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I never leave my bass in my car. Once bitten, twice shy.

I have a GK MB500 and phew it's LOUD! Punchy as hell as well. My old Ashdown MiBass 550 sounded good through my compact but the GK takes things to another level. The combination of the MB500 and compact means I can hear every note, clearly and well defined. I love it.

I had a similiar problem with my Jazz. I'd resoldered the wires from one of the pickups incorrectly and it had caused the pickups to be out of phase. I swapped them around and the problem was solved. If that isn't your problem, then just Buy a KiOgon wiring loom, with a blend pot instead of the second volume pot and you'll never have to bother with any of that pesky soldering ever again. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/7835-kiogon/"]http://basschat.co.u...er/7835-kiogon/[/url]

What about a headless bass like a Hohner. I have a friend who has one and in a band situation it sounds fine and weighs next to nothing. http://www.iguitarmag.com/magazine-editions/guitar-interactive-issue-22/reviews/hohner-b2-headless-bass/

I have had the operation on my left hand and it went extremely smoothly. I was hoping, at some time in the future, to get the right operated on too. I have great sympathy for you and hopefully it's just inflammation and it will get better soon.

Something has been chewing on the headstock?

I've been told, by BBC engineers, that decent live sound engineers are a bit thin on the ground at the BEEB. Live sound on TV is usually pretty sh*t. The senior, sound engineers may be able to get a good sound on Newsnight but they haven't got the experience to record a live gig well. Occasionally, somebody who knows what they're doing, will go back at a later date and remix it.Which is why, the iPlayer versions of live music, usually sounds better than the original live feed.

[quote name='lastanthem88' timestamp='1464816901' post='3062932'] Ok so I have a beautiful road worn jazz. It plays amazingly well. However, my dep in our wedding band has an American deluxe jazz with active pups... And although in my opinion it doesn't play as well, the sound in active mode is really good, very versatile. Is it worth changing? Any thing I should be aware of first? Any ideas on potential pups to put in? Thanks!! [/quote] I have a Jazz Bass with a set of roadworn pickups in it. Without a preamp it sounds great, with a preamp (a John East J-retro) it sounds amazing and is incredibly versatile.. A change of pickups won't make your passive bass sound like an active one. I recommend getting a J-retro and your friend with the deluxe Jazz will envy your sound. This is the retro for a deluxe bass but the EQ is the same for the standard Jazz Bass version. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO1aEc9i3D0[/media] and this is the standard version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32j6CI5S0Oo

Klotz are a good brand. I've had my Klotz leads for over 5 years. I gig 70 to 100 times a year and they've never let me down. Keep well away from fender. They are seriously crap.

The pub chains that ask for an invoice and pay from their head office, pay much better up here in Edinburgh (around £300 per band). The pubs that pay cash in hand usually pay much less (around £150). My theory is that the bar manager is given a budget and if he/she can pay the bands less than the budget, then he/she can keep the rest for themselves. There's less chance to fiddle, when the bands are being paid straight from head office.

If you want to earn revenue, you'd be better off writing a song for Brazil's World Cup campaign rather than Scotland's. But being Scottish, deep in your heart, you probably know that already.

[quote name='Bobthedog' timestamp='1464117061' post='3056719'] This is what I was saying, albeit in an overly effusive way. Music should be fun and how that fun is achieved is irrelevant. Don't get me wrong about the gigging, I will do so and have my first gig in July, however, that is not why I play. I am also striving to improve, hence taking the Rockschool music grades. The overarching thing is; it must be fun and for me it is. No specific thread or post has made me start this one, I just sometimes wonder if we occasionally forget it is meant to be fun. [/quote] I like noodling but once you start gigging the fun really starts. Enjoy your first gig

I did that with an Ashdown EB 150 combo. I replaced the 8 ohm 200watt speaker with a 4 ohm 450 watt Eminence Kappa. It sounded great and a lot louder. Only problem was that the new speaker was twice as heavy as the old speaker. So, while it made the amp a lot louder, you wouldn't want to carry it too far. So if you want to make your amp louder but lighter, I recommend you go for neodymium drivers.

It's a Stingray he has in that clip, which has a very punchy, articulate, upfront, focused sound. When I want that sound (I no longer have a Stingray), I switch to the back pickup of my Jazz and turn the tone to half way and the bass up high. The original album version sounds like just a P bass or a Jazz.

It sounds great.

He'll just attached it to the back of his car with a bit of old rope and drag it around for a week or two

Playing with a duff drummer is murder. Sometimes there's nothing you can do other than take the money and run.

Watch out for people falling into mic stands and knocking the singers teeth out. It happens.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1405905499' post='2506405'] I hear you Sam, I'm lookin at 61 real soon and last New Years Eve we did a 2-7, packed up ( lights and full pa) and went to do a 9-1. To be honest, I'm retired and while I still have no problem with the 4 hour bar/club gigs, I have the time and means to start looking at national or regional touring acts. I have been networking and sending out feelers. I actually heard back from a young lady from your side of the pond. A blues guitarist singer song writer Chantel, i forget her last name. Blue [/quote] McGregor?

I have some friends, in a cover band, who play songs which sound like this. I depped with them once and quickly realised that the chords they were playing, in many of the songs in their set, were just plain wrong. I told them but they weren't particularly bothered. Their excuse was that they had played them that way for so long that there was no point in changing them. So if you ever get the chance to see a band called 'Bongo Bob '............you'd probably be better off going and doing something else instead.

Heavyweight stuff is going out of fashion, as technology allows us to downsize without sacrificing tone or volume. I know a guy who picked up an Ampeg SVT and 8x10 for pennies. He plays small pubs with it, while the guitarist plays through a 15 watt Fender blues junior. Overkill? Possibly? I personally, live on the 3rd floor of a block of flats, so I'll be sticking with my lightweight gear.

[quote name='neilp' timestamp='1463170403' post='3049316'] What's to learn where that's concerned? Pino's choice suits him, my choice suits me. If Pino's choice is right, then by definition so's mine, and yours. [/quote] Well I do have have people, down The Pig & Whistle, regularly prostrating themselves in front of me at the weekend but the're usually fat, drunk, middle aged men

All the gear and no idea is usually the preserve of guitarists in my experience. But we on Basschat are a different breed from the average bassist. We hear about the mythical Glockenklangs and the legendary Bergantinos the Wals and Pedullas and we know that if we played through that kind of gear, when we played Mustang Sally down the Pig & whistle, we'd have supermodels prostrating themselves before us desperate to have our babies. Of course, on the other hand, Pino Pallidino plays a Fender precision, though a bog standard Ashdown ABM (I know it's his CS signature one but still it's just a Precision). Will we never learn?

This one. http://youtu.be/u0_Ly__GHZo

I had to sack the drummer in my band, who was also my landlord. That was a tricky one.