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What I'd want in an amp is loudness (without farting out at hi volumes), portability, versatile EQ, expandability (i.e. can I add another speaker at a later date if I need more volume) and a price I can afford (there's no such thing as a cheap but good bass amp - cheap = disappointing sound and farting speakers). Personally I'd go for Ashdown as they tick all the boxes above if you want to buy new. If you want to go secondhand, all of a sudden you get into professional gear territory and you have a much wider choice of the likes of GK, Markbass, EBS etc.

He was probably playing one of these. Here's George Duke trying out a [size=4][color=#333333][font=arial, sans-serif]Trilian Total Bass Module. He seems very taken by it - and plays some great basslines too. [/font][/color][/size][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1toLihZkDs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1toLihZkDs[/url]

I remember in the early 90's my brother in law booked The Groundhogs for a gig up in Edinburgh. Only one person turned up. The Groundhogs didn't seem to mind.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1386429339' post='2300016'] she plays fantastically well for a chick. [/quote] I saw what you did there

I know a lot of female bass players. They don't get positive or negative discrimination as far as their musicianship goes, by other musicians, because of their gender. It's usually people who aren't musicians who make the politically incorrect comments.

[quote name='BassApprentice' timestamp='1386364756' post='2299453'] Hi everyone I've got a Squier P Bass Special (a P Bass with a Jazz pickup at the bridge and a Jazz neck) in the house and while it's a great little bass to have I've decided to give it a wee upgrade, new electronics, bridge and probably new tuners, (ok so it's basically an overhaul). Just wondering what people think the best replacement necks are for Fender/Squier basses? Are Warmoth ones really worth the money? Cheers guys! Mikey [/quote] I've owned Allparts, Mighty Might and Fender necks. The best of the lot was the Fender. You can buy replacement Fender necks these days from online shops but I recommend buying from stratosphere, which is an U.S. Ebay shop, because they are from disassembled instruments, which means the nuts are all pre filed, which won't be the case with other online shops. This is stratosphere [url="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/The-STRATosphere/_i.html?_nkw=bass+neck&submit=Search&_sid=105525814"]http://stores.ebay.c...&_sid=105525814[/url]

All I really heard was the amp.

I'd like to be stretched a bit. I'm pretty comfortable with the stuff I play at the moment, but like to be dropped in the deep end now and again. I'm touring next year with a U.S. artist called James Harman, who's a bit of a blues legend. He's had some great DB and electric players in his band over the years, so I will need to get up to speed with my West Coast Swing so I don't let the side down. In my fantasy world I'd like to get the call from [size=4][font=arial, sans-serif]Jay Kay from Jamiroquai. That would get me out of my comfort zone and that's for sure.[/font][/size]

Looks like '[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/protecsolutions"]protecsolutions[/url]' has disappeared off the face of the earth. Probably with somebody's money. Hopefully they will get a refund.

[quote name='skychaserhigh' timestamp='1386185904' post='2296939'] I'm just impressed that someone on this site has got an orangerie and a library. [/quote] I don't even know what an orangerie is?

Nice try though......at 99p at the moment. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1980s-Fender-Jazz-Bass-Electric-Guitar-Axe-MIJ-Japan-w-HSC/221327686633?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D19101%26meid%3D3171002357123682284%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D8669%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D161080911443%26"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1980s-Fender-Jazz-Bass-Electric-Guitar-Axe-MIJ-Japan-w-HSC/221327686633?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D19101%26meid%3D3171002357123682284%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D8669%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D161080911443%26[/url]

What you're hearing sounds like electronic clipping from having the gain up too high. The gain control is used to increase the input from your bass to a usable signal that the power amp can amplify. If you increase the gain too much the signal from your bass will start to distort and you will get clipping even at low volumes (there may be a warning light that comes on when this happens). My advice is to turn the gain right down and the volume to full. Then slowly increase the gain. stop when the amp starts to distort (or the neighbours start to complain - whichever is sooner). You should get lots of clean loud sound level out of your amp this way.

