gjones

I have the same gauge set on my Precision and they sound great.

The seller says the pickup is quiet. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that the action is so incredibly high?

That's a decent first rig.

I experienced something similar. I bought a used GK MB 800, from Basschat, and when I first tested it at home I could hear a slight distortion in the sound coming out of the speakers. I took the casing off and made sure all the connectors on the mainboard were seated properly, then put it back together. When I set it up and tested it again, the distortion had gone. I've gigged with it many times since then and haven't had any problems. I recommend you do the same, it could sort the issue.

Mama's gun in June. I travelled 400 miles from Edinburgh to London to see them in January. Astounding musicianship - tight as a ducks wotsit. This time they're playing Glasgow, so only 45 miles. I'm a big fan.

I bought a felt pick, which does a decent impression of the sound of fingers. and is pretty bassy I don't use it, because I mostly play with fingers and if I play with a pick, I want it to sound like a pick.

When I first bought it, I wasn't so keen on the sound. I fitted a J-retro to it and still wasn't convinced. I then removed the J-retro and put a set of Fender roundwounds on it and, all of a sudden, I liked the sound. I sometimes have days like that, where I one day I hate a bass and the next day I love it........ I'm weird.

I used to count in the songs because our drummer used to play everything insanely fast. Of course he never paid a blind bit of notice. He was like animal....

Yes, I bought a Fender MIM 70s reissue because it looked so purty. I never play it, I just look at it.

There's good gigs and bad gigs. I've played a Blues set in a bar full of numpties and gone down like cold sick. I've played the same songs at a Blues festival (where people have paid to see the band) and received a standing ovation. There's two reason why a gig is bad, either your band is rubbish, or you're playing to the wrong audience. If your band is rubbish, it's probably time to call it a day.

I changed the speaker in an underpowered Ashdown cab, for a bigger and more powerful one (from 200 to 400 watts). Amazingly it sounded pretty good but I wouldn't buy a cab, that had the speakers swapped, without hearing it first.

I've joined a rock band and it means I have to play some songs with a pick. I've just bought a multi effects pedal, as my pick playing is a bit uneven and I'm hoping the compressor on that will smooth it out. Of course I could just get better at playing with a pick? Nah....

I learned this fact many decades ago, when I plugged my sh*tty Carlsbro Stingray head through a Ohm 2x15 cab owned by someone else. The Carlsbro head sounded awful through the Carlsbro speakers, it came with, but great through the Ohm cab (which cost a lot more than I could afford at the time). Cheap amp plus expensive cab = good sound.

I had a 150 watt Ashdown combo (not class D) which was sufficiently loud to play with a drummer. If I'd had another cabinet attached I'm sure it would have been even louder. Of course the proof of the pudding is in the eating.......if you know wot I mean.

Hmmmm......and the 160 watt version has an external speaker jack, which is handy. All the guitarists I know are fans, and many are owners, of the guitar version.

One of the reasons I fitted initially fitted a pre to my Jazz, is that I wanted more control over my sound when I went through the desk to the PA. Most of the venues I play in, the full band go through the house PA. Then the engineer is in charge of my sound, not me. I tend to give a bug bump to the low mids before my bass goes to the desk. It tends to prevent my bass sound being turned into undefined mush by whoever the person on the desk is that night.

There's humour in life, so there should be humour in Music too.

I recently joined a new band and when we auditioned singers, we asked them to learn songs we knew and were up to speed with. If you were auditioning guitarists, would you take on the guys in those two bands? I suspect not, if they couldn't be bothered to learn the songs they'd been asked to learn.

It's not the amps that are the issue, necessarily, it's the fact that these days we don't whack them through gigantic 8x10 speaker cabs, or two 4x10s. These days everyone is after a light 'one cab solution', which is fine but it can't compete with a wall of speakers behind you for (whisper the word)......heft.

The guitarist reversed his car into mine. Luckily my car was on it's way to the wrecking yard but still, it's the principle of the thing.

The drummer, in my new band, is a big Richie Kotzen fan, so he's suggested some of his songs for the set. The only problem is that he plays both guitar and bass on the recordings and he does insist on doubling the lead guitar with the bass. The basslines he plays are difficult enough to play on guitar and are almost impossible for me to play on bass (if the guitar bends a note the bass does as well). I've told the drummer he's banned from suggesting songs, in future, unless they're Status Quo.

I have the same issue. With most music that I really like, the lyrics are secondary. Usually, I think, because they're not particularly good. I wouldn't dismiss a song because the lyrics are rubbish. An example would be most Lenny Kravitz songs, where the lyrics are usually pretty banal but the tune can be really pretty good. I like many of his songs but couldn't tell what the hell he's singing about to save my life. Then there are other songwriters, that are all about the lyrics. Examples would be, David Bowie, Dylan, Tom Waits etc and although I wouldn't be able to write down the lyrics, of even my favourite songs that they'd written, I'd probably be able to sing along to them as they were playing.

I never had an amp go down on me yet but the head I use was bought secondhand and initially had a slight distortion issue that I managed to fix (loose connectors attached to the board), so I bring a backup just to be sure. I also bring strings, a small toolkit, spare lead, batteries, etc. I don't bother bringing a spare bass as basses are pretty sturdy things (of course if I was playing Wembley I might think about it but usually I'm only playing the Dog & Duck).

I'm wondering how long it will take for someone to suggest a Fender Rumble 500 combo? Oh.....I just did! 😀