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[quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1484769037' post='3218331'] Have to say though, having gone through some of the faf of buying a Classic Pro IV and finding parts to mod it more to 60's spec, my first reaction to the ad was 'Oh for God's sake!' [/quote] Close to my reaction...although I'll stick with my Shukerbird now...but I think I'd like a two-piece bridge...

Oh, blimey...I think I want that bridge...

[quote name='Storky' timestamp='1484667930' post='3217324'] I do like a Stingray. I had a SBMM Ray 34 and loved it, but could never quite get it to sit right in the band mix, so sold it. Later I missed it and I thought I had worked out what i was doing wrong, so I brought a proper MM Ray4. I loved this as well. On a couple of gigs it sounded really great, but mostly it didn't. I got a 2nd hand Jap Mustang and it blew the Ray out of the water, so I sold the Ray. Now I miss it again! I'm thinking my amp is not Stingray compatible? (Ampeg Portaflex PF-500/PF210HE) and as its time to upgrade my rig, I'd like to get something that works with the MM sound. Suggestions very welcome. [/quote] I've had four Stingrays. Every time, I'd hear/see other people playing them and think 'Yeeeaaahhhh', then I'd buy one and...it just wasn't me. So I'd sell it, then a few months later I'd want one again. Took me four goes to finally realise I just don't suit them (or vice versa). That's across lots of different rigs, too, so it wasn't that... Edit: what Chris just said, above

Fantastic - if I had the money, I'd never be off the phone to Jon: he's an artist.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1484650812' post='3217120'] had a stingray never really got on with it now got a P I use a Zoom unit to get different sounds for different songs, it's more flexible than an active bass and easier to change the tone, never seen an active yet where you can get a passable Lemmy tone , but each to their own [/quote] Dime the mids on my East pre on any bass I have, and it'll drive the amp pre into that one. There you go.

All my basses have East preamps in them - I use a fair spread of tones in the function band, and I don't want to faff with my backline to do it - especially if we're using in-ears without backline I don't have any axe to grind either way; it is, as has been pointed out several times, all down to personal taste and preference.

If you want a more elegant cabling solution, OBBM will make you up a dual lead with the instrument and phono leads - it's very very handy indeed, and it's how I like to run mine.

Cheers guys - yup, BRX is correct in his assumption that I'd like to add to, rather than replace the bass. Soooo, nothing particularly cheap, then... I might have to look at one of these instead... https://www.keithmcmillen.com/products/12-step/

Soooooo, the trio I'm in want to expand the repertoire, and I'm looking at connecting the bass to Mainstage, for which I'm assured I'll need a decent Midi interface. Anyone having success with a particular type/model? I was looking at the Sonuus B2M, but I'm reading tales of latency and tracking making it iffy? Cheers, M

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1484003521' post='3211951'] On the other hand, I would probably pay good money not to have to watch your band. [/quote] Oh, now hold on...I think I sense a new earner... On the 'fame being relative' thing, I did a gig at a big awards ceremony at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground last year, we were introduced to a load of (mostly huge) young fellas with expensive suits and haircuts, all of whom I just said "Hiya" to. I thought the Event Manager looked a bit downcast, it was only later I was told they were mostly England cricketers...

It's all largely irrelevant to me, as I think they're two of the worst bastardisations of the Fender design I've ever seen. If you gave me one I'd sell it immediately. Fodera owners may well love them, and will probably be able to afford them. Good luck to em, it's their money.

Although even in the serious trib world it doesn't always happen - I got chatting with the singer/bassist from Limehouse Lizzy, who plays a black and chrome Stingray. I asked him why... "I don't like Precisions" Ummmm...OK... I play any bass I want in any band (I've used my Shukerbird for wedding gigs and acoustic trio sit-down ones, too), pretty much on packing-the-bag impulse, but I have to say I do like slinging said Shukerbird around low with the 70s/80s Rock band...it's just so much more rock'n roll...

Having owned a few Schroeder cabs - tho not the exact one you have, I've had smaller ones - if you're playing loud through it, then I can't think of a single 210 which will perform at the same SPLs. If you're not pushing the volume levels really, really high, then yeah, a good 212 or a couple of good 112s will do it. My Bergs and previous BF cabs would do it, certainly. Tone is another matter entirely: Schroeders have a strong character, a different maker/format will take a bit of re-EQing...but then that's half the fun

The build quality of the Magellan 800 is exemplary, so I'm sure this'll be quality, too...love the slight tiltback...

I have four main basses and four other (much cheaper) project-type ones (and zero bass GAS), I have three Berg 112s and two amps, a Magellan and a Walkabout. I'm covered for everything I need now. The only thing I might consider is lighter cabs, though I'd still look at 3x112s, or a 2x12 and a 112...

[quote name='jay-syncro' timestamp='1482925776' post='3203534'] Jazzy AND funky. This is outrageous. http://youtu.be/QRuM2rk2miQ [/quote] That was terrific...

We've just started using Band Helper to co-ordinate our set lists for the 3 and 4 piece function band, and it's highlighted the fact that the 4-piece has a repertoire of 178 songs right now, and the 3-piece somewhere North of 150 (not been updated yet). I have a lot of those in my head, but it's nice to be able to have the band react to requests (within reason, and those 178 plus the buskable ones) by having a quick shufty at my iPad... When there's an, erm, set setlist, I won't use it, but I have it handy for when the band leader likes to go 'off piste'... In my Proper Rock Band, and the originals band, I don't use it.

I've never taken to 5s (despite owning three) because I don't like big chunky necks, and find a Hipshot can cover everything I need. Having said that, I wouldn't have an issue chopping back and forth: I have a Dingwall, and at first I'd imagined (easy as they are to play) that my muscle memory would get fritzed switching between 36-odd scale and 34/35s, but it's never been an issue: I'll use the Dingwall and another bass on the same gig without even thinking about it. A strange and wonderful thing, the brain...

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1482505175' post='3201140'] what the... [/quote] I know...I was waiting for the punchline...

There was no need to take the funk out of Uptown Funk, but they went to the trouble to do it...

I don't disagree...I've had them both, and moved them both on. Lots of folk want that exact sound, though. Incidentally, I thought the Tech21 head was pretty barky and weedy...and that's a lead-sled Proper Transformer one... Maybe another thread for 'Big Transformer Heads That Don't Have Much Heft'... I can think of a few I've owned...

[quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1482501615' post='3201111'] Its well played, but I dont see the point. It juts misses the whole point of uptown funk. ie that it is funk. Any well drilled function band with a horn section will do it far better, and is something great to play in when everyone knows all the little riffs etc that are there. [/quote] All very much true IME - I'm waiting for another one in this series: the punk version of Take Five, when the band shift it to 4/4 and get rid of all that jazzy hoohah...