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I would strongly recommend trying to go for a used, slightly higher-end starter bass rather than a brand new Squier Sonic, Markbass, or Harley Benton. Yes, those new starters are so much better than they used to be, but that quality has also trickled up to the lower end of the mid-quality basses. If you find a good used mid-range bass, especially one that's been a little abused, you could end up with a life-long bass instead of something you'll outgrow. Seriously, look at a used Sire or a Squier Classic Vibe. There's one in the classifieds right now for £250—which is "good Harley Benton" money. I recently had to grab a cheap bass for a wedding gig in Latvia. Flying with my expensive instruments is always risky and a pain, and hey, it was my wedding, I could do what I wanted! So instead of renting one for a week, which would have cost me about 300 Euros, I decided to just buy a bass in that price range. What followed was a great adventure, I went to every music shop in Riga to try out everything around that price. I'd tell the staff what I was up to, and they often gave me free rein, hooking me up with the same amp i use at home , some even offered to buy the bass back from me at a reduced rate afterwards. I went into it expecting to walk out with a Sire, a Markbass P , ibanez or maybe a used Harley Benton. What I ended up doing was falling completely in love with a fantastic Squier Classic Vibe P-bass. I took the neck off wrapped it all up in my clothes and paid for checked luggage to bring it home and i'm going to be rehearsing with it tomorrow, It has no business being as good as it is— My Stingray is sitting unloved in its case.

I The only time I don't bother to lug my gear in from the boot of my car is when I turn up at the open mic practice studio/venue and see a GP7 or if super lucky, a 12 by contrast I played a smaller stage at Guildfest the weekend before last. We sounded great up front as we had quality PA support and a great sound guy but the provided amp was a 100 watt Orange combo and while it sounded great fully cranked for the punky stuff ... it had no clean headroom at all the gain had to be up at max and my compressor squeezing the hell out of it to audible on stage . Theres

I've used the Markbass official option before ... however, in desperation the other day ...( couldn't find it ) I realised I'd been doing it all wrong as I already bring the perfect item to use to every gig. A reel type extension lead, one of these ... with a couple of plugs slotted into the top for extra width, 4 in our case as it was running my head 2 pedal boards and our floor wedge, perfectly stable and kept it away from my clumsy feet .. i hook the front two feet of my markbass head over the front lipof the cab to avoid and slipping and it seems as sturdy as any "legged system". Just make sure the turny bits poking out the front.

This is indeed a thing ... The rule is roughly, higher impedance = more battery charge consumed for the same duration of listening with the same loudness ... there are lots of other factors too, so the math's not totally accurate Before you return it , try a different set of headphones, while they may not sound anywhere near as "good", I'm using a pair of cheap gaming headset with mine as it has good bass response for all the explosions, I assume I had it phone knocking around the holiday apartment as it's the headset for work team's calls. I've played for multiple sessions on one charge; this is an original mighty plug rather than a pro, It sounds like you have a choice to make... quality of sound for session duration ... or like perhaps duct tape a cheap USB powerbank to it I'm assuming like mine it works while plugged in too.

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wow , been a while since i heard this .... Something about us ..... this is one of the songs that made me fall in love with the instrument as a beginner 😉 .... I must dig out the video laserdisc of that the discovery space opera " Daft punk's / misc french electronica is definitely my secret vice.

I will definitely be doing this in the future ... we got all of our gear tested for a birthday gig at a rugby club a bit back, not so much of an issue as our singer's husband works in Movie production in sound and lighting and " borrowed a tester from work " which prints the certificate too Aforementioned rugby club literally pointed to a corner where the only wall plug showed obvious signs of being Burnt out ... we didnt dare use one ... instead ran a long cable from over near the DJ ... who moaned about it. We also recently played a rehearsal space ... where i kept getting a mild electric shock through my mic into my lips .. then venue swore up and down it was fine ... they came and checked it no shock ... when they touched the mic with a hand so clearly no issue. Turns instruments have grounds and the fault was in the wall cicruit " so as i played and sang bass i was shorting the PA and bass amp VIA MY LIPS dug about on the net as to what was happening a reddit post / article explaining the likely fault with enough detail they had it tested which failed hard. We have " some discounted rehearsals " but im not sure i fancy it again ...

