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Maybe the new SWR Headlite range might be what you're looking for, or the Gallien MB head, they're certainly small?

A truss rod adjustment is what you need in combination with saddle height adjustment. BUT, if you're unaware of such a simple procedure and need to ask about lowering action, I would strongly recommend that you get a guitar tech to do it, you could end up damaging your instrument permanently.

I used too way back in the day, but not anymore. I did however name my classic Mini car Bootsychuggaboom

Cheers guys... it was more the melody for the keyboardist that I was interested in getting... trying to be nice and give him a chart instead of saying 'follow this' for a change I'm liking Jeff Beck's version, but really the original one by Cobham is just perfect. Mind you, hearing Yolanda Charles and John Etheridge jam it out wasn't too shabby either

Whatever you decide upon buying, check out youtube first for user reviews and such, it could help in your purchase decision if you're not in the position to try-before-you-buy. Any Tascam gear though will probably do the trick, they sorted of started the whole home recording malarkey way back, so should know what they're doing

Brilliant, love a full review when you get it I know your pain though, but I justify my bass purchases against her constant shoe ones... works for me ;p

I believe these are limited edition... some one more wise than myself my beg to differ though

Nice one buddy... got me self a pack!

Is he Australian? If so, perhaps it's an Australian luthier bass of some description?

Godin perhaps, even though it is more semi acoustic? I would imagine even in a fully acoustic set, you're going to need amplification of some sort. With all the will in the world, and acoustic bass isn't very bassy without it!

Ah, made by Krappy in the US based on a Warr or Megatar... quality won't be superb but interesting none-the-less...

It's a case of try before you buy... you can certainly get good starter basses in your price range, but equally you can potentially get better used instruments too. I managed to get a full 4.4 bass for £50 last year on eBay. It may be better to try and get a player you know to come with you on a purchase and try some out as he/she may spot something you won't. I'm sure others will chip in with better advance than me though One option to consider is ring around local schools to see if they have any old instrument they want shut of, that's were I got mine from. These will probably be a Meinel or Musima and are quite good instruments for the starter...

THese basses really remind me of my Westone Spectrum DX bass I had way back in the day. I like them, and I think it might be nice to have a proper go on one. It's interesting to note that they're quite easy to mod if required. Cheers for the review.

That's just given me a headache

The new album by Jeff Beck - Emotions & Commotions. Really good stuff

Back in 1989 I got a Hohner P-bass fretless with sunburst finish and cost £99. Paid for it with my first proper job! My amp was a Laney Linebacker 100 watt jobby, no idea on price paid. Bass went in a car boot sale after getting a Westone Spectrum bass. No idea what happened to the amp, can't remember

Rob Allen basses are perhaps one of the best sounding acoustic-esq bass guitars, but they ain't cheap but do sound lush - jump to 2:15 to hear the bass solo: The cheaper alternative, and often referred to as the poor man's Rob Allen, is a Godin bass. Basically though, any electric bass will never sound exactly like an upright bass due to the differences in physical shape etc. But, if you get a fretless bass, some nice flatwounds, turn all the mids off your amp and play over the neck you can get somewhere close. The Ashbory system is good as well, but it's so short scale that intonation with such thick strings that break often is a bit of a turn off for me.

I'm looking for a transcription of Stratus by Billy Cobham - not just for me on bass (I want to learn it absolutley right), but for the full band including melody, chords etc. Anyone know of one?

Ibanez Promethean 110 cab is small and Schroeder mini series too - just off top of my head.

Let's make a club

Not too sure on your level of playing, but some of these might be good: School Days - Stanley Clarke Stratus - Jeff Beck(?) or Billy Cobham(?) Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream Just a couple off the top of my head... good luck

Excellent advice here, cheers. FWIW, I use a free DAW called [url="http://ardour.org/"]Ardour[/url], it's open source and is well supported. It's only for OS X and Linux though at the moment, but is well worth checking out. It works a lot like the free version of Pro Tools that ran on OS 9 way back in the day.

I'm loving the whole humbucker vibe on the OLP bass I have. It's tone tone has bite but is solid at the same time, and it's taken me some time to settle on a tone like this that I've enjoyed so much. The keyboardist in my band commented recently that he doesn't notice me anymore during gigs! What he was trying to say was, that my tone and playing is fitting in well to the whole band dynamic, and as such doesn't jump out - if that makes sense? That was a nice compliment for me, as I've been trying really hard of late to nail just simple, supportive playing instead of flashy, over technical playing - it must be working

[quote name='bassace' post='800900' date='Apr 9 2010, 02:33 PM']Yes this is mainly for jazzers, I suppose. In all the freelance work I do most of the time I am 'busking'. But as a backup I carry a fat ring binder stuffed with charts extracted from eight Real/Fake books. Most of the time I can rely on my ear or memory to get through a tune without having recourse to the dots but sometimes someone will call a tune that isn't in the book at all, or wants to play in a different key from the 'written' one - often the singer to suit his/her range. In such a circumstance an iPod would be very useful. Mostly I work without a set list and the numbers are called on the fly so the iPod would need to be a nifty thing to get the numbers up between tunes especially if a transposition is called for.[/quote] You can create your own setlists within the app... so creating an order for each gig etc, with all the appropriate transpositions saved. Also, the app seems to override any sleep functions you have set on the iPod, so won't switch off part way through a tune