chris_b

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1428956495' post='2746468'] You'll get loads of different answers, all well meaning, but based on what others would look for. [/quote] I guess that's why the OP posted, "Any thoughts please?"

IMO the Barefaced Retro Two10 is a good idea. Email Alex at Bearfaced and he'll tell you if it will or won't work.

I don't know about modern basses. I see lots of players using the same basses as me but sounding totally modern. I wish I knew how they did that.

You just need to play both basses until you don't notice their differences.

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1428795215' post='2744691'] But Alex said somewhere they are designed to be stacked Horizontally & it put me off [/quote] Trust Alex.

If that was the best bass you've ever played and sounds better than your current basses then get one. Whatever it was! But I don't see the point of torturing yourself like this. As you've already said, another J bass (Fender/Lakland/Lull) with round wounds would add a lot to your sound. All for a lot less than half the price of a US MTD. How about a 5 string bass this time?

This is 2 pages of you guys saying people complimented you. . . . . . and that's after numerous threads where we're being told no one notices the bass player! Well, it looks like the bass player [i]does[/i] get noticed after all.

I like compliments. I smile and say thanks, glad you liked it. A little hand shaking might ensue if they [i]really[/i] liked it. Keep eye contact and appreciate what's happening. Like applause, a cheer at the end of a number, dancing and a shout for encores, it means we're doing something right and, if they're paying any attention, it's a signal to the promoter that the band done good.

The original record was the Grease Band with Allan Spenner on bass.

What cab are you using? IME, if they are made correctly, cabs shouldn't be vibrating excessively. If they are that's your tone and volume dissipating. I put a piece of foam under all of my amps.

On Page 1 of the classifieds: TC, Markbass, Hartke and EBS amps and Markbass, Genz Benz, Bergantino, Tec Amp and Barefaced cabs. All great equipment, will mix and match and all in budget. And all (IMO) better than a combo.

I'm gonna be pedantic and say that the Lakland is actually a D,Lakin bass. There, I feel much better now!!

I use a 212 and did use 2 112's. I'd say that there was no difference in stability between the 2 and no chance of knocking either over. 2 112's are lighter to carry if 2 journeys aren't a problem. Either way I also use a good trolley so apart from flights of stairs I don't carry anything.

Do we really see posts from 5 stringers saying they are superior? Or that 4 strings are inferior? I must have missed that bit.

I'd buy a bass that was designed to be what you wanted in the first place.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1428397769' post='2740797'] I get really bored of this whole "debate" to be honest. The "who needs five strings, four is enough" people are just as tedious and predictable as the "five strings are like four strings but much much better and everyone should get one" people. [/quote] It is a boring debate because it is never a debate. A 4 stringer usually kicks off with "Why bother with 5 strings". A thread of negativity from 4 stringers usually follows with 5 stringers explaining why 5 works for them. A 4 stringer then usually accuses the 5 stringers of getting touchy and it all fizzles out only to start up and follow the same script a few months later. It's the same line of thought as the tedious "Boutique basses are a waste of money", and "My £200 bass sounds as good as any £10000 bass", threads.

. . . .ah yes, those famous lines from several guitarists I play with..... "follow me". Expect the unexpected!!

+1 for Richard Cousins. I'd also point out Chris Chaney, who started out with Alanis Morissette and has progressed under most people's radar.

There is Duck Dunn and David Hood who are almost exclusively rhythmic with very little melodic content. McCartney who I'd put on the melodic only side and for both together I'd suggest James Jamerson, Pino, Nathan East and Chuck Rainey. These guys (and many others) are totally different and totally great. I'd say play what you like, as long as what you play serves the music. Then again the guy that's paying you also has to approve!

[quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1428270042' post='2739863'] i dont agree but what do i know.. i cant stand the Beatles or the Stones i think they missed out on a lot more than they achieved [/quote] Whoa....... it seems you don't understand much about what they did achieve. Those guys significantly changed the performing, song writing and recording worlds for everyone at the time and who came after. You need to do some homework.

As has been said, £11000 is cheap for an orchestral double bass. I understand expensive stuff. Mont Blanc's, Aston Martin''s, holidays on Necker would all be on my wanted list if I had the spare cash. I've played Fodera's and they feel like they are worth it. That you don't understand Fodera's prices is not anyone else's problem, but yours.

. . . . . and some Alvin hall on R3

I used to listen to Mark Lamar, Huey, Whispering Bob or Radio 4. But it's mostly Radio 4 these days.

Everyone makes mistakes but playing out of time shouldn't be one of them.

The Status Streamline weighs about 7 - 7.5lbs. Short scale and headless so it balances very well. It has great pickups and electrics, so you can make it sound like any bass.