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[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1495701272' post='3305910'] DBeriff, I tried the amp again yesterday but using my Alembic F1-x pre-amp with it. What a difference it sounds great everything I want in the sound is there easily. But it's made me think a better solution for me would be resume my search for a good quality affordable Class D 1U Power amp and use that with the f1-x in a small rack. Thanks again for prodding me in the right way. :-_ [/quote] When I dabbled with the rackmount pre/power thing, I found an effective Class D 1U power amp was a Markbass F1 with the rack ears...just a thought...

I dunno about weight being an arbiter of tone...or 70s, per se. I had a 78, all original down to case and ahtrays, and it not only weighed as much as a boat anchor that's let itself go and put on weight, it was also one of the worst, most lifeless basses I've ever played. It sounded...brown. And not a good brown, like you get from a rich walnut; more a runny, beige brown, like you get from a poorly spaniel...

You could start by saying "We all go straight into the PA, use digital modelling and in-ears, I thought you knew? But I could probably hire you some backline if you want me to...let me know your budget..."

I work shifts and on an On Call rota, and I can make it work with two bands...although you quickly get used to promising co-workers the moon on a stick to get them to swap shifts...I got tied down to a 'twofer' deal the week before last: to get Saturday night free, I had to cover two weeknights...

Last time I went to see Whitesnake, they were dropped about a yard so Dave C could keep up. The bassist's E was flopping about like a washing line... If the singer can cope a full step down, you can put a D-tuner on your bass and you're good, but yeah, the guitarist will struggle.

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1495102801' post='3301256'] [url="http://youtu.be/N0Wf4RTMU5M?t=3m20s"]http://youtu.be/N0Wf4RTMU5M?t=3m20s[/url] And in the beginning you see a reference to the "Pi" that must be hi's nickname (try calling him mr.Pilichowski out loud). Also the video sub-title is "Bass Shot 2" and in the description of the video the model of the bass is refered to. The guy is just noodling on the bass, he's just like any guy trying a bass in a music store and gets carried away in a slap fest. He has it set with his own EQ and settings as (fom me) it is a signature model made for him, so it's expected that he demonstrates how it sounds with him. IMO, of course. [/quote] While I'm delighted he's got his own signature bass, he's not got his own signature bass sound there - you're right, he does sound like any one of lots of guys I've heard in shops and at Bass Shows (admittedly with more technique than most, but hey) noodling and slapping with a super-scooped bedroom tone. Still a rubbish demo of a bass: it's all about him. Maybe that's the hope, that lots of people will be impressed enough to buy the bass to sound like him. I wish him the best of luck with that.

[quote name='Japhet' timestamp='1495095446' post='3301157'] Feeling sad and rather old all of a sudden. [/quote] This.

And overall, whilst it's clearly virtuosity of some sort, I defer to the best comment I overheard at a bass show: "Is that as hard to play as it is to listen to?"

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1495028806' post='3300622'] That's the point people are missing. [/quote] What's that clip got to do with the bass? Bright roundwounds, scooped tone...could have been playing that on any one of a zillion basses.

Possibly a step further than you might be thinking, but I found that the nickel covers and rings I got online would accommodate a lot of different soapbar-type pups: I've got Dingwalls under mine...

That's the one!

Gig with the Rawk band in a biker/music pub in Morecambe. Early days gigging with this lineup, but it worked well. We didn't have a zillion songs, but went down well, and have been invited back. The all-too-familiar hollow stage to contend with - the foam under my cab worked well, though the two guitards have JCM100s and 412s, and the bottom end from them was a bit much. Once I'd got them to dial it back in the low end it got better. No bass in the PA, the Super Twin meant the Walkabout could go very, very loud...300w goes a long way into a very efficient cab Oh, and one punter took exception to the Shukerbird's neck "It's not a proper Gibson any more". I pointed out that there isn't a molecule of it that's Gibson anyway, and we discussed precedents a la Entwistle and Wilkeson. Then I showed him the Dingwall, which had been sitting in its case, and he was pretty much speechless...

