chris_b

I too was on Bassworld for awhile and signed up for Basschat on 17th May 2007.

I remember thinking why would anyone sit in front of a terminal and post about playing bass!

Ho hum!!!

54 minutes ago, Bassman108 said:

. . . .  Jazz bass always sound thin in comparison to a p bass. . . .

Buy a better Jazz bass.

I've been a P bass guy since I first saw John McVie with John Mayall in the 60's. It's always been my preference, but I also love the sound of my Jazz bass. It is different, but my Sadowsky can take on any P bass for tone.

Beautiful 

I used one of these for several years. they have a fantastic tone.

Email Lakland and find where their dealers are located.

1 hour ago, mazdah said:

 

The digital technology came a very long way and is fantastic and very convenient. But still this convenience degrades sound quality. 

 

If that was the case FOH and recording studios wouldn't have converted to digital many years ago.

I run 2 One10's on small gigs with an Aguilar TH500 or AG700, and they sound much better than the One10 in this clip.

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I cut the E string just past the A string tuner, and a similar distance for all the other strings. Looks like that is 2".

Gives me 2 turns of string on every post.

What about it?

1 minute ago, Beedster said:

‘Most’? So there are some we’re allowed to use then? 

No. It's against the law to use any 15" speakers cabs. . . . health and safety.

On 23/04/2025 at 14:10, sky said:

heyo, just wondering if anyone could help with working out sortof how much wattage would be good to go for, im looking for a lighter smaller amp that i can walk to rehearsals with, ive got an old sound city head which is awesome but the thing weighs like 50kg so obviously not particularly portable.

It's simple. All you need to know. . . . you need a 500 watt D class amp. It will be loud enough for any gig and rehearsal and it will weigh around 5lbs.

That’s me.

I'm a part-time T shirt model.

5 hours ago, Beedster said:

 

I had a similar experience, in the early 80's I assumed I was simply a crap bass player because I sounded nothing like the players I was trying to emulate. Then as the gear got better, it became obvious that yes, I was just a crap bass player after all, albeit one with better gear . . . .

I know I can get the job done no matter what gear I'm using, but I definitely enjoy it more, and consequentially play better, when the sound is good.

Also if you manage to put together a great signal chain, the rest of the band will think it's you playing better!! You gotta tick as many boxes as you can.

7 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Cruel. But fair. 18s don't bring the words 'crisp' or 'detailed' to mind.

It sounded like a goose farting in a fog. Even when I was starting out and didn't know anything, I knew that wasn't how I wanted to sound, but I had no money and had to use that cab for about 18 months until I could afford a 412 cab.

I have managed to be a member of at least one band since 1986, when I answered my final bass wanted ad. All those bands came through word of mouth and personal recommendation.

You have to meet people and cultivate contacts.

Jam nights would be a good place to start. We see people attending our jam night and, after awhile, getting together to form bands.

16 minutes ago, Russ said:

I do kinda miss the days when the one and only place you ever needed to look was Loot. . . .

. . . . and before that Melody Maker was the place to go.

33 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

No love for 18" cabs? I used to have one when I started out.

 

Me too. A Vox Foundation. Worst bass sound in the world, by miles.

5 hours ago, Gus said:

Yes, there was a Maurice Plaquet store in Shepherds Bush. 
Years ago, I worked at the Marquee Club in Wardour St. It was like the hangout of people in the music business and you can see a band whilst people were networking. Believe me it was the place to be. 
The road manager with Soft Machine was short of a few roadies for their gig at the Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park which was #1 rock venue in the country at the time  

I was recruited, and I in turn asked my mate if he fancied being a roadie for a day. Of course he did do we both did it. 
That’s when I first heard of Maurice Plaquet, a lot of the bins (speakers) used by the band was hired from Maurice Plaquet’s company. 

Were you at the Marquee when Billy Gaff (Gaff Masters) had the offices above the Marquee? There was a lot of hanging out, there and at the Speakeazy.

I saw them play at Brunel University, I think, in 1971. They were a good band.

I play with a couple of bands whose guitarists are stone deaf. They can still play but it depends on the day whether they can play with other players.

The guys I play with are not selling CD's like they used to.

They still make CD's but in smaller numbers, but it's downloads and streaming that has taken over.

50 minutes ago, ASW said:

Most of the band members have been playing gigs since the '60s and started this band in the late '70s, so wrong on both counts... although I fully understand why you would think that.

 

Rehearsals are fine as we're all facing each other. I don't think there is any issue with any individual being purposefully too loud. It seems to be more the case that it's a complete guess as to what volume each instrument should be at a gig as nobody in the band hears how it sounds out front.

 

In my view the volume is set by the acoustic drum kit and the other instruments and vocals need to balance with that. How does the vocalist line check to "get the right volume" if they are unaware of how loud the drums sound in the venue? There is no line check of the drums as they are not going through the PA.

a) The drummer should be able to vary his volume.

b) These guys have been playing since the 60's and don't know how loud they are?

c) If you are all facing each other then the person opposite is getting full blast and the player isn't. That's not ideal.

d) Again, after playing since the 60's no one should be guessing about anything.

Seems like people pine for the 15's of old. Back then our sound was limited by the speakers. Our sound was altered by the limitations of the cab. Now we can buy speakers that faithfully reproduce the sound of our basses and amps. I wouldn't want to go back even 10 years in speaker history. IMO we have some great cabs being designed and made right now, and 2 of the best are being made in the UK.

12 hours ago, JapanAxe said:

 

I wouldn't set too much store by what audiences say, I've lost count of the number of times that punters come up at the end of a gig and say 'Best band we've ever had in here!'

They're only "experts" in what they like.

We have people coming up and telling us we were great. That doesn't mean we were great, but that they liked the evenings entertainment.

We did our job.