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Not yet, but I left a PM. Thanks for the heads-up!

No, there isn't! ;D

Just did a search for the RM500... and saw the price... But this came up in the same search - https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/TC-Electronic-Thrust-BQ500-Bass-Head/2M3F?origin=product-ads&gclid=Cj0KCQjw29CRBhCUARIsAOboZbIexyqFGTjePPtCmyPC_b60hz1wyQA6cxLLi-x0xYMnCOc1wJw63IQaAmZKEALw_wcB I am only looking for something to use in the practice room, or as a backup. Still going to use the Fender 500 for gigs and can go through the PA.

Hello, long time no speak... I've just joined another new band. Our practice room isn't in a particularly safe neighbourhood, and we are stuck for space in the one secure storage cupboard. I've been carrying my Fender Rumble 500 combo to and from practice. It's a little cumbersome, so I've been thinking of taking my cheapo Wharfedale 1x15 cab in and leaving it there - problem is I don't have an amp for it as I usually use it as an extension cab for the Fender. Could you recommend me a cheap, small, simple to use amp head, that I could carry with me easily? I'm pretty clueless with matching amp power and cab capabilities, but the Wharfedale is marked max input = 300W @ 8 Ohm. Would the TC Electronic BAM200 be too weedy to run the Wharfedale? I'm assuming it's 200W @ 4 Ohm? Just so you have an idea of the volumes we practice at, I only run the Fender 500 at about 25% gain and master during practice. I am tempted to try my 40W Fender Rumble on Saturday! lol TIA

It does.

I wish I understood all that... I was ok up to bVII. 😆 Thanks for your reply though. It's got enough pointers for me to go digging.

Yes, I've been asked to learn this. 🙄 I quite like the song though, and well, the bass line is very, um, interesting! 😄 So listening to it, I've just started to get the intro and verse down as G F# E E, F C D D. The song sounds very much like it's in G major to me, so where's that F come from? Is it just a borrowed note from another scale? It's very prominent - at the start of every second line of the verse. Assuming I'm not wrong, can someone with a lot more theory knowledge shed a little light on it for me, please? TIA

I'm actually not doing all the singing I should be, but grateful for the lists of "easy" to "hard" songs that I should be trying, and the guidance along the way. 😎

Anyone else on this course at the moment? I've taken so much (free, You Tube) knowledge from him in the past, I thought it was worth paying him some money. And it was.

My Yamaha TRBX504 is very slim - 38mm nut and slim from front to back: https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/guitars_basses/el_basses/trbx/specs.html

Magic! Then how do compact discs work ?

1/10th is good enough for me. And I'm not talking about where I am, it's where I'd like to be.

Have you ever thought about how magnetic tape works? Wow! How do you get that sound down in + and - ?

Cheers, all. It looks like Andertons have a decent enough returns policy - if I had to send it back I'd only lose out on the delivery return cost... Good job it's not in stock at the moment - that at least gives me time to think.

Yes, I meant I will be holding it classical style, and wondered whether the small body, or the shape of the Steinberger would lead to problems.

I'm tempted by one of these... When I'm playing sitting down, I position the bass on my left leg, though. Do you think this would be a problem? Also is the drop tuner any good? Stable?

It'll be different again, by the time I've learnt it...😂

I actually have the "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" book at home, but I'm locked-down in my mum's house. It'll do me good to work it out by ear (with a little cheating, from above).

Push and pull - I'm sure I do it all the time, much to the consternation of my drummer! 😂 Not that I have a drummer anymore... 😕

I was actually playing along to the Supremes version, with Rocksmith 😳, for my sins (well, because I haven't figured out how the song goes yet ).

I've been watching a lot of his videos, recently. Great stuff.

Is this song played very much behind the beat, or wot? S'cuse my noob bass ears, but it just seems very... "relaxed", no?