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I'd thought about something like this placed over the sub and having the top speaker pole hold it in place. the knobblier the better https://www.amazon.co.uk/ACOUSTIC-TREATMENT-SOUND-PROOFING-TILES/dp/B0045Z94EY

I think that the original one came out around 1996. I had a sonic blue 5 string. It was ok but probably at that time I didn't realise that I don't like Jazz basses in terms of sound. There was an ad in Bassist magazine for a shop selling them off cheaper - might have been Musical Exchanges. £699 rings a bell or it might have been £749 for the 5 string

When I first started gigging in pubs when I was 19 I did get very nervous. After about 6 months the nerves went and I really began enjoying gigs. I don't find depping worrying either as it's someone else's band so if anything goes wrong etc then it's up to them to sort it out. As long as I've learned my bit, arrive in plenty of time and do as I'm asked then there's noting to be nervous about. My main concern is zoning out during gigs which does happen while playing certain songs from time to time

It's been a while but didn't the Shuttles have something in them that filtered out some of the lows to the cabs to make the cabs seem better than they were?. It's been a while so it may not even be Genz gear but I do remember something about a certain amp doing something to flatter the cabs.

If you take a sharp knife along the bevelled edge of the scratchplate you should be able to take the paint off to show up the 3 layers

If you like D'addarios then have a look at their tension guide as it lets you know what string is what tension at different tunings then pick the single strings to make up your own set. I did this and bought the strings from strings direct

I don't really have time to dep with other bands anymore as my main band is so busy so my small rig is my only rig (not every band has a full pa so something bigger was always handy to have just in case) Gallien Krueger MB500 - Barefaced One 10 - Line 6 wireless - mounted on a Gorilla speaker stand at ear level to use as my personal monitor.

For me it was for the hell of it. It began with a bad gig in 2007 when I couldn't hear myself properly so I sold everything and started again. At the time I had a Trace T-bass 5 string fretless, black Musicman Stingray 5, Gallien Krueger 800RB and Trace 2x10". I've been largely lucky in that during my time of buying and selling the profits have balanced out the losses so it hasn't really cost me anything. Some basses - like the 7 Rickenbackers, 8 Stingrays, Geddy Lee Jazz, Warwick Thumb NT5 and Modulus Flea have been bought because some of my favourite players played these. The 6 strings were purely for the hell of it as I never ever needed a high C but Nathan East played one at the time so that was good enough for me to have 4 or 5 of them. The Precisions were because I love the look of the Precision, same for the '51 reissues, '73 Telecaster bass, Epi Thunderbirds and Explorer. The 8 and 12vers were bought during my Cheap Trick / Kings X phase The others were probably because they were shiny. Cabs have been 1x10", 2x10", 4x10", 8x10", 2x12", 1x15", 2x15", 1x18" 130+ basses later I have a black Musicman Sterling, Musicman SUB5, GK MB500 and a Barefaced One 10 so I've ended up coming full circle back to roughly what I had when I first pushed the revolving door of gear. It's been a lot of fun and the most expensive basses weren't always the best but now I can look at a bass for sale that I've had 5 of and know that I don't need another one

Many moons ago I had an Epiphone Explorer bass and struggled to find a bag for it - the solution from our friends in the US was to use a padded shotgun bag

I've used both pedal and rack mount compressors in the past and didn't really notice any difference in my overall sound until I got to the 'squashed' setting so haven't tried again. Once thing that keeps popping up is that people refer to compressors giving them a fatness to their sound - my sound is set up exactly the way I want it so wouldn't want to add this as it isn't required - would there be a way to use a compressor without giving the sound the fatness that has been described previously? For someone wanting to give a compressor another go, are there different models suited to different playing styles or do they all work exactly the same way? I'd theoretically be looking at a pedal one but the amount of controls on them varies from one brand to another

It hasn't changed except that a lot of the clubs have closed down. There are exceptions but not many of them

I use one of these for both of my basses - 2 years old and still looks like new. Really comfortable to carry using the shoulder straps as well https://www.normans.co.uk/product/tgi-extreme-series-electric-bass-guitar-gigbag

The NX410 4x10" cab that I had was better than any Trace or Ashdown equivalent cab that I ever owned. Just a pity that no one knows about them or gives them a try because of the name. MArine grade ply, Celestion neo drivers. Really well made, solid cabs and a lot lighter than their counterparts

Who said anything about making sense? Take the strings off and you had a good makeshift ironing board. There was a guy years ago on Ebay in the USA doing the DR coloured strings as singles in all of the colours so I bought one of each just for the hell of it. It was an outrageous bass so might as well make it even more so

This - is a wide neck

We're currently auditioning for a new drummer and chose this song as a test to see how they got on with the bit where it speeds up and every single drummer plays if completely differently. I've found that as long as the band can follow the drums then it doesn't really matter where the drummer speeds it up as long as the tempo is right at the point before it goes back to the chorus

Pick a bass you like the sound of and comfortable to play for long periods. Then pick an amp & cab / combo that you like the sound of. That's really it. I've played in wedding/function bands for 23 years and in that time I've had 100+ basses, all of which I've gigged in those kind of bands. 4, 5, 6 & 8 strings, fretted, fretless & semi acoustic - ranging from ones I got for free to £3,000+ Examples would be - Epiphone Thunderbird, Yamaha TRB6 fretless, Modulus Flea, Warwick Thumb NT5, Shine 8 string, Squier VM Jazz fretted & fretless & Fender '51 reissue Precision as completely polar examples. I'm using the most compact rig I have ever used. At one time I was running Trace 2x15" and 4x12" V-type cabs, 2 Ashdown MAG 4x10"s with Gallien Krueger, Hartke, Trace etc amps. In a function band the audience are generally (but not always) not there to see you, they are there to be at a wedding, get drunk, dance around, catch up with old friends and so on so as long as you like what you are playing and it fits in with the rest of the band then pick whatever you like the most. There's a lot of choice out there - have fun

I would try Ebay

I find anything simple and repetititve difficult as I get bored and zone out and start thinking about having coffee and wedding cake at the break

What I see is the headstock from a Peavey Grind, top horn from a precision, lower horn from a Stingray, cut down scratchplate from a Gibson Grabber, bridge from an Ibanez ATK and a single jazz pickup mounted there for some reason but it has the one thing that I always wanted - access to the 25th fret. That one detail makes up for it looking like the picture was taken using a fisheye lens and a bad perspective Sometimes the whole is not even close to being greater than the sum of its parts

I was going to say the Sterling as well if you can find one cheap enough. The Geddy Lee Jazz has the slimmest neck I've ever played - I had an FSR Precision Special and rumour had it that it had the same neck dimensions and granted it was mighty slim.

Fantastic - I've been proven wrong regarding the punchiness thing so it it down to the actual bass then? Is a Stingray with a naturally more in your face tone than a Fender the way to go if you want a punchy fretless sound? Off the top of my head some of the fretless basses I've owned over the years have been: Bass Collection passive Yamaha TRB6 - converted to fretless Musicman Stingray Fender Jazz Squier VM Jazz Harmony - Gibson Grabber copy maple fretless Ibanez SR370 EF 70s Fernandes Jazz with EMGs Antoria PJ Aria ZZB Trace Elliott T-Bass 5 string Out of all of them I always thought the Stingray was the best but at the time I couldn't put my finger on what made it better than the rest

Do you have a list of which songs he played fretless on in the studio? i was under the impression that he only played '39 live with a maple fretless