I recorded our album almost exclusively (two tracks were done on the Stingray I had at the time) on a bitsa P: Black SX body, Mighty Mite maple neck, Schaller 3D bridge, Hipshot Ultralights, Wizard Thumper. A great passive P, as good as any Fender I've owned. I'm all active now, but I've a hankering for another (light) passive P. I've got some bits kicking around, I might just see what I've got tonight...

Actually, on the New Strings bit, I never gig with new strings straight out of the pack, I'll always have played them in at home a little before I gig. As part of the stringing up process, I always pull them hard, archer/Billy Sheehan-style when they're up to tune, and then re-tune; that seems to settle them in.

Done, emailed. Fun.

My basses don't go out of tune under normal circumstances - I let them settle when I arrive and we're setting up PA, etc, then check them before soundcheck. I can't remember the last time I had to re-tune during a gig.

I got fired from a band in the late 80s...to be more accurate, it had kinda broken down - I was naffed off playing venues 150 miles away to three people (yup, that was a belter), they wanted their old bassist back. We had a big row about it in the rehearsal studios, one of those "F*ck you." "Yeah, well, f*ck you, too" sort of Spinal Tap/Bad News affairs, I stormed out...then had to come back in and ask for a lift getting my 810 (an old pre-handles, pre-wheels one) into the car...

Thought about this for my 50th a few years ago - mine would be 64, but as I'm a P-Bass kinda bloke and I only like maple boards, I'm never gonna find/afford one, so I gave up on the whole idea...

Any of the three will be fine with a Compact volume-wise (unless you need huuuuge output, like big big rooms/outdoors without PA support output), it's more a question of your tone goals. I've used a Streamliner and a TH500 with a Compact, and they're different beasts. The Stl is indeed big and warm and valvey, I cut the bottom end to about nine o'clock and had a great sound, the TH I didn't like so much tho many here do. I moved from the Stl to a Magellan, and find that's much more versatile for my needs in a function band. The fact that the Magellan's 800w is pretty academic: it's just got plenty of oomph (steering clear of the contentious 'heft' word here ) but as I said, all three will be fine. Best? Your call, tone-wise...

All very talented, but I struggled to hear anything that didn't sound like I was in a lift.

Super Twin. Light and manageable enough to take to any gig so I don't need a 'modular' rig any more, enough oooomph to intimidate JCM100/412 guitards, drown any drummer and demolish walls if necessary. Sounds fantastic with either Walkabout or Magellan. I'm done.

The WA is just the head - I run that with the BF cab, too. I use the WA with my other 'Rawk' band - one sound, one setting, lots of drive; I like the sound it makes, the mids are warm and 'there'. It's not as versatile as the Genzler, and although it's a good deal lighter and smaller than an 80lb monster, by the time you've got it cased it's a deal bigger... On the 'watts' thing, the WA puts out theoretically 300w into the 4 ohms of the BF Super Twin, yet the pairing can very very easily hang with two loud guitarists, both with JCM100 heads and 4x12s. Of course, I've played with both heads in both situations, and both combinations are plenty. The BF cabs (well, the ones I've played through) are VERY efficient, and convert every watt into plenty of volume.

Hey Al, I had a GK MBFusion 500 as a run of heads which has pretty much stopped with the Magellan - I liked the Fusion, but found it had pretty 'baked in' tone which was very GK, and a little too harsh for me. I've no doubt that with judicious EQing it could be tamed, but I try to find an amp which is close to my sound before I start having to EQ. I find the Magellan to be the most versatile head I've tried in a very long time, and the two channels make switching sounds very quick and easy. I use it primarily for my function band work, which requires a very wide range of sounds (or approximations thereof), and I have a BF cab (the Super Twin, but I've also run a Compact/Midget pair, and a BB2) through which it sounds grand. And yeah, for a head without a valve in the pre, it can sound more 'valvey' than others with 1,2 or 3 valves in there... Definitely worth trying... All IMHO, YMMV, etc, etc... Oh, and I wouldn't worry about watts with that combination: it'll be plenty loud...

As long as no-one's trying to sell something as something it isn't, I look at it as just dressing up their bass, very much like relicing. Not something that appeals to me, but hey.