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I just acquired this "red knob" (I hear you giggling) Dual showman. The amp is not yet functional (but will be soon), but I tried the 4x12 cabinet and it sounds amazing. It's the "slant front" model, unvented, and has the original (Eminence?) speakers. Questions abound....this is a guitar amp, primarily, but I really long for that vintage valve sound. It should work as a bass head, right? And, yes, I know it's heavy, and I don't care. Also, we don't play at really high levels of gain, so I also don't think I'll blow a speaker. Or, I could just hand it over to a guitarist.....they love these things! Thoughts?

I really enjoy the songs we play in our pub band. We are doing mostly classic rock covers. As a Yank, I don't always get the appeal of certain songs (2468 Motorway, for example), but enjoy them if the crowd does as well, which they seem to. My favorite music to play would be Southern Rock, Big Band Swing, or hardcore Country Swing (Bob Wills-ish), but that's not too popular here. I guess, for me, it's more about making music with good people and finding the right sound for the song you are playing. That is fun for me no matter what.

Welp...the guy did not fancy a fretless (lightweight, baby bassist IMO) so I am off the hook....I learned a lot and feel very vindicated by all of your responses.

-What should have EC played, then? -Mama (Thelma) Houston is 20x better than her daughter -Music college IS pointless, if you have no intuition toward music...otherwise, it was great for me! -Jaco...yeah, okay..gotta agree with you there

Such a great feeling when that happens. I am 65, and lost my dad just a couple of years ago (93). Savor those moments!!

I would argue that both would fill the dance floor, and Freebird is a great way to burn 20 minutes of the last set. Maybe you just have to be a Redneck to appreciate…

I’m really grateful for these responses. I consider this bass to be practically irreplaceable because I would never spend what the replacement would cost, even if it did play as well. I’ve got a Peavey 5 coming in soon that is nothing special. think I’ll offer that.

Thanks for your kind words. It was a very enjoyable week with a bunch of talented kids and good friends.

After playing with thumb anchored for many years, I was shown the benefit of a floating thumb. I straighten my wrist relax my entire hand a bit and it feels great. You do have to figure out the muting, but it’s an easy adjustment.

Depends…who is paying?

A work colleague who has an R & B band has a bassist coming over from Italy to play a bunch of Jubilee gigs. Apparently, he is not bringing a bass, and plays a 5. I was asked if he could borrow mine. I initially said it was okay, but then had second thoughts and agreed he could use my Specter, but not the Pedulla. I don’t know anything about the bassist, and would not be at any of the gigs. I would never show up without my own instrument and am wondering why this guy would…sounds a bit dodgy to me. thoughts?

You would be surprised... "True Love Ways" is my favorite....but there are lots!

Little Feat may be one of the best bands ever... If Slash impressed BB King, that's good enough for me... Linda Ronstadt was a musical force of nature... I can listen to Lyle Lovett and his Large Band for a very long time... If he had lived longer, Buddy Holly would have been the King of Rock 'n Roll...

Having owned a very wide range of basses and also acoustic guitars, I think there is one common thread. Some instruments feel and sound sterile, or boring, or whatever. Others inspire you to play better because of the feedback you get and the response you get from subtle changes in your playing. I am convinced that each instrument has, for lack of a better work, a personality. Why else do some of you own several P basses? That personality is down to a combination of design, electronics, body and neck construction, strings, etc, plus some intangibles. Otherwise, why can you play two identical solid-body basses and they feel and/or sound different?

Whitney Houston was not the first to sing "I Will Always Love You"...it was written about Porter Wagoner, By Dolly Parton

1. Most British pop music is impossible to like, or even listen to...sorry, Heart radio 2. Slappers/tappers/harmonics guys are just abusing a perfectly good bass 3. The longer we go, historically, with rock music, the more pretentious it gets 4. It is okay to love simple music 5. The best songwriters write country music 6. Ron Carter may be the best bassist ever, period. 7. Stanley Clarke is 100x more musical than Jaco. 8. Only jazz musicians think it is okay to have 5 people listen to you try to sound like Miles Davis, and fail. Bebop is really boring unless you are a genius (and most of you really are not)

My new favorite is plugging into the headphone output on my Hartke, then panicking that no sound is coming out....input is on the other side....

And I would totally fight for your right to say so!

What name is on the headstock? And, a PJ (see above) is not a P-Bass..... Your Lakland is lovely...totally agree....and yet, not a P Bass...

But, Yet, NOT a P...:)

Sorry I don't have video or even a pic, but this is at our Students' Honor Jazz Seminar in Germany a few weeks ago. These are ages 15-18, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and I am playing my recently-acquired Specter lined fretless. It was nerve-racking reading that far up the dusty end! Everything Stays.WAV

I fret my basses out at the 12th fret and try to get the intonation spot on. The MPV does it easily, but the fretless is not quite in the same league. I want to be confident that a double-stop or a riff up on the dusty end sounds nice (so long as I play it nicely).

Old grumpy guy answer is that a Precision bass is made by Fender or Squier, says "Precision Bass" on the headstock (NOT delux/lite/whatever) has ONE split coil pickup (P/J is a P/J). Anything else is something else, at least to a bass player. Non-bassist probably think everything is just a guitar, so they do not count.....at all. Seriously, we need to be as careful as any professional about our terms. "Hand me that P bass" does not mean "hand me that 4/5/6/7 stringed instrument with 4 pickups, active electronics, and a Hello Kitty sticker". A G&L is not a P Bass. Fancy Euro copy...still not a P Bass. P basses are like Ford Model T's..unique, old fashioned, revered. I do wish I still had one because there is nothing quite like it for what it does. Hmmm....maybe I should sell everything off and find a nice old sunburst, rosewood example????