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Go out and try a Geddy Lee Jazz. The shallowest neck known to man. It's as close as I ever got to playing air bass.

[quote name='pgolowacz' timestamp='1373222499' post='2135000'] yes, thats right. I just wonder what will be when this another 8Ohm cab is 210 and much weaker than 410 (even not 300W + 750W ) Will it be big difference comparing to mibass with only 410? In this set ( 410 + 210) amp will use 280W on each cab in 4Ohms and this 280W is almost limit of this 210...so probably I will have to reduce a bit volume on amp ..and Im not sure if then will be better than with single but strong 410 cab... [/quote] It will be fine. Just remember to stop playing if it goes on fire.

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1373205675' post='2134657'] I know someone who was in his class at school! [/quote] Wow!

[quote name='pgolowacz' timestamp='1373107683' post='2133759'] hallo, have a question:) I have mibass 550 and using with laney B410CD cab (750W rms , 8Ohm). Is it safe to use it in this way? sounds good, but ashdown is only aprox 280W in 8Ohms..and the cab is 750W...so its huge difference . But sounds really good, this 410 Laney cab is very selective and with good horn , so hear everything in very natural way....but dont want to have accident one day during any gig... Other option is: have possibility to buy really cheap one more laney cab , the same serie, but 210 - looks like the same speakers as in 410 but between 200-300W (the info on the back of the cab is blurred, hard to read anything , only that is 8Ohm and made in UK, can't find any info about this Laney B410CD or B210CD on the web..). So..what seems to be better: -mibass + single 410 ( cab gets aprox 280W , 8Ohm) -mibas + 410 + 210 ( each cab will get aprox 250-270W in 4Ohms, together should be more than 500W ..but it seems that can be really close to the limit of this 210 cab:/ and I know that connecting together 410 and 210 sometimes is bad idea) Can't test this 210 before buying unfortunetelly. thanx in advance for help:) [/quote] What Ashdown mean is that you will get 280 watts (think of watts as power) out of a cabinet which has a resistance of 8 ohms and the full 550 watts out of a cabinet which has a resistance of 4 ohms. So don't worry you MiBass is designed to play through a speaker cabinet like your Laney and it won't damage it. If you get another 8 ohm cabinet and connect them both to you amp, the resistance will reduce to 4 ohms and your amp will produce more power and you will be even louder.

On this topic I give some pointers to another basschatter on the pickups I've tried over the last couple of years. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/211019-jazz-bass-pick-ups/page__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/211019-jazz-bass-pick-ups/page__fromsearch__1[/url] I've just put the silver series pickups I mention on sale, in the marketplace, if they sound like your kind of thing.

It's all in the fingers is what [b]THEY[/b] say. Whoever [b]THEY[/b] are?

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1372936222' post='2131785'] So......... Having spent some money to find a bass and amp that gives me "my sound" i.e. the sound that I want and the band is happy with, what happens when we play a big gig and I get split between the back line and FOH PA? To my mind, what comes out FOH is my bass instrument with the tone set by the "engineer", the PA mixer desk, PA amp and PA speakers and monitors. This is not "my sound" - the one I produce up on stage with my bass and amp - or am I wrong? The thing that triggered this question a few years ago was when we played up at the big Blues Festival in Burnley. Main Stage at The Mechanics and I was told not to worry as back line would be supplied. On arrival I found I had the choice of SVT through 8x10, Trace Elliot or Marshall. I opted for Ampeg as this is what I normally use (albeit a V4BH through a 4x10). We set up, sound checked, sounded great on stage (monitors were a bit thin) and our set went down really well. However, when staying on to watch the other bands, it was very noticeable to me that whoever they were, whatever they were playing, whatever rig was used, the bass sounded the same out of the PA. We had a laid back discussion in the green room later in the day and came to the conclusion that bassists are usually f*cked at a big gig when it comes to getting their own sound out there. Am I just a thick bass thumper or is there something in my thinking? [/quote] You're lucky! I played The Great British R&B festival in Colne in 2012 and there was no bass! I played through the worlds quietest Ampeg SVT and 8x10 and couldn't hear a thing on stage. I listened to the other bands and the bass players could have been miming, because I couldn't hear a thing they were playing. We obtained a recording of our live set straight from the desk.....and you guessed it......no bass. The venue was a huge warehouse type thing which would have made it hard to get a good bass sound. But NO bass through the PA! The sound engineer must have been deaf.

I played a couple of gigs recently with different bands. The first one was where I, and everyone else in the band, were DI'd and the second one was with my bass amp. The sound was great for both. But the reason I brought my amp with me for the second was because I knew I would be competing with a stupidly loud guitarist, going through a VOX AC30. I placed my amp on a table at ear level with the volume turned down and used it as my own personal monitor.

Pete bought my scratchplate. Deal was smooth as silk.

