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  1. YellowLedBetterBass
    I have a rehearsal in a couple of days and a gig next weekend. Needed to move quickly. I did see a few bits of Trace gear nearby (the one you linked is about 3.5hrs away so could be in China for all it's worth), but a lot of it I think wouldn't meet the "can be shifted by me alone" criteria. That said, I'll keep an eye out in the future.
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    Back home now with the BG250 115 combo. In almost unused condition, came with a lovely padded leather cover and I think I got it for a great price too.
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    Stay tuned. I might be making a trip out this evening to pick one up...
  4. YellowLedBetterBass
    Cheers for the advice folks. I'm going tomorrow to look at a Peavey Max 115. One of the 300w ones from about a decade ago. Allegedly weighs no more than my Marshall DSL40cr did (which is about as heavy as I'd comfortably lug across a car park and up a flight of stairs), and the guy only wants £50 for it. EDIT: bloke has pulled out of the sale because "his son wants it" - I think he just doesn't want to let it go so cheap
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    Morning folks. After a changeup in band lineup I am back to playing bass, which I am really excited by. However, having played guitar in this band for 2 years, and mostly playing guitar for the 4 years prior to that, I am without a giggable bass amp. For some of our gigs, that'd be fine as I have a Tonex One and DI box to run into the desk, and they provide backline for us as stage monitoring. However, some gigs we have to supply our own PA. Our PA set up is fairly basic - 12 channel mixer, 2 tops and 4 foldbacks. No subs. Our band consists of a loud-ish drummer, 2 guitars, vocals and bass. So I'm looking for a bass amp for these gigs. Nothing too expensive, the more I can shave off £250 the better. It's not unreasonable to find a quality guitar amp for that sort of money (Boss, Peavey, even some Marshall DSLs can be had for that kind of money). Doesn't have to be mega lightweight, but so long as I can move it on my own (so none of your ancient 410s made of solid lead thanks). Having an inbuilt DI out would also be useful I suppose. I have scoured eBay and Facebook marketplace and found: - Peavey Max 115 300w for £50 - 2 separate Ashdown Mag300 115s. Each £90. - Ashdown Mag300 210 £130 - Bugera BXD15 £180 Fwiw, I did once own a Fender Rumble 500 and Orange 410 cab. I had to sell that as I was going to Uni, didn't have the space for that rig and needed the money. I wish I'd have kept that rig because it sounded excellent. That being said, I still don't have the space or the money to justify it.
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    I think if I manage to go 57 years playing in bands without at least punching one person it'd be a miracle, so caps off to you. Enjoy the retirement!
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    Apparently not - the reviews say people have them fitted in Broncos without any modification. I think the pickup itself is the wrong size for a typical 51-style P Bass. There's a YouTube video from the Tape Farm where he says the same thing about this pickup too. We'll see when it arrives. EDIT :- link to the same pickup on US Amazon - some reviews at the bottom show it in a Squier Bronco without modification. https://www.amazon.com/LYWS-String-Guitar-Pickup-Alnico/dp/B01L907IV8#averageCustomerReviewsAnchor
  8. YellowLedBetterBass
    We use a Google calendar for our bands email address. We email meeting invites for rehearsals, gigs, when people are away, etc. to that email address, and it comes up on the calendar for everyone to see.
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    Ordered one of these for the Bronco. £16ish delivered. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06XQVZG72?psc=1&smid=A1D9H82PQUNOH5&ref_=chk_typ_quicklook_titleToDp Will have to wait a week or so for delivery but we'll see how it goes. Apparently it goes straight into a Bronco pickguard with no modification. There's a couple of reviews on YT of it in Broncos and Glarry copies that sound decent. And if it's crap, it was only cheap.
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    The words piss-up and brewery come to mind.
  11. YellowLedBetterBass
    Toying with a new pickup for the Bronco but unsure what to go for. There's the hot rail type pickup which most go for, or there's the purpose-made types from McNelly and Toltec which also look good. I also see Retrovibe make a blade/rail type pickup "for bass" but I don't see how it is any different from the plethora of cheap hot rail-alikes on Amazon/eBay Anyone have any input on what they've done to theirs?
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    Yeah I remember going to an Ibanez event at PMT Birmingham before they moved and tried a Talman short scale then. It looked pretty cool - offset, seafoam green, strat style jack socket. Weighed more than my mega heavy Harley Benton Jazz Bass (which Andy ended up hollowing out for me - there's a build thread on here of that process). And it still had massive neck dive.
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    I also mentioned elsewhere - Amazon are currently selling Ibanez TMB100s in yellow for £128. I'm not sure how much cheaper than normal that is, but it looks like it's very cheap for what it is.
