Twigman

All the bass on our last album was recorded in one of 2 ways depending on whether I was tracking at my place or Tony's: 1) My Bass>Yamaha 82 mixer> RME HDSP9632 > PC running Sonar Platinum 2) My Bass>UA Apollo > MacbookPro running Logic We recorded everything at 96k/32bit and moved wav stems or aiff stems between software no problem. It seemed to work out fine. We mic'd nothing but did model some mic sims in the mix. - That said I am receiving PRESSURE to migrate my home studio to MacbookPro/Logic/UA....but budget constraints'n'all that.......

I don't have one, hence the talk of batteries. I do however have a 35 year old JV-62 P - but it never gets played these days

I ALWAYS have the DI on post and ALWAYS press the Mute button on my amp at the end of soundcheck and have not yet forgotten to un-Mute it before the start of the set - it's the last thing I press before playing and the first thing I press before going off stage - that way any plugging and unplugging of cables won't get pops and bangs won't get to the speakers. I also currently drape the bass end of the cable over the stand....i was just concerned about if I could get away with not unplugging the bass end as it would give me one less thing to remember when I get out on stage.

On this subject, does anyone know how long a 9V battery lasts when left in a plugged in EBMM 3band bass? I ask because often we leave our instruments on stage between the sound check and the show. The soundcheck might be at 3pm and the show not start til 11pm or later. A couple of times I've almost forgotten to unplug the bass at the end of the soundcheck and i'm wondering if I ever forget, whether I will be facing disaster?

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I can second Mr East's customer service. After the charger for my P-retro was stolen in a burglary - it was in a gig bag with my Shuttle - he replaced it IIRC FOC!! Top service

They'd go invisible if left on the coffee table. Horrible - just horrible

Aye - when I was googling pics of Flabba for the post a few up there ^^^ it sent me on a 80s nostalgia trip........I worked in a record shop for a few months in 1984 and Barrington Levy lived on the turntable.

this thread makes me wish I could still handle a doobie without getting paranoid but has reminded me of some choonz from the past

skibbadiddlywaddaliywhoah!

Errol Holt plays a I don't know what!!! What is that??? Errol Holt has got to be the yardstick against whom all reggae bassmen should be measured. although I did find this pic of him with a Hofner !!!! (or a clone)

If there's a bass you lust after just buy it whatever the cost be it £2k or more , even. Whatever you buy now, if it's not the one you desire, you'll still hanker after the expensive one. Bite the bullet and just get it.

That's the first thing that I thought of when I saw that brand name...... Whoever decided on that surely was taking the fosters

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Sterling by musicman is the same scale length as Squier VM so no. I would say that to persevere with the 34" long scale neck is the best idea. Most basses are that length. I remember when i was a boy thinking the neck was too long for my little hands but I soon got used to it. If you absolutely must have a short scale (30") or medium scale (32") there are only a few to choose from in the budget market.

The CE-2B - the original and still the best. I have a custom made COG clone on my board now as I seem to have lost my CE-2B at some point.

Where do you rehearse these days Loz?

and the bonus: iSeries has WHEELS yes I know the ATA bass case does too....but I mean iSeries is secure AND has wheels

IME there's not a chance on easyJet or the like

That very much depends on who is available and when. At the moment we've not got any gigs until December, so we meet up for 4 hours about once a month to run through some new ideas - we're in a writing phase. We'll probably have a couple of four hour rehearsals in the 10 days before our next gig trip (Sicily 7th Dec). We've been together for donkey's years - we don't need much rehearsing - it's all in the muscle memory. I do miss it when we're in this kind of between gigs phase.

I've had 2 of them. 1 - none of my decent gig bags (Mono M80/Protec Contego) fit inside without removing all the foam from within the shell case. 2 - The mk1 would have the clasps come undone in transit. 3 - The mk2 (with the strap) would not ever stay closed.

So not expensive at all?

An M80 will not be adequate to protect a bass in the hold.