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8 years late to this party, but... I use the switch on my P for more clarity if I'm playing chords in the upper register. Works really nicely for that. Pretty useless in the money zone, though. Unless you want to weedify your P, as already pointed out.

Haven't seen a mic'd up bass cab in a while! Always DI and always fed back through a wedge or 2. On a Glasto thing I DI'd into a couple of wedges but that was for broadcast so didn't need the amp. I always prefer to have an amp behind me for a live show. Used the SVT 7 on all 3 gigs this weekend, no problem. Used with my Barefaced cab on two and the provided Ampeg 8x10 on the third. Think Lozz was right, there was some problem with that amp at SGP. Will probs get a Tonehammer for easy transport when I have the funds but I think the answer is to always bring my own head, keep it simple. Appreciate the thoughts, thanks.

Clean and warm is what I'm after. Used an Aguilar rig at a couple festivals and it gave me that in spades. Only other thing is headroom for pedals, OC2 and Manta filter being the main ones. I always use my Tonehammer DI through every rig with the amp set flat, maybe with the treble cut. Most of the time, Ampegs are fine. Only really had Ampeg heads for the last 8 years or so (a TC BH250 head for home/smaller gigs) and I know Aguilar will give me what I need. I've had the PF heads before and they've been a bit iffy. My SVT 7 had an issue with some dry joints in 2019 but has been good otherwise. I guess I really wanted to know if anyone's using a Tonehammer at festivals and the like. Bigger fests, you know they're gonna have good gear. Reading, Leeds, Glasto have all been great. Some of the smaller ones that have been put together by, uh... less experienced folk tend to have cheaper gear, in my experience. Maybe it's just the stages we've played.

I always get a wedge mix that gives me as much as I'm getting from the amp, I like to bathe in the lows and know I'm getting the same sound all around Wasn't enough time or consistency of fault to get it sorted as it was mainly in the last song whenever I hit the G#. Never had an issue before but it's given me the willies as still have a fair few fests to go this summer. But yeah, I think it might have just been a dodgy amp. Still.

Hi all. A run of festivals this year has left me a little torn. Last weekend I found myself getting a weird squelch on the last few songs of the set. Any time I hit a note on the low E, it sounded like an octaver failing to track. Checked my pedals, filter was off, OC2 was off. I was running my Tonehammer DI as a preamp through a Spectracomp set low into a rather weak sounding Ampeg SVT 'fridge' set up, which is usually pretty dependable or at least workable. Maybe it was over compressed, who knows. I'm pretty sure I turned the compression off on the amp. I've owned and used enough Ampegs in my time to know how to work one but this was weird from the off. At changeover, I noticed the next bassist had their own head. This has made me think maybe I'm slouching by not bringing mine. I have another 3 festivals this weekend and will be taking my Ampeg SVT 7 Pro which is great but unwieldy in its rack case when you're hanging off the back of an already overloaded transport buggy with band and gear like some weird Gollum, clinging to all the cases so they don't fall off. Long story short, I need a convenient, dependable, transportable workaround. I'm thinking about maybe selling the SVT 7 and getting a Tonehammer 700. I love Aguilar amps and they're a little more portable, right? Pretty sure I've seen one fit in the front pocket of a Mono case. Never owned one but played through various Aguilars at festivals and they're to die for. Anyone have any similar experiences and fixes/advice or recommendations? Thanks!

If of interest, this is the video in which the difference was discernible even through tinny laptop speakers (skip to about 1.15). Either way, the bridge is on its way to a new home now and to paraphrase NancyJohnson, all that matters is the hook. Turning a knob or two is easy enough and I'm blessed to even have a '74 P and a modern counterpart so yeah, no fuss, no muss.

100% with you. Baffling. But you know, horses for courses. I know I've got plenty of sustain when I accidentally leave my bass near the amp I've forgotten to turn off only to move about the house and wonder where that awful noise is coming from.

Just as well I have no interest in added sustain 😁 It's always been an odd upside to me but maybe some folk just love holding single notes for 4 bars, I dunno. I didn't have my eye on it, I took it off another bass but I've sold the bridge now anyway as the general consensus is negligible difference. Thanks to those who have shared their experience, glad I didn't bother messing with it and that's another £70 towards my new Mustang!

Not in my skill set, unfortunately.

Which is modelled on a 70s P, right? I know Juan Alderete also has similar but he's got that epoxy fretless neck so he's perhaps going for something different than just a deeper 'fundamental'.

Yeah but I don't wanna mess up the silk windings of my TIs pulling them in and out of bridges if it's ultimately pointless 😁

Yeah but if there's someone that has done it they can tell me if it unlocked anything in theirs. Otherwise, what's the point in mods? I've heard it was a popular mod back then so you'd think there was a good reason. I'm hoping someone here can confirm or deny.