PatrickJ

+1 , so I've always felt that aesthetically bass amplification is lacking someway behind whats available for guitarists.

The Little Mark Vintage amp looks to be their most aesthetically pleasing amp to-date IMO, granted that's not saying much given the bench. I really like my LMT, I assume it won't be too different tonally and the addition of the foot switchable mute is very welcome.

Ooh, I'd been thinking about a VT Bass for some classic rock tones for the covers band. Think I'll hold off a while and have a look at these when they are released.

I have to say I didn't think the Bass line on Lovefool was that bad. I've played worse with my covers band; sex on fire, teenage kicks, you've really got me (kinks original) all spring to mind. And if you're in a covers band that opt for one of these songs there's always an opportunity to make it your own as they say ... this chap does a good job of spicing it up: Does it serve the song as well though ?

My personal goal was to not spend money. I'm still on track as long as I stick to selling before buying. Now I reckon if I sell my favourite kid on the black market I could probably raise enough for a Fodera, maybe just enough for a Squier selling one of the others.

What broke you this time?

I recently sold an amp head to Al. Great guy to deal with, no hassle agreeing price followed by prompt payment. Would absolutely deal with Al again in the future. Cheers

I'm cashing in the 'thought occurred in 2018' pass! Gear4music had a good offer for a open box Q\Strip that I didn't want to pass up. I'm declaring myself still in!

The Motet have a new album being released this month, this is the first song made available. Update: album was released Jan 25th - sounds great. I really like Garrett Sayers playing!!

I do not need that kind of temptation, damn you guitarguitar

Hey Guys, Does anyone know of some good transcriptions for the following two songs? - Get Up Ofta Thing - James Brown (Will Lee) - Fever In The Funk House - James Jamerson Thanks

I had a similar problems with my 5 string J Bass with the B string. Though I had the same issue with D'addario Chromes so it's not solely an EB issue. I also noticed a ton of creaking and I'm not sure if it is related but the D string snapped when I was adjusting the tuning I didn't have the same issue when I put some on my 4 string PJ bass so I guess it was a defective string. I really love them on the PJ more so than I did on the J.

This is what I'm really working on right now. For about 30 mins a day I've got a playlist of some super simple rock songs and I'm playing along, trying to figure out the key center and chord progression as quickly as I can. Then I start to play along and just improvising. Really simple for now, just roots and fifths but I'm just starting to play with some pentatonics for fills.

Eden Glow Plug. I've not tried one myself but I believe it's designed to-do what you are looking for, add tube warmth to Solid State amps via a real tube in a stomp box sized pedal. There's a review here http://www.bass-pedals.com/eden-glowplug-bass-tube-warmer-review/ I think the biggest issue with it is that it requires a 15v power supply.

Lovely guitars - I massively regret selling my 44-01.

That's a fabulous looking bass ..

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread but it seemed a better idea than starting a new one. :). I'm seriously considering adding a parametric EQ pedal to my setup. @Dood's review on the Q\Strip is excellent but does anyone have any thoughts / experience in comparing it with the Empress ParaEQ I don't necessarily need the DI features of the Q\Strip just the EQ.

I'm really looking forward to trying one of the WD-800's. I've always wanted to own a Mesa amplifier. When I was learning to play the guitar in my 20's the Mesa Rectifiers were hugely popular with the alternative and hard rock bands I was listening to at the time, so obviously I wanted one. Then as I matured and started to listen to more blues/rock Mesa released the Recto-verb 25 which became my dream amp. Now I'm an aspiring bass player I'm keen to try some of the Mesa Bass Amps and I'm really bought into the whole Hybrid thing. I part satisfied my Mesa itch last year by picking up the Subway Pre-amp, but the WD-800 looks great for what I want out of a head. I'm looking forward to seeing some demo's and hearing some user reviews, I'm sure a few BCers will pick them up pretty quickly.

I'd agree that compared to other forums, including a popular US based bass guitar forum, Basschat is much warmer and more open . I've only been a member for six months or so but I've found the other members I've interacted with to be extremely helpful, humorous and friendly. I do get saddened by the threads that get started that don't put much consideration that this is a publicly open forum with both male and female members, I shall keep the report post button in mind for future.