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I own some basses that have been set up by professionals and the action is very low. I also own some that have been set up by me and are therefore not so low. I like playing the ones with a low action, because there's a tiny bit less effort necessary to play them but I don't feel there's a huge difference in tone. I know some pro bassists that have great tone and their basses have an action like a longbow.

Paper round. sex work. Raffle your house. Edit: possibly all 3?

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I once played a dep gig with a country band. They were being paid £150 for two 45 min sets. When the band had finished playing, two hours later, the band owed the bar £200. They had to have a whip round to pay the manager the extra £50. I'd had one coca cola.

The recording just sounds as if you've used them as a straight DI into your recording source with very little EQ. I doubt whacking your bass through a cheap or expensive pre amp is going to make an awful lot of difference, especially playing clean (with no gain or overdrive) and with dead strings. What were you expecting?

The singer in my band has had pneumonia many times. I doubt she would want to sing all night in a bar with a hoard of sweaty, possibly infested, punters, if things get bad and the virus becomes widespread. On a slightly larger scale, my nieces band have been asked to support The Foo Fighters in Valencia in June. Call me a pessimistic, old party pooper, but the chances of The Foos, or any other American band, coming over to Europe to play in front of 20,000 people at every gig, is now extremely unlikely. ......and I was going to be on the guest list.

It's Sandy Tweeddale again. He gets around

Wighams Blues jam is the only one I know of in Edinburgh. It's organised by Rod Kennard and Sandy Tweeddale. It's held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month. Some excellent players get up and do their thing.

Having played regularly through that model of Line 6 bass combo, it is a very good sounding and loud amp. It is also heavy and awkward to carry. Having owned cheaper Ashdown combos in the past, they sound pretty good. The MAG won't be as heavy as the Line 6 and should have a speaker out, which will allow you to add another speaker cab, at a later date, to increase the volume you can get out of it. Either amp is good value.

I was doing fine.......and then I saw THIS!!!! I have 7 Jazz Basses I don't need another.... I'd replace that pickguard with a cream or mint green one though. https://shop.fender.com/en-GB/electric-basses/american-original-60s-jazz-bass/0190130872.html

I assumed the Super Compact specifications, on the Barefaced website, meant that you could put a 600w amp through it at 8 ohms. You won't get 600w out of it though.

There's a rumour, that the guy who builds those limelights, marinates the bridges in his own urine for a month before fitting them. It's powerful stuff apparently ☺

The bassline sounds out of sync with the guitar, because the guitar is not following the bassline. If the bass just played straight 8ths on D, it would sound much better. Ask Chris Glenn if you have his permission to play straight Ds and if he says yes you can tell your guitarist to eff off. https://www.facebook.com/CHRISGLENSAHBMSG

I have the 5 string version and I am very impressed. Real Swiss Army Knife versatility and the B string has a really nice tight sound.

Obligatory fag burn on that jazz

Alternatively, buy a new wiring loom from KiOgon here on Basschat. It's solderless and will take you 10 mins to fit to your bass. Here is his feedback

I play one of these Rumble 100 combos in my country band and it's more than enough, without going through the PA. Mainly because our drummer is quiet. But I can't get away with a Rumble 100 when playing with my blues/rock band. The drummer and guitarist don't know the meaning of the word subtle.

I'll give you 20 quid to take it away. Okay £30. You drive a hard bargain!!!

I bought a Hydrive 112 a few years ago. Took it out to one gig and it couldn't keep up with a quiet drummer. So it's sat in my cupboard since then. If I were you I'd buy a secondhand Barefaced compact. They're pretty cheap these days at about £300, are stupidly light, sound great and are about as loud as an average 410. You can't go wrong.

Played at a Blues Weekend, for Edinburgh Jazz & Blues festival, last Sat. The venue was a nice old church but I think they had the impression we were jazzers or something. They supplied a Markbass 802 for onstage monitoring, which I'm sure would sound lovely in my living room, but couldn't cut it when up against our, hard hitting, drummer. This is a picture of me and the band. With me playing bass by sense of smell. Incidentally, the venue videoed the band from out front and livestreamed it on Facebook and the bass sounded great through the PA.

In the rehearsal room I use, they have one of these. It's paired with an ashdown 4x10 and sounds great. I've owned a few Ashdown amps, starting with an entry level, Electric Blue combo, then an ABM 500 III and finally a D Class MiBass 550 head. They all sounded excellent and I've never had to tweak the EQ massively, to get a great sound out of them.

You can't tell the difference between pickup settings, when he's got the tone rolled down and a bit of sponge tucked under the strings.

Uhhhh......that's a nightmare scenario. I'm glad it wasn't me trapped in The Bass Gallery with Pino (you really know he's listening to every note you play.......and JUDGING you).

Yes it was. A classic band. I'm looking forward to this.

If he's 12 years old, then I'd give him a break and assume he'll spend the next few weeks in his bedroom, obsessively going over the songs night after night, until he's better than everybody else and goes off to join Eric Clapton's band. But if he's a grown adult and he's had years to get half decent (but didn't bother), it's unlikely he's going to get any better than he is already. So giving him a chance to get better is probably a waste of time.