway it's not on the Travelodge breakfast menu.

[quote name='Donnyboy' timestamp='1436781705' post='2820594'] What about the 1975 hairdo? [/quote] Actually this was 1976. It had grown out a fair bit but the curvature of the fringe is still clearly visible: [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1436782035' post='2820597'] What's his hairstyle like now? [/quote] Side parting and pretty long. Let's just say the hat covers up a certain deficiency. Here he is on stage that evening with his 'Super Yob':

Mrs Axe and I went to Cambridge at the weekend. Whilst checking in at our hotel I noticed a chap talking on his mobile and realised it was Dave Hill from Slade! Another guest got a selfie with him, then I went up and shook his hand and told him about the 'Dave Hill haircut' (i.e. curved fringe) that I had in 1975. He laughed and gave me a hug, and told me that Slade (non-Noddy line-up) were at the Big Weekend free festival that night. We caught the second half of their performance, which was brilliant (Noddylessness nothwithstanding), and saw him again on our way to breakfast next morning. I am playing at a party for the wife of Slade's manager in August, so I do hope he will be there too. What a down-to-earth and friendly bloke. Before someone demands pictorial evidence - my word is my bond!

I could not live with this. If the drummer won't change, walk, and politely tell him and the rest of the band why.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1434533323' post='2800444'] If it works on the Low B then I'll have one. None of the others do. At least not properly. [/quote] [quote name='Bobthedog' timestamp='1434541315' post='2800559'] Same here. [/quote] If you are happy with monophonic operation, I recommend the Snark. I have 3 - one lives in my bass case, one in my guitar stuff, and one in my practice room.

I had a UK-made ABM rig and it survived years of use (if not abuse). The only problem I ever had was one of the tinsel leads coming adrift from a speaker, but that was a quick fix with a soldering iron.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1436369205' post='2817594'] ... how many people would really notice aside from any other bassists in the room. [/quote] How are we going to justify our GAS if you start saying sensible things like that?

If you must add a bridge pickup to a Precision, I recommend a big fat MM-style humbucker.

[quote name='Buzzy' timestamp='1436288634' post='2816790'] Not online lessons but great transcriptions ( notation not tab) [url="http://freebasspart.pv24.pagesperso-orange.fr/index.htm"]http://freebasspart....ge.fr/index.htm[/url] [/quote] Wow this is fantastic - how have I lived without it till now!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1436269060' post='2816530'] My last few recording projects bored the crap out of me - all this recording by committee and fiddling about endlessly for hours got right on my boobies!! So having been left to my own devices today, here's my entry for this months competition. It's based on a combination of drum loops and other drum bits and pieces I had lying around. Start to finish it took forty minutes. The bass (Marathon) is live, one take, warts and all - as is the guitar (Harley Benton Strat). I deliberately didn't go back in to fix any timings, bum notes or anything else, so if you like your music very organised and perfectly played and recorded, you're going to be a bit disappointed! (I'm looking at YOU, The Eagles...) However... hopefully I've retained something of the energy and freshness that compositions can have initially, but which then gets lost through over-zealous turd-polishing, otherwise known as 'post-production' ... PLAY LOUD! [url="http://www.mediafire.com/listen/9bgv83327p1a77u/What_Goes_Up.wav"][size=5]What Goes Up...[/size][/url] [/quote] Ooh I enjoyed that! 2 minutes well spent.

I gig on both guitar and bass, and the one thing with which I have yet to go lightweight is my valve guitar combo. It's a stupendously loud 15W 1x12, but still fairly heavy, especially in its flight case (which doubles as a stand). I would have to be seriously convinced to go down the Class D route for guitar. Matrix Amplification do a Marshall-stylee hybrid head (see pic below), and lightweight Neo-loaded cabs, but I am waiting for them to bring out a head based on a Deluxe Reverb or an AC30!

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1436085556' post='2814756'] Headphone jack? No? [/quote] Just checked the spec on the MB website and no, there is no headphone output.

I might respond to an ad of this type as a potential dep, but not as an outfit to join.