chris_b

With your requirements, after a low action I'd be looking at very light strings.

GHS Precision flats are great and won't break the bank. I have a set of TI flats on my PJ at the moment. I was interested to find out what all these tension comments were about, but IMO the TI strings don't seem to be very different from my GHS set. On the gig, both bands loved the GHS strings but I've also had good comments about the sound of the TI's.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1489682871' post='3258977'] Indeed it was Pan and on March 11 the [i]actual [/i]Vox Foundation you bought is in the ad at £95. Presumably you screwed them down a fiver which is £83 in today's money. Nice work, Sir.[color=#faebd7].[/color] [/quote] Wow, what a coincidence. My Dad was handing the money that day. Took me over a year to pay him back.

Was that Pan? I used to see lots of good gear in there, most of it hadn't been looked after too well. On March 12th 1967 I bought my Vox Foundation there for £90 and the transformer caught fire 2 weeks later!!

Ah yes. I saw the title before it was changed. But I'll throw in Da Doo Ron Ron, Ron.

I'll help you out. . . . . [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moAR4Bb2QHI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moAR4Bb2QHI[/url]

[quote name='krispn' timestamp='1489575319' post='3258014'] Twice the price for twice the features [/quote] At the risk of ruining a perfectly good witch hunt. . . . Not twice the price. If my maths is right, the TH500 at approx £819 is slightly over 30% more expensive than the TH350 at approx £600.

One that requires the features and spec of the TH500.

The differences. . . . the TH350 has no send or return circuitry, 1 speaker out, no voltage changer on the back and what ever it is missing to make 350 watts up to 500. The TH500 is aimed at a higher level of gigging than the TH350 so price and spec differences reflect this.

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1489524177' post='3257689'] The battery comparison on morning TV showed that Lidl batteries outlasted even the duracells. [/quote] I saw a TV program and they put 4 different makes of battery into model cars and ran them until they stopped. In this test the Duracell batteries did not last as long as Lidl's own! I have always used Duracell but that just seems to demonstrate the power of advertising. Lidl batteries? Seems I need to try some of those.

The current Super Compact is gen3.

Yes you are. Check the specs again.

[quote name='Ajoten' timestamp='1478961267' post='3172988'] Blimey £££. And here's me hoping there some £100 pracky amp that might do. [/quote] It might but you won't sound as good. . . then it might not. Practise amps are not always designed to gig with. There are plenty of small cabs/amps/combos but the good sounding ones are few and far between, and will cost more.

[quote name='krispn' timestamp='1489480157' post='3257206'] I'm still annoyed at him ripping off Brother Marvin on that terrible song a few years ago [/quote] Hardly a rip off. Thinking Out Loud bears no resemblance to Let's Get It On in the copyrightable bits, the lyrics and melody. These songs are simply not the same. So if you think you can sue over a chord sequence or rhythm then every song written in the last 60 years is a rip off. This is a smash and grab. An opportunistic attempt to con some cash out of ES, hoping he doesn't want any "bad" publicity.

The frets at the top of the fretboard on a Sadowsky get gradually lower so the action can be taken down even further.

Most luthiers will probably not be supplying paperwork because their wood stocks have been built up over time (20 and 30 years in some cases) and none of those will have any provenance. Sadowsky have already stated they will not internationally ship new basses containing any woods listed in CITES. They are looking for alternatives but the old stuff will only be sold within the USA. The EU is slightly different because, as far as I understand, the border checks don't apply as all the countries in the EU are treated as one country for customs purposes.

[quote name='grandad' timestamp='1489391356' post='3256459'] Chuck's famous guitar riffs he transposed from jazz/blues piano. [/quote] He also borrows quite a lot from T Bone Walker.

[quote name='geoff90guitar' timestamp='1489330576' post='3256066'] However I did try my Trace SMX250 in a BF Gen 3 cab and was knocked out, but, it was indoors and not at a gig. I'd love to purchase a pair of these, but again if Im disappointed I'd be losing a lot so it would be risky. [/quote] If you are always disappointed then you've been going at this with the wrong frame of mind. Nothing will sound like TE so stop looking and keep using your TE. What ever reason you've got for changing from TE accept you're going to sound different and get the best sounding different cab you can find. . . . then learn to love it. You [i]will[/i] be sounding good to the rest of the world because the cabs you've mentioned are the best starting point to a great sound, IMO especially the BF cabs.

Do Chuck justice. . . . don't make it rock. . . . make it swing.

My passive Mike Lull PJ5 is under 9 lbs, well balanced, has an effortless neck with great sounding custom SD pickups. This is one of the best basses I've played. With my new TI flats it's getting good comments from bands and audiences.

I played the Sundowner in Edmonton in the early 70's but missed out on the Rainbow.

[quote]. . . . Ever played a bass that made you think you played better?. . . . [/quote] All the time. IMO sounding and playing better is the only reason for buying the next one. Is it a psychological thing? Not if you do it properly and assess the new gear with your head and not your heart. If you do it like that then you probably are playing better.

I saw the Beatles there in the 60's. Saw. . . didn't hear a note due to the screaming!!

Just learn it.

Is this an "anyone can walk in off the street" open night or are particular people expected to turn up? Don't worry about your strings, if you can, find out who you'll be backing and get a set list off them so you can get a heads up on the numbers you'll be expected to play. If anyone can just turn up and play. . . well, good luck. I've seen these nights and you can get a lot of acoustic bedroom players turn up with their "original" songs. It's usually best to let them play unaccompanied.