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The best steakhouse I've ever been to in Manhattan is a place called Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. It's on 51st between 6th and 7th avenues, not cheap but the food was fantastic. Some of the open top bus tours are good too, you can hop on and off all day. I can't remember the name of the one I did but the buses were like a burgundy and cream sort of colour, you can haggle with them and get the uptown and downtown loops for a pretty good price. The Twin tower memorials are also well worth a visit, beautifully understated. Can't agree enough with the take comfortable shoes, you will walk a LOT! Don't know how long you're going for but its worth maybe making 2 lists of activities, one list of things that you most definitely want to do and a second list of things you'd like to do if time allows. Time flies and it's easy to get to the last day and realise there's loads you still want to do. Most of all just enjoy, take it in, it's an amazing place. I've been to plenty of places and if I could only ever go back to one place I've visited I'd pick NY without hesitation. I absolutely love the place.

Would be good to hear one of these A/B'd with a Squier VMJ or CV.

I've got both. I had the RH750 first, then bought the Shuttle 9.2 just because I fancied trying something different. My thoughts are this, the 750 is a good amp with a cracking feature set, 3 memory presets, built in tuner, on board compressor and TubeTone, and with the foot controller it's very versatile. However, I find with my Barefaced Big Twin 2, the Shuttle just seems to work better. It's very clean with superb clarity but you can dial in some tube warmth if you want it. I will say though, I spoke to a friend who has a RH750 and his verdict is that his RH works far better when he uses it through TC cabs. If you will make use of all the features on the RH they are great, but if the presets, compressor, TubeTone are not going to be of much use to you I'd go with the Shuttle.

I bought an amp from a guy who had a SR1205, I used it to try the amp out and have to say it was one of the nicest basses I've ever played.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1423484086' post='2685246'] Sunday 8th March mate Drop me a PM if you're interested and I'll sort you some cheaper tickets [/quote] Bugger, I think I'm away that weekend, will check later for definite!

When are you at The Fleece?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1423478692' post='2685134'] There is a Barefaced Big Twin 2 in the Classifieds. All the cab a rock bass player needs to dominate the world. [/quote] +1! I can't believe it hasn't sold yet. They are amazing cabs, you simply can't believe the amount of oomph they deliver. You definitely wouldn't be lacking with one of these. I'm not a BF fanboi, they might not be to your taste, it works brilliantly for me but you should try as many as you can. There's some real good 2x12's on the market at the moment, I love the look of the Berg CN212, berg's always look classy.

Another yes here! Went from Warwick 1x15 with either a 4x10 or 2x10 depending on gig, to my current rig of either a GB Shuttle 9.2 or my TC RH750 paired with a Barefaced Big Twin 2. I'm currently playing in a rock band with 3 guitars and have absolutely no issues with being heard!! 😊

[quote name='stuckinthepod' timestamp='1422624198' post='2674741'] Bogling [/quote] Excellent choice! 😀

Throw stuff at the drummer! 😀

Had a bass Pod XT Live from Hector. Top guy to deal with, pod arrived in original box and very well packed.

I've never worn jewellery of any kind so wearing a ring took a bit of getting used to. I started off leaving it at home when gigging, the first gig with it on was when I forgot to take it off, and then I only noticed I still had it on when I was driving home! It'll feel normal in no time for you. Congratulations.

Small pub gig last night, strange sort of split level layout of the place means it's hard to gauge how busy it is from the 'stage' area, but as the night went on more people crammed into the upper level where we were playing and it turned out well. Combination of Bongo, Shuttle and BT2 sounded huge, but still struggling to adjust and find a comfortable spot to rest my thumb, I end up resting it on the corner of the humbucker which leaves a lovely sore dent in my thumb! Was chatting to a bass playing friend about it after the gig and came to the conclusion I'm gonna have to get a thumb rest fixed to the scratchplate or possibly have a scratchplate made with a dummy pickup attached just in front of the humbucker slot. I'm so used to having a P pup in that central position on my streamer that it's a bit alien to me. Funny I don't feel the same problem with my stingray though!

American gangster.

There is no shame in using cheat sheets, particularly when you have a lot of tracks to learn quickly. I don't want to open up the whole music stand debate again but you have to do what works best for you, I've never used one personally but I have had a pad on the floor, or on a monitor, or a sheet taped to back of a PA speaker with pointers on for anything I'm unsure of. I'm sure the other band members would rather you use cheat sheets and nail the songs. Once you've gigged them a few times you won't need the sheets, and to be honest you're the bass player so no-ones gonna be looking at you anyway! 😄

[quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1420981830' post='2655731'] Thats sounds good. my input is - valve amp + input gain up like this http://youtu.be/b2qb2UTUtrI [/quote] What a great sound!

Pretty much as all the above for me. Playlist on ipod, 9 hour nightshift, headphones on, hit shuffle, jobs a good 'un! Once you get the structure of the song in your head it becomes way easier to blag it.

[quote name='goblin' timestamp='1420249755' post='2647275'] It sure is Used to belong to Kev. Absolutely amazing bass, and it no longer bothers my shoulder All it needs is a Hipshot on the E (apparently it's a tricky fit so I'll have to do some tweaks!), and it'll be the perfect bass It turns heads everywhere I take it... very much like the Wal it replaced! [/quote] Congrats man, it is absolutely beautiful! I know Warwick get some grief on here for their pricing etc but to me that is as nice as any boutique bass I've seen, and if the build quality, fit and finish of other German Warwick's I've played are anything to go by then it will no doubt be a superb instrument.

I recently came across these whilst looking for something else, they are great to practice with. I'm finding them useful as I've recently got involved in a 3 piece originals project and these jam tracks are great for getting your creative side going and getting into the habit of building bass lines from scratch.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1420124749' post='2645820'] The Precision may not be the right bass, but it sounds like your guitarists don't really know what they're doing. Their combined tones sound like a nightmare lol Si [/quote] Don't get me started about those two Si! 😡