BillyBass

Moderators, please ban anyone mentioning ABBA songs in this thread

New guitar in town - The Lurkers

Nothing else matters - Metallica Just pipped to the post by LeftyJ so... Rape Me - Nirvana

King Creole - Elvis

By The Way - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Deutscher Girls - Adam and the Antz

the flight of the bumblebee - Rimsky-Korsakov

See Me, Feel Me - The Who

On checking the Seymour Duncan website I notice the Classic stack on page 1 and you are correct sir, they are noiseless. I did like the short clip (with SVT cab sim) and I'm tempted. Do you have them in a Jazz? Or did you just swap the bridge pup out of a BB or another PJ?

I'm after a noise cancelling pup. From their website, it appears they only have 2 noise cancelling pups, the 'Apollo' and the 'Hot Stack'. would you have either of these?

Has anyone swapped out the bridge pup for a noise cancelling single coil? I really love the tone of the bridge pup on my BB434 soloed but I then have to put up with the hum, which I really don't like. I am thinking of getting a single coil shaped noiseless pup but don't want a change in tone. I've listened to one by Seymour Duncan online, its near but not quite, at least that's what my ears tell me. Anyone done this?

Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac

Power to the people - John Lennon

The Loco-motion by Little Eva

I have two practise set ups at home. In one room I have a Fender Rumble 15, which I almost always use with headphones, and often the aux in comes in handy too. It doesn't sound great but its a practise set up, it's good enough for that. In another room I have a one10 cabinet and a small head, in my case its the Trace Elliot Elf and the Barefaced one10. This sounds much better and both bits could be used for gigging, should that be necessary. This rig isn't too loud at all and with all the EQ flat, it doesn't get boomy in the room its in. Both set ups work well for their intended purposes. The Fender Rumble has a headphone out and Aux in, which are important for practising. The Trace Elliot Elf has the headphone out but no Aux in. I have to use the aux in on a pre amp pedal for this function if I need it. The Markbass and Ashdown would be a great little rig but the Markbass has neither headphone out nor aux in, so bear that in mind. A different small head with both these features may be more suitable for a mini practise rig. I would always go for a separate head and cab because the separate parts could be swapped out for something else if necessary, like keeping the head but using a second or larger cabinet for a live performance. And if your amp dies, you just need to change the head, not the whole thing.

I tried one in Peach guitars in Essex. I can't remember which model it was but it was black and was a fingerprint magnet. I was put off by how light it was, it felt like a toy. I know many people with back issues would have loved it though.

There is a Gretsch in the photo?

Absolutely gorgeous! Congrats.

NBD, yesterday. I bought this beauty from @playbass. A Yamaha BB434 I spent a couple of hours practising with it this morning and used in our regular Friday afternoon rehearsal session. I've read loads of comments about BBs in this thread and others, and I found my experience of the bass is similar to many others. This is what I have noticed so far. Sustain! A note will ring and ring and ring on for ever. Muting is necessary with the BB where with other basses the note will die out after a bar or two by itself. Is this due to having the strings through the body? My other basses are all strung at the bridge. I've read that the J pup at the bridge is weak. Not really. It is weak compared to the split coil neck pup but not necessarily to other single coil J pups. I will have to do a comparison with my Jazz bass. The sound of the bridge pup is typically single coil at the bridge pup, and it gives that burpy Jaco sound. The split coil neck pup is what you would expect of a split coil in the same position as a precision bass. It is similar to a precision bass sound. The neck pup either alone or with the bridge pup sounds great. It is quite hot for a passive pick up and is hotter than the bridge pup, as I mentioned above. The neck seems not have been treated with oil or lacquer or anything but I'm sure it has. It's a good size and weight. Not heavy but not too light that it feels like a toy. This is my preference, I really don't like basses to be too light. Overall, this is a great all round bass, which I think will be very useful in my covers band.

I just bought a Yamaha BB434 from Edward. Everything went smoothly, he got in touch straightaway, we organised a time for me to drive over and, though my wallet is a few quid lighter, I am now the owner of a near immaculate BB. Nice bloke to deal with too. Thanks Edward

What I meant was that I do better by taking breaks and going back to a song rather than sitting down for 2 hours or more trying to learn a song. If I am struggling with a particular aspect of a song, e.g. 24 Hours by Joy Division is not a difficult song but I struggled with the timing in the bits where there is quaver length open D just before the start of the next bar. I had a cup of tea, looked at a bit of bass porn on the internet and went back to the song and got it. For me, practising for too long in a session leaves me tired and less able to perform well, and I often realise this only after taking a break.

I find that as a general rule, when I am struggling with a particular song or part of a song, I need to take a break and then come back to it. Sometimes all I need is an hour away from the bass and then when I start another session, it all clicks into place quite easily. For me, relentlessly grinding away at a song is often a waste of time; taking breaks every now and again helps.

I have a 2019 Tidepool blue Jazz with a maple neck. Lovely bass, no issues with the hardware. Just assume a Fender Player won't be shielded and if you don't like the pickups you can always stick in some others.

Has anyone got/tried one of these? I'm wondering whether something like this could do a good impersonation of a valve amp?

I also own one. Like @andy67 above, I like the Ampeg tone so I'm keeping mine. I also have a TC Spectradrive which has compressor tone prints; the few I have tried aren't as good as the Ampeg, to my ears.