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Sounds like he needs a good bass tech as everything is sounding exactly like a too straight neck and a too low action especially as he has not a soft touch at all, so it ends up like this: an awful rattling mess.

Excellent responses, thanks everyone. Plenty of collective experience here so I'm paying close attention. @Dan Dare - about that Markbass 'party piece' - think I've heard it from out front but could you elaborate? Quite a few options here and I'm forming a list. I think the Aguilar AG needs a try-out (had a TH350 a while ago and we didn't get along, but I have changed cabs since then and clearly the AG is a different beast anyway). I'm drifting away from the PJB heads, maybe just a bit too clean (which makes me question my own brief); the GR One is on list (that's a lot of LEDs but...); no experience with EBS or Glockenklang so worth a try. And as Dan Dare says, time in a decent store is required, I'll try Bass Gallery first I think. Thanks for taking time to respond. I'll report back but it'll take a few weeks I expect.

Squit-Playing Games - Backstreet Boys

No it will be one of the amps.

Second time I heard this problem. I'll only be recommending the Boss Katana Go from now on.

A pair of 15's. It's the future, I tell you.

Shart of glass - Blondie

I've joined the club today, yesterday in fact, but tried it only this morning. Took no time to get an excellent sound for my fretless basses starting with the emulation of an Acoustic 370 tweaked to my liking adding a slight touch of reverb with their Room Reverb and closing the patch with their Noise Reduction. I tried this patch through my calibrated IK Multimedia monitors and a HeadRush FRFR 112 MkII active speaker: I'm really amazed by this quite cheap pedal and the many excellent tones it delivers. I tried every effect available and they all sound quite decently out of the box which is another great bonus, and rare enough to be mentioned. I'll compare this Zoom to my my HeadRush Core, but I'm quite confident about the answer. The funny thing is that I bought the Zoom MS-60B+ to simply have a correct tone when playing through my soundcard, but found myself instantly in love with this amazing pedal, because it sounded so good.

I don't have the instant gram so can't open the link. But Yngwie shredding on a bass? Meh! Here's Paul Gilbert shredding on a double bass... https://youtu.be/lGm4yTUAgWE?si=39-yzgTlwRW_5JdL

Now I really want a noctua fan in my markbass mb58r 2x10 pure combo

That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Don McLean classic, 'American Pie' is one of those songs that I've always loved, but never thought to learn properly. I did play this live way back at school, and I have to admit that I just 'blagged'' it from the chord chart! But recently, a one-to-one bass student of mine has been encouraging me to transcribe and make a lesson on the American Pie bass line. I'm sure though, that he just picks epics so I've got my work cut out for me! 😂 The song is over 8 minutes long and Rob Stoner's bass line is through-composed, meaning that it doesn't repeat anything. As you can image, it took me a while to transcribe! To make this song more approachable for everyone, I've made two video lessons on the bass line. In the lesson this week, I've come up with a simplified bass line that still sounds really great. Next week I'll show you the original bass line. So, if you've always wanted to play American Pie, here's your chance, whatever your playing level. You can pick up a simplified bass line transcription in the video description. Enjoy!

Looks amazing, but can only give a score of 9/10 as it's not left handed 🤣

So, I am looking at switching as many of my pedals as possible to mini pedals as my pedal board is becoming too big and weighty. I now have my chorus pedal and EQ pedals sorted so am now looking for an overdrive pedal, what is out there that has a small footprint but doesn't lose low end? I would like to keep the cost below £100 but preferably I love a bargain so the more inexpensive the better. I see there are a lot of of mini overdrive pedals out there but they all seem to be made for guitar. Thanks

I think this will make a nice fretboard?......👍🏻🤟🏻

My brother reports he had a great gig for a Harley Davidson club in Llandovery last night. It's a long journey so the band had a wet night of camping instead of driving back!

Haha, that's the problem though, it's a real looker and would be a shame to part out 😀

I’m currently looking at replacing my battered old Mono M80 double bag and I’m wondering if it’s still the best or whether something like the Gruv Gear Kapsule Duo is a decent alternative. The M80 has served me well but I like the wheels on the Kapsule and although Mono are putting detachable wheels on one of their models, they are reluctant to tell me whether this will extend to the M80 range. Anyone got a Kapsule they can tell me about?