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Actually, why not?

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1444898114' post='2887031'] I always try my best whether it's a £50 pub gig or a £300 corporate function. Why wouldn't you? I hate being unprepared and I hate letting people down. [/quote] This, but more because I hate letting myself down. Folk won't remember the short notice, or the lack of communication, they'll remember the hapless bassist. And by 'folk', I don't mean the punters, obviously: they won't remember there was a bassist there at all... EDIT: Yeah, time permitting, of course. I'm in the fortunate position wherein I pay my mortgage from other sources than playing music, so I can pick and choose what gigs I take, and I'll turn down anything I don't think I can do justice to. I was offered a very short-notice blues gig a while ago which I turned down because not only do I not enjoy blues, I know I'm not well enough versed in it as a genre (because I don't like it) to bring anything other than muddled winging, which no-one would have appreciated. Possibly. I know I wouldn't have... As a side note, I notice no-one's given any attention to listening to the tone used in certain songs...if you want to produce a convincing performance of a song, then at least an attempt to recreate the tone of the original (if it's at all iconic or distinct) is pretty important, which does require a listen. Punters might not care about our core bass tone, but they'll appreciate when a song played by the band sounds like the one they're familiar with. It's all about degrees, but if I'm following Never Too Much with Folsom Prison Blues, I at least have a twitch of the tone knobs...

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1444888907' post='2886943'] I have to agree. It is pleasant. However, if it was played on a guitar or piano it would just be boring, [/quote] That's it: it's interesting to us (to a point) because it's played on a bass, and this is a bassist's forum, but to 99% of listeners it doesn't matter. If the video would have been a guitarist playing the same thing, I'm sure the response would've been a lot more 'meh'. From the point of view of the piece as music, the bass as the lead instrument is the pointless bit. The tone is pretty 'bedroom noodle' for me, too.

Would have sounded the same played on a guitar, with a similar tone. Pleasant noodling, but ultimately pointless on a bass.

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1444473630' post='2883488'] The strings on the Dingwall will always die quicker sadly since Elixirs won't fit! [/quote] Just a quick note on this: I contacted Elixir about this very issue (they have extra long Nanoweb nickel but not stainless), and their response was that they had no plans for extra long stainless nanowebs, which is a real shame. To the OP, I have three basses which look very different (Dingwall, Shuker and Thunderland), but they sound very similar because they all have split-coil pickups and East U-Retros*, so I just pick whichever two I fancy on a whim for the night. Full-mix-of-styles weddings and small stages I won't use the Thunderland (it's a loooong bass), but rockier pub gigs I will. * And they have different woods in their construction...but let's not go there again

Blimey, that's good.

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1444160480' post='2880818'] This is the best bass tone I've ever heard although this is live, actual song starts about 1m 30s in [media]http://youtu.be/4wsd-vRaVHE[/media] [/quote] This.

Yup, the last two gigs we've gone on after the match - last nights was the LCCC Gala Dinner, so no-one was really bothered anyway, it was the awards which took up the time... Can't see the Uruguay match being any competition now...

Y'see, the problem with the statement, completely aside from its' abrasiveness, is it doesn't work. Every single person I've met whom I'd classify as a 'timewaster', has no idea that that's what they are, because self-delusion is part of the package...

I've owned (and gigged fairly extensively) a TC Classic 450, a RH450, LMIIs and IIIs, and the MB combo/extension, and I've never even considered reliability - they just work.

Rocky?...

Everyone's tying themselves up to justify choices here - this topic needs about as much justification as one entitled "BC bass colour obsession - why can't you all just like red?"

I'd guess there'd be much less "You can't kill me...look in your heart" and much more "I hate you, Butler", or they'd actually tell you who you were going to see...

I'll switch mid-gig between Shuker and Dingwall without a thought - it really is that little of an issue. I put an East U-Retro in my ABZ4, and it's basically completed (for me) an already superb bass. I'd have more Dingwalls if I played a 5.

Oooo, be careful what you wish for: I had a B20-8 back in the day, and it had the most vicious neck dive I've ever experienced (and I like Thunderbirds), plus a very strange triangular neck profile. And the break angle to the higher register strings used to snap em every now and then... To the OP, it really depends on what you want to spend: I had a Dean which was pretty nice for the money, tho the EMG HZs aren't the greatest, but at least you'll get an idea if it's gonna be a thing for you or a passing fad. I've had three or four 8s and 12s - I keep buying them, and realise months later I'm not really using them, so I sell them again. Then I fancy another...

[quote name='planer' timestamp='1443527039' post='2875500'] ...I still don't know where they keep all the loud. [/quote] I've had one and yeah, this. ^ Oh, and let's not forget the sheer comedy value of putting one on a 2 x 4x10 stack...

Nope, not at all, I'm afraid...

I pushed the button on a PB50 last week, and it turned up today: I've had worse basses for ten times the price, I really have. Not too heavy, either - will have to see what it sounds like amplified, but I can't find a thing wrong with it...

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1443352458' post='2874001'] Assuming were talking about this one: [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/prosound-200w-rms-passive-speaker-n93fn"]http://www.maplin.co...e-speaker-n93fn[/url] Would definitely be an interesting project to analyse the dimensions of this cab and see if there are any potential drop in replacements for the driver from the likes of eminence or beyma. [/quote] Holy moly... 64 quid?!

I had to get my 1515L from a retailer in Sweden, and yes, the 1212/1210/1515 series of angled cabs have the low-mid hump which suits some people's sound more than others. I don't know of anywhere that stocks them, but I could be out of touch on that one. They're certainly not widely available. It always amazes me that on here we seem to strive for a panacea which will please everybody and will be the 'ultimate' cab, as if we all had the same sound requirements for the music we play. It's bananas. There's lots of guys on here whose opinions I respect completely, but it took a while to realise that while they know exactly what they're talking about, what they would consider great I'd probably hate, and vice versa.

Life's too short for boat anchors... I've found basses that sound the way I want without weighing more than 8 1/2 lbs, I'm happy. It's a purchasing factor, like any other - if it's important to you, then it's important, and no more an 'obsession' than liking maple boards (or rosewood boards) or Fenders, or whatever.