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[quote name='GrammeFriday' timestamp='1458818792' post='3011145'] This is also very true. We bassists obsess about tone, but almost nobody else can hear any difference between bass x and bass y (or amp x and amp y) at all! The rest of my family and my bandmates are utterly bemused by the idea that I would ever need more than one bass - after all, they all sound the same, don't they? [/quote] True - but lay people don't expect a surgeon to only use one type of knife or scalpel do they? Not that I'm comparing the job of a bass player to that of a surgeon, but you could stretch the analogy to cover plumbers, joiners, electricians or tradespeople of your own choice. They have different tools to do different tasks - even though we (as non-experts) may not understand the difference. If you are happy with your own gear choices, you are more likely to enjoy playing. This means you are more likely to play well and look like you are enjoying yourself - and these are things that punters DO pick up on!

Still happy with the rig Jose?

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1458811625' post='3011039']I think that the reason for the new popularity of 12" speakers is because there's more of them about. 15 years ago all you could get was 10's or 15's. [/quote] There may well be something in that. Perhaps the "Three Bears" analogy? Tens are toppy, thin, but "fast"; fifteens are flabby, boomy and "slow". Therefore twelves are "just right". I don't believe a word of it!

[quote name='largo' timestamp='1458810941' post='3011032'] after going through a few cabs in my days I'm back with a 4x10. [/quote] Your sig indicates two 2x10s... Not quite the same as one 4x10? Certainly more portable and more flexible - but can two cabs ever sound the same as one larger one with the same speakers in it? Just wondering -but my guess is that they'd be slightly (maybe not even noticeably) different.

After years of trying some of the most expensive strings, I have ended up with these on all my basses now. It's actually embarrassing how cheap they are, but they sound good to me! Very even, consistent response and nice feel under the fingers. Well worth a try and about the price of a pint of beer! http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_valuestrings_bassguitar_medium.htm

I like the handles! They look like petrol caps from a car!

[quote name='thebassist' timestamp='1458232586' post='3005853'] Ah Flight of the Conchords - I loved that show. [/quote] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4zV4pJ8MwM[/media] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUAcN9UCnbU&ebc=ANyPxKqKgKtXdgKBmdzkeIiAv9Elgol_UHg3_eQlHmx1OuMa-WEN-fl4_Q1K3rspoAizGRAmrpJwujs_Q4GfmYw86dyIFp8DOg

Just bought a TKS H115 to add to my Gen2 BF Compact Two fifteens (and a modular rig to boot) = heaven

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1457467348' post='2998899'] Thought it was rod hull and emu for a minute . [/quote] Great work there Sir!

[quote name='neilmurraybass' timestamp='1457432071' post='2998382'] I can see I'll have to do a note-for-note demonstration! Neil [/quote] Yes please! It took me ages to learn, and then that particular band broke up... One of my favourite bass parts, and all the more impressive to hear that the fills were improvised!

[quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1457440594' post='2998530'] People will sit on a piss and beer soaked carpet in their most expensive clothes within two minutes of James's Sit Down, odd. [/quote] You clearly play some quality gigs...

Barefaced certainly have their fans on here.... but, on the other hand... Let's hope this thread doesn't end up like most of the others!

That bass needs more knobs.

I've always fancied a four string Cruise bass - but they tend to come up when I have no cash...

I've used lots of cabs over the years, but funnily enough the ones that I end up hanging on to are the ones with fifteens in them. I just like the sound of those cabs. Whether that is purely down to the diameter of the driver is questionable, but it is true nonetheless.

[quote name='largo' timestamp='1456647912' post='2990957'] In my opinion it's the Basschat effect. There are people on this forum that read all the articles & want to try out the next great thing, sometimes it's basses but it's typically amps & cabs. The TH has had its 5 minutes of fame and now there's new stuff being talked about. Mesa Subway & Magellan for amps at the mo' and TKS for cabs. [/quote] Mostly this. Although for some people the TH500 is tonal nirvana (or today's version of it), some of us struggle to get on with the sound and the interactivity of the controls. In my personal case, the TH was incompatible with the cab I owned at the time. Values are still good, so it makes sense to sell and let someone else get the benefit!

Where is the best place to buy shielding/conductive paint in small quantities? The sources I've located so far seem very expensive - but maybe I'm looking at the wrong stuff? What is the correct name, as there appear to be several? Like the example above, I am hoping to remedy a significant earth buzz on a Jazz bass.