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There was a band on the go for years called Hugh Reid and the Velvet Underpants. I used to play in a Sabbath Tribute band called Mac Sabbath but the name that always made me laugh was Slack Babbath.

I'd agree with the points above. The finish is incredibly good but the sound isn't very good. I think they've tried to fit as much as they could in there to a price and unless you wanted to upgrade components then you may ( or may not ) be disappointed. I briefly owned one before sending it back as it was easily the heaviest bass I had every played in my life. i generally don't have an issue with heavy basses but this thing was so heavy it was uncomfortable as soon as I put it on. The preamp was either fizzly treble or muffled. I just couldn't get eanything that I wanted out of it This was the one that I had

And some lemon oil on the fretboard 👍

I used the previous version of these called Spacers if I remember correctly in the early 90s. Show them a plectrum and the black stuff would flake off. Needless to say I only bought the one set

For years I used Comfort Straps and anything padded with neoprene until I got one of those cheap, thin Fender straps. It was when i was watching an old Queen concert and noticed that was what JD used so I thought I'd give one a try I can't understand why they feel so comfortable given the lack of padding and the narrow width but I can use them happily for entire wedding sets.

I went into my local DIY shop in around 1990 and asked for a tin of lemon oil. I still have it and I still use it but maybe once every few years if the fingerboard is looking particularly grubby. I actually had no idea what it was until a couple of years ago so checked the label and it's lemongrass oil. My wife hates it, it smells like that perfume that old ladies wear

I had a Melody fretless years ago. I don't remember how it sounded but it seemed to be very well put together

Absolutely correct and who could forget the horn section of d!ck Leakie, Amanda Huggenkiss, Anita Tinkle and former army man Private Parts

Yes it was - with Mike Rotch on keys

Disco Biscuits Mr Jangles VII Tormented Aplenty Seymour Butts & the High Jass Ensemble Doomed to Failure Queequeg Hulk Hogan's Royd Rage Mrs Miggins Pie Shop

Most of my favourties have already been mentioned but one not mentioned so far is the Wanton Song. The first time i heard it was when I found this video on Youtube years ago. Plus it has Charlie Jones playing his clear acrylic Precision

I've got these as well but I would say that they are very balanced as opposed to adding any bass. That's what I like about them whether it be TV, MP3s or vinyl. Would the preamp that you are plugging the headphones into not have a bass control?

Aerosmith's I don't Wanna Miss a Thing - there's a bit on the last chorus where it does the run down and I think that it's the fourth note that Tom Hamilton plays wrong, realises, then moves up a semitone. So good that I do it live as well when we play it

I had a gold bass made a few years back by Warmoth. Gold flake with gold hardware and frets. I may even have had Optima Gold strings on it at one point. Having said that I also have a hankering for a purple bass so it's the colour that I'd go for now

If I'm buying strings as a set then I use 45,65,85,105 but if I am putting a set together then I choose 45,60,80,110 as they are the closest gauges readily available to match the tension. For a 5 string I always try to get a 130 low B in a set if I can The 110 allows me to drop the E down to B if I need it. I always use D'addarios and depending on the bass EXLs, Prosteels or Chromes I've tried really light strings and really heavy strings but these feel the best to me

When I had a Fender acoustic a few years ago the first thing I did was remove the scratchy sounding bronze strings and stick on a pair of Chrome flats. I think that they were 40-100 gauge but could very well have been 45-105. Much better sound IMO and none of that horrible bronze screech

Exactly as per my previous post. When Roger Glover put Jazz pickups in his Rickenbacker, it was still a Rickenbacker. At the end of the day it's whatever you want it to be and if I want to play a Jazzenbacker then so be it.

To further complicate things I would say that these are Jazz basses And this is a Precision

Much the same as me. I still try something different occasionally but most of the time it's D'addario Chormes, EXLs or Prosteels for me. I'd tried hundreds of different strings over the years before I discovered D'addarios and now I don't see the point in going any further now that I've found what I want in a string

Here are a couple I've come up with:

Just for the hell of it I saw something shiny and new I haven't had one of those before What was I thinking buying that 25th Rickenbacker / Stingray /Precision when I know I don't get on with them Why do I have £10,000 of basses when I can get what I need from something that cost £80, a new set of pickups and a proper set up I need a 5 string 6 string 8 string 12 string now I need a 4 string Ooh Shiny And so on The revolving door of bass gear began one night in 2007 playing in a Black Sabbath tribute when I realised that my GK 800RB and Trace 1x15" weren't loud enough. They both went along with the Stingray 5 string and defretted Trace T-Bass 5 string and now here I am 150+ basses, 60+ amps and 40+ cabs later

I use a Fender Rumble 15 at home for practicing and it's more than capable for home volumes plus it looks cool with the cloth grill

I always felt like I had to turn up my PF500 an awful lot to get a decent giggable volume from it. My one conked out a couple of times so it was returned. It wasn't one of the original batch either so I was surprised given that the issue was meant to have been fixed by then My GK MB500 was an excellent amp and it got close enough to the 700RB in terms of sound given the difference in weight. It wouldn't quite get that GK growl but it did get close and at the the time the MB500 and One10 combined were lighter than the 700Rb was so that was good enough for me.

Chris Pratt