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They were, and one was a 15" cab and the other was a 12" cab. So different sized drivers will work together if they are designed to.

I have a lot of live albums. I guys I listen to were all great in the studio but as soon as the gig started there was another level of adrenaline which always made for a great recording.

I think there are companies that I wouldn't trust (the ones with marketing departments) and companies that I would trust. I've watched Alex from the early BC days, before he made the Big One, and to my knowledge he hasn't made an "inflated" claim, ever!! In the early days BF was a magnet for, "How can this be true" and "I don't believe it" comments. We don't see many of those anymore!

You don't have to believe my experience, although you have referred to it elsewhere, but if you have done your homework, ie read the information on the Barefaced website, you'll know that Alex recommends that the SC and SM compliment each other when used together. As usual he is correct.

+1 All headphones will give a better reproduction of music than any internal computer speakers can. Just buy the first ones you see. I'm using some Sony headphones (down at the cheaper end of the market) and they give a good coverage of all frequencies, including 5 string bass lines and bass drums.

This thread has morphed into a pretty pointless discussion. All these comments are based on very little information and a lot of pie-in-the-sky guesswork. Why aren't BMW's the same price as Fords? They're not. If you want one you'll have to pay the price that BMW have set. If you don't want to. . . then you're not in the demographic, so move on and buy something in your price range.

Read his website. Jamerson claimed Cool Jerk and it was actually Babbitt on bass. Apparently Berry Gordy was a tricky character. Most Motown sessions were documented but some are a little sketchy. Some of the recordings made in LA were Motown masters, but were overdubbed etc in Detroit. Back then a song could have been recorded multiple times, for the single, album or film and many artists would cover the same songs. It is possible that many of these songs would have been recoded in separate sessions and vocals added later. Also the LA guys made demos for Motown. They got paid less because it was a demo, but because these guys were so good the demos had the quality of masters and some of the session guys in LA claimed that their demo sessions were actually used as masters. It's not an exactly clear picture, then add in the AFM Special Payments Fund rules that gave session guys a cut of the "mechanical royalties" of the songs they played on. In typical style the session guys were screwed over, because they were made to claim the sessions they were on and were not given very long to do it. Some had the lists of sessions but wouldn't have known what happened to those songs after they laid the tracks down. It was, and still is, a mess.

PS Of course you could be less picky and grab a bass that sounds and feels OK and play the hell out of it and learn to love it, like we all did in the "old days"!

You want a great Precision bass? Put in the leg-work. Try every bass in xxxx (choose your shop/s) and if you don't find the one you want then wait. More will be along later and you can try all of those. When you've found the "one" it will be all the sweeter because you made the effort to find it.

For tone, 2 good cabs will always beat even the best single cab solution. Adding a Super Midget to your Super Compact will put your tone and potential volume way beyond what any single cab can achieve. An SC and SM will be louder and more flexible, with 3 potential rigs at hand.

Oh dear, while this is sad news it means an awful, cobbled together thrash through Misirlou on the next gig!!

Exactly this.

Everyone's got backups, right?

With a nod to the McCartney thread. . . . check out 14:30. . . . . "I found the Beatles, and boom, everything changed overnight!" Lee Sklar is one of the more inspirational bassists out there. I first noticed him with James Taylor and I wore my Mud Slide Slim album out trying to get those bass runs into my head.

Chaps, forget the fundamental frequencies of notes and strings. It is a irrelevant distraction. Reproducing 31Hz has nothing to do with getting a great sound out of a 5 string bass.

So you're emphasising the One. Has anyone else noticed you do this? I would imagine it sounds fine, but a variety of approaches would probably sound better. I have far too many (bad) habits to list here!

Have you seen the Barefaced online shop? Hats, T shirts and reinforced underpants.

Newton was a lead guitarist. Robert Hooke was a bass player. One did all the work the other took all the glory.

Oh yes. I have an affinity with all the basses I gig. They only have one purpose, they hit the spot or they are moved on. Having said that I am pretty easy about what I'll play and what I'll like. As long as a bass sounds good then I'll put up with an awful lot.

I reckon that B string is tuned down to, maybe A or even lower. It's got no tension so looks impressive when he pulls it like that.

. . . . and Bernard Purdie is claiming he played drums on the first 3 Beatles albums and Ringo didn't!!

I don't disagree. Of the 5 string basses I have owned, 5 were 34" (SR5, Wal mk2 and mk3, Sadowsky and Fender) and 3 were 35" (Mike Lull and Lakland x 2). I don't "dig in" and don't have an answer why IME some of the best 5 string basses are 34" and some are 35".

Didn't Edison take all the credit for the inventions of the guys who worked for him? Just saying!!!!

Good move.

But I believe they do. They influenced the guys who influenced the guys who influenced you. There is a direct line between the Beatles and everyone playing today.