Some of my best friends talk sh*t. That's probably why I like them I guess.

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1372846911' post='2130545'] Don't laugh...but experience has taught me that Sweet Home Alabama is easy to play, but much harder to play in an extremely tight fashion. I have to employ a fair bit of damping and ghost notes to be on the money with that bad boy...not so easy when singing simultaneously. [/quote] The actual bassline is very simple but if you don't have 3 electric guitarists and a piano player in your band it can sound just a bit empty. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZOozDHL0LA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZOozDHL0LA[/url]

Well if you're prepared to spend that kind of money I think you should make sure you try before you buy. You don't want to spend thousands and find the bass you bought has a neck like a bassball bat. This is probably the guy you want to go visit. [url="http://www.andybaxterbass.com/"]http://www.andybaxterbass.com/[/url]

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1372844352' post='2130508'] Oh sh1t! I've got to learn that for a dep gig! Is it that bad? Also, Forget You by Ce-Lo Green. I was happily bouncing along on that simple riff when it goes to the other extreme! I actually had to sit down and concentrate on that! [/quote] Don't worry. The chorus has an unnecessarily busy bassline. The song will probably sound better if you simplify it.

Kevin Lindsay is your man [url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/2249-kevin-lindsay/"]http://basschat.co.uk/user/2249-kevin-lindsay/[/url]

[quote name='CBbass' timestamp='1372410491' post='2125337'] Thanks for the help . I'll measure when I get home later. Which is the set you're looking at? Because I can't find an identical set anywhere. Regardless, I think getting a single tuner from wayne or Grangur would be ideal to keep the bass original and keep costs down... still I might have to get a new set of 4 if things don't work out unfortunately. [/quote] Duh...... I was looking at the Mustang reissue not the musicmaster.

[quote name='CBbass' timestamp='1372360302' post='2124901'] I hope this helps. Measurements aside, I can't find a single bass key which looks the same so if it lines up with what you have then it'll most definitely be the same. The only damaged part is the base "key" bit. Thanks. [/quote] The measurement you want to know is the diameter of the hole in the headstock. The bushings usually fit into these holes and are usually 17.5 mm or 16 mm for Fenders. Checking the spindle on mine (which are standard vintage Fender) it is 14mm, which is the same as yours. Looks like a standard set of tuners would fit the hole. I notice 'Bass Parts resource' in the states sell a full set. [url="http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/bass_tunersfender.htm"]http://www.guitarpar...unersfender.htm[/url]

[quote name='CBbass' timestamp='1372338361' post='2124490'] Hi guys, I have a lovely musicmaster bass which I got today but one of the tuning keys was completely damaged in shipping. The problem is I really can't find any direct replacement. I guess I'll have to replace all 4 of the keys for other ones but I'm not really sure which I'll need. If anyone could help I'd be eternally grateful. I can get measurements and pics if requested. Many thanks. [/quote] Before you buy a full set, remove the damaged tuner and check the diameter of the tuning peg hole. Most Fender holes are 17.5 mm but some Japanese Fender ones are 16mm.

It just means that all the notes on a string are perfectly in tune on every fret. An example would be - if you plucked the open G string and confirmed it was in tune and then plucked the G string while fretting it on the 12th fret, and that note was showing as G as well on your tuner, then your G string has perfect intonation (which means all the notes on that string will be in tune up and down the neck - which is what you want). If the string was in tune with G when you played it open but was showing as F when you played it at the 12th fret then the intonation on that string is wrong and you would have to adjust the length of the string at the bridge to get the intonation correct. Ideally you would want to adjust the intonation on your bass to be correct on every string otherwise you'll never get you bass to sound in tune up and down the neck. Check on youtube on how to do it properly (it's pretty simple) and your bass playing will sound a lot better, especially when you're playing along to music or other musicians.

I bought a set of mexican Jazz bass pickups from ebay which cost me the princely sum of £9.99. I was chopping and changing pickups at the time and decided, at that price, they were worth a try. Compared to the other pickups I've had in my bass they didn't get a very good score out of 10. These are the pickups I've tried in the last 2 years. American Vintage 9/10 (very stereotypical growly Jazz Bass) American Original 9/10 (quite rounded 60's style Jazz Bass) Wizard 64s 9/10 (very like the American vintage sound) MIJ Silver Squiers 9/10 (deeper rounded sound almost precisionlike) DiMarzio Model J 6/10 (very deep dirty sounding - not very typical Jazz Bass) Mex Standard 5/10 (not very exciting compared to the others - not much character) Squier standard 7/10 (decent all rounder - especially considering the bass only cost me £95 secondhand) Roadworn Jazz 10/10 (best sounding pickups I've owned - great character. Can do growly Jaco and deep John Paul Jones. These are made in Mexico so shows they can get it right if they want to)