Frank Blank

I’ve had quite a few acoustic basses but the best (in your price range) that I’ve had was the Fender Kingman. For just a bit over the top end of your budget a Godin A4 is excellent and sitting in the middle of your range is the Taylor GS Mini bass, it’s small but seriously, don’t discount it until you’ve tried one, it’s more fun than crack.

I totally agree with @Jabba_the_gut. This year’s SEBB was my first and, as a foul-mouthed anti social misanthropist, I was quite nervous of attending, not just because of my borderline personality disorders but also for exactly the reasons @Jabba_the_gut mentioned... ...if you think that they will be dominated by exceptionally talented folk continually slapping on boutique basses. I do play in a band but I’m not a very good player, I dont read music nor do I slap yet I was made to feel very welcome despite only having one little amp and one little bass. Everyone was really friendly and I was surprised just how many people were interested in my little bass! Seriously I arrived and sat in the car park watching folk unload their gear and I almost drove back home, what an idiot. I had a top time with some genuinely lovely folk and I had a chance to drool over many, many gorgeous basses. The most difficult part of the day was stopping myself chinning @Jabba_the_gut and runnng off with one a bass he’s built and that I’ve fallen in love with. If you are sweating it, don’t, just go, you’ll have a time.

Amazing!

Anyone got a Fishman Platinum Pro EQ? If so do you use a case or bag to store/transport it? I realise it will fit in the pocket on my gig bag but that’s not enough protection imho, anyone got any suggestions?

This ‘greatest hits setlist’ is one of their problems imho, I just want to hear some variation. Exactly what I experienced bass wise at Norwich. Great to hear, one thing you can guarantee from KJ is Big Paul’s drumming. Perhaps I should have hung on in Norwich until Jaz got into his stride. Glad you enjoyed it.

Welcome!

+1 for AER, I have the Basic Performer. AER amps are, as @Hellzero rightly says, the best, although mine does way several tons. I’m thinking of going FRFR so I may well have it up for sale soon.

Which is exactly what I was saying.

I walked into the venue about five mins before KJ took the stage so I’m afraid I missed Turbowolf. Well there were a few reasons for my harshness, mostly it was the dreadful, dreadful quality of the sound, just a muddy dirge, no clarity or articulation at all, you could barely discern notes on the bass. Geordie’s once magnificent guitar sound now sounds like a reedy goose fart, thin and watery. It felt like they were just going through the motions. They don’t rehearse for tours, haven’t for years and frankly it shows. Jaz’s voice was on the verge of disappearing, he was really struggling especially with higher notes, this is understandable after touring but along with all the rest it was just awful. I have longer standing issues with them live, same old underehearsed set of songs played with no passion. I’ve walked out of the last two gigs before this but yesterday was the last straw, I’ll not go again.

I have such an irrational aversion to yellow unless a canary or a banana, ridiculous really.

...and behind you *whoooooooo*

But you’d always be thinking ‘that ‘orrible yellow is just behind me, plotting, conspiring’.

If I needed any more convincing of the FRFR route... Just walked out of a Killing Joke gig at UEA Norwich (I lasted a song and a half), lacklustre performance, ‘orrible sound generally, but the bass! One of the muddiest, least articulate sounds I ever heard, just a low end hum and rumble with barely discernible notes. An unspecified lump rolling through a swamp. I’m sat in the car listening to Radio 4 and reading Basschat instead. All that amplification on stage and just a dirge our front.

*waves*

Killing Joke currently on stage at UEA Norwich. I beat a personal best this evening walking out after a song and a half...

Just opted for the Fishman Platinum Pro from GAK, cheers all.

Yes, *squeeee* me first, me first *shaves off eyebrows*

Irony - sarcasm - rudeness - the inability to covey nuance in written text. All these things aside, we’d really like you to bring your Wal basses.

Cracking band, first saw these on Later... thanks for reminding me!

@Bassassin what did you scrape the horrid brown gloop off with? I’m liking the look of that for my SR500 and SRC6.

You are in excellent company Sir, JJ Burnel was a classical guitarist before taking up the bass.

I'm with @Teebs as wide as possible and personally I've never purchased a patterned strap.

Just realising my first comment was a little far from welcoming so, welcome, Sir.

Yes, but he/she's crossed the house so to speak so good on him/her. Bass playing is a bit like Hotel California, You can check out any time you like but you can never leave...