PaulWarning

[quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1462373637' post='3042486'] but I've always preferred a higher action, which inevitably requires more relief in the neck. Variety is the spice of life, as they say. [/quote]not sure I follow the logic there, I would have thought a higher action wouldn't need as much relief to stop fret rattle in the middle of the neck, I have just come back from the pub though

[quote name='Dan Bass' timestamp='1462310425' post='3042101'] I never use a pick and I can get that same exact sound with the tips of my fingers, like Duff's sound in Gun's n Roses and Dirnt's pick sound from Green Day. I just make my Bass a little clearer and set the EQ harsher sounding with more attack, works perfect. Oh, and I always use brand new stainless steel round wound Bass strings. [/quote]you probably can, I can get the sound similar to fingers with a pick and a bit of EQ

the players that inspired me to play bass use a pick, J J Burnel, Macca, Foxton, I prefer the sound of pick playing, and the look (means I can have my bass a lot lower) plus I play in a punk band, so it never really occurred to me to play fingerstyle, I have tried it but never had the enthusiasm to carry on with it

this has always troubled me, only I prefer the A string to the E string, the A string always sounds punchier and clearer to me, cuts through the mix better, whenever possible I avoid using the E string, I'm not a fan of fivers as you can imagine

I would much prefer a couple of side handles (like the 2 x 10 ext cab) it's not that its too heavy it's the bulk of it that's the problem

if you've got a lap top a way of doing it free is to use audacity and plug your bass into the mic socket

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1461840878' post='3038041'] Yeah it`s still ot a preamp?DI, based on one of their amps though. Have to admit, I did chat to the guys on the Ashdown stand at the LBGS about this and they did seem quite up for one of these. Would be very interested as the Rootmaster head is a great sounding amp, a matching preamp/DI would be very tempting. [/quote]you could always get a rumble head and just use it as a preamp when required

[quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1461420782' post='3034497'] All the talk of "tribute" bands increasing sales of CDs by, or boosting interest in the actual artists, is bollocks, I'm afraid. More power to the artists who sue, I say. [/quote]not sure I agree with that, if you see a good tribute of an artist you're not that familiar with (it can happen, my partner gets dragged along if there's a decent tribute band on at the local music pub) it can then encourage you to buy the original bands music, never understand buying the tributes recordings of the original band though, but it does happen (or why a tribute band would even record such material)

of course another consideration is as you get older the hearing goes, usually the treble, so what you think it sounds like and what it actually does may not be the same thing, I know when I got my hearing aids I it took me a year before I accepted that I really was missing that much treble, even now I set my sound with the hearing aids in then take them out to put ear plugs in (which cuts even more treble) and it takes a lot of willpower to stop messing about with the EQ

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1461272933' post='3033304'] Now you mention it Paul, on closer inspection mine has two screws on it like yours and not like Discreet's. Has he picked up a knock off copy? [/quote]maybe, must admit I didn't really understand the complaints about the logo but if some of them are just attached to the grill material it makes sense now. Have you moved out of the area?

bit like Bob Dylan always preferred it when other people did his songs

I would have thought that if you make in obvious that you're a tribute act in name it's ok, but this guys web address didn't do that so I can understand Meatloaf being pissed, I've just checked it out www.meatloaf.org it's now the genuine article so I guess they reached some sort of compromise

just to confuse things my plastic Fender logo is already screwed on

would anybody buy this without playing it first?

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1461066900' post='3031079'] Plus now the split pickup is the 'right' way round!........I'll get me coat. [/quote]funnily enough I did have a lot of trouble getting the volume the same across all the strings, it never occurred to me at the time about the split pickup thing, just thought it was because it was a cheap bass

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1461079201' post='3031256'] The first bass I ever played was my friend Jimmy Davidson's 1973/4 Fender Jazz Bass. This was around 1978 or so. I remember thinking that it felt huge to my 14 year old hands. Jimmy had bought the bass in 1975 and it was always his favourite instrument. When it came time for me to buy my own bass, Jimmy came along with me to the music stores. I ended up getting a Westone Thunder 1A. Great bass to begin on. I then traded that in for an all-black, unlined, fretless Westone Thunder 1A. 5 years ago, my friend Jimmy was feeling a bit under the weather. He saw his doctor, who sent him for tests. The results came back that he had cancer. This was in the December. By the following March he passed away. The family contacted my brother about selling the bass. I called The Bass Gallery to see about sending it to them in order to get the best price. When I called Jimmy's family to advise them, his daughter said, "we're glad you called us Kevin. My dad always said that if you showed any interest in it, he wanted you to have it". I explained that at the time, I wasn't in a position to afford an instrument of that value. She then replied, "no, you misunderstand, we want you to have it as a gift"!!! It was an incredibly touching gesture, and I shed a few tears. The strange thing was, that whenever I played it, I always thought "this is Jimmy's bass, not mine", and I couldn't enjoy it for what it was at that time. So, I loaned it to my friend Paul Turner for a few years. He used it on various gigs (Jamiroquai, Shuffler, Take That, etc). I got it back last March to use on a charity gig for the hospice who looked after Jimmy in his final few weeks. I could, at long last, enjoy it. It's a great sounding bass. So, I now have the very first bass guitar I ever held in my hands. [url="http://s7.photobucket.com/user/kevin_lindsay/media/FB_IMG_1426058937455.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote]I was going to put 'nice story that' but your friend died so I guess it's not, but I hope you know what I mean

still got my Hondo, bought it for £40 off a mates son, as above it doesn't get used, but is worth so little I also keep for sentimental reasons and as a backup for gigs, (sounds a lot better than an encore I found leaning against a dustbin) never needed it yet, still prefer the neck to my rose wood P, it's a right handed but still looked good when converted too cack handed

whenever I've found 'my' tone, I've changed my mind a week later

I not sure about being to old at 34! IMO one of the reasons why it appears easier to learn when you're young is because at that age you tend to be more obsessive about it, whereas when you're older other things need your attention as well so you just don't practice as much

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1460701009' post='3027899'] I had a Carlsbro Viper for a while in the 90s... That was crap too. [/quote]I had a Carlsboro Bass Beasty for a few years, no complaints, till the pre amp went up in smoke, bloody heavy though

Carlsboro Stingray may or may not be a crap amp, great name though, perhaps it would be a great name for a bass, oh hang on

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1460632405' post='3027393'] I think the people seem to be more noisy than bands these days, ever since Sky Sports was brought into pubs . People are shouting st each other , when only a couple of inches away from each other . I know that doesn't help. Sorry I [/quote]try open mics, the noise of people talking drowns out the 'music' but there again that's why folk go to the pub I suppose

at £45ish (gak) new they're a real bargain, the fact there aren't many second hand ones says it all really