No surprise really, its a combo of a couple of shipments a week and the fact it is / was pentecost , the annual tradition for all Germans to take the time off to spend in their cars and sit in traffic on the way the coast ... We spent it in Zeeland ... it rained and blusterd ... the entire time .... we then flew to Riga just in time for the weather to improve massively, i hear from family it was 29C .

Cheap an cheerful , it's a standard mexican or us layout plate so there's loads lurking online

Right finally back in the Baltics, life keeps getting in the way of relaxing abroad ... " bloody work" Grabbed the Classic vibe, even future mrs synth, who definitely wasn't keen on the " antigua " has already stated that looks smart ... now ... grub screws seem "cheap but " normal to my cack handed eyes I'm afraid. Black plate ... No evidence that I also colour co-ordinated the strap ... COUGH

We use an Ios / Android App called Timetree , it allows shared calenders , appoints etc and allows people to use their existing logins with social platforms to register so its got a very low barrier for adoption. https://timetreeapp.com/intl/en It is reliant on the band member booking out their time and not forgetting .... The free level works great for us , this combined with a whatsapp group and a bit of google docs for document sharing works well for us.

@floFC I'll check my saddles when I'm back in Riga in 2 weeks' time, MY Anti CV P lives out there with my little Nux " amplug" until our wedding gig ( I treated myself) ho ho If anyone wants the patinated "Antigua" P scratchplate, it will shortly be up for dibs on the BC marketplace ( it is definitely 1 ply ). It's a standard 13-hole plate, so suitable for US or Mexican standards. ... I have swapped it for a nice 3 ply Black scratchplate to match the black blocks ... as double antigua was a bit much I think it looks fab now.

I second a used Markbass combo. While it's a little spendier, if you can find a deal on a CMD121 rather than a Blackline, you will find yourself more or less set for life. I used mine solo for rehearsals for years and smaller gigs, plus it has the guts to add a second cab for larger stages. It's super small and robust and versatile. at low volumes, the fan noise and horn hiss can be louder than the bass, which is great. As tempting as it is to find a lower power alternative to make sure its portable anything that says its "100 Watts'" for bass s in my experience is going to struggle at practice volumes to stay "Clean" usually with combo's these are paired with a cheaper speaker and the gain needed to bring up your volume will shape your tone, So going from bedroom levels " to headroom" is going to be a struggle, Last night, I used one of the new Fender Rumble 100's (new rehearsal room for us) I't sounded Dire .... I've used the larger ones before on shared stages happily but I've not been enough of a jerk to want to adjust their settings. I'm sure I'm going to anger the folk who love them but I found it totally boomy, undefined and saturated no matter what I did with the Eq, to get any volume to compete with the guitarists I needed to run the gain quite high and it was so bass heavy .... i ended up with its eq controls with the bass totally cut and both low and high mid and treble and 70%, perhaps this is because its designed with fender bass'es in mind which can be a bit more " mid focused" but it was an experience that made me wish i'd brought my markbass .

If you popped into Andertons, you must be localish to me ( west byfleet) you are welcome to come try them all out this weekend at mine, I'm not selling sorry but the Mrs is away and I have a free weekend , I'm giggin up in town Friday evening ( forced to use their fender rumble and I'm not happy about it ) I own/use both the Markbass combo and the Little Mark head, I have the NY121 cab to match and have used it exactly as you describe, but I also treated myself to the new Markbass MB58R 102 PURE cab, which might be of interest to you as well.

Honestly... to avoid doing this myself for a wedding gig in Riga and having to ship a bass, I've bought a cheap Harley Benton P and got it shipped straight to Latvia by thomman, some less honest or more hard up folk than I might say you could use it then return it ... under their no quibble 30 day policy. https://www.thomann.co.uk/helpdesk_moneyback.html Im either going to keep it too noodle at our flat or put it up on the local equivalent of Facebook Marketplace for half of what I've paid , as once I'd looked into the cost of " luggage" costs their and back a case insurance and package material it was getting pretty close in price.