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[quote name='Si600' timestamp='1379614134' post='2214903'] I've got a serious amount of GAS for a 5 string P-Bass with a PJ configuration. I know they exist but they seem to be quite rare and not available new. Would it be wrong to get a normal one and have a competent fellow fit the jazz pickup? Not that I'm in a position to buy a P-Bass at the moment regardless of what sort it is, but you can't help thinking of these things can you?! [/quote] Look for a Sandberg VT5.

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1379590590' post='2214477'] I look forward to t[s]rying[/s] buying it. [/quote] Fixed.

All helpful stuff. I'm going to try a few heads in shops, but not many delaers seem to stock the bigger Ampeg heads. any tips on where to go? I prefer not to buy blind on something like this!

Been using a TC Polytune since they came out. Most excellent.

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1379590051' post='2214459'] We have our T-shirts here now. £15 each cash on the day, should raise some money for the charity pot from the profits! [/quote] Don't forget to get some made up saying 'I hate Barefaced cabs' - that way you've got the T-shirt market covered!

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1379532674' post='2213898'] I have to agree: that is a great P-Bass tone - and yes, no slap is a bonus. It's difficult to tell how much of it is coming out of the amp though and how much is DI'd. [/quote] According to the YouToob blurb, the right channel is an SM57 on one of the speakers, the left is DI'd. Definitely sounds better if you just listen to the right speaker.

I have a Class D all-solid-state head and really like it, but fancy the idea of something from the Ampeg stable with a valve front end and a Mosfet power stage. This of course leads me to consider the SVT 3 Pro, and indeed its predecessor the SVT III Pro. So, if you own or have owned one, tell your BC chums - what's hot, what's not, what does it excel at, what does it struggle with, can you proudly say 'this is the Ampeg sound', and finally - any epic fails?

[quote name='mickster' timestamp='1379272869' post='2210717'] I thought the LB had just a single vol control ie not a separate gain & master vol? [/quote] You're right, I am mixing it up with the PF500 that I also tried. So, volume was at 2pm. Seems like it was that cab.

[quote name='MtlRed' timestamp='1379467509' post='2213102'] Yeah, that amp fried on me during rehearsal, a couple months after making that video. I got an SVT-CL head now and use the PF-500 as a backup. [/quote] Sorry to hear that, hope you got your money back, and hope you didn't mind me calling you 'some dude'! [quote name='MtlRed' timestamp='1379467591' post='2213103'] Not from Crook in County Durham. Not evn the same continent I'm from Montreal, Canada. [/quote] I actually meant DarkHeart - he has Crook as his location beneath his avatar.

Already bringing a Tele in case someone wants to buy it - you're all welcome to have a go on it, if only because I hope you will be stricken with skinny-string GAS!

My July 1989 issue of [i]Guitarist[/i] magazine (yes, I have every one!) contains a review of the Blade B4 bass. It is a light ash 'J' lookalike, with front-mounted passive volume, tone and pan controls, plus a coil-tap switch. In the back is a circuit-board with trim pots for a notch filter for each pickup (to take out mains hum), and a 3-band active EQ. So - not this one then?

I can't thank Jools enough for my first hearing of the Secret Sisters. But I find it hard to forgive him for playing boogie-woogie piano over every act that he pals up with.

As previously mentioned, I have room to transport at least one person, possibly 2, in my big feck-off estate - depending on the kit you intend to bring, obviously! I am travelling from Swindon, so will pass Reading, Slough, Windsor etc. If you were thinking of coming but have no transport, or want to save a few bob by sharing fuel costs, PM me with your mobile number.

I have a Pod 2.0 and have tried it through a PA a couple of times. A bass amp and speaker would probably colour the sound more. I found the main problems were: (1) Sounds that were great at home were way too bassy live, i.e. at volume; (2) Big variations in level between patches; and worst, (3) A lack of dynamic range, meaning I couldn't cut through the mix when I wanted to.

Excellent! Great band and legend combined.

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1374675316' post='2151681'] I can't understand why they couldn't fit a tone control, you have 2 knobs one does a 5 position rotary pickup switch and the other volume but no feck'en tone!! Idjits! [/quote] +1! Surely the most important control. Won't be queueing for this one.

I do get a bit of click from my MXR Carbon Copy (in my guitar rig btw) as it's a mechanical switch, also last in the chain. But not enough to send me looking for solutions. It's normal, whereas buffered switching (as in Boss pedals) is usually close to silent.

Just brought up a pic of an [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]RBX270J. The bridge looks no better or worse than what you find on MIM Fenders. Check the dimensions, but it looks like a [url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/gotoh-contemporary-bass-bridge-2481-p.asp"]Gotoh Contemporary[/url] would fit the bill for a chunkier bridge:[/font][/color]

Congratulations! You can pretty much rely on Yamaha to be well sorted in the build department. Regarding the bridge, take some measurements of base-plate size and screw hole positions, than have a look at [url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/"]WD Music[/url] and [url="http://www.axesrus.co.uk/"]Axes'r'Us[/url].

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1379280740' post='2210894'] Closed cell foam from ebay, cut with a stanley knife and holes made by hand with a large drillbit: [/quote] Now that is neat! I too used that non-slip-mat stuff to stop an IEM transmitter from plummeting from the top of my bass stack (at that time, an Ashdown ABM rig). I still use a piece between my TC head and BF cab(s) but I'm wondering now whether I really need to. I have put bigger feet on my TC so that it will clear the Midget's handle, but they are cut-down door-stops, and are made of hard plastic rather than non-slip rubber. For this reason, even if the cab [i]shouldn't[/i] vibrate, I don't want to risk it. Plus the bass drum pedal about 4ft away could just as easily be the culprit!