Roger2611

A Precision Bass Lyte might solve your problems, they won't break the bank, sound great and I have to tie mine down to stop it floating away when it is on the stand

If I remember correctly, it's not a problem for an amp to clip briefly irrespective of how often it does so, problems may arise if the amp spends prolonged periods clipping....I think that's right but no doubt someone with more technical knowledge will be along shortly to correct me if I am wrong

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wal-P-Bass-Project-Custom-Bulld-/251466820374?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a8c972b16"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3a8c972b16[/url] Tough to put a price on that one

With top notch gear it's more what you don't hear than what you do, I A/B 'd my top end Denon amp alongside a British built Exposure amp, the Exposure just sounded so much cleaner and gave so much more room than the Denon.....I no longer own the Denon.....I imagine a £350.000 set up would sound pretty special even A/B 'd against a thunder storm which has got to be the ultimate bass sound

I rotate most of my basses, I have a few that are out of favour or don't suit the current bands I am playing in (the Jazz and Status spring to mind) but sometimes it is just nice to pick up a different bass and gig it.....I certainly think it teaches you that the guitar is just a tool and it is you as the player that makes it happen

I am in 3 bands at the moment, gigs wise it is a first come first served basis but the main covers band is limited to 2 gigs a month leaving a few spare dates for the other bands, it seems to work ok. Rehearsal wise I ask the set list for the next gig is sent through well in advance so I can rehearse only those songs and we also rotate songs in and out of the set on a regular basis so nothing ends up being stale. Between the 3 bands I have a set list of 64 songs (40 for the main covers band an additional 10 different ones in the second covers band and 14 originals in the final band) practice wise that breaks down to 2 a day or 6 minutes a day over a month....manageable.

You are allowed to look up from the fretboard during the gig.....after all you have practiced long and hard enough to know what you are doing Good luck and enjoy it......recording it can be fun as well, we recorded our first gig...came off stage and talked about how great we were, listened to the recoding the following day and realised we could only get better!

unique voice and general sound, I love the single Country Club

[quote name='Mr Stinky' timestamp='1392986165' post='2374932'] You turn up until the guitarist complains, then pretend to turn it down. [/quote] I turn up until I can't even hear the guitarist complain

I have a lovely 50's classic Precision which is perfect other than the bloody awful reverse wind tuners, the bass was one of the very first lot built and I have had it from new, the tuners were always really stiff but I thought they would free up over time....now five years down the line they are still as stiff and unfriendly as ever.....I have tried loosening the screw on the back, no difference, I have tried greasing the cog and winder....no difference....I have come to the conclusion they are just crap! Can anyone suggest anything else I could try to make them smoother and easier? If not can anyone recommend a replacement set? The base plate on these reverse wind set are a bit larger than any normal base plates so I am going to end up drilling new holes but the American vintage tuners holes are too close to the current ones that I would have to fill the existing holes to drill new ones...which I don't want to do. I see a set of Schaller M4SL tuners are for sale on here somewhere, they look nice but would they be an easy fit?..They don't seem to have any screw mounts on the back so I assume they are held in some way by the bush at the front? Any advice gladly received Rog

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1392424428' post='2368757'] A lot of Oly white Fenders turned creamy over the years, like mine did. It's degradation of the poly coat. [/quote] Mine is exactly the same, it's weird I always wanted an Olympic White Precision with black pick guard and a maple neck, so I wind up with what is now a banana yellow bass....still love it though

Passive, I totally agree with the above post regarding power cables and weight on speaker poles, I am also not overly convinced with the sound and quality of active speakers, I see loads of faulty ones for sale on Evilbay and I have yet to hear active speakers that have impressed me. My brother uses an active Opera speaker set up with his band, it was the best part of £1200 and the sound really doesn't impress

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1392149213' post='2365397'] Agreed, just not for £1500 [/quote] I don't know, I guess I would expect to pay at least £1500 for any new real pro quality bass and even then you wouldn't guarantee it would be a really good player

Far Heath in Guilsborough Northants, Angus runs it, Bauhaus recoded some stuff there years back, we recorded our first album there, it is set in the countryside overlooking a reservoir (hopefully not actually in it at the moment!) really relaxed environment and nice results. The other one would be the Lodge Studio in Abington Square, Northampton, I think it is still owned by Robert John Godfrey (The Enid) it has really high quality vintage gear (Cadac desk and Studer recorder (at least it did last time I was there)) it is excellent for getting a really good vocal performance especially if Robert gets involved! We recorded some of our second album there with as good results as the rest of the album recorded at Whitfield Street (Sony's old studio) in London

Some on the walls, some on stands, some in cases, some under the bed....a couple in the wardrobe....I need help

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1392121474' post='2364886'] Ok, aside from the tuners, bridge, pickup(s?), extra string tree, scratchplate, electronics, extra body routing, wood filler in the headstock and paint job - is it a 1963 body? Have the ashtray holes been filled? [/quote] All that said, if it has been a pukka touring bass for a pro bassist it probably sounds and plays pretty good

Does he actually practice between gigs or is he so good he doesn't need to Our original bass player was so good he didn't need to practice between gigs so good in fact that he is now our ex bass player purely down to the number of mistakes he made every gig

Ok, following on from my last post, I have now managed to get Amplitube to fire up with Cubase so I can record some guitar tracks, I can record the guitar to Cubase easily enough but I cannot hear the plugin whilst I am recording (Amplitube is giving me my guitar amp drive and a bit of reverb etc) all I am hearing whilst recording is the clean guitar sound.....once recorded I can play it back and can hear the plugin working fine....is there a way to record the guitar and hear the plugin at the same time? I hope that makes sense!

Spent an hour or so re-soldering connections and rebuilding an old Precision over the weekend....burnt my finger, got smoke in my eye and generally got stressed with the whole process.....I hate messing about with guitars and basses

I have Fender 45-105 flats on both fretless basses I can't really say I have noticed increased string tension, the only thing that concerns me with flats is I feel I am going to burn the tip of my finger if I slide too much on them.....which may beggar the question as to why have I put them on a fretless.......Hadn't really thought that one through properly!

Yamaha BB of some kind

I brought something or other a while back and Amplitube Custom Shop and T Racks came as part of the bundle, I installed both on my PC, however when I fire up Cubase T racks is in my effects folder but Amplitube is not, I have tried dropping Amplitube into my VST folder with no success, I have done a search for any files associated and found the DLL file which again I have put in the VST folder and still nothing.....I have run out of ideas. Amplitube opens as a stand alone device but not in Cubase Can anyone advise please

It's funny, I decided to dig mine out last week and play it again, I used to play fretless exclusively, I have had a few nights practice with it again and I am going to take it as my only bass to rehearsal tomorrow. I would like to see it come back into fashion a bit they do have a wonderful sound

I agree with the above, try and pick up another neck either a fretless or a fretted one and have the frets removed, then effectively you have two basses, I owned a Rockbass $$ Corvette and although I hated the bass the neck was by far the best thing about the bass