King Tut

How loud are these little things? Has anyone got one? Could I keep up with a drummer and guitarist in a trio (using PA support)? Any experiences let me know, Cheers Col

OK thanks all - despite not being listed on the website I got one from Touchstone - very quick as well - cheers Col

Anybody heard of an 'Asama'? There's one in my local crack converters - original body shape - looks like mahogany, and a P pckup with maple board - The neck is a bit bowed - but should tweak out OK - very unique looking bass! Tempted!

How do you use the 'quote' function? To 'John The Bass' - the biggest reason you need to try imo is that Fenders in particular are notorious for dead spots around the 7th fret on the G string. If you get one with a bad dead spot - there'll be little you can do about it and it may end up niggling you so much you can't live with it. Then there's the cosmetic appeal of the bas - especially if it's a see through colour. If it's been hanging around in a shop - is it scratched? I'd be seriously wary of buying unseen - I'm sure there's thousands of great basses sold mail order, but to me it's such a personal thing I'd be loathe to take the chance!

I'll be there on friday, although i should really be on the picket line wiv me silverlink colleagues!!

I guess i should tell you about mine.....it's an 86 MIJ. I bought it as a bit of a dog - stripped and brush varnished - and had it refinished in nitro black - cos I play in a Pink Floyd tribute band!! it's a maple neck with a 4 piece basswood body - which sounds fine but marks easily. The neck is 1 5/8 inch at the nut which is a nice compromise between the jazz and P necks. However - I needed to be able to get a funkier sound for the Levin/Pratt material so I've had a J pup put in the neck position, with a blend switch. She's also got a badass II fitted. The original pickup sounded OK but wasn't immense so in the neck position I've got a Fender 62 reissue, and in the bridge position I've got an overwound Wizard 84. I've had some electrical probs of late, so I've not gigged it with the Wizard in place, but I think it's sorted now and she'll be going for a trip out this weekend! I think you can ponder all you like the different variances on a particular type of bass but at the end of the day, it comes down to individual pieces of wood - Pleeeease don't buy mail order - you gotta try the actual one you're buying first!

It's not for a Pink Floyd tribute by any chance is it!!??

Can any one of you guys with a tone pump please draw me out a wiring diagram, as i have a tone pump knocking around in a drawer I'd like to make use of! Cheers

The manual for my Trace 2 x 10 says that it will happily take twice the RMS rated power so long as it is not clipping. problems occur when people clip their amps by driving them too hard - which then shags (technical term!) the speaker. Another example - my PA speakers - Wharfedale Titan 12's are rated at 250 W RMS. Wharfedale recommend using a 500W amp to drive them. Let your ears be the judge - if they start to fart and flap, you're driving them too hard.

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I like boss stuff - it sounds rich and deep to me. So I bought a GT6B - I thought it would be like a pedal version of the pre on my cube 100B. But the compressors seem to be so harsh - even with only a little sustain. Any tips/settings/thoughts anyone? If only it had a 'cube 100B Compressor' setting! Thanks in anticipation. Col

Played at a benefit where Tom Robinson was headlining. After I played, he came over and told me "nice bass playing mate". His own set (a solo set) was superb. Fast forward a few years, and the guitarist i had been playing with passed on - Tom came and played a couple of acoustic numbers at his funeral - nice one!

Don't succumb - don't succumb - look into my eyes - don't look around the eyes. I spend my life hung up on gear to the detriment of being hung up on music/theory/technique - the latter is far more important - concentrate on that dude!

Cheers Burpster - looked on their site but couldn't find what I wanted - maybe I should ring them!