PatrickJ

1. Purchasing an expensive cabinet unseen / without trying it because lots of folks on Basschat say it's awesome 2. Trying to find an OD / Distortion pedal that I actually like the sound of 3. Naively thinking anything smaller than a 4x10 cabinet is too small to gig with.

Hi Guys, I've decided that I have no choice but to pull out all the electronics on my active J bass and have them fully replaced; pre-amp, pots, jack the lot. Does anyone know a good workshop in south herts or north london that would do a good job? Cheers PJ

I'm 40 and I've found since learning bass for the past 4 years my taste in music has changed dramatically. My favourite bands at the moment is the Tedeschi Trucks Band, I also really like Snarky Puppy, Vulfpeck and the various spin offs and sub projects from members of those bands (Cory Wong, Fearless Flyers, Mark Lettieri etc). I'm also discovering all that great soul and funk from the 60s and 70s that passed me by all these years when I exclusively listened to alternative rock. Great music for bass players.

I'm not sure I can live without knowing if this was resolved. I'm tempted to ask Jon directly hahaha

Haha yeah I'll PM you but will just clarify on this thread that I have changed specification on him multiple times which has delayed proceedings :).

Given the current pace of my custom build with Jon it wouldn't surprise me if he was still waiting for the repair work to be done :).

Yes, interested to know what became of said instrument. Did Jon finish the repair work , hopefully he did by now!! Assuming he did how was the neck post repair, did you keep or sell it on?

I've been caught out by this a few times before learning my lesson. Website reports in stock when they actually mean in stock but in our warehouse and not here at the store where you can actually look at it.

I just don't recall him ever actually using it with the Foo Fighters live or hearing it referenced on a recording. I thought he remained pretty faithful to his Fulltone Bassdrive's and more recently the Darkglass VMT. For me if it's a truly a signature model the artist would actually use it themselves, at least for a period of time, that just didn't seem to be the case with the nm-2. I maybe completely wrong though and you'll tell me he used it for for the entirety of Concrete and Gold recordings.

Think I saw a Barefaced 210 in the for sale forum for 500 - could be worth a look.

Surely it's not considered cheating if he gigs in a different area code

I only put them on a couple of days ago and have played them for just a few hours so I'm still forming a full opinion. I replaced a set of Chromes that I'd taken off a 5 string J bass but didn't really fit on the P (actually it's a PJ). In honesty Rotosound wouldn't been a brand I would normally consider for flats. I was one of the winners of the Basschat Rotosound competition and since I don't play with rounds these days I didn't fancy the Swing Bass 66's so I opted for these as my prize . Initial impressions were they were really bright for flatwounds. The EQ on my P is a bit weird and in passive mode it doesn't have a tone control so initially I was a bit on the fence about them. That being said I'd tried Deep Talkin' Bass and the Chromes on this bass and hadn't liked either of them very much either. However, this morning I played with the EQ on the amp, put a slight cut on the mids, and dropped the treble right down to 9 O' Clock and I was getting a tone I was really digging. Not just for the Motown stuff but also for some southern / classic rock I'm practising for an upcoming jam night with some ex-band buddies. It was the first time I've got a sound from that bass that I was really into. I'll take this bass along to the Jam night in a few weeks along with my go-to Sandberg PJ (which is strung with my favourite strings, Cobalt Flats) to see how it compares at volume.

As I said It was a curiosity as I've only ever really played through 10's. The B15 was an iconic amp from that era and thought it would be fun to recreate it. Anyways as per your suggestions of getting the tone. All valve head and a 2x12 cabinet P Bass with Flats In regards to muting technique I'm working with the Rocco Prestia style to save messing with foam or bass mutes. It's sounding pretty much how I want to at home volumes. Looking forward to taking it to rehearsal in a few weeks to try it at volume. Still curious about 15's though

I'm in Watford, IIRC you're in Somerset - I remember that you mentioned your MB cabs to me before when I happened to be in devon , I was working out if I could detour slightly to come have a looksie on my way home. Poorly children killed that idea though.

I'm very new to Ashdown amps having just picked up my first amp and cab setup in the past few weeks. I picked up both used for very small amounts considering what they are and I'm very impressed thus far. Prior to that my only experience with them were the NM-2 Distortion pedal, which was a bit of a weird product since it was a signature pedal that wasn't actually used by the Artist in question nor modelled after a pedal he did use :). I didn't keep it very long but I can't see me moving on the amp / cab any time soon. If I get back into a gigging band I'll definitely look at an ABM head.