warwickhunt

It's been done to death I know but... it literally isn't worth counting the 'watts' of this or that amp. I presently own (and gig); Handbox WB (all valve - 120w), EBS HD350 (SS - 350w), TC Stacatto (Digital - 350w), Tech Soundsystems Blackcat (valve pre - 1000w), TC Blacksmith (Digital - 1600w). I gig with a VERY loud drummer and louder guitarist and I rarely (twice in 6 years) go through the PA. The Handbox holds its own against any of those other amps. OK the 1000w + amps will go a bit louder but at the point where they are beating the valve amp, your ears would be ringing.

Band - it's more a solo/duo scenario where I'm comfortable strumming chords but would like the option to maybe play a bit of bass and or loop either guitar or bass to play over. Lots of folks gigging with an acoustic guitar and vocal but this gives me an extra dimension. I don't widdle like these guys though.

Nearly... You're right about it not being a Baritone Guitar and it is a Bass VI but the lowest E string gauge is about .85 so about the same as an A string on a standard bass. It is still tuned EADGBE but the string gauge is lighter than a bass but heavier than a guitar.

I'm in the process of getting a 6 string 30" scale bass that is tuned 1 octave down from a guitar. I'm loathed to just say a 6 string bass as even bassists assume this is the B - B tuned thick string variety.

Condensation is potentially your only issue. I'd avoid having the basses in a nice warm environment or straight from a sweaty gig, into a cold/cool environment. Likewise amps that go from warm sweaty gigs and are then left in cold cars and vans over Winter nights will have a shorter life than those kept at reasonably steady temperatures. Silica gel will certainly help. I did something very similar to yourself where my basses were stored in rooms of a house with zero heating over Winter while we renovated an old house. I didn't slacken any strings or truss rods but I did store them upright in either a case or gigbag. I did find a couple of basses needed new strings when they came out but it wasn't like the strings were rusty or anything.

It'd be one of my colours of choice on a bass. As to refinishing your bass; to get it done to a high standard won't be cheap. You'd be better off selling your and buying the colour you like (unless yours is a cracking player or sentimental).

Short scale Sterling by Musicman basses are £600ish new so used should be in your budget.

Defo the cheapest ones are, this is still cheap and in fact I've been looking at used values and I'm surprised how much these have gone up in value/price.

This one? ...but it isn't a Euro Spector! It is a Spector made in Europe; a 'Euro Spector' is a NT bass and the fees are 33%. Still a cheapish bass but I've seen them on ebay just as cheap.

Manager of the bar started recording us for a quick live stream... so defo not a 'staged' representation! LOL

Ahhh... so you got it! I think a few of us were watching and it was worth the sale price for parts alone!

That should have been my first port of call! They are defo a pair of Dual-Coil. Pull all the way 'along' the pup and when testing width ways across the pup it repulsed the steel... quite strongly actually. I now need to gig this bass as it's been unused for a while but it is now fettled and set up!

As the pic shows, it obviously says DC (dual-coil) but the JA is printed as well. I'll try a screwdriver or similar, see if I can sense what is happening.

Pups in my Bolin are or appear to be, EMG 35DC pups BUT they also have another lettering pre/suffix - JA (see pic). LukeFRC did the old Googly search and found that the pups in NS Bolin basses were custom wound... but are they? Research tells me the 35DC are twin coil ceramic humbuckers. However, the JA refers to their Jazz style pups (these are soapbar size/style)... it can't be both and I'd assume it is the twin coil under the hood but has anyone had a pair that is labelled as per mine. I have emailed EMG but no response as yet.

We tried that approach but when you get offered a gig on a certain date it is dead easy to look at an online calendar which 'should' have everyone's holiday dates, shift patterns etc on. Alternative was to post the date we'd been offered in the group and you could guarantee every other gig someone would be busy and you'd need to go back to the venue for alternative dates... which you offer back to the group. LOL ...or is that just my bands?

+2 Google Calendar... be prepared to kick anyone's ar5e that doesn't put in dates they aren't available (the drummer)!

Do you know you'll have these issues? I've ran several amps over the years doing what you say; for me it was using 1 amp as the tone shaping with other amp just as a slave to drive other cab(s). In fact I did this the other week just for fun to try a few amp/cab combinations out. No issues with phase or ground loops by taking a line out from my valve Handbox amp (driving the 2 x 112 cabs) into the TC amp driving another 115 cab.

I trialled a Schroeder cab a few years back and I was frankly 'puzzled' as to how I could move around a (smallish) room and hear myself adequately from way more positions than some cabs I've used (even vertically stacked/aligned)... not sure why I didn't go with one of those cabs! <edit> Reading my comment I'd forgotten that the Schroeder cabs seemed to have a mid biased bump which would account for part of it.

When I used Thunderfunk amps the only EQ I ever set and left, was rolling off below 40hz.