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  1. Soledad
    Keep seeing for sale threads here saying 'amazing bass, if only' - BUT this BE4 really is stupidly good and at this price It'd be mine, were it not for the Jazz* I collect tomorrow. If you get this @KingPrawn let us all know how you get along. The build on these is sublime. *another I know. Why? Not sure
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    Best thing for this I have found is to forget you're a bass player for a minute (hour maybe) and learn / pick up top lines off any song (radio source say). Play them real-time. Vocal top-lines take you across intervals and through progressions that bass lines generally don't go. So doing this takes you all over the fingerboard and also develops your ability to create melodic lines, how to develop them, where to take them etc. I think this is essential to worthwhile soloing because the listener doesn't want to count your notes or check your scales, they want music. I started doing this on fretless ages ago and it has made a very big difference. Not 1000 times, but substantial.
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    OK, thanks to all - they are newish on and thru-body so maybe a bit more bedding in. I'm really happy with the strings in all respects so will stick with them and try help them settle Came from D'Addario 40-100 rounds and the tension feels quite similar. Neck has held pretty much as was and action stays consistent so I think truss rod setting is OK. I'll keep a closer watch on the whole set-up but I don't think it's down to neck movement and does seem sweaty venue related..
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    Bedroom combos is where it's at. Just collected an Ashdown Mag 250 210 combo for £120 - never been gigged, pretty clean and all working nice. There are plenty of good used combos around and a lot have never seen 'active service'. DI, tuner out, effects loop, 2 x 10s and a horn etc. All for under 25% of the OP's budget. I seriously recommend the OP has a good look at eBay, Gumtree, FB etc... spoiled for choice p.s. the Ashdown went straight to the rehearsal place and will live there until I no longer need it, then sell on.
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    Really happy with the EB Cobalts on my P, but I am finding they go flat mid-set. Previously a long-term user of D'Addario rounds and I reckon they were way more stable. Am I just running very hot (thermal, not tasty hot) or is this an issue with these EBs?
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    Good stuff - I really like the Jaco piece. Squeaky rounds eh Shame the theory/tech area here doesn't get more traffic and interest generally. I welcome anything that adds to or helps broaden how I play. Thanks, and worth a look/listen to anyone passing through. can I mention sound level on YT seems rather low, compared with other Yt content. I had to crank everything up to near max
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    I was recently reminded; beware the second set. First time out with band and under-rehearsed with them but fair bit of prep on my own. Ist set really quite neat so relaxed a bit. Big mistake. 2nd set not so clever. Also, it reminded me take care on the 'easy ones' - if you cruise in thinking this one's easy, it'll probably trip you up, often around the bridge I find
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    Acquired a mint used GB Streamliner 900 recently. I reckon it's up there with the best hybrid class Ds (valve pre, D main). I'd have liked a bit more EQ shaping - it has a 3 frequency mid sweep and I'd have liked 2 parametrics, but the core sound is very good anyway so I just tend to bump the lowish mids a little. Had an Aguilar Tone Hammer for a while - also really good but mid EQ limiting again. On EQ, I've never found anything better than the old Trace 7 band graphic. They picked the frequencies well and it gives you good mids control. Generally I find many good heads are limited by the shortage of mid eq flexibility. But the GB is a right good 'un - recommended used around 350 - 400... it's a lot of high-quality head (and it lights up luvvly).
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    Could be interested. Can you narrow down 'British Isles' a bit? - it's a 30Kg lump so collection would be my way
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    May I ask why not the Fender - I reckon Fender have got their bass mojo back and these are good combos. Try the Hartke first - something odd about them I find, cold, dry, brittle or something. I think the TC is a very good option, but there are also some really good used combos around will inside budget, like this fine GK for example:
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    Did the same, a little mid-boost, backed off slightly on bass. To be fair it did cut through and sit nicely between kick and snare, but I wasn't getting the low top / crunch. It must be there, just passing through my legs!! I'll get a better sound check next weekend - sure I can get what I want from this rig. May end up with my Jazz and rounds...
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    @Paddy515 - interested in your GK Neos. Just took my 410 out live for first time last night and had to stand too close plus monitors were a bit low... bad sound night. Running mine with a GB Streamliner 900, P with bright (EB Cobalt) flats on and couldn't get the crunchy top - or maybe it was there out front but not close up off-axis. Basically how do you get along with your Neos??
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    Ollie bought my TC RS212 - prompt clear communication and immediate decision. Met to hand-over the next day, full asking paid. Excellent smooth transaction - highly recommended buyer and BCer. Trade with confidence. Cheers Ollie.
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    Sold.
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    sorry went missing @Harlequin - pm sent.
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    Excellent - nice bass sound, really good vocals, like mix of instruments. Makes a mighty fine change from the usual. And by the way, where did Transatlantic Sessions go, I wonder. Anyway, fine work.
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    Remember when I was a kid, the pre-CBS ones were sought after and the CBS/TV logo were somewhat looked down upon, but looking back I reckon a lot of that was anti-corporate hype. I had a '67 Jazz transition for ages and it was really good, Nice to see it with original s'plate (OK, pickguard if you must but Fender called them scratchplates back then) - so many this period have had tort plates put on to make them look 'vintage'... tort only belonged on sunburst and when I see one on a fiesta red (or whatever solid colour) it's just plain wrong. Anyway, very nice original P 👍
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    Liking mine so far. It goes out live saturday for my first time with it but I'm pretty certain it'll sound great, and should keep up with the drummer - with the GK410 it removes walls from buildings so I'm 'quietly' confident. Become a bit of a GB fan, got a 210 combo a while back (M Line 200) - that was a great find, don't see many around and it's a belter.
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    A GB 900 I think. Little?... describe big for me would you. Just got a 900 Streamliner and it is proper good. But I hook mine onto a GK 410 for a nice bit of headroom
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    Bump time - i will do some pics honest but they will look exactly the same as a brand new one in the shop. Someone show a bit of INTEREST... it's a very good 212 indeed, it may not be the latest BF etc fashion but it'll give ANY £600 212 a serious run for its money, and it's only £280. What is not to like I ask you all???
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    Very nice indeed👍 I'm a Precision fan and have owned a few from a '64 to my present '97 (all USA) but never a maple neck - do they sound at all different? And the various neck sections tend to have that dead resonance somewhere between Bflat and D on the G, some hardly noticeable but others a bit pronounced. Does the stiffer maple overcome that at all?
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    And win. I'd have this period Mayo over a B/O Thumb every time. Better woods, stunning neck, ovangkol body with solid ovangkol pre-amp cover, neck fit is a work of art, feel great, sound great, can't afford it Fancy a new TC RH212 as a p-ex???
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    Elliot posted a wanted for a head and within 24 hours the deal was done, paid for. Very smooth fast transaction and efficient and easy to deal with. Highly recommended on BC, deal with confidence.
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    Good question, so +1 Also, a basic left-hand issue. Been playing years and way back had to work hard to get 4th digit to work as required and it's become better than my rather lazy 3rd. It tends to let 4th do it's work, or 3 &4 work as one digit. A practice routine to retrain my 3rd to pull it's fair share of weight? It's a real privilege to be asking your advice Joe
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    Wow, nice to see you here. Don't have a question (well probably have a few hundred...) but I really rate and appreciate your Youtube vids. Among the very best out there👍
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