Lozz196

Nice sounds there Jack

I think the main question here is why is it so important to said BL & wife for her to play the bassline to the song on her keyboard rather than other melody parts.

Calling all Sires……….

Yes, played very well but for a short set they could have put more “bangers” in

The Darkness at IOW currently on, as good as ever

That Precision looks great

I found when I tried this that the 4ohm didn’t sound noticeably louder but it did sound more “alive”. It was ages ago when I did it so can’t remember which amps/cabs tho.

Sounds great

My way of learning put it up on Youtube then try and play along. In general I also look for tabs/playalongs so that any runs or fiddly bits are there in front of me. From there I juts play along repeatedly over a period of days/weeks until I`ve got it. I find that especially when it`s a song that I`m not familiar with I have to do this as I`ve got to learn the song itself, not just how to play the bassline.

That`s great @neepheid, I`d love to see that happen

Tis indeed a skill that`s often overlooked. Sometimes, in my bands of yesteryear, I shudder at what people thought were good set-lists, and especially at what people thought were good encores. Sometimes even the arrangements of the setlists were questionable. Being able to work a good set whilst playing is def a skill.

I`ve found that the best way to deal with this is say no, I`ll pay for goods but I`ll work out what the fees are (there are paypal calculators for this) and add it to the value I send so that you receive the full asking price. I`ll not deal with anyone who then backs away from this approach.

That’s very interesting, I might well try a set of those

Think Rotosounds that have had a days playing to dull down that completely new zing. Thats Elixirs out of the packet, and they stay like that for some 6+ months. If you need that really bright new zing it’s worth trying Warwick Red Label steel rounds. I used to use Rotos but needed that new zing and got fed up with having to change strings so regularly, read that Warwick Reds were good so tried them, used to get 8 to 10 weeks out of them as oppose to the 3 weeks I got from Rotos.

Check out the Aguilar DB599 on Youtube, it`s not super driven but adds a nice amount of "extra" if that makes sense.

Mesa Boogie?

I’ve recently switched to Fender heavy tort triangles from Dunlop Ultex triangles. They give warmer slightly more traditional sound than the scooped modern sound of the Ultex.

I wish more bands would do that, I get fed up with hearing bands thank pretty much everyone on the planet throughout their set, zip it & play some more songs instead. I get that some front-persons chat between songs is a highlight for some people but not me.

Or, if specifically looking at amp & cab(s) - and a shameless plug here - look at one of the Ashdown RM amps as per BassAdders post and the 2 Ashdown ABM Pro Neo 210 cabs I have up for sale 😀. 13kg each and a nice set up plenty good enough for the venue size stated.

I’ve only ever owned 3 road worn instruments, all JMJ basses. I didn’t pick them for the road worn aspect and although it comes in handy, as in if you do ding it it doesn’t really matter, if they did non road worn versions I’d probably have gone for those.

A Fender Rumble 800 combo might be worth looking at. 13kg, plenty of power.

Agree, whilst they might not be the most technically proficient band listen to how the bass works in The Sex Pistols, providing a foundation on which the guitar works. Similarly AC/DC, locks in with the drums and doesn’t cut into what the guitars are doing.

When I was using Markbass gear I loved it, had quite a few different set ups and all were good. I moved on as I needed aggressive highs and gain/drive which I couldn’t get from them. From what I understand the eq points on some of their amps are now set differently though. Out of all the different set ups I had the Little Mark Tube & 410HR, and the CMD121P & NY121 were my faves.

I found their cabs to have a high end roll off. Fine if the bass stack is handling all the low end in a venue but if you’re DI-ing to Front of House then what that gets will include more high end.

I agree Dave, really like that