Paul S

Here is a track my band were toying with for a while - 'Shaky Ground' by ex-Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden. Nice funky little number if you don't care whether anyone has heard of it or not [url="http://youtu.be/h5mEFmKnqco"]http://youtu.be/h5mEFmKnqco[/url] Or another one we had a look at... Joe Walsh (James Gang) 'Funk 49' [url="http://youtu.be/uO-UKN9nrhQ"]http://youtu.be/uO-UKN9nrhQ[/url]

Speaking of Tom Jones, the rather scruffy guitarist standing to his right was the immensely talented Jamie Moses. I saw him a few weeks ago in a tongue in cheek Tex-Mex band called Los Pacaminos, that also features Paul Young, playing at Hullbridge Sports Club. Hullbridge to Buck House is a bit of a swing! Have to say the arrangement and performance of Delilah was the song of the night for me. I fast forwarded most of the evening. Tom Jones simply blew everyone else out of the water - the power and control of his voice even nowdays is awe inspiring.

I played guitar then. My first decent one was a Hayman 30/30 bought in a secondhand shop for £65 in about 1975.

I have a BF Compact and a Midget and, like a lot of users have said, you will find no issues with volume using one or the other for gigs. Both are a one hand lift, a featherlight 12kg and 9kg respectively, and easy to manoeuvre - the Midget ridiculously so. If you have space for the Compact then it comes down to what sound you prefer. I prefer the more balanced overall sound of the Compact but generally use the Midget on its own for rehearsals because it is lighter and smaller. Adding more bass on the EQ helps bring it nearer the sound from the Compact, but it does lack a bit of bottom for my taste. In combination they are absolutely superb - the ranges complementing each other. If I *had* to choose just one it would be the Compact every time (but I am pleased to have both).

Hopefully Bowks will read this and flesh out the bones a bit. Was it an inspired guess on his part, I wonder, or was there some hidden logic? Be nice to fit one without having to get out metworking tools.

Sorry, BT1 didn't fit. Which is the one listed for MM basses.

Hmm. Mine arrived and it isn't a perfect fit. The holes don't line up, which isn't necessarily an issue, but the backing plates overlap, which is an issue! Oh well, I will stick it up for sale!

Picked this up at the weekend. Gave it a dust and put some DR Black Beauties on it - none more black? Some pics! You can see what is the worst making on it around the tuners - the rest has a few dings but nothing serious, and it is in overall great nick especially for a 1986 bass. Almost no fret wear. [attachment=109643:pantera2.jpg][attachment=109647:pantera7.jpg][attachment=109642:pantera1.jpg][attachment=109644:pantera3.jpg][attachment=109645:pantera5.jpg][attachment=109646:pantera6.jpg] It is gorgeous. The body sculpting makes it incredibly comfortable and the shaping around the neck is a work of art! Only used it at home practice levels so far but it seems to have that woody P-Bass tone that the active Westones I have had manage to do so well, with a bit of growl in there too. I am rehearsing on Thursday so really looking forward to hearing how it sounds at normal playing volume and in the mix. Big smile .

This has been a bit of a Holy Grail search for me, too. I like the P-Bass sound but can't get on with wider necks. I have the Power Jazz Bass Special (a rather splendid thing in 'Duff Mckagan white with black bits' livery). Ticks a few of the OPs boxes but not all - it has a slim and shallow neck, P-shaped body but that is where its resemblence to a P-bass ends IMO. Active, P/J pups. It sounds absolutely brilliant - very much its own thing and very much a rock bass - but I haven't managed to find a traditional P-Bass sound even used passively and with the P-pup on its own. I believe the Duff Mckagan sig model has a P-profile neck, rather than the Jazz profile? Similarly my Precision Lyte has a P-shaped body (smaller, though) and a skinny, shallow neck (one of the best necks I have had) but, again, active and with P/J pups - doesn't sound like a P-Bass. I have a J. East preamp in it and can almost get there, but not quite. Of the basses I have owned/still own the ones that sound most like the traditional P-Bass that have skinnier necks have been my old Westone Thunder 1A and, bizarrely, my Hohner B-Bass and identically sounding Hohner B2A. All have that woody P-bass tone by the bucket load.

^^what he said^^ I have 8 (new one last weekend - Westone Pantera deluxe X790 - yeehah!)

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1338847877' post='1680105'] my head is going to explode!!! MusicMan Sterling... ok Sterling by MusicMan... which can be a Stingray type, or a Sterling type... SUB14... now, they do a SUB as well!!! Of course, nothing to do with the previous SUB range from 2003-2006... [/quote] OOps. I meant Sterling by Musicman SB14. 3 band EQ, thin neck, smaller basswood body. Sell new for around £550+/- Good enough for me and what I do. Review here by Ed Friedland for this and the Ray34 [media]http://youtu.be/67Fo7AKwfA0[/media]

I have recently acquired a Sterling by Music Man SUB14 and it has a 38mm wide at the nut neck, somewhat deeper than my 38mm at the nut Fenders. And very nice it is too.

Fender Precision Lyte? More P/J hybrid, but certainly lightweight - they go for £300-350 ish.

Anything by Status Quo. That's what I did!

Thanks for that. Yes, I saw the strings were rather near the edge. Curious.

Listing has no info, does anyone know what it is or anything about them? I find myself mysteriously attracted to the look of it, and it is fairly local... [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130703473421?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130703473421?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649[/url]

Bump this topic for more praise. I bought one of these Studio Spares isolation pads some weeks back but finally got a chance to make a direct comparison using it for the first time on a raised hollow stage where I had previously had a really boomy sound when the rig (Barefaced Compact and Midget, TC Classic 450) was set directly on the stage floor. This was at the Essex Arms in Brentwood, for those that know it. Anyway, it totally and utterly cured the problem. One time before I had the cab on a small table, which helped, but this *completely* eliminated the boominess. I'd go so far as to say that I got the best on stage sound I've ever had, plus (I was told) the projection was much greater and the tone much, much clearer*. As other people have said - this is the best value £30-worth of kit I have ever bought! For that money it really is a no brainer and it takes up no space at all. Happy man here Although it didn't stop me getting a memory failure at the start of 'I Fought The Law', which I have played scores, maybe hundreds, of times yet when the bass came in my mind was blank. Why does that happen!?

My Fender Precision Lyte has that sort of style tuners, rather than clover leaf, so that combo does exist in Fenderland.