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[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1469624037' post='3099809'] The cheapest rig I could take out would still cost £5k to replace but that isn't the reason I wouldn't play dives. I don't play them because they ARE dives...not because I wouldn't take my kit there. I wouldn't take ME there But.... this also opens up other issues which you can get caught up in. I've taken a few dates to help out a mate and so I'm finding that their booking criteria and mine are way way apart. If you dep... at what point do you decide not to do a gig and for what reason.. Might be another Topic.. I have what I have because I see the need to have it... it gets used because I want that on the gig. Fortunately, there is quite a bit of cross over in my basses and the way they are set up..and also the Amp/cabs so they should be pretty interchangeable. They are tools and they'll be used on the gig I take. The question is more whether I should take the gig in the first place [/quote] I played a gig in Dundee recently, where the regulars were living examples of the failure of 'Care in The Community' and where, when I attempted to use the lavatory facilities, somebody had done a sh*t in the urinal. Just in case your depping takes you to sunny Dundee, The place is called the Artic Bar. I recommend you pack a crowbar (the bass you take is up to you).

[quote name='deanovw' timestamp='1469536953' post='3099092'] And there is the problem. Oh, and some of the places I play are smaller than a small thing. [/quote] Well in that case I think you should get TWO!!!! Now lets get serious. Have you ever tried to get an 8x10 up 3 flights of stairs, on your own? Have you ever tried to pick up an Ampeg valve head (I 'tried' to pick up a SVT VR head once. I didn't realise, at the time, it weighed 6 stone. I thought it had been bolted to the ground) ? Do you have roadies?

This is the bit I don't like... '[i]● We also monitor the noise from a number of other locations outside the marquee on an hourly basis to determine if the level of noise is too much (ie. is traveling to our neighbours). While using the decibel monitor is useful some music or vocals travel more than others so please bear with us if we ask you to turn down certain aspects.'[/i] Bass frequencies travel. There's nothing you we can do about that. This means that 200m from the venue, all you can probably hear is bass. If you turn down only the bass, in reaction to this, then within the performance area the band mix will be altered and the bass will probably just disappear. What needs to happen, in these circumstances, is that the whole band needs to turn down, not just the bass. Then the band mix in the venue may be quieter but at least it will be balanced.

I recently bought a Jazz Bass body from Ebay which had Wilkinson pickups fitted. I wasn't interested in the pickups and planned to replace them with some Fender USA pickups, or whatever, but after fitting a neck to the body, I was really pleasantly surprised. I've owned a lot of Jazz basses but IMO, these these pickups sound superior to any others I've had the experience of using (USA & Japanese). Such a lovely punchy sound, with some sweet (not harsh) highs. I've played them through a John East J retro and just a normal passive loom and they sound great active or passive. They are Alnico with waxed cotton wires. They cost about £40 for the pair. Real classy, classic sounding pickups which won't break the bank.

Learn to play tuba? James Jamerson on Tuba anyone? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oBc5mHNFBg

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1468889557' post='3094129'] Finding out there were multiple personal changes happening. In other words you really wouldn't be joining the band you thought you were. Blue [/quote] Yes this happened to me. The talented ones left just as I arrived. They went on to form their own band and joined the UK tour of a No 1 selling act as support. Talk about bad timing.

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1468737831' post='3092912'] (grin) Turned up at a session yesterday with my charts, preamp, favourite cans, leads....left the bass at home! The only one they had in the studio was this wesley jazz copy with just the bridge pickup. Left behind by a guitarist and never reclaimed, apparently! After re-fitting the A string (wound the wrong way and jumped out of the nut slot all the time) I used it to do two 50s style rock and roll tracks. A ballad and one that moved. Same experience as you - turned the tone full off, volume 3/4 up and it worked for both songs. Nobody was more surprised than me! Maybe we have all been looking at it from the wrong perspective all these years! [/quote] Ooops, I have done the same thing, in the past, embarrassing isn't it?

They say it's what the Road worn is based on. You can get the nitrocellulose version too.

Mex Classic 60s Jazz?

Phil Lynott played an Ibanez Blazer for a while. I didn't know he played a Yamaha. Paul McCartney played a Yamaha live for a while.

Fed up being the one in the band, whose name everyone forgets? Now it's your turn to shine! Guaranteed to get you laid, or your money back! [media]http://youtu.be/n5gtluPTPq4[/media]

They fart usually.

If the speaker has blown it would fart. It's more likely that a fuse has blown somewhere between the amp and the speaker. Some speaker cabs have a little bulb (you can sometimes see them lighting up the inside of your speaker cab) which will blow to protect your speaker. I would do some googling on an Ampeg forum and get the screw driver out to search for fuses, either on the board, or between amp and speaker, if I were you.

I once bought an Allparts Jazz bass neck and it was very chunky, front to back, compared to a normal Jazz neck.. I assume thier P bass necks are even chunkier.

it's not music stands anymore it's tablets, clamped to a mic stand these days.

Stick to Status Quo.

What would we do without Mr KiOgon?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1467317007' post='3082854'] I know this is heresy, but you can be totally happy with ONE bass. I had just one bass from 1976 right up until I joined this forum six years ago and was perfectly content. Then of course everything went completely crazy apeshit bananas hat-stand. If you select 'the one bass' that will do everything you need - and stay off the internet, you'll be fine. [/quote] I follow that emotion. Basschat has a lot to answer for. I used to have 7 electrics and a double bass. I now have 2 basses (that is if you don't count the ones in bits). A Jazz, with a J retro, plus a P bass for emergencies is all I really need.

My brother in law has fronted many bands as a singer and guitarist. He says his favourite type of bass player, is the one he doesn't hear. He tends to play with a lot of dep bassist though. So has low expectations. As long as they don't muck it up too badly,he's happy.

I recently bought one from BC. It gets my seal of approval. They are mighty loud.

I use a GK MB500 through a gen 1 barefaced. I have the gain at 12 o'clock and the master at 9 o'clock (6 o'clock is off on a GK). At that volume it could drown out a reasonably loud drummer. There must be something else going on with your band sound? I have a john east retro and boost the low mid, which may help me cut through the mix.

A performance is all about attitude and whether or not you have a decent sound person mixing the sound. The BBC sound guys are notoriously bad at mixing live sound. This live video shows what they are capable of with some attitude, a decent mix and, of course......... a bass guitar. http://youtu.be/2-dSTR1-Hiw

I notice that you have a GK MB500. I recently bought one to use with my BF compact and it's a great loud and punchy combination.