Roger2611

Just to put the other side to this, we played in Leicester on Saturday night supporting Mathew Logan Vasquez (Delta Spirit) Mathew and his band came straight over when we arrived, introduced themselves, offered us beer and to use any of their amps, they were brilliant, after the gig the drummer said "I love it when a support band is really good because it makes me nervous and makes me play better, you guys rocked it!" top comments from some top guys I know from previous experience support bands can get treated badly by the main acts but as per the above the reverse can also happen.

"Freedom to screw you before you screw me" [sic] comes to mind, it's a sad world we live in!

I will stick up for Mark Bass as well, I really like the tone of my LM3 2x10 and 1x15 Traveller set up, I have used it for many gigs and have always had compliments on it, I run the eq flat on the amp and all adjustments are just with the VLE and VPF controls, that said I only really like the sound of a P bass through the rig but irrespective of what rig I have played through I never seemed to get the sound I wanted out of anything other than a P bass. I brought a Mesa Boogie Subway rig last month as I always wanted to return to Mesa gear, if I am honest i really don't think the Mesa rig sounds massively better than the MB rig, yes there is a difference but not a huge one!

I can offer up the OLP basses, especially the Tony Levin model, stupidly good bass to a few hundred pounds! I also think the Fender Precision Lyte is a hugely undervalued bass although asking prices for good examples are now starting to look a bit optimistic at times!

Nasssssty?

Very much this, I have never really believed that I am as good as people tell me I am, I guess my mate who inspired me to play was and always has been far and away technically way more acomplished than me, at 16 or 17 years of age he could play all the John Taylor basslines, most of Bernard Edwards basslines and everything in level 42's back catalogue...however he still tells me I am the better player because I can write and create basslines he only wishes he could dream up....that has always seemed really strange to me but I guess you can learn so many other peoples songs that it stiffles your own creativity?

That is sad news, 52 is no age at all, RIP Stacey

It looks like a fantastic toy for Matt Bellamy of Muse, however in my hands I am sure it would sound like ten guitars being tortured rather than one!

My introduction to The Fall was the excellent Bingo-Masters Breakout, I think it was on the Burning Ambitions double album, I heard a few other tracks which I liked, I saw a couple of live performances on TV (if that makes sense) which convinced me they were probably not a band I would want to see live, MES was a real character not really found in today's more bland pop stars.....Rip MES

Wow, that looks stupidly cheap!

I would always choose a music shop over online if I can I would always prefer to try before I buy, if I can I want to be able to drop in, have a natter and possibly a cup of tea, have a play with stuff that takes my fancy without an expectation to purchase, I want to feel that I am not just being sold to....if that makes sense. Hell, if you can offer the above plus a decent range of new and used gear, distance is not an issue, I will come and take a holiday near you so I can drop in! All of the above is what attracts me to a music shop! Go for it!

Sadly you will probably never see the same return selling it as a complete bass than you will selling the parts separately

I am not sure if yours is the same as on my 1024X as mine has two screws through into the body, if yours only has one screw which is not gripping the body anymore you could drop a bit of tooth pick or a shaved bit of matchstick into the hole which will allow you to screw the screw back into it I hope that helps

I went into the bank last weekend, the cashier mentioned the fact that I had money in there that was not earning any interest and that there were other places they could happily move it for me, I agreed in principal so ordered the Mesa Boogie Subway cabs from Bass Direct I had been lusting after recently....job done!

I have only tried the Fender flats but never took to them, I love that sound of a brand new set of roundwound strings, the one that is usually gone after the first gig! So I guess flats are never going to be my thing, the other thing that put me off them was the fact I always felt I was likely to give myself a friction burn if I slide about too much on the fretboard.....not sure if that's just me, just Fender flats or just an irrational fear!

Strictly the £300 (new) end, the one he has for sale I would say the £50 starting price is £20 more than it is worth, to be fair they were very good guitars, I have a even cheaper Chinese made one, I have upgraded the pickups to Lindy Fralin's so it sounds decent, playing wise (and sound wise post upgrade) it is better than our guitarists £1500 Gibson Les Paul!