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    Those Shergolds look good. I was tempted by one of their Telstar guitars not too long ago, they're meant to be incredible vfm. I didn't realise they did basses too.
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    I might be wrong but isn't this a good bit cheaper than what these are supposed to go for? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ibanez-TMB100M-Talman-Mustard-Yellow/dp/B079HPM11W/ref=asc_df_B079HPM11W?mcid=ea6b851d0f033b46a898b0379d0c2936&th=1&psc=1&hvocijid=10287653012475729687-B079HPM11W-&hvexpln=74&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=696285193871&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10287653012475729687&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006524&hvtargid=pla-2281435177098&psc=1&gad_source=1
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    Ooh I didn't know this - there can't be many of them out there though, the only one I've seen is from the US for way more than I think it's worth. I wonder if there are neck swaps available for the bolt-on Epi TBirds - there's loads of those around.
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    I'd love it if I could find a short scale thunderbird type thing. Always liked the idea and the sound of a Tbird, but they're massively long.
  18. YellowLedBetterBass
    Adjacent to these Squier Sonic P Basses, I've been playing my new Sonic Bronco almost all day today. This too feels really well built - in fact a massive step up from the Bullet series guitars I've tried and owned. It does also have some rather stabby fret ends. Still very much happy with it though. Incredible vfm.
  19. YellowLedBetterBass
    Got back off holiday to find my Squier Sonic Bronco waiting for me. Haven't had a chance to plug it in yet, what with it being late and the neighbours likely in bed, but had a quick noodle unplugged and am very happy with it for the cash. A couple of sprouty frets, but nothing a sanding block and 5 minutes of my day can't fix. Looking forward to giving it an out-loud go tomorrow.
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    For us the decision to go "ampless" was more out of convenience than anything. Getting a consistent sound through a modeller for the guitarists without thinking of mic placement, pedalboard set up, how warm the amps were, etc, is incredibly useful. That's not even mentioning it the task of setting up physical amps and mics and pedalboards (often in a space that's half as big as you'd need to do all that comfortably) when you're on the clock at some local pub and just want to get in, get on, get done, get paid and get gone. Does it sound worse than amps? I don't think so. Different maybe. But more consistent and a whole lot easier to mix properly in a shorter space of time.The quality of more affordable modellers and profilers is increasing seemingly every year, to the point where you're not longer saying "your average punter wouldn't be able to tell a difference" but instead a lot of musicians wouldn't be able to tell a difference on a recording or through a PA speaker what's a real amp and what's a model/profile. The only big loss imo is the "feel" of real amps, but if you're running IEMs or have a good monitoring setup through wedges/foldbacks/sidefills/whatever, then a lot of the time you'd be hearing that instead of the amp itself anyway.
  21. YellowLedBetterBass
    I packed up bass about 5 years ago because I was bored of it. Started learning guitar, joined a band as their guitarist, and now after some rejigging I am the bass player. The first time I have played bass in half a decade and also the most excited I've ever been to play music. Maybe, like with me, it's a new outlet that you need to start enjoying it again.
  22. YellowLedBetterBass
    I've been using a Tonex One for ampless guitar in a covers band for a few months and have absolutely loved it. I'll use it either straight into the desk or into the FX return of a house amp (if there is one) with the IRs turned off. So long as the monitoring is ok, no complaints (and if the monitoring is crap, I have a Behringer P2 and in ears and will just take a line from whatever wedge is nearest). Now I'm playing bass for that same covers band, I'm going to give it a go again for ampless bass tones.
  23. YellowLedBetterBass
    Yeah so our rig revolves around a 12-channel Behringer Mixer, 2x 1500w tops and 4 wedges. The mixer allows for us two send out two independent mixes to the wedges, so we usually have one mix for guitars/bass, and one for singer and drummer (singer occasionally just takes house mix). I wanted to go ampless mostly because I'm the only person in the band who doesn't drive a little hatchback, so all of that gear is my responsibility to lug around. There's not much room left in the car after that for an amp.
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    After playing mostly guitar for a few years I am now the bass player of a band following a lineup change. As a guitarist, I would go ampless wherever I could. The band has it's own PA system and in scenarios where we'd use other people's PAs they could always handle both guitarists in the band being ampless - most of these gigs were at bigger clubs where we'd have a promoter-supplied PA and soundman. But now I'm not sure what to do. The same equipment (Tonex One and DI box) can be used to go ampless for bass, but seeing as our own PA doesn't have a woofer or anything, will I regret not having a bass amp to add some proper low end?
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    Any love here for the Squier Bronco bass? I'm very tempted by the pink one, they look excellent.
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