Paul S

[quote name='Mudpup' timestamp='1445070824' post='2888531'] You can do all of this with an MS60b. I use it in a similar way. You just need a couple of patches set as bypass (or the amp model you normally use) and also a few with your desired effect or a clean boost for your solo. Then you assign them the A,B,C,D etc tags in the order you are most likely to need them. I typically have - A - bypass B - chorus for Sweet Child of Mine C - Bypass D - SVT model E- bypass F - Opto Comp And then a load more stuff up to H! Each time you stomp it, it jumps thru and you always have a quickly accessible clean sound. Sounds complex but its actually pretty easy. You can go thru the whole lot in a couple of seconds easily. The key is always having that bypass set inbetween effected patches. Ps i have a B1on as well for home practice but dont use iit live, the MS60b is much more useable ina live situation. Havent tried a B3 but its on the xmas list...... [/quote] I do pretty much this, although I now use it in conjunction with a Boss LS-2 and arrange it so that A is effect loop (short loop - the MS-60B!) and B is bypass. You can squeeze more settings in that way if you need them. But I guess if you need to bounce between effects settings during a track, saving them in the order you need them as above then just click through. Not being an effects hound, for me it makes a fairly compact board for those few I do use - MS60B, LS-2 and a tuner.

I've recently gone back to a Trace head - RAH-300-12 SMX - after some years of using Class Ds. Tone is very subjective - some people hate them, some love them! But, like you, I find that pushing in the pre-shape does everything I want a bass amp to do. The amp I have kept as back up (right up until I can get another Trace head that is similar) is a TC Electronic RH750. To my ears it sounds the closest to the Trace sound of the amps I have tried (GenzBenz Streamliner, Markbass Tube 800) and also it is nearly as loud. Doesn't make me smile in the same way, though. I'd be interested to try an Orange Terror Bass as a direct comparison but haven't got one yet.

Related question - how do you pronounce the word 'timbre' A la francais? TAM-ber? 'TIM-ber'? Or anything else?

As you can tell from my feedback I do quite a bit of to-ing and fro-ing and always use Interparcel - the service using UPS. I'm on first name terms with the local guy The only time I ever had a problem it was because I didn't pack the bass well enough and a sticky-out control knob had the shaft bent slightly - that was my fault not theirs. Use lots of packaging!

String break on Fender headstock A string is not good and they can pop out of the nut. Happened to me with a bass some while back and, taking advice from here, it is easily cured by winding the string right the way down the shaft. Seems rather clumsy to do what he has done when all you need to do it unwind then rewind the string.

I had a Silver Series Precision and also a Jazz. Both had 'Silver Series' written on the headstock, afaik a silver logo doesn't mean silver series. Straight out of the case with no mods the P bass was one of the nicest I have ever laid hands on and I was totally stupid to sell it. Weighed around 8lbs, had a 40mm wide neck and a dark, woody tone.

Didn't Steely Dan do something similar, or am I getting confused?

[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1444840563' post='2886601'] ants like cakes [/quote] Tits like coconuts

I think we had Barefaced Schmarefaced, though Never even picked up a WAL but I think they look nice. Especially black ones.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1444744020' post='2885525'] they are about the same weight as a standard 4-string bass. [/quote] And as long as a piece of string! I have seen the figure of 4.6kg mentioned somewhere on the interweb, which could be about right? I like the shape very much but probably too heavy.

Just been listed. I wonder how heavy these are? [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tokai-Talbo-Bass-free-postage-in-UK-via-Parcelforce-48-/301767085886?hash=item4642b84f3e"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tokai-Talbo-Bass-free-postage-in-UK-via-Parcelforce-48-/301767085886?hash=item4642b84f3e[/url]

Drummer in one of my bands is a big fan of Ringo. Reckons a lot of his technique is due to him being left handed but playing a right handed kit - he starts off round his kit leading with his left, rather than his right. Or something.

Truss rod adjustment working is something that think of as a given when buying a bass. I don't even ask the seller if it works as I assume it does. If it doesn't work then it is a serious issue and the bass goes back. But I can't imagine it is that common, really?

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1444651962' post='2884735'] You're only as good as the weakest member of the band really... [/quote] I don't know. I have played in bands where there was a weak keyboard player or a weak guitarist but both times the drummer was good. I think if the rhythm platform is solid then it can carry other weaker players - who may or may not bring something else to the party other than virtuosity. But a band with a bad drummer is a sorry thing.

Bit of a bargain, I reckon [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Epiphone-Thunderbird-Pro-IV-Bass-Guitar-with-Gig-Bag-and-Strap-/111794645862?hash=item1a077aeb66"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Epiphone-Thunderbird-Pro-IV-Bass-Guitar-with-Gig-Bag-and-Strap-/111794645862?hash=item1a077aeb66[/url]

I heard this for the first time last week and the tone of the bass hit me straight away. Nice, stripped bare kind of toon, if you like that kind of thing, and (IMHO) a refreshing change from the big production numbers you usually hear in modern country music. http://youtu.be/4zAThXFOy2c

Wow. Looks like a scaled down body, too. How much does that weigh, please?