Yes it's difficult to tell sometimes. On Sunday I played a P/J Japanese Fender that had a really lovely neck but the action on it was like a bow and arrow. It was actually painful for me to play the action was so high.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1386087818' post='2295549'] You'll not be 'liking' this, then... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No0xDPFoMq8[/media] [/quote] This is [u]SO[/u] Alan Partridge.

[quote name='Mr Stinky' timestamp='1386084289' post='2295495'] Now that's interesting and something i didn't know. Thanks. [/quote] Notice the headstock on the first strat. It's a hondo or something? Once he smashes it, he then is given the proper one to finish the song with. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2miLo3hbEZE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2miLo3hbEZE[/url]

Richie Blackmore used to swap his strat for a cheapo woolworths special before sacrificing it on the alter of Rock 'N' Roll and the Marshall stacks he used to destroy were made of cardboard. It was all just pantomime for the teenage boys in the front row. I hope this bit of inside information has calmed you down.

I never touch the levels on a borrowed amp, when I'm playing with other bands. So that if the worst happens and the thing does 'blow up' I know it wasn't my fault. In fact, I was playing on a multi band gig recently (arranged by the bassist whose gear I was borrowing), and the speaker blew. I wasn't playing loud and hadn't touched the controls on the amp so knew it wasn't my fault. The bass player whose amp I was using, was quite philosophical about it, as he was going on tour in a weeks time and would rather have a speaker blow before the tour than during it. When people use my amp I will hang around and make sure they aren't abusing it. I have no problem with going on stage and adjusting it if the pre amp is sitting in the red or whatever.

Wasn't it the Ramones that said they knew they were getting better because the set that usually took them 45 mins was now only taking them half an hour.

Mike Scott from Adventures of a Waterboy is a good read. He can string a sentence together allright but if you're looking for sex, drugs and groupies this ain't for you. [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventures-Of-Waterboy-Mike-Scott/dp/1908279249/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386012396&sr=8-1&keywords=mike+scott+waterboys"]http://www.amazon.co...scott+waterboys[/url]

[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1386000447' post='2294468'] Not always economical that way though. Live drums take ages to set-up and record, if you do one or two tracks at a time you're paying for that set-up time over and over. The thing i always say to bands is book a practice room, get amazingly good at playing the songs, then come to the studio prepared for one or two takes. If you're on a budget, getting the tracks down live then overdubbing bits is the way to go. Set up takes longer but at least you get everything down. You can then get rough mixes of everything and take them away. Decide which ones you want to add overdubs to or mix down and just go and do those. When you have a bit more cash you can go back to the others. Writing in the studio is a decadance that few can afford these days. [/quote] It may cost more in the long run but you end up with better sounding tracks that you didn't have to compromise on because the clock was ticking. It's also a good way to audition the recording studio and engineer as well.

After many recording nightmares with various bands I recommend the following. 1. Only record 1 or 2 of your best tracks 2. Record and mix them to perfection 3. Pay the recording studio 4. If you're happy with the results record another 1 or 2 tracks and repeat the process until you have your album This way you can concentrate on getting the songs recorded and mixed as you want them to be, without compromising, and you don't have the worry that you'll run out of money before the final mix is done.

His playing is melodic and he's able to show his technical chops off as well without fret w***ing. I hate guitarist who just play scales incredibly fast - It's incredibly unmusical.

I used to use a Selmer valve PA head as a practice amp for a while. Sounded fine but not much low end.

They are very heavy too, as you can have 20ft of lead condensed into 4 or 5ft (because of the curls).

I bought a Fender curly lead 3 years ago. Took it home and it didn't work. Went back to the shop and they replaced it. Before I plugged it in I read all the bumf on the packaging from fender about how 'curly leads have changed' and that they 'don't 'suck the tone out of your guitar any more' etc, etc. So I plugged it into my bass and it sounded horrible. There was no high end at all and it sounded very muddy. I still have the lead but I don't use it any more. They sound bad enough with a bass guitar but I'm sure a guitar would sound horrible using one of these. Maybe the newer ones sound better I don't know?