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Apparently based on the pickup in Bobby Vegas’ 1960 Precision.

I think it may be time to identify as someone who was born on a different day

The Markbass CMD121 is a good little combo that punches much above its size would suggest. I used one in a band that had drums, keys, 2 x bass, 3 x guitars and it held its own fine. For the brief I’d say it fits well.

Agree, these are very near in sound to the Fender Custom Shop 62s, at about a third of the price.

They are great basses but I think this is more than a little unrealistic

I used to love that song when it was in the charts.

I use a Wenger rucksack, not cheap but it’s practical, offers good protection and many other compartments for the leads etc.

I think you`re spot on there Chris

Yeah, I wanted to try the flats as a lot of the stuff I`m playing was apparently recorded with them, but although they`ve got a nice enough presence we just all prefer the rounds. Could be that I`m just so much more used to rounds that I eq them better, or that we`re all just more used to them so the different sound didn`t fit so well, but in reality I think it`s as you say, not really the right strings for that type of music.

Then they smash them all to bits

I played my new Precision last night at rehearsal, strung with Rotosound flats. Tried a few different eq options but both myself and the band all came to the conclusion that we preferred the bass with rounds, so s/s Elixirs it will be.

Good solution there

In all the hundreds of gigs I’ve done I’ve only ever needed a backup once. When I’d left it at home. Lots of use there, it was not.

But I’ll bet it sounds great, Michael

I saw a band use one, admittedly the whole band were going through FOH but before that in the sound check it easily kept up with unamplified drums at regular pub covers type volume.

I have to admit I was one of those people. I’d not really payed much attention to music in the early 90s, heard the MF version first then thought Oasis (who I had no idea who they were) had done a pretty good modern version of it. But I still think Mike Flowers version is the best. And I really like Oasis.

Would have been my answer too, Joey

Very good point Chris, I’m not an overly techie person but I think that bass amps nowadays are voiced maybe a bit too low. I really noticed a difference when I recently switched from 40hz to 80hz on my Sansamp, much clearer and the bass seemed more “there” but less flub/boom. Maybe the older amps/speakers were voiced better, or perhaps the speakers couldn’t handle the real lows like they can nowadays?

The other thing that I can think of, and it’s how I look at the bass in my classic rock band that has keys, is that I don’t want to cut through, I want to support the drums & the groove and let the lead guitar & keys handle the upper frequencies without me getting in the way. That thing where you don’t notice the bass unless it stops, when suddenly the depth to the music just vanished.

Must admit I don’t know why, gigging in an originals band is much easier, turn up with a bass & bag of leads/tuner, plug in, play 30/40mins, done. As oppose to turn up at 7 with a covers band, set up a whole PA & lights along with full backline, then play at least two 45min sets, then have to break down all of said earlier gear. Sure in my old originals band I found that too exhausting but that’s cos it was gigs pretty much every weekend, sometimes both Fri & Sat, all over the country and in Europe, but if keeping to a fairly local patch originals I find a lot easier. Full respect to the covers bands for the amount of work that’s needed.

Bassdirect do those, however showing out of stock at the moment

In the classic rock band that I play for we learn the songs as they were recorded - and def make sure we all learn the same version btw - as to our view the reason we chose them was because we like them, so why play differently to the recording. We choose a song, go away and learn it, then play it at rehearsal. None of us use charts or notes, just play from having put the hours in. We’re not a gigging band but if we were we wouldn’t change this approach.

Finally got round to playing my CD and love it, this is def worth a listen fellow Basschatters

Those are my thoughts too Dave, I want the bass to be there but in a supporting role, with both lead guitar and keyboards in the band I want to stay away from their domain and focus on the groove with the drums.