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My band BigRoom are a mix of Americana, Country, Folk, Blues, Jazz & anything else old school & I find myself using the 2 Moog pedals & the chorus a lot (depending on the song for the way I use the Murf or bypass it). My suggestion for a pedal would be a Low Pass Filter with a pedal. It's good having control over how much top end is coming out. You can have a very muffled sound during quieter sections & open it up to fetch out a fuller sound for choruses or buildups in bridges. Try one first, see if it's what you're looking for.

Nice to have you along, enjoy.

Welcome to Basschat & constant GAS You should be able to find everything you want to know about basses [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showforum=16"]here[/url] and all you need about amps, cabs & combos [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showforum=5"]here.[/url] I'd do plenty of reading & asking questions (that's what we're here for) & use the search within topics to see if there's been anything similar to what you want to know. Have fun.

[quote name='pete.young' post='1075758' date='Jan 2 2011, 09:24 PM']It seems to me that this is meaningless. In order to know the volume of air that a driver moves, you also need to know how far the cones move, which is going to be specific to individual drivers.[/quote] This was my thoughts as well when reading this as I know the B&C drivers in Markbass cabs have 21mm of travel instead of the usual 18mm. Not sure how much difference this makes, but it surely makes some as would the size of the cab.

If you have an iPhone or iPod touch, there's a few good metronome apps available for free or small costs. Like said above, loops or programming a drum pattern to play to are good options.

Having different sized drivers means that they move the air differently from one another. This can cause certain frequencies to be affected as soundwaves hit one another, it can have both positive & negative effects on the sound. Having all equal drivers in a vertical array moves the air more evenly & has a good horizontal spread. There's plenty of info within this forum section & BFM, Alex Claber, etc would give a better insight into this.

My choice would be 2 2x10s stacked vertically on their ends. It would get the most from what you have, be easier for you to hear what you're playing & give an even dispertion to the audience. However, I would explore how the other options sound first.

@ Delberthot: I'll give you a clue, it wasn't Revolution. @ Wombatboter: I agree it may not be suitable for depping in cover bands for all songs, but if you play in an originals band & write all the basslines (as is my position) then there's no rules. @ StingrayPete1977: I play with my Freshman Semi very regularly & the mrs usually watches & sings!

have a quick search in the For Sale section. I found 2, one at £650 & one at £250, it depends on which model you have.

Welcome to BC. Before you know it you'll be asking what's the best strings for the new bass you've just bought!

You'll find just about all you need to know about combos & amp/cab configs you need in the Amps & Cabs section. Welcome back to bass.

There's also a Basschat Flickr ID sharing page somewhere in the "Off Topic" section. We've been having a monthly photo comp for fun & the next should be here in early January. You'll soon be wanting to know more about bass after spending a couple of months with these guys. I popped on to ask a question almost 3 years ago & haven't been able to leave! Welcome to BC.

He did say "Sting can almost pull it off"!

I went to a couple of music shops in Falkirk to see what they had in stock & maybe try out a fretless (not expecting anything really). The first one I visited didn't have much in but said he was expecting a lot of new stock in about a month's time including Fender & some other good brand yet to be known (hopefully will have a fretless in then). The chap was pretty pleasant & I'll pop back to see what he has. The second shop is where I got my Freshman semi from (after traipsing round Glasgow trying everything that was @ £500) about 4 years ago. The shop was full of budget gear (£500 is an expensive item to them). The chap was talkative & pleasant enough, but when I asked if they ever stock fretless basses his response was "No. You wont find many music shops will have one as they can't sell em. They're no good for playing in a band with as the notes are hard to get & are really only for home use, just for your own pleasure". He then went on to tell me how they got one in stock many years ago & he couldn't play it (I don't think he plays bass at all mind) & I'd be best to try ebay or Cash convertors as folk who buy them find out they're no good for in a band & sell them again. I thought "well he works in a music shop, so must know best"!

Another option is the Godin A5 fretless. But it's a similar price to the 2nd hand NS.

@ £200-250 would get you a Markbass Super Synth or @ £100 odd would get you a EH Bass Micro Synth.

Personally, I'd go with 2 club 102s. Avoids mixing speaker sizes. Just looking at the specs of those club cabs, 13kg! Could lift 2 of those with one finger!!! The 102HF is the cabs that I would go for (better on paper anyway) but it is heavier 19.6kg.

I'd get a lend of one first before buying. I thought I wanted one, tried several & found that every note being the same volume meant it wasn't for me. I do have quite a good amount of control over what my right hand is doing in regards to the dynamics & the only time I might use it is when slapping (which I don't do all that much of).

I looked at both routes (combo or head & cab) & for my needs the combo came out on top. I would have been just as happy with a small head that I could stick in a bag (LMII or similar) & a 2x10 cab.

Hope everyone had an excellent Christmas & have a great run up to the new year.

I can vouch for the MB 2x10 combo being loud & sounding great & if it's the one at £600, then it's a bargain. If you're in Central Scotland (Perth/Stirling/Falkirk) then you're free to have a test run on mine.

I've got one on loan from my guitarist (had it for about a year now) & find it a very useable pedal. So much so that I'm gonna miss it when I give it back! I use it on a slow deep setting, thickens my sound up nicely.

Godlyke Powerall. Has a 5 point daisychain with yellow caps to go over the unused.

Like above, playing with other musicians is the best thing you can do. Spend time learning each note by ear & singing them in your head so when you're listening to something, you know what notes are being played & what scale it is in. This will really only come with time & practice (obviously). Walking basslines tend to be using the scale of the song & following the chords (in it's simplest form). 12 bar blues is a good place to get your basics for this. Experience will come in time & before you know it, you'll be giving most of us advice (hopefully). Anyway, you're headed in the right direction, keep it up!

If you can stretch to £600 (sell your Xmas pressies on boxing day maybe?) then a s/h Markbass CMD 102p would do you proud. there's one in the for sale [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=114170"]here.[/url] I play in a rock band, an alt dot band and starting a DnB experiment & I have no trouble drowning out noisy guitarists, moving things off shelves etc.