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You can try playing 1 6 2 5 on your own, see how it sounds. Maybe 2 5 1 would sound better if the guitarist isn't joining in. Most keys players should know what you are doing, but even something that simple can flummox a lot of guitarists. . . . and a lot wouldn't even notice you weren't playing the usual 5 4 1 turnaround.

Mo Foster played the Bergerac theme.

I have all the gear I want/need. . . . but if money was no object I'd ask Santa for a couple of Roadies.

Tribute bands require a totally different logic. I know the guys in a Cream/Hendrix tribute band and they went out and bought Marshall 412 stacks!! They are nearly as old as me. . . utter madness!!

Same here, which is why I bought the lightest gear available at the time and a heavy duty trolley (Wolfcraft) for the days when I just don't want to carry anything.

I've been using ACS for approx 18 years, PRO17's, PRO20's and a set of PRO26's, for one particular guitarist!! I wouldn’t gig without them.

Thanks to @NancyJohnson and @prowla for all their efforts and organisational skills. Basschat is good, but it's better to meet up with bass players. I got a few ideas for the future. Thanks guys.

My piece of foam has been working well for pennies for about 10 years. I'm not sure I'd want to spend £££'s on something that does the same job.

I hope everyone keeps buying new bass gear from shops. Then I can continue to buy used when they race after the next purchase.

If you have a damaged collarbone it doesn't matter what strap you use. Maybe you could put the strap over your right shoulder, or better still, grab a bar stool and sit, until your bones are properly mended.

I've gigged with 2 One10's in a loud top 40's cover band using a 5 string bass and these cabs handled the gig perfectly. I also successfully gigged a Two10 and One10 in a loud blues rock band. I see no reason why the 310 wouldn't come through with flying colours.

He didn't, but he got the proof of concept right, and pretty much nailed it the 2nd time.

I used the Dynacord BS412 115 EV Combo in the 80's. It was a fantastic piece of kit but I had to sell it in the early 90's, I couldn't lift the thing any more. Even a dolly board didn't help.

Because that is what defines an instrument. A Warwick with P pickups is a Warwick with P pickups and is not a Precision. A Precision with Music Man pickups is not a Music Man, and so on. The body shape defines the bass. If someone's been mucking about with the pickups, hardware etc, that doesn't change the definition.

I first heard Wilton Felder in 1973, on the Crusaders album 2nd Crusade. I bought it the next day. . . . ps Click on the 1/9 on the right hand side of the screen to play the rest of the album.

Your final post may contain a solution or course of action, but as others have said, leave the thread open for those who come after you to have their conversation and suggest further actions that are relevant to them. The only threads you should close are For Sale threads when the item has sold. . . . but again, leave the ad, photos, correspondence etc in place for the future reference of others.

None of the above. . . . ! So you've got a small budget and an 80's cover band. Who cares what gear they played in the 80's. . . . actually for most bass players it was what they played in the 70's, and what they all went on to play in the 90's. You've already got the best bass, you don't need to make it 80's, whatever that means. You don't need to spend anything. Your budget should be safe. What worked for them, me and my guess, you, is "One bass to play them all." ps If you really have to blow your budget put a set of Bartolini pickups in your Precision. That is what a lot of bass players did in the 80's. . . me included.

Just make it compulsory for everyone in the country to go and see a band at least once a week.

The photo is too small for me to see, but The Ronnie Wood band should be The Birds.

Too right. No cutting corners. They were both Duracell!!

Fantastic powered cabs, but I seem to remember you needed a rugby team to help you lift one.

That might be of interest to the OP. In the meantime my advice still stands, look at separates.

I bought some batteries, but that's it.