CamdenRob

I’ve walked away from a few bands over the years where a whiff of this has started to creep in. If you want me to play bass in your band you get my bass lines. If you don’t like them then find someone else who’s bass lines you prefer / will play what you tell them to. *Have to add that I’m playing originals for fun (playing a bass line someone else has written holds zero interest for me). Of course if I was playing for a living, I’d play whatever the person paying me wanted me to play 😐

Interesting stuff... What with this, the elf and the new Warwick one things are progressing quickly on the useable tiny amp front. Ive started using a GSS baby sumo (600w), but that requires a preamp. Something useably loud in a single box is not far away me thinks...

Plastic control cavity covers. My Wals have them... I wasn’t aware that Poundland sold control cavity covers but evidently they do 😐

Great stuff 👍 I’m sure there would be a queue of BCers who could maintain the heard for you, keep them fed and watered etc, if you take to the canals for a bit... Tough job deciding which one to take with you for company though... 😕

@kodiakblair Do you still have the vast collection? #lifegoals

Must be a higher percentage of sixers among boutique basses I would have thought? There look to be more sixers than not on the The Fodera, Ken Smith and MTD Instagram feeds.

That does look like a lot of bass for not a lot... 😍

Keep an eye out for a used Yamaha TRB or a Spector Legend if you’re not looking to spend to much... Great basses both for not a lot 🙂 ... Some of the higher end Ibanez stuff (good value used) as well if you don’t mind a tighter string spacing.

I can’t remember what I had for breakfast 20 minutes ago... I have also completely forgotten every song from all bands past. I only seem to remember the current set list. My memory is terrible. Mrs C often explains to me things we’ve done and places we’ve been and I’ve absolutely no recollection. ... think I must have done too many drugs in my youth 😕

0/4... Sandberg sounded the best to my ears with the Harley Benton a close second. The Sire sounded like it had the world’s oldest strings on it though so likely not a fair comparison...

Gotta love black and maple... 😍

Looks fantastic 👍 Interested to heat the verdict once you’ve had a decent go through your amp. Great electronics package on these by all accounts 🙂

I had a Carlsbro Viper in the mid 90s and it was absolutely pants... underpowered, weak and weedy. It’s only redeeming feature was that it was 100 times better than the HH bass baby which proceeded it... dark times 😐

In the same situation myself... it’s impossible 😐 Between hacking coughs this weekend I’ve purchased a baby sumo and Fishman platinum pro to accompany it... 🤦‍♂️ ...In a pitiful attempt at justification my setup is now a single carry though, with a One10 in each hand and my amp bits in the gigbag (utilising the mono tick). Hopefully I’m better next week as I cant even spuriously justify anything else 😕

This is me as things currently stand. Adding a Ken Smith Black Tiger 6 when he gets around to building it later this year...

If he’s looking for an acoustic instrument for chords and song writing, would an acoustic guitar not be a better tool for the job?

That’s not great is it... 😕 What a waste of your day.

I sound considerably worse on fretless 😕 Especially up the dusty end... 😕

I got a G30 after reading this thread a while back. No complaints, does everything it said it would

I’d never buy a headless bass as I think they look ridiculous, but I love what Ibanez are doing with their top end stuff these days. Some of the specs and finishes are incredible. Not just for the price point but genuinely something special. The narrow string spacing on the majority of their six string offerings is the issue for me... its the only thing that’s kept me from buying one of a fair number Ive loved the look of over the last few years.

Horses for courses and all that isn’t it... I’m either too aggressive or have too poor a technique to get away with a really low action. I can’t abide any fret clank in my sound, so generally set the action just high enough to get the full range of clean notes across the neck. No idea about actual measurements but compared to other people’s bases I’ve played at bashes etc mines definitely on the higher side of average.

Don’t get one of those ones with the horrible oval bridges 🤮

Front or back?

Still off work... bought a baby sumo today 😐

I’d say that in a live setting - amongst all the other instruments in a band - all basses do sound pretty much the same... Unless the instrument is of such a poor quality that a large part of the tonal range is missing (at either end of the spectrum). Its in the studio - and subsequently on recordings - that the various nuances of different instruments is more perceptible. That said it depends what kind of sound you’re going for. If all you want is a muddy indistinct thud then pretty much any bass can be made to sound that way.