I brought a Mesa Boogie D800 from a seller in London that should have been delivered on December 23rd yet somehow went missing in the post, I ended up opening a case with Paypal which at that point left the seller without either the amp or the money for it, fortunately shortly after Christmas they returned the amp to his neighbour as he was away, he returned from holiday in a complete panic! Happily he got the amp back and eventually we managed to get it delivered to me....this is exactly why any musical instrument of real value I sell is on a cash on collection basis only. I sold a G+L Tribute bass last year on Ebay, I clearly stated cash on collection only, a guy brought it and paid by Paypal and asked me to send the bass to him, I refused and reversed the payment, he still wanted the bass< i ended up driving some 40 miles to meet the guy who duly handed over the cash, job done, he then leaves me negative feedback because I was inflexible! I mean WTF!! Ebay removed the negative feedback and I banned the idiot from ever bidding on my items again! I brought a Yamaha 1024X late last year the seller wanted collection only but paying by Paypal it took a number of message exchanges for me to convince him that that was a seriously bad idea and explained why, he settled for cash on collection in the end but the tart still never left me feedback!

So sad, RIP Eddie

The bass is definitely fine and beautifully set up so I don't think the problem is with the bass, it is more likely my hearing as I find anything other than a Precision difficult to hear on stage but as the Yam has that Precision pickup I assumed it would do that Precision sound really well, through the 15" speaker it is there in spades just not there with the 10" speakers, clearly the answer is a pair of Mesa Boggie 1x15 Subway cabs!

After reading many positive reviews I bit the bullet and brought a Yamaha BB 1024X mainly based around reviews as to how good it sounds, I have had it for over a month now and have used it briefly at a number of rehearsals, I say briefly as everytime I have played it as soon as the rest of the band joins in I can't hear it in the mix anymore, I quickly switch back to a Precision and the bass is back in the mix....so it got me thinking, how can there be so many positive reviews of huge sounds for this bass when, to me, it sounds weak and too easily lost in the mix....I was doing a bit of practice last night and thought I would give it one last shot before getting shot of it.....my practice rig is a Ampeg SVT 7 Pro through a 1x15 Markbass cab...the bass sounded great, full of power and everything the reviews said it should be......now for gigging I tend to use a Markbass LM3 through a 2x10 traveller cab (as it's light and easy to transport) so my thinking is, to get the best out of the Yamaha it wants at least one 15" speaker in the set up as it and 10" speakers don't work well together at normal band levels. Do we think that they are bass / cab combinations that are just right whilst there are other combinations that just don't work well?

I have to disagree with the point "people don't flock to see bands anymore" I am like a pig in poo at the moment, most of my favourite bands tour regularly and extensively in fact at the moment Mrs2611 and I are trying to work out just how many gigs we can get to this year, we have already booked for a couple of Stiff Little Fingers gigs, Billy Idol, Toyah, Gary Numan, UK Subs, Balaam and the Angel, The Skids plus more if The Chameleons or The Mission play, we will travel the country to see these bands....to me more people than ever are coming out to gigs, we saw a new (to us) band last year support The Skids, Dirt Box Disco who are absolutely brilliant, we will see them again this year, I brought 3 of their CD's at the gig so even for new original bands the outlet is there if you are good / lucky enough, as you always need a little bit of luck

I brought this beauty last year, it is a 2016 CS 62 Precision, it is, for me, the perfect Precision bass, I couldn't really afford to shell out for a genuine 62 Precision and even if I did I would be reluctant to take it out and gig it so this whilst still pricey is the best of both worlds for me, that said I also own a sunburst Road worn Precision and whilst the colours are less vibrant on the Road worn playability, weight and sound wise there is definitely not a couple of thousand pounds difference between the two

Really good thread, I had decided to go back to Mesa Boogie after having a 1516 cab many years back, which, to this day, is still the best sounding cab I ever owned (and the heaviest!) I brought a D800 off Ebay in December which sadly has never turned up so I can't comment on the sound, I will still buy a Mesa rig this year, probably two 1x15 Subway cabs and a head of some form or another assuming the one I brought is not going to turn up now Looking at the prices of the Subway cabs, they are difficult to justify but hopefully they will be worthwhile One quick question 2x10 and 1x15 or two 1x15 cabs? I currently gig with a Mark Bass LM3 and 102 Traveller cab but find it a bit bass light on many occasions, I have a 1x15 cab which fills it out nicely for bigger venues so I am thinking two 1x15's should give me more bottom end...thoughts?

As a few others have said, Warwick basses, Rickenbacker basses, 5 string basses, heavy amps / cabs / basses, jazz basses, basically if it ain't a Precision I don't want it!