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[quote name='badboy1984' timestamp='1429567033' post='2752778'] Recently traded my Fender jazz for a Musicman Sub stingray (MIA version). I finally enjoy the MM bass again. I had 2 high end MM bass in the bass and they were Stingray 3 band 4H and Bongo 4 HS. Sold the ray because didn;t get on with the sound and sold the bongo due to money problem. The MIA Sub sounded fantastic, altho is 2 band with no indent on the bass/treble control but it sounded completely different then the 3 band ray i had in the pass. The bass just sounded right to me. [/quote] They do sound great. I had two in the last few years and both sounded great. I particularly liked the real THUMP they had.....like a P bass but with a kick drum behind each note. I'll own one again, one day.

If you want to go crazy you could buy one of these. Supposedly they were fitted to all the early Precisions. [url="http://www.themusiczoo.com/product/1741/Fender-62-Precision-Bass-Pickguard-Shield/"]http://www.angela.com/62precisionbassthinaluminumpickguardshield.aspx[/url]

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1429565975' post='2752769'] Would aluminium paint work? [/quote] I dunno? I believe the shielding paint is carbon based.

Raise the pickups nearer the strings. That usually gives a bass a bit of ooooomff!

I bought copper shielding foil from this guy on ebay. I shielded the scratchplate (I didn't bother shielding the cavity) and it got rid of any buzz from my Precision. I used conductive paint, rather than copper foil, to shield my Jazz and that did the trick. He sells both http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/jeremycharlest/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2654

I could get a really low action on my old Geddy Lee, but that really thin neck would mean that small temp changes could affect the neck and lead to choking. I had to make the action higher to compensate for movement in the neck, I would try making the action higher and see if it helps. It did for me.

Bid the max you're prepared to pay and if you're outbid by your dodgy opponent, so be it. The item you're bidding on will be relisted again if your mystery bidder is not 100% kosher.

[quote name='petetexas' timestamp='1429257595' post='2749656'] Hi all, Had my first 2 hour rehearsal last night , hand is a little stiff this morning , but no problem . ( its only just over two weeks since op ! ) Pete [/quote] Great stuff.

Marty McFly has just crept into your workshop https://youtu.be/fxoxw9Dq6kw

Ampeg 32 x 10? https://youtu.be/UPWikFPwYFc

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1429206807' post='2749289'] Luckily our singer has all three abilities that are mentioned in the post above. As much is it hurts to admit it that is - no good fuelling these singers egos too much. [/quote] Yes the better a front person they are. The more fragile their ego is.

[quote name='petetexas' timestamp='1428826631' post='2744789'] Played for at least an hour, thumb is still a little numb at the tip, but getting better every day. Stitches out tomorrow , LH woke me up last night - numb ! Could be because I am using it a lot more , untill I get the RH fully functional . Highly recommend the op ............................. Pete [/quote] I still use splints at night on the hand that had the operation. This is because, if I don't, I get a touch of trigger finger in the morning which takes a couple of minutes to go away. I don't get numbness or pain any more though (which is the main thing) and I can play bass with no problem whatsoever.

That's going to trigger a tsunami in Shoreham by Sea.

Those body end truss rods are a pain in the butt.

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1344353590' post='1763237'] One of John's excellent Jazz bass wiring loom bought. I never knew that decent pots (and soldering) could make such a difference to the sound of a bass. It sounds great! Make sure your control plate is made for the larger CTS pots. Mine wasn't so I needed to get the old file out. Gareth [/quote] Great stuff! This time I bought one in Precision flavour. Sounds excellent and fitted in 10 minutes.

I have very high standards. I hate it when band members put videos of the band up online. Usually the sound is crap and is a bad reflection of what we sound like live.

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1428261960' post='2739730'] I find the GAK demos to be pretty much as bad as they could possibly be. I can't complain though because I doubt I could do better than either of these. [/quote] Yes, it's the guitarist playing bass syndrome. Very sloppy playing by a guitarist pretending to be a bassist. I assume he got the job because he sounded good in front of a camera. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5_KBiLxlfc

There's a thin line between being 'creative and melodic', which is a good thing and being 'busy', which is a bad thing. Your clip by Opeth is an example of being 'creative and melodic'. It adds something to the tune. A busy bassline is one that doesn't add anything to the music being played. It just sounds like an insecure bass player saying 'look at me'. Hit me with your rhythm stick is insanely busy but it still works. [url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0WGVgfjnLqc"]https://www.youtube....bed/0WGVgfjnLqc[/url] As far as your question on keeping an eye on the other players is concerned. I play in a lot of bluesy type bands where there is never a set arrangement for many of the songs. I tend to keep my eyes glued on the singer and guitarist, as I never know when they're going to go off on a tangent and I'll need to follow them. I enjoy the unpredictability of that kind of gig.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1428259524' post='2739703'] They probably use exactly the same components as any other Chinese built solid state amps (Ampeg included), they just don't have a "prestigious" name badge on the front. [/quote] Yup!

I've played in Blues bands since the early 90s. Most of the bands I play with are still playing the same, tired, old songs to an aging, balding and rapidly thinning audience. The Blues is great but when I play festivals it's rare to see anyone under 50 in the crowd. My brother in law is the programmer for The Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival and he's well aware of the problem with ageing Blues acts performing to ageing audiences. At the moment he's over in the States checking out acts for next years festival. He's primarily looking for young talented acts that can bring the blues into the 21st century and appeal to a younger audience. He'll be travelling all over the states from San Francisco to Florida, taking in Clarksdale [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#545454]Mississippi [/color][/font][/size]on the way. This is one of the guys he'll be bringing over this year. Castro Coleman (Mr Sipp) won The International Blues Challenge final, held in Memphis in 2014. https://youtu.be/aDvVQxMY67M

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1428172707' post='2738842'] Usually nothing. If I am giving the drummer a lift we will have a good old natter, and he sometimes suggests Bob Harris or whatever late night Radio 2 show is on. Then we play 'Guess the artiste'. [/quote] Ahhh....Whispering Bob. I've been known to make a 70 mile detour, to Perth and back, while listening to Bob's show after a gig. The guy's got good taste in music.

Hmmmm.......They sound like they're great amps. But looking at the Andertons site they show the 210 combo as weighing 36lbs and the 210 extension speaker as weighing 44lbs. That doesn't seem very logical?

Great stuff. You should notice a big difference very soon after the operation.

Too much bass!!!! Get yourself an electric fan if you want to get your trousers flapping.