dclaassen

Pub gig in Peterborough. Kind of the classic small pub gig…no parking close by….check, stuck at the end of an already small room….check, next the the ladies loo so you have to move out of the way…check, PA speaker on top of bass cabs…check, footie on even after we start…check,loud, social but uninterested crowd…check. Added plus to sit on the floor because no chairs are available during break…. played well though, and very pleasantly surprised with my sound through the elf.

I don’t play slap style, but don’t doubt the validity of other’s experience. A great 24 fret bass is a lovely thing if it rings true all the way up. I play mostly country now, but still find creative uses for notes above the 12th fret.

Just curious…what bugs you about 24 fret basses?

Also Music Street in Huntingdon….top notch folks!

At the Royal Mail Cart in Spalding. Smallish room, but jammed from the start. Great gig with loads of energy from the crowd. Decided to bring the Pedulla and it sounded great through the TE head. Justin boots as standard country band fare.

Played my fretless last night at an acoustic jam in our village. I had to feel my way through a few unfamiliar tunes, but it felt great and blended very well. I enjoy having three options..passive p/j with rounds, active soap bar with flats, and the fretless. I believe these cover all situations I’m likely to experience.

Maple necks…just can’t do it Single cutaways…ugly Pedalboards… Alternate tunings…

Gb?

How do you write G-flat?

Where? Love these!

First bass: Cheap semi hollow something…wish I still had it Go To bass: Peavey Dyna bass 5 My Bass: Pedulla MPV 5 Honerable Mention: Spectracore 5 Fretless

Pedulla MPV 5 string fretted pj. Would be very difficult to replace, even if I could afford to.

Had one of these in the ‘80’s and loved it! Want to move it on?

Good gig at the Felton Club in Peterborough depping with Stevie Daniels. Nice club, good stage, fun and engaged crowd. Played well with a couple of minor goofs. Pedulla MPV fiver through elf head and Genzyme Benz 1x12’s. Justin boots.

Well..it sounds great!

Blu…nice job…love how calm you right hand is. Wish I could look that cool when performing! Don’t personally use a pick, but really like your sound!

I find playing at home to be really relaxing.

Lovely…I need to get mine refinished sometime… do you get much punch out of the bridge pickup?

Thinking about this as I prep for another dep job. My MPV fiver has not been out of the house for a while, but I’ve been playing it almost exclusively whilst practicing. It’s such a joy to play, and inspires me to try more creative kinds of bass lines. I think I’ll unleash it this weekend. Would you take a basically irreplaceable instrument to a pub gig? Why or why not?

Got this lovely bass from yourself….still loving it!

I get really good results with lighter gauge (.125 B) Elixers on my MPV-5. I also get a pretty good B tone with the HB flats on my Dynabass. Less happy with the B on my fretless Spectracore using low tension flats. I do use the B up the neck and find, like many on here, have tone and intonation issues above the 5th fret with fatter B strings.

I also don’t gig regularly. I try to play about 30 minutes or more per day…lots more if I do have gigs coming up. I alternate between a band’s set list, other stuff I know, and new material.

Intentionally not in a band full-time and happily retired, but also looking for dep gigs to keep me sharp. 68, very experienced and can read pretty well. My preference would be classic rock or country, pit work, or big band/ swing, but can also do other genres.Comfortable on fretted and fret less, but don’t have or want an upright. Can also do bg vocals on stuff I know.

I’ve used both and now use neither. For me, it was always about playability. A really good jazz neck is perfect for me, and an active jazz can give a pretty wide tonal range. There is, however, a big difference, as many have pointed out here, between living room tone and gigging tone, and, for me, that’s almost always going to mean using an active bass. Right now, that’s a Peavey Dynabass 5…which has a wonderful jazz-like neck bur also monstrous super ferrite soap bars.