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Lou Martin played with my band, many a time, after he moved to Edinburgh. He was a real gent. He liked a glass or two or red did Lou. Sadly no longer with us.

[quote name='Karl Derrick' timestamp='1417964079' post='2625481'] While not without a sense of humour, I don't really see a need for such sarcasm when asking a perfectly straightforward question. Weight is an issue, potential theft is an issue, insurance is an issue. Dummy is the way to go. [/quote] If you put a after it it's not sarcasm. This is sarcasm http://www.gumtree.com/p/other-guitar-accessories/portable-guitar-amp-marshall-ms-4-battery-or-mains-powered/1091409986

I have a cunning plan. Why not just rent a real one and turn the volume down to 0? It's radical but I think it might just work

Melanie seems to live in Australia and also sells huskies as well as bass guitars http://www.truebuy.com.au/for-sale/animals/husky-puppies-for-adoption_i5566

The guy playing the bassline in this live video doesn't bother changing key for much of the verse and chorus. And for much of the song he's not playing octaves. And when he does he's pretty sloppy.

I have a bid on a 5 string on ebay at the moment. I've been playing bass 30 years and have never owned one yet. I think it's about time I did.

I make an effort when making an effort is merited. If I'm playing 'the dog n duck' I don't. If I'm playing a gig, where the audience has paid £20 a head to see the band, I make an effort.

There's one at my local venue. It's going through an Ampeg SVT classic 410HE. I play through it 4 or 5 times a month and it sounds fantastic. Considering it gets played continuously for about 6 hrs a night it seems pretty reliable. But, although I'd love to buy one, all the scare stories on bass forums have put me off.

Put your cab up on a chair/table whatever so it's nearer your ears. No use having your bass flapping your trousers, your ears aren't on your knees.

I went to a gig at The Festival Theatre, in Edinburgh, a couple of years ago. It's a 2,000 seater and it was full. The overall sound was shockingly bad (the sound engineer took until the 3rd song to realise that he'd muted the snare) but the bass sounded excellent. The bass player was a friend of mine, who plays a Musicman Sterling with 5 year old roundwounds on it, and wherever he plays he always gets a great sound (however bad the rest of the sound mix is). He uses a lot of mid, which isn't a great tone on it's own, but when playing with a band it always stands out in the mix.

Yes I saved about £60 when I bought my Hartke Hydrive 112. Zoom B3 is for sale for under £100.

The money is in weddings and corporate gigs, not pubs. But that may be a road you don't want to go down.

Having bought and sold a few Japanese Jazzes over the years, I'd say £650 was about right for a 75 reissue, whatever the year. If you decided you didn't like it you could put it up on basschat, at that price, and it would be snapped up pretty quickly.

[quote name='Pembo' timestamp='1415310819' post='2599186'] I can't answer the question, sorry, but very interested in the answers/advice hopefully forthcoming. I'm trying to decide between the TC and the Hartke Hydrive at the moment, for small gigs. I use a Markbass head as well. [/quote] If you're thinking about a Hartke, I bought a Hydrive 112, for £284, on Thomann's website last week. A saving of about £60 compared with UK shops.

Personally, I'd stay away from anyone with 1842 negative feedbacks. think you should too.

My brother in law bought a Harley Benton Les Paul Goldtop for £100 from Thomanns. It needed a set up but sounded excellent. He's a pro player and usually plays teles and strats. He just fancied a change and decided to take a risk on a £100 chinese copy. He's very pleased with it.

I have a Jazz with a John East preamp in it (which allows me to get just about any sound under the sun) and a Fender Precision. I used to have a MM Stingray and an active Yamaha too. But I tend to find that whatever bass I play, unless I go for an extreme EQ setting, just sounds like me.

This might help [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/230055-tilt-back-cabamp-stand-which-one-to-buy/"]http://basschat.co.u...ich-one-to-buy/[/url] £18 from Thomann http://www.thomann.de/gb/standback_ampstand.htm

Thanks for your advice. I bought one today from Thomann at a great price. It's for smaller gigs and when I'm going through a PA as a monitor. If I like it I may get another to make up a mini stack.

I heard one a couple of years ago, it sounded fantastic.

The most I've had at one time is 5. But since I bought the John East pre amp for my Jazz, I have no need for loads of other basses. The only other bass I have is a precision, which is my 'just in case bass'.

On the clip I saw, I thought the bass sounded great. And quite a groovy bassline. Although I didn't think the song sounded particularly memorable.