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[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1385033491' post='2283586'] What is a 60's sound for bass? In the 60's they used flats and rounds, picks and fingers and foam muting or not. Live anything went... mostly valve amps through underpowered and woolly 4 x 12 cabs. I don't think there is a 60's bass sound. [/quote] Yes, Paul MaCartney desperately wanted to sound like Marcus Miller but it's hard to do that on a Hofner Violin bass plugged into a 15 watt Selmer.

[quote name='eddiehoffmann' timestamp='1384986897' post='2283297'] My idea of a 60's Jazz Bass sound is John Paul Jones and he used flats. I think he had a P-Bass with rounds though... [/quote] Actually he used roundwounds but he had mutes on the bridge of his Jazz bass which gave him that flatwound type sound. For a 60's sound I'd put some foam in the bridge cover which will act like the original Fender mutes. See piccie [url="http://www.12fret.com/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/fender-jazz-bass-1961-cons/fender-jazz-bass-1961-cons-bridge-mutes-1.jpg"]http://www.12fret.co...dge-mutes-1.jpg[/url] Or if you want to do it the professional way damp with the palm of your hand. Scot shows you how here with a great lesson on how to get a 60's sound [url="http://www.bassguitarvideo.com/bass-lesson-james-jamerson-bass-lines-get-vintage-tone/"]http://www.bassguita...t-vintage-tone/[/url]

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1384977265' post='2283093'] Thanks John, I'll rob the one from my other P , you'll have to send me another one please ? I like the feel of this bass so much, I might P/J it with my wizards, but i'm not sure if that will devalue it, or even if it does, does it matter [/quote] I think your bass may need shielding. I just finished sorting my Precision out an hour ago. I was getting the same thing (buzzing that goes away when I touch the strings or roll of the tone a bit). So I pulled the scratchplate off, stuck a sheet of copper foil on it, cut off the excess and screwed it back on the bass. The result is a much quieter bass. I was thinking of painting it with some carbon shielding paint I used to shield my Jazz Bass. I may do that this weekend. This is the same type of stuff I used which is cheap as chips. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300mm-x-200mm-Guitar-pickup-self-adhesive-copper-foil-tape-shielding-/390702336281?_trksid=p2054897.l4276"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=p2054897.l4276[/url]

I bought these files and used them this morning on the offending nut. Looks like it's done the job and my bass plays much better on the first 3 frets. I recommend taking it easy and checking every 10 secs to make sure you've not filed too low. [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00439E2MQ/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00439E2MQ/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1[/url]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1384947296' post='2282568'] He's certainly 'up there', all right. [/quote] Yup.........where the sun don't shine.

I notice that the audience was full of celebrity liggers.

And mugs! Hats and mugs!

I think it's a good way to gauge peoples commitment. I assume it's a 5 or 6 piece band and I know how difficult it can be to get that many people in a room at the same time for rehearsals etc. If people moan and whinge about putting money up front for demos, then you know they aren't particularly committed in the first place.

[quote name='PJT' timestamp='1384874721' post='2281720'] Never got asked back. [/quote] Did you want to be??????

One open tuned for slide one normal tuning?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1384774402' post='2280460'] .... we've got a neighbour problem. Can you play quietly? I usually dread this! But we had one of these gigs on Saturday and actually managed to keep the volume right down. The drummer used rods. It was a great gig. Our balance was much better than normal and I thought the playing was better. [/quote] I've been told by drummers that, although sticks are louder, It takes more energy to play with rods than sticks. The last time our drummer played with rods (to keep the volume down), he ended up dripping with sweat after the gig, even though he sounded a lot quieter than usual. That energy transferred to the whole bands performance and we played and sounded better than ever.

Whatever it is make sure it has the facility to plug a decent microphone into it. Too many bass blogs, or reviews, are recorded with the cameras own microphone, which, 9 times out of 10, can't capture bass frequencies.

This is what those synth dudes are getting up to behind our backs [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3FMuSR46f8[/media] And this is even scarier [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1toLihZkDs[/media]

Why not use a limiter rather than a compressor if you're worried about peaks but want to keep the dynamic in your playing.

[quote name='roger' timestamp='1384692258' post='2279474'] Arghhhh why did i forget to say: "please don't say gig it for 20yrs"etc etc [/quote] If it's a Silver Squier it's already had 20 years worth of gigging.

It's basswood. Basswood doesn't have much in the way of a grain, so don't go too nuts with the sanding.

It's new to young people.

I think Fender decided that if you can't beat them........join them. Which is why they now licence factories all over the world to make Fenders/Squiers. Rickenbacker are not prepared to do that (for whatever reason).

I like it!

Interesting. I'm a big fan of the MIJ Silver Series Squier basses. I did a bit of a google and notice that there's MIJ Fender Silver Series basses out there too. Here's a picture of one. [url="http://safe-img02.olx.com.mx/ui/9/72/22/1291582426_144297022_1-Fotos-de--Fender-Precision-Bass-SIlver-Series-1291582426.jpg"]http://safe-img02.ol...-1291582426.jpg[/url]

I had the same with my Fender TV15 which had a tube pre amp. I couldn't get it to break up because the output on my Jazz wasn't hot enough.

Jerry is a Basschat member. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/28318-jerry-scheff-oo/"]http://basschat.co.uk/user/28318-jerry-scheff-oo/[/url]

Looking at that comment in context, he's saying that he finds bass guitar is difficult to record well. That's because the guitars are so bass heavy, in the metal genre, that bass guitar disappears in the mix. I assume that the guitarists he works with are not prepared to compromise on their 'sound' and take up less of the sonic spectrum.

Ashdown EB combos are cheap and loud.

The only time my heart sinks, when I go into a rehearsal room, is when there's a trace elliot amp in there. I can never get a decent sound from them. When I play at festivals, I've noticed that the amps the PA company usually supply are either Ampeg or Hartke. I would go for Hartke if I were you, mainly because I can always get a good clear sound from the HA series amps without too much messing around. I'd keep away from the Hydrive combos as they're a bit underpowered.