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I bought a Monsters of Rock tank sleeveless T shirt in 1990. I was just 16 at the time. The gig featured Metallica (black album tour), AC/DC. Queensryche, and others. I still wear the T shirt occasionally, and for years it served as base layer when I played rugby. I keep better care of it now

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1448032610' post='2912532'] Ok, making things easier again with no little magic stomp boxes of pure joy. Can you can just get a preamp (either rack or pedal, whatever), place it on top of your rig and link it to the return socket of the amp? I think that the fx return jack doesn't defeat the amp's preamp but it sits right after it. you could have both basses plugged in at the same time and i guess it wouldn't harm the amp (of course i don't know wich amp you own or how it works so take this with a tea spoon of salt). [/quote] Interesting, one more thing to try! I happen to have a single channel preamp pedal somewhere, i'll try with that first

Alternatively, you realise that carrying all this kit around is not really worth the small variation in tone of effect, and you go back to the beginning Especially if you play somewhat old-fashioned stuff

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1448031345' post='2912511'] Could you get away with using a preamp pedal EQ'd for the DB? You would have it off with electric and turn it on when switching to DB. It would be the cheapest solution IMO. EDIT: To make things easier also get an A-B pedal so that you don't need to mess around with jacks when changing basses. [/quote] Yes, that is another option, and a cheap one at that. I rarely use pedals, so I am a little concerned about using two for this purpose. You know, more things can can break, be forgotten, need batteries etc.I might try this option at next practice session, and see how that works. My favourite solution would be a two-channel amp, so I won't have to stomp on anything, but that's a little dear

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1448028996' post='2912483'] I use one of these: [url="http://www.radialeng.com/bigshotio.php"]http://www.radialeng.com/bigshotio.php[/url] [/quote] Ooh I like this - passive, no worries about power sockets or batteries dying. Is the dim control flexible enough to compensate between weak passive to hot active outputs?

These days i'm using both electric bass and double bass/EUB in the same gig, switching between songs. I'm finding hard to reset and readjust volume and tone when i switch, so I am considering buying a new amp with two separate channels (like the phil jones D600), or perhaps start using a two-channel preamp, setting the eq so that i works with the amp eq. Any suggestions, pieces of kit to consider, past experiences etc?

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1448008294' post='2912170'] The final knob is the active EQ. It's flat at the centre notch position. Moving one way boosts towards a trebly sound, the other direction boosts the bass frequencies. [/quote] And when he says boosts, he means it, especially on the low frequencies. Awesome bit of kit for what it is, very useable and playable. I strung mine with flats, and use it for soul and a bit of reggae.

Dan bought my amp in a very pleasant and smooth transaction. Thumbs up for a great person to deal with!

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1446214288' post='2897801'] The last thing we need is manufacturers confusing us with decibel ratings. [/quote] Do you prefer to be confused by watt ratings?

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1446212524' post='2897778'] +1 A Watt is 1 volt delivered at a rate of 1 Amp. This has nothing to do with output volume. Using Watts as a gauge of volume is like taking the mpg of your car a a gauge of speed. For my job I sell lighting. We always are discussing the output Lumens per Watt. Surely with a stack config we should be talking about decibels per Watt? [/quote] I wish people used this metric to describe their products. Got bless science and engineering

I've always sold everything I [u]really[/u] wanted to sell on the marketplace here. I priced it keenly by researching the current going price, I shipped it anywhere, included shipping costs in the asking price, and answered questions immediately. The hard ones to shift are the oddballs and weird and wonderful, as no one knows or wants them Sometimes you don't really want to sell something, but you know you should. Those are the items that I didn't shift, largely because i didn't apply the method above...

as usual, I recommend the roland microcube bass rx. Not loud enough for anything other than practice, but very good at that. And tiny

E-bow on your of your electric bases? May need light gauge strings, but that's a minor problem compared with buying a DB

Oh yes, and I agree that knowing the key and and having an idea of the chord progression will go a long way to make sure that what you play is sounds right. Also listening A LOT is another key aspect.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1444814306' post='2886223'] The only backlash should be against closed minds and bad players. There are many poor players and poor listeners amongst hobbyists, week-enders and the lazy and incompetent but taking a song and rearranging it or "doing it our way" are valid ways of making good music. One of the best examples is With A Little Help From My Friend by Joe Cocker. Surly the best cover ever. Tina Turner was an expert in knocking out a great "cover". As with everything, some rearrangements work and some don't. Don't paint them all with the same brush. [/quote] Moreover, lots of acts in the past (and present) made they living and their name by knocking out re-interpreted version of other songs. Much of 60s and 70s ska and reggae was born out of caribbean interpretation of american soul numbers, and to this day lots of artists only produce covers in a specific style. Easy Star All Stars, Nouvelle Vague, PostModern Jukebox to name but a few. I really enjoy that kind of covers over any kind of faithful rendition of the original. I can always put up the original record for that original version.

Peavey T40 is my answer. Someone said it sounds muddy, I think it needs the right amp and strings. More general, any non-specialist instrument will do. It's all in the fingers.

An appreciation of old peavey amps: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/86424-peavey-400-mark-iiiiv-appreciation-thread/page__hl__peavey%20mark%20iii

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1438109646' post='2831764'] As soon as the drummer gets going...to any degree that you'd want him to... then a sound that is just there is a waste of time. This will rule out most combos under 80-100 watts and tbh, their EQ is likely to be crappy anyway. As for the use you'll put them, I was building 412's at school to gig with in woodwork classes and I did my 1st gig @ 15 so I knew I'd need a good amp and cab. There weren't many good amps so a Selmer tnB and a Vox foundation was my starter... but the H/H thru 2 412's was the benchmark. At least it put out decent volume and bass in a village hall. Of course, gear is much much better these days so you could do ok with smaller kit but the goal was always to gig a local rock band. At 17 I was 'full time' in a well known and regarded function band. 'Full time' meant I didn't need to earn anything else to cover my weekly expenses and I was able to do basic tax returns. It the grand scheme of things, it didn't amount to much but I thought everyone had the same goals.. So, I've always had amps that do the work...some better than others..but I found out what works in what context. [/quote] What you say is correct as long as you play only relatively loud music, but not everybody plays only rock all the time. I use a tiny portable amps to jam with an acoustic guitar and singer at the guitarist's place, does the job very well, and I can cycle there. I use the bigger Phil Jones briefcase to play (pseudo) jazz with a 5-piece band, where the drummer needs to play quietly to suit the music. I also have large and powerful amps and cabs for many other occasions.

I use a roland microcube bass, something like 8 watts in 4 tiny speakers, but it's got reasonable sound shaping and amp modelling, rhythm patterns, and a good headphones out.

http://www.ebay.it/itm/contrabbasso-elettrico-electric-upright-double-bass-Wandre-Electro-Blitz-De-Lux-/141720870662?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_101&hash=item20ff38df06 I think it looks great, and I want one.