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You can loosen the neck (probably best to remove the strings first) and pull it upwards towards the E string. Then re-tighten the screws while holding the neck in the new position. when you put the strings back on you should see an improvement. If this doesn't work, then you may have a slightly out of position bridge. In which case you would have to re-position it. Of course it may not bother you. In which case just carry on as you are

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1492211522' post='3278776'] Get some gigs for the band. Yeah, just like that, get some gigs, it's real easy. You just call a venue and say you have a band and they'll just book you right on the spot. I think there's a lot more to it than; "Get some gigs" Blue [/quote] At the local Womans institute, old people's care home, open mic night, go busking. It doesn't have to be a support slot with a reformed Led Zeppelin (although that would be cool)

Get some gigs for the band. The thought that you might f*** it up, in front of an audience, usually helps to concentrate the mind of the lazy musician.

There's some great bands in that line up - old and new.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1491837305' post='3275758'] Are the pickups out of phase? That'll cause a Jazz to sound weak and trebly. [/quote] [quote name='AnAnInginAneAnA' timestamp='1491795969' post='3275381'] Hey guys. So a few months ago I picked up a new (to me) Squier Jazz Bass 70's natural in a trade, and even with the bridge pickup off and the tone control rolled off it's just way too bright and lacking low end for my liking. However since I absolutely love the feel of the neck, the the body shape, and the overall weight of it so much, I'm not quite ready to give up on it just yet. I've already tried flatwounds on it (which I didn't really like), and pure nickel strings, neither of which had that much of an efffect. Possible options I'm thinking of are new bridge, new pickups, or even modifying it to a P/J configuration like my other basses. I was just wondering if anybody here had this problem with this bass before? And, if so, were you successfully able to modify it to give it a more rounded or bassier sound? [/quote] Have a fiddle with the wiring. Pickups that are out of phase with one another will sound as you describe.

If they're out of phase then you will have to swop the wires around, however sure you are that you've soldered them correctly until your ears tell you that you've got it right. I've done exactly the same and been sure I wired everything up as they should be. Then realised, when I plugged the bass in, that somehow I'd got it wrong. It happens, It won't take long to figure out where you went wrong.

[quote name='PawelG' timestamp='1491629731' post='3274381'] Thank you! I have tried to find something like that but apparently not hard enough ;-) [/quote] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=4]KiOgon made a master vol, pickup blend, tone for my Jazz. It's a variation on the normal vol,vol,tone which is quite useful.[/size][/font]

We played a Saturday every month at a venue, for 4 years. Sold a sh*t load of booze and filled the place up (you have to pay to get in). The crowd loved us and danced the night away. The owner, loved the money we made for him (even though he was a Jazzer and probably wasn't really into our music) and kept on booking us, as we pulled a crowd. Unfortunately he passed away and his daughter took over the bar. Since then we haven't been booked for any gigs and she ignores our emails. Now she books muso Jazz bands, which are not going to appeal to an under 30s crowd, on a Saturday night. Good luck to her, I hope she doesn't go out of business..

Just click on the link and you'll find what you need http://basschat.co.uk/user/7835-kiogon/

I remember the last time I recorded. I listened back to the bass track with just the drums and I my gast was flabbered when I heard all the ghost notes I was playing throughout the bass line. It sounded very messy but once the rest of the band came in it all blended in just fine.

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1491087668' post='3270485'] We often use our own PA which is an HK Elias PX. 1.6k but loud as hell for it's size and sounds great. This PA lives upstairs at mine and I end up moving it up and down, to gigs etc mostly on my own. This has been going on with differing PA's for over 10 years! To be honest the Elias is the most most compact PA we've ever had but I'm getting rather P'd of with it all. Other members basically refuse to store any of it! Question - Would a pair of FR800's be a suitable replacement? A 5 piece band would be going through it. Drums, 2 guitars, bass and 4 vocals? Max 200 people audience. I'm not a great fan of subs anyway as I think things (sound to me) get a bit muffled and wooly but adding one or two FH800s' later on is an option. I'm hoping for positives! [/quote] Previous thread on the subject http://basschat.co.uk/topic/293250-barefaced-fr800-anyone-with-experience/page__hl__fr800

I tuned in while he was playing at tune that sounded a bit too much like freeform jazz for me. But after a while they calmed down and I quite liked the rest of the set I heard.

If the original speaker was 4 ohm I recommend you replace it with a 4 ohm one. It will still work with an 8 ohm speaker but, because of the added resistance, your amp will be quieter than it was with the 4 ohm speaker fitted.

Trust The Bass Whisperer http://youtu.be/67Fo7AKwfA0

They look EXTREMELY cheap and cheerful. £49.99 for a set of PA speakers? I recommend you have low expectations, to avoid disappointment.

The drummer in my band is about 54/55 and last weekend he had 5 gigs. He usually manages 2 to 3 per weekend. He's a great drummer (solid as a rock) so is in great demand. So stop yer moanin' yer not dead yet

Get a jazz bass and fit a John East J retro pre amp. Just slot it in and attach your pickups via the screw terminals (15 minute job - no soldering) and away you go. You'll never need another bass, because you'll be able to get any sound you want.

I get stir crazy if I don't gig. Feb and March were slow and I ended up chewing the furniture. April looks much busier. Maybe I need to get a life.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1490612381' post='3266359'] That's the sort of statement made by someone who has yet to learn the difference between musicianship and music, and why for everyone except self-involved musicians the latter is far more important. [/quote] Very wise words.

I gig with a 1x15 Barefaced Compact and a GK MB500. The rig is incredibly loud. If I had two compacts and I could use the full 500w from my amp, I'm sure it would take the roof off any venue I played. The Barefaced compact is a very efficient design and the GK MB500 is a very loud amp for it's wattage (not all manufacturers watts are the same I've been told). It is the loudest combination of amp and cab I have ever owned (I've owned, Ashdown, TC Electronic,, Fender, Hartke etc). If you want to drown out your drummer, and make your guitarists wish their amps went up to 11, you could do worse. Oh and the cab and head are insanely light as well.

Well the reason why wives/girlfriends/boyfriends/partners go to every gig, is not because they are huge fans of their other half's band, it's because they don't trust them to be away from them and having fun, in the 'dens of iniquity', that are most music venues. My sister never went to any of my brother-in-law's gigs (she was never a big fan of music) until he ended up having an affair with a regular punter. After that 'incident' she became his bands biggest fan (she didn't let him out of her sight for about 5 years after that).

A friend of mine has a Hartke 120 watt combo which is a great little amp, quite loud, and has a tilt back option. I also recommend one of the new Fender 100 watt Rumbles. Loud, cheap and insanely light. I've used one a few times and was very impressed at how well it could keep up with a drummer.

Luckily my hands don't get sweaty when gigging, which means I don't have to change my strings very often, or scrape muck off my fretboard. But my brother-in-law has toxic, acid dripping off his fingers. I let him play my bass for 5 mins and when I got it back the strings felt like they've been covered with a mix of treacle and sand.......disgusting!

I played in a band, for a couple of years, with a drummer (yes a drummer!) who didn't have a car. Luckily I am a nice guy and transported him and his gear, in my car. If you're playing within a city, it's doable. If the gigs are far and wide you need an understanding bandmate. And remember to offer to pay for half the petrol.

Hmmmm.....Ashdown can be weird, as far a loudness is concerned. My old Ashdown ABM 500, through my ABM 15, was quieter than my Ashdown EB 150 combo. My Ashdown MiBass 550, through my Barefaced Compact ,is significantly quieter than my GK MB500, through the same cab.