Muzz

Yep, good cabs are a revelation as to exactly what you're doing live...in-ears are even worse - technically better, but you know what I mean...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1457964863' post='3003412'] My current band doesn't have one, so I'm hoping it'll hit the fiddle player instead. [/quote] Might take a bit more work on your part, depending on how fast his reactions are - they're generally a much more mobile target. I'd say you should be aiming 90 degrees backwards from the headstock, your maximum range is about five feet...

From the direction and speed it went, I'd have a dep drummer on standby, just in case...

No direct comparisons, but I had a BB2 for a fairly short while, and it's just bizarre how much such of everything a small box can produce. I played an RAF hangar with just it - I declined the PA, just to see - and it was plenty loud with my Streamliner 900. I did feel it was playing at my shins, though - I should have used the angle stand I used to use with my Schroeder, but I'd forgotten to bring it. I paired it with my Gen1 Compact, and that was nice. It's definitely full range - I'm not a fan of horns, which was one reason I moved it on, but if that's your thing you'll not find one wanting. I had it switched off... It might look a bit silly under a full rack, tho... FWIW, the only thing I'd change my Bergs for is a pair of Super Compacts.

Lovely. Just something to be aware of, tho - I was playing mine at the weekend, went to tune the A, and the tuner went bang and flew off. The tuner post had sheared. Never seen that before. Wouldn't want that to happen at a gig - I think I'll replace all of mine.

I love the headstock...and the bass looks miles better in the flesh, so to speak... Tobacco sunburst, different pups and a maple board and my cash is Sheldon's...

My new puppy is a Nordstrand Bigman - I replaced a MM pickup in one of my Shukers, and I've got it wired Front coil - Parallel - Back coil on the three way switch, and it's VERY bright and growly. So much so I didn't dare wire it series... It'll do big single coil, and a pretty close approximation to a MM humbucker in parallel, too. There a YT clip of Carey demo-ing it online, and that's pretty close to how mine sounds...

I've narrowed mine down massively over the years, and the more basses I play, the more definite I am about them Split coil pickups, or big single coils at a push Maple boards (birdseye for preference), or ebony at a push Fenderbirds Shuker Horns Precisions Figured woods, or two tone/tobacco sunburst at a push John East preamps Fan frets Hipshot Ultralites Dunlop Straplocks Basses under 8lbs, 8.5lbs at a push

Singlecuts More than 5 strings Solid colours other than black Ramps Bound and block boards Big paddle headstocks like Foderas and Wals That knob-shaped upper horn on Warwicks Small bodies

pa55word I work in cloud services, and if I had a quid for every client setup we come across that uses this...well, I'd have free wifi access, anyway... We recently started using an XR16, and it's very good indeed...

Lots of those on our setlist, and yeah, they get a good and lively reaction, but nothing in the 'meathead' category - I've done pushing 150 wedding gigs over the last couple of years, and none of the mayhem mentioned. Maybe we just get better weddings... Are old blokes still moaning about Oasis and the Beatles, then? It's been twenty years, you know...

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1457434057' post='2998423'] They hit a rich seam - it's a dumb, shouty and saucy chorus that's easy for drunken people to holler en-masse. [/quote] Yup, that's my experience of it. They love it.

[quote name='bassjim' timestamp='1457370515' post='2997869'] Once I had the brides father come up to the band and said: "do you think you could turn it down a bit?" to which the drummer replied very loudly from behind me: "do you think you could f*** off?" yes. it happened.......... more stories like that by the bucket........... [/quote] Very professional. The bride's father should have countered "Do you want paying?"

Don't ask me, mate, I just play it... Hammered wedding punters love it, though: there's unseemly jumping around and a lot of fun had by the crowd. Every single time... I've very very very rarely seen an originals band (present company excluded, natch ) play to that kind of reaction in a similar-sized venue... It is out of all proportion to the song, though: it's got a big chorus, but so have zillions of other songs...

Just seen the full pics now - it's very nearly brilliant. The pickups wouldn't suit me, and yeah, that scratchplate - the wood and that curve on the bottom edge don't work (and I'm not a fan of silver basses), but at the end of the day it's a one-off show bass, so in that sense it's a testbed for opinions. The body contouring is a great idea, and I'll bet it doesn't dive, either. I like the headstock, but as BRX says, either a full wenge neck (or full maple) and headstock would have been better. The fan-frettery aside, it just shows how static Gibson are when it comes to one of their most iconic designs - there's been some discussion on another thread about how a proper 64 reissue would be popular, and then there's innovation like this, whereas Kalamazoo are just footling around with black hardware and piffling about with the odd pickup and frankly falling between two stools.

Lozz, are you seeking reassurance that gigging with two S12s is really a very sensible and practical thing?

Played a T4 a while ago at Bass Direct. It was lovely. Just been on the site, and normally I'm fine with the selection, GAS-wise, but there's three basses on there at the moment second-hand which I want really rather badly...

I love my Dingwall, lots and lots of elements of it work very very well. Oh, and you can play chords on them... I'm looking forward to seeing the Dingbird* which is very very imminent, too... * Got to be the preferred option to Thunderwall, which has way too much of the Gallagher brothers about it...

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1457308661' post='2997321'] Buying good gear and looking after it is the best insurance. There will always be single points of failure. Sometimes you need a backup brain. Last week our guitarist left his leads and pedals at home. The week before the drummer forgot his stool. [/quote] Yup, we had a gig last year where the dep drummer forgot their kick pedal. Had to mic up a box for them to kick...and I put a right shift in covering the gaps... Still haven't got my own DI pedal (we have two or three spares in the PA kit, tho), otherwise I have two of everything. Except brains: I've barely got one of them most of the time...

Surely Fodera would do a relic, like all those road worn ones you see? Shouldn't cost too much more?

Man, so would I...and I agree with the OP completely. Having said that, I've played a Mike Lull T-Bird, and it was sooooo good...and it looked the part, too...

I can see that working in Slipknot. Not my thing, but I've seen far, far worse designs.

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1457084435' post='2995073'] An Overwater Progress III Deluxe. It was a refined Rolls Royce when I actually wanted a raucous Ferrari. [/quote] Oh yeah, just remembered that: had a (proper) Overwater Perception - beautiful thing, but waaaay too polite for me. Sold it, regretted it, got it back...and sold it again.

Never played a Rick, Jazz or Stingray I could live with, and I've owned several of each. Jazzes I just don't like the look of, Stingrays I like everything about apart from the amplified sound (and the weight of a particularly heavy one), and Ricks...well, they look nice...