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    Like it.
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    Nice one. Always use the tools that enable you do the best job.
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    Apparently my Sadowsky is 19mm and 34" and my Mike Lull is 18mm and 35". I can't tell the difference. IMO when you've got a great sounding bass these small differences become less relevant.
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    I know a reggae bassist who uses an an EBS Valvedrive, into an MB LM800, through a Barefaced Super Compact. Sounds just right.
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    What is your budget? Squier basses are pretty good. There are also some good Fenders around these days, but IMO Lakland Skylines (there is at least one in the classifieds) are excellent 5 string basses. If you can wait a few months for the Sadowsky Metro Express models to hit the shops, they might be worth a serious look. Sandberg and Maroooochick (??) look very interesting. I believe all these basses should be 18 - 19mm.
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    Me too. Insurance is always a good idea, but the best insurance is the one you never have to call on. When I ship basses they are in a case or gig bag and that is in a cardboard bicycle box which is filled out on all sides with several layers of expanded polystyrene sheet.
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    Great song. Richard Cousins, love this guys playing. One of my bands in the 80's opened with Phone Booth for many years.
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    Me too. Fingers crossed for you.
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    One of the guys I dep for uses an RH750 via an RS210 plus RS112. He's a very loud player!
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    Raise the action first. Just take the bridges up until the noises stop. If that's too high, then think about working on the truss rod. Also, you could think about no hitting the strings so hard.
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    I put my RH750 through 2 Bergantino AE112 cabs, and IMO a great sound. That was over 10 years ago. These days I'd be running one through a Barefaced 112 cab.
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    Actually I agree. I wouldn't call it blues but as gloriously overplayed rocking 12 bars go it was a good one. Bass and drums are tight.
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    Are we just naming great bass players now? I agree that Pino is an excellent player, but if we are listing blues bass players there are better choices in that genre. Pino's great playing on BB King's Deuces Wild is totally upstaged by Michael Doster's bass playing on BB KIng's other collaboration album, Blues Summit.
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    Of course he is. . . . that's Marcus Miller.
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    There's also Andrew Acmahon who played with Howlin Wolf in the 60's. Muddy waters bass players include Mac Arnold (60's) and Calvin Jones (70's). These guys might not have made it onto the records. Willie Dixon played on a lot of the sessions.
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    Anything pointy or sparkly. Just doesn't look good to me.
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    Big influences on me were Russel Jackson (BB King in the 70's and 80's) and Danny Thompson (Alexis Korner in the 60's).
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    For me, at the top of the pile it has to be Willie Dixon. If you take his song writing and record producing at Chess, he must have been the most influential bassist ever. John McVie is the bassist I've seen live the most.
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    Good call. The Roadwork album is a cracker. There are also a lot of White Trash live shows appearing on YouTube. A great high energy soul band.
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    Think about it! You are not going to get any original US Sadowsky parts on a bass that costs around £700.
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    Wait until you've tried one before you say that. If anyone wants the sound, get one of their preamp pedals. Sound like a Sadowsky for a lot less than the cost of one of their basses.
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    I thought all the Metro Express hardware and electronics were sourced separately, ie not existing Sadowsky products.
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    My solution to this problem would be to have 2 phones. Then you can fit all the Beatles songs on and some of their better solo songs.
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    There is a soundtrack to Sundays in our house. When this song starts being played (always on 11) the whole place shakes and you know 3 things: It's Sunday, the roast is in the oven, the wine has been poured. You can hear the wife joining in at the top of her lungs. It's the one song that can cheer me up, no matter what.
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    So did James Jamerson. I do on simple lines. The notes tend to be more even and flow better with one finger plucking.
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