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In the mid 70’s I picked up a lightly used 72 Pbass. Light. Great bass. Everyone that picked it up would invariably say “this is a nice one”. Despite everybody suggesting I drop in a DiMarzio , BadAss bridge and brass nut I left it stock. Today it seems all the rest are miraculously all stock now too. It wasn’t so back in the day. My old Pbass was pristine when I found it , today it looks like it went through the Boer War. It still plays beautifully. My only complaint was that at the time I felt it was all the bass I’d need. That was a mistake , I missed a lot of deals back before the term vintage came into play. Old stuff was cheap. Today I regret not buying more stuff. It seems I’ve tried to correct that by having too much stuff today. I think it was around 74 when the heavy ones first appeared. They were said to have much better sustain, and people would go out of their way to snag a heavy one. geezer tales

Welcome.

Max Webster was quite the thing. That would have been quite the hoser night.

At the time people would say the heavy ones sounded the best. I remember people bragging about how heavy their basses were.

This shows the difference a little better

I like little short scales where the bridge is close to the body edge , but have several that are quite set in. They don’t have the same short feel , despite still being short scale basses.

The bridge is set considerably in from the edge so it won’t really feel like a short scale. It looks like a winner.

I have a little GKMB200 that developed the pink ring of doom , but a qualified repair friend had no problems fixing it. Not all Class D amps are disposable. (the fan had become gunked up and things heated up) (yes the fan was repaired too) Also have an older GenzBenz Streamliner. The LED light was out but was working fine otherwise. When I heard agedhorse was maintaining them I sent it off to him. And it’s like a brand new amp. Well worth investing in. I do have an older SWR HeadLite that may prove difficult to fix , but it still runs perfectly … but some parts might become difficult to source.

I find metronomes and click tracks to be highly over rated. Never found one that could keep up with me.

Welcome. For some years I just had one bass. I thought it was all I could need. I was terribly wrong.

Both amp and cab design have come a long way. I used to haul a fridge around. Today I use modern , modular , lightweight gear. And have never sounded better. Now I’m nerdy about amps and cabs but simply don’t have the space to store extra stuff. And I’m not about to begin renting storage space for gear I’m not using.

The designer of the Streamliner created the Subway amps for Mesa. They are highly regarded.

I’d love to try some of their cabs , but they do not have much presence here.

Congratulations! That is one beauty of an amp. And hopefully the dealers in the UK will soon have stock. The Mesa cabs are wonderful too , although with Aguilar and Barefaced you should be ok.

I always plug into an amp , but my practice level is not loud. It’s not difficult to keep a volume knob down. I also use a headphone amp for silent practice. I live in a self contained unit so there’s no immediate neighbour to annoy. But if I was in an apartment building I doubt anyone else would hear me.

I’m perfectly ok with you using a pick. Welcome , Natalie.

I mostly see older mid sized Fender combos. We have some great tube techs in town so most of the older Fenders I see really sing.

I’m pretty sure that if he saw the house PA in the Land of Dreams he’d change his tune pretty quickly. There’s a reason most bands just run vocals through it. And very few can manage to get the monitors working.

Lightweight cabs here , I smile every time I pick one up. And my stage sound is gorgeous.

If that doesn’t work here’s an older YouTube of a different song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpDtoZ3sOos

https://www.facebook.com/bluesfolk.roots/videos/626082176243480 Garrett Mason playing bass.

Bergantino rig , often with a tube preamp. Mostly play mid sized rooms downtown. So I pack it , drive it downtown , set it up , play , pack , and drive it home. I appreciate small , and powerful , and light weight.