Lozz196

That`s a ridiculously good price!

I use the BDDI so that whichever rig is there at the gigs I play i get the sound I want. I`d prefer to use my amp (Ashdown ABM600) but if the provided rig is a combo then I`m in a sticky situation, so BDDI all the way so I get consistency to FOH. In past years I had the Blend on full so got the full Sansamp flavour, however now I have it around midday-ish, find it retains more of the bass`s actual character that way, but as with anything that`s more to do with what the band needs, I love the full-on BDDI sound but it`s not really right for my current band.

I find the larger the gauge the more depth to the sound, but conversely I find the thinner the gauge the more I enjoy playing them. So my ideal is 45-100 but sourcing my fave Elixirs in that gauge is pretty much impossible lately so it`s been 45-105, however recently I strung my Stingray with EB Coated 50-105 rounds and have to say I really like them, so depending on how they last I may switch to them on all my basses.

Another Ashdown RM500 (EVO-2) user here. Great amps, very versatile, very powerful sounding too, certainly not a thin sound from these.

Sometimes ash bodied Precisions can bark a bit, I nicknamed my old 78 Ian Paisley as the bark from it just reminded me of how he sounded.

There are many musicians that never learn that, def further on than a start imo

Great imagery there Tim, nice and dark & brooding, really fits the genre well

Almost compulsory to have one methinks

Reverse P makes sooooo much sense, and rather telling that in a blind P-bass shootout the runaway winner was equipped with one.

Yep, when I was younger if anyone was in a band, of whatever ilk, it was great, whereas our younglings at work seem to have no real interest in bands/music at all, only one girl (early 30s) having done some singing and knows a guy that plays guitar, none of the rest even know any musicians.

That is niiiiiiice!

I finally got round to putting these on my Stingray and to me they are a much better balance across the set.

In Hemel Hempstead all of the venues seem to be for covers bands, so I suppose the younger bands look to gig in the other nearby towns.

No matter how much I practice I know I can always be better. Just learned a song this morning for a gig next weekend, a relatively easy song but I still had to sit down and go through it a good few times. Does this make me despondent, no, it makes me feel great that I can work out a song in 30mins or so that I’ve never heard before, and also makes me look forward to the gig more.

Then he could eat his hat!

Gold Mk3 Capri Duh-duh-duh! (For those of a certain age)

For years I had my action higher than Fender standard settings as I was rather heavy handed, which was what I needed at the time, however I`ve found that having the action a fair bit lower than Fender standard makes me play with a more measured approach, so horses for courses, have the action that suits your current style of playing.

Great set list, must be a bunch of fun playing those

Nice bass @Supernaut, classic colour scheme for a Jazz

Yup, only time I ever needed my backup bass was quite typically the time I couldn`t be bothered to take it to the gig. And made worse by the fact that I`d agreed to lend my bass to the support band who were flying over from Germany. Luckily the headlining bassist was a decent chap and took great pity. And I`d checked the bass was working before I set off. Turned out to be an intermittently dodgy jack-plug.

Interesting remarks about the Boy George/Mick Jagger stuff that insurance companies come out with. I wonder if when people put down that they work for Amazon the insurance companies would refuse them in case they might be giving Jeff Bezos a lift in to the office.

Awesomeness

SCR-DI is a great pedal, I use one at home as it’s the only pedal that can do everything I need for home practice.

Yes, the 10" range are warmer/softer sounding, whereas the 12" range are much cleaner/flatter sounding.