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Ok great, that's all good to know, thanks. So does anyone have a battery setup that works with the pure sine inverter that could say specifically which items to buy please? This is for a Markbass F1 and 2x12 cab, have smaller cabs too that could be used if the bigger one is an issue, but I'm now ideally aiming to be able to gig properly outside given the recent government guidelines. Caroline

Thanks for these helpful replies. It's looking ideal to use the regular amps with a battery and pure sine inverter. Can anyone who uses a setup with a pure sine inverter and battery please recommend which ones you use? And which type of battery you use? They don't look cheap so looking for something that will definitely work on either a small or medium sized amp. I've read it'll need a deep cycle battery but Mottlefeeder uses a lead acid battery, I'm a bit stumped and not sure which is the best to go for.

Hi, sorry to resurrect such an old thread. I'm on the lookout for a way to battery power a small Genz Benz or medium sized Mark Bass amp, and some of the links here like the Maplin battery pack are no longer active. For people who do this regularly, just wondering is getting a battery amp the way to go or is it better to get a decent battery pack for my regular amps? If the latter, any recommendations please for which is best for this purpose? It's just to play outside with people, busking or little jams for fun with drums. Ideally not looking for a massive generator that could do a full band/PA system, just enough to get a working bass amp. Thanks, Caroline

Thanks for your replies and input on this. I'm being extra conscious about looking into different techniques and choosing ones to work with from the beginning, instead of having to go back later and make any radical changes. So far the Jaco way is feeling more natural than the floating thumb way, so I've been learning some new tunes slowly and trying to think carefully about muting with the 4th and 5th fingers on the A and D string. The pinky is natural enough although it's a bit tricky with the 4th finger as movement is so linked with the 3rd finger when playing. It might be something that becomes more natural with a bit of time. thanks Ricky I appreciate that, gotta sort out them pesky right hand fingers from flapping around though and the weird bendy thumb. Cheers, Caroline

Hi everyone, I'm pretty new to playing bass and am hoping to choose a good right hand technique to learn to mute open strings. I've asked around a few bassist friends and so far have come across the floating thumb technique which gets pretty well described here https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=161&v=PPVMBPmrblU&feature=emb_logo I've heard John Patitucci uses this method. The second option which I've been trying out is muting the open A and D strings with the 4th and 5th fingers, I've heard Jaco did this. I play a 4 string Fender Precision and have noticed that my right thumb is doing a weird bendy motion when I move up and down the strings so am trying to sort this out. I'm documenting my progress with some bass covers at this playlist, you can see the problem with the bending thumb happening here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwgp_pO-XMiZWOa4Dt8Ns2AnWfjqQ58hP Am wondering which different methods people here use and why? Thanks, Caroline

Wow Chris, nicely done - really enjoyed that. If I could ask a question please.. what kind of bass is that and how do you tune it?? And is that one of the latest Roland electronic kits the drummer is using? Sounds great. Here's my latest offering, I really love when Michael Brecker's solo kicks in here on this tune A Game of Inches by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band. Not gonna lie, took me ages to learn this!!

Hi, thank you for the warm welcome, I'm looking forward to joining in the community of bass players yes I think playing drums probably does help as you get to meet different bass players and ask questions. I was given some advice on 'raking' to get my fingers moving and given Ed Friedland's walking bass lines book to get started. Although it's taking a while to figure out the fretboard, the top half of that is still a mystery! Thanks for checking out the vids, there's another one coming soon (Michael Brecker, really excited about this one). Cheers, Caroline

Wow there's loads of great stuff up here. Love the Toto video Higgie. I'm a beginner bass player (usually a drummer) and have been doing some videos to kind of record my progress learning bass. I'm at month 11 now, nearly 1 whole year of playing bass, so thought I'd get out into the real world and share it with some real bass players! Here's a link to the playlist. There are a few pop tunes and a couple of jazzy ones up there. Cheers, Caroline