MoonBassAlpha

Could be a loose truss rod. Try muting the strings and rapping with your knuckle on the back of the neck and see if you can hear (that sounds a bit wrong!) it vibrating. If loose, try just takin up the slack a bit. Will probably take a metric hex key.

If you wire it to an external cab, you could do what I do with my little valve amp: plug the speaker out into a passive DI box and record from the xlr so you get the power stage valve distortion without needing to mic the cab, so there's no spill into the bass sound when recording in a very small room. I actually plug the speaker in to the "through" on the di box, but you could just as easily add an 8 ohm 15W resistor on a heatsink for silent recording.

I run a 15W bass valve amp into Barefaced Midget cabs with guitar and bass. Sounds fine both ways. You could get away with a much lower powered speaker and it should still sound good. The combo may not control the speaker excursion very well at lower than guitar frequencies though, but if it sounds good then it is good!

Is the tilt on that cab enough to make any discernible difference though? Couldn't see any extra kick stand either.

You might find rehearsal studios will also hire backline out.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1483382531' post='3206735'] Showmanship surely? [/quote] There's a difference?

The horse looks like it only has 3 legs, I can feel something wonky coming on!

Upsets the overhang Police!

Gregory Porter always seems M.O.R. to me. Is he not, really?

Hitting strings with drumsticks: a.k.a. showing off.

I keep coming back to view this track too! There's something mesmerising about it, maybe it's the video, but I think it's mainly the bass playing!

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1483319461' post='3206227'] If you haven't heard this already it might be of interest. Thanks for the clip. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DzmJSOShOM[/media] [/quote] That is my kind of thing, sounds influenced by Brand X.

I think he uses Alps pots, if that helps?

Note to self: next time, choose a cover that people might ACTUALLY have heard of... And again, all the best to Douglas, wishing you a speedy recovery.

Hmm, Ovations were the last word in electro acoustics in the 70s. I suspect there are nicer sounding things about these days... imho

Out of interest, what amp is your guitarist using onstage?

I would say that is a mighty fine effort, looks and sounds good on my little tablet.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1482409246' post='3200251'] Last gig of the year for us is tonight, hastily rearranged from tomorrow night, at the Jerico in Oxford. We will probably be playing to whoever is left of the other 4 bands and the guy on the door Do come along, it'll be great. [/quote] Actually turned out pretty good. First band up playing their first ever gig, so all their parents, grandparents and school friends were there. Thinned out by the time we got on, but still a few folks around. Band got paid £20! Who can top that!

Dude that sucks. Which place were you at?, do they have any cctv?

Phew! Wouldn't like to be tagged as a hipster!

Flats for me too. Are flats the bass equivalent, in trendiness terms, of sporting a big beard?

Last gig of the year for us is tonight, hastily rearranged from tomorrow night, at the Jerico in Oxford. We will probably be playing to whoever is left of the other 4 bands and the guy on the door Do come along, it'll be great.

There's the MusicMan Big Al, and Godin Shifter, more recent examples of the type. I think PRS did do one as well.

Some of the misunderstanding stems from the use of the term tremolo arms on guitars, they are really vibrato arms, but can't see that usage being changed anytime soon!

Matt Bisonette on the Docklands Light Railway? Cool!