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[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1326967859' post='1504331'] It's a very nice bass and I'm not a P fan. [/quote] I'm calling first dibs then

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1326290957' post='1494975'] There may have been a Beta 10b (16 ohm) at some point, but it's not currently offered. [/quote] I hadn't realised that Eminence don't offer them anymore. They can still be found over here.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1326205303' post='1493752'] Good question. None of the drivers recommended for it are available in 4 or 16 ohm. [/quote] According to my plans, the Beta10 was a recommended driver and that has a 16 ohm variant.

It is

It's been a good while since I've used mine through PA, but I'm pretty certain the master volume doesn't affect the DI level. I have memories of having to signal our sound guy to mute me at the desk when re-tuning between a couple of songs in our set.

IME Fenders vary a lot in weight. If you've been put off by the weight of one, try and find a shop with a large stock of Precisions and keep trying them until you find one that feels comfortable. I don't know if you've tried the SG yet, but if you can, try one with a strap standing up. I've heard they're a bit neck heavy, which over an evening can be more tiring on your shoulder than a heavy bass that balances well.

Good stuff, a mate is just finishing off his BYOC Large Beaver - he's really enjoyed it and it sounds great

have a look at the BYOC Forum, bass section (I think it's the last section in the list of forum). The Optical is the recommended one there and I think the same conclusion was reached on Ovnilabs too.

Great choice WoT! SiverFoxNik's RB V's are among the best sounding basses I've heard and imagine the IV must be similar

You will have a PM in few minutes

Right now a gig for me is like a mirage of an oasis in the desert. I know I've had them in them in the past and they were great, but right here right now all I get is the promise of something in the distance that fails to materialise.

Great idea!! I'll try and get a couple done for my most played venues soon.

Not GAS, but other things to do musically..... Find a project that can manage to get together more than once a month. Get some lessons to break the bad habits and ruts I've fallen into over the last few years.

A Barefaced Midget, my P-bass keeper and an Epiphone Jack Cassidy (or a Warwick Star Bass 2 if I come into serious money unexpectedly). I'd also like to find a small class-d head I like and a Jazz Bass I like too.

My wife got me a lovely Rockbag Professional gig bag.

Hello and welcome! Errrm, I have the Anti-Nowhere League

I saw them on the first comeback tour at Milton Keynes bowl. It was my sis-in-law that had tickets, but she sprained her ankle just before she was due to leave for the gig. She asked if I wanted them for free, otherwise they were just going in the bin. I snapped them up because a night out is a night out after all. Tu rned out to be one of the best shows I've ever seen. Four guys who can sing and entertain obviously having the time of their lives. [quote name='The Admiral' timestamp='1324337718' post='1473287'] The only thing that added more to the night was the spectacular number of absolutely shitfaced Yummie Mummies - who were on their one night out a year and still trying to drink like they used to when they were 19. [/quote] +1 The missus and I were highly entertained by the near constant stream of 30 something women being ejected by security that night. There must have been more sh1tfaced drunkenness and fights at that one gig than I've seen in all the other gigs I've been to put together.

Not missing any of your points about multiple basses and am not disagreeing with any of them now that I get where your coming from. I'd just been reading the whole thread and I'd been picking up from several posters that not taking a backup bass is wrong. I was just trying to explain that it can be the right thing to do if you're in my present circumstances. Sorry if it felt aimed at you - I know I started with a quote from you and only the quote from your post - I'm crap at doing quotes from multiple sources I do feel for you over the pickup/active circuit failures - I've never used an active in anger and I've never had a pickup fail. But at a showcase gig for a local rock station our guitarist leant me his Phil Lynott tribute bass as he felt it was more "RAWK" than the Warwick I had at the time. I changed the strings but I didn't know the bass had lived in his loft for years and the foam behind the pickups had perished and crumbled to dust long ago. Once we started playing at gig volume, cue wailing feedback every time I wasn't playing a note. I've never jumped on the tuner to mute so many time in one night

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1323643762' post='1465451'] ...but then you're getting into the realms of buying a larger car to fit everything in. Again, to go back to the point I'm trying to make: Bringing a spare bass to a gig is such a simple sacrifice to make for such huge potential benefit. I really don't know how else to say it. [/quote] But then I'm into the realms of buying a spare bass I do get what you're saying, and if I was still in bands that charge for performance, I'd have a spare to hand. When recording I always hire or borrow another bass in - I don't want to be wasting dozens of pounds of the band's money while I fault find and replace parts As it is I'm in an originals band, usually playing with two or three other bands on the bill, for little-to-no money and more-often-than-not involving a 50-100 mile round trip. So car pooling is the order of the day. If I wanted to bring a spare bass, the guitarist would want his spare amp rig, the singer would want to bring his wireless mic rack, the drummer would want his own stool etc etc. Suddenly we're looking at the cost of gigging doubling because everyone's having to take their own car. Plus, if there was a catastrophic failure of something there's at least two people to ask for a favour. Everyone's band's circumstances are different. I still maintain though that a quality instrument, well maintained (I do my own set-ups, but I still like to get my bass checked by a luthier every now and then because he sees issues I don't) and played with good technique is very unlikely to break. I'm just as likely to be unable to play at short notice due to illness or injury as I am to having my bass break. Should I have a dep ready on stand-by just in case? edit for spelling mistake

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1323641038' post='1465403'] There's literally nothing anyone could do about an insurmountable PA failure, as it's generally not practical to carry a spare. [/quote] To have to be an insurmountable failure, it could only be one of those three box (powered mixer, two cabs) systems. Perfectly practical and affordable for a band to carry a spare. For a "proper" PA system, it's still perfectly possible to have a spare power amp, drivers for the cabs, a few mics, leads, power supplies etc.

My very first bass was a Satellite, a tiny 3/4 sized thing. Horrible and replaced with a Hondo II which was much nicer and didn't keep breaking.

99% of the time I've only taken one, because mostly I've only had one bass to take. The only time I've taken two, a part of my mind was occupied worrying about the safety of the spare. Reliability wise, I tend towards simple, passive basses (I think over 50% of my basses have been P's) and check them over regularly. Apart from a broken string many years ago I've never had a problem. I'm more likely to get an injury than I am to have a bass fail IMO. I think it was Don Was (Was Not Was) that not only had just the one bass, but also kept the same strings on for over a decade and toured with no spares at all.

You mention the Ashdown Five Fifteen. Why not take a look at their Electric Blue combos? 120ish watts into the internal speaker or 180 watts with an extension cab.

Any colour you like........so long as it's [b]BLACK[/b]