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I find a little memory tool useful, the number 7 is key! If you've got the Key of E Major (has 4 #s), the flat version. EbMajor would have 3 b (4 + 3 = 7). Another example could be D Major, this key has 2 #, so DbMajor would have 5b (2 + 5 = 7 etc etc). I guess you'd at least have to know some of this before anyhow for it to be of any use!

[quote name='Toasted' timestamp='1397050741' post='2420128'] ... because it's earlier than practicing. [/quote] ++1!!

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Or search for Vulfpeck Beastly on YT and the dude playing the bass has a PJ P bass with what looks like the stacked pot control pots for early jazzes. He has them on the P bass pick guard so he can have a volume/tone set up for each pickup whilst retaining the jack location, nifty idea!

http://www.buzzardsbass.com/parts/tuning-machines/fender.html If you scroll halfway down the page you'll find a comment on this!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-Mods-K7-7-string-Bass-Amber-Burst-Spalted-Maple-PLEKD-Frets-18v-pre-/371015090919?pt=Guitar&hash=item56623902e7

Yeah, thought as much, shame !

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Warwick-Thumb-6-String-Bass-Guitar-/261408199095?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cdd2491b7

Just bought Steve's P bass off him after driving around in circles for a while ! All good and would definitely deal with again, cheers.

All interesting stuff, I'm still a bit bewildered though!

Wow!

Anyone thought of a Djembe? The amount of different tones you can get out of one of those played well is really ace!!

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Well I've got two cabs of theirs, a 2011 made TRV 121H and a 2012 TRV 151P (both bought off here used). The 121 is made from ply whereas the 151 is made from Italian MDF. I asked Markbass about the change in materials for the cab and it was put down to constant improvements of some sort on their part. Now I mentioned this to a friend and he commented that the MDF would be more consistent in it's make up and perhaps produce a better tonal result. Either way I'd prefer ply for both cabs, however they both sound ace. It does look like if I want/need some more in the future I'll go for some more used ones though.

I play both and love the change from fretted to fretless, sound and feel wise. The last few basses I've had I've always tried to get a fretless version to accompany it's fretted cousin . However I also can't think of any recent popular music that uses one!

[quote name='Iana' timestamp='1391367663' post='2356339'] Shuttle is tight and bright streamliner is big fat old school tube tone with a very sweet treble. Both great but depends on the cab you pair it with.... Streamliner can be fussy on cab matches. [/quote] ....see above lol!!

Well I've just sent back 3 ShuttleMax12,2s, not because they sound bad, just had a few issues with them (1st one a power input housing clip cracked, 1st replacement was a return (bought a new one) and the last one got squashed by someone in transit to me!). I liked the versatility of the two channels, and I thought the overdrive on the tube channel was fine (at least for what I wanted!). The FET channel did sound really nice (through my two Markbass cabs). I did notice the fan on the ones I had was louder than I would have expected, but I guess when the band is playing no-one would hear it anyhow. I now have a Shuttle 9.2 and a Streamliner 900 (oh, and an old Shuttle 6.0). I really dig the 9.2, great sound via the above cabs with a decent amount of drive needed if that is what you're after. I've only played with the Streamliner in the house and so far the one thing that I really like is the treble control, if you turn it down it's not too far off a passive tone control on a Jazz or P, really nice tone. I haven't head that much difference in warmness between the two, I suppose my cabs do tend to give a warmer sound anyhow. One thing to point out is the 9.2 is smaller than the Streamliner, not by much, but if that is an issue it might be worth mentioning. Any more questions just ask