Cat Burrito

I've owned two and it is a great bass. It got lost to two great bass culls. They periodically show up on here and of course EBay / Reverb / Gumtree are the places to go looking too.

I finally learnt the importance of personal practice and proper study of the instrument. The flipside is it made me less tolerant of any band member that was not learning the parts.

My Ampeg rig is much heavier than the little Orange SP rig I had for a few years. I thought that it'd be lighter but I just like the Ampeg sound. I wish I had roadies sometimes!

Fender make mass produced products and they usually aren't set up well in the shops. A quick professional set up usually transforms any instrument. Also worth noting that new woods shift around so occasionally a new instrument takes time to settle down.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1482135451' post='3197811'] Sounds like there's some overdrive in there too. If you want scooped mids and some dirt then a Sansamp will fitbthr bill. If you fancy doing it forca bit less money then z Behringer BDI-21 will do it all for significantly less [/quote] I have the Sansamp already, great pedal

[quote name='2elliot' timestamp='1482101699' post='3197704']That's the sound of a Warwick Streamer Stage 1[/quote] Thank you. Never played a Warwick but I like his tone (& playing). Cheers.

I've never really been much of an effects user but really liked this tone - totally different to anything I use. What is the effect that helps get this sound? The link should kick in on the bass solo. Thanks in anticipation. [url="https://youtu.be/1kZ3nK06UGc?t=2m14s"]http://youtu.be/1kZ3nK06UGc?t=2m14s[/url]

£25 on vinyl... as much as I like to support these up and coming bands, that was just a tad steep for my tastes!

I think flats lend themselves particularly well to both Precision basses and especially fretless basses. Any jazzy or dub or early rock n roll tone and you are virtually 90% there. I appreciate they have their haters but try them for yourself, I say. I use rounds on my Gibson because they don't suit every situation but they do have a place in modern music.

Rock Around the Clock is just a brilliant song. I learnt the guitar parts and solos for an old band that then didn't do it. It made me realise that it is a much cleverer song than I'd given it credit.

I bought my first Squier back in the 80s in Windows, in the arcade in Newcastle. What a great place that was!

I've trained myself to view instruments as tools of the trade. If I don't use it, it gets sold and if I then decide it would be useful to own I get another one. I have a small collection that gets played rather than a large arsenal that sits in cases. I seem to have caught myself out by genuinely falling in love with my latest bass and I can't see a change coming.

I think every band member has the same functions in; 1) learning their parts 2) showing up on time 3) Buying the odd drink for the other band members 4) Only moaning about the things that really matter On top of all that I usually play bass (electric and occasionally upright), sing an occasional b.vox and do the internet / band FB page.

I find a powerball helps me get back on top of things if I haven't played in a while. Combined with playing more it seems to do the trick. https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/?ie=UTF8&node=397989011&tag=googhydr-21&hvadid=26285005251&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14599406660060690713&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006463&hvtargid=kwd-28427881&ref=pd_sl_898byq20vh_b

Music of the future looks like this [url="http://youtu.be/gQm8MxgCGws?t=1m35s"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQm8MxgCGws[/url] Scroll into 1min 35 to hear it go retro!

I used to think more like this but I think a lot of it is because guitarists as a rule are more out going and bassists are more reserved. If you talk to the audience they will talk back. I used to moan in my main band about this but it was because the singer and guitarist were working the room after. I tried a bit harder and things changed. And throwing shapes on the bass looks awesome! In a mid life crisis kind of way for me, but an awesome mid life crisis

Always preferred vinyl over any format. The changes can come and go but I do like records. Even if they crackle and jump and don't fit in the car stereo.

Thanks Peter... I bought one of his vegan retro old car guitar straps and the service was what I would expect from Basschat. Up there with the best, cheers!

A few years ago I saw The Small Fakers and the guy playing Ronnie Lane had a Laney. He'd snapped off the Y from the logo which I approved of. The rehearsal studio I currently use has Laney bass amps and they are terrible. Probably more a reflection of the way they are treated as I have come across some okay Laney stuff in the past. I bought Tech 21 Sansamp VT pedal purely to make them sound better.

I usually chat if we kit share and invariably they are at least a visitor or a lurker but quite a few times they have been active members.

I've been looking at those TC Electronic rigs as it is a huge faff having to lug my Ampeg rig around everywhere and I hear nothing but good things. Your gig looks like a really good night btw

I've seen this on an upright bass but not a bass guitar.

Watch musicians who you admire & try to adapt some of that into your stage craft. Variety is good to avoid being a clone.

Most manufactures of musical gear seem to bounce back and Trace were so well regarded for years. I think like Orange, Eko, Danelectro and many others they will come again.

I stumbled across them on YouTube last week. I enjoyed them but wondered if like Hayseed Dixie a few years previously the gloss would come off after a while.