Lozz196

Thanks for the tip, machine set to record both

Well in the cases of instruments that I’ve owned, I’ve found: Ash tends to have less mids than alder, so sounds a tad brighter. Mahogany has a deeper richer tone than alder. But I stress, this is only in regards to the instruments I’ve owned and where I’ve had the same instrument in both wood varieties in order to make comparison. I would echo the maple/rosewood thing though, at the Herts Bass Bash I think most that were there heard the difference on the shootouts we did.

For some reason or other I never got round to buying this, might have to remedy that situation soon, thanks for the reminder.

Not an album but a single. Never heard GBH before, luckily I loved both the A and B sides. Even more fortunate was fast forwarding some 35 years and playing on the same bill as them.

I’ve found with every bass that I’ve had that if the pickups are adjusted to manufacturers height spec that the E string is overpoweringly loud in comparison to the others. As such I lower the pickups to about 1mm height from the body of the instrument and that usually tames it - and then adding in light compression evens it out even further.

Hopefully Rebellion will now be ok too (start of Aug)

Moving on from my all time fave, All Those Wasted Years by Hanoi Rocks, others I like are: Filthy Lucre - Sex Pistols (in 1996 reform tour at Finsbury Park) Dig The New Breed - The Jam Live at River Plate - AC/DC Live in Yugoslavia - Anti Nowhere League Lets Boogie - Volbeat

For the budget it’s difficult to not think of the Fender Rumble, it fits the bill nicely on all aspects.

All Those Wasted Years - Hanoi Rocks, in 1986 I think I must have played that tape - yes tape - every day, or at least near it. I now have it on CD and it just takes me back to the happiest time of my life listening to it.

Was that 2008ish, if so I was there and although I love the band I couldn’t even tell which songs they were playing for much of that gig.

Motörhead at Hammersmith Odeon 1985, their 10th Anniversary Party. They were deafening in the bar, with the doors shut, but in the venue part itself, well you know when a band is so loud you can’t hear yourself speak, well they were so loud I couldn’t hear myself think. And there were all these pilchards shouting louder, louder. I nearly became religious and prayed for quieter, quieter.

Covered in Skas

I saw The Stranglers supported by Wilko in about 2010 and thought the same, tho I did stay and watch all of The Stranglers set. Wilko/Norm had so much raw energy it was amazing.

Agree, in an old band I used our guitarists Roland Jazz/Chorus amp to record with, it sounded great.

Three things that will help us all on offering some advice & recommendations: Budget Type of music/band line-up Does it have to be lightweight gear

Sadly - as I love SLF - these aren’t the only things I’ve heard about Mr Burns that are less than appealing. Yet credit where credit is due, a mate of mine interviewed him for TV and he said he was the nicest guest he’d ever interviewed.

Thinking about this, and flipping it a 180, in my last band we quite often had people come to just see us.

Siouxsie & The Banshees, Hammersmith Odeon 1985. She’d broken her leg so was sat on a chair for the gig, fair play on that, but I was hoping that there would be some kind of performance & stage presence from the guitarist & bassist. No, they just stood there like statues, and to be honest it didn’t sound that good either so I de-camped to the pub over the road.

I loved Mouldy Old Dough when I was a kid.

Those frequencies are ideal for bass.

I think we’re fortunate in these times to be able to carry either a DI/Preamp pedal or small Class D amp as backup, certainly wasn’t possible in the 80s when I started gigging - and even if it had been I’m sure I’d have still spent the money said backup would have cost on lager & vindaloos.

Agree, I’m a child of the 60s so the 70s & 80s were my musical eras, when I watch Top of The Pops reruns on TV from the 70s that magical era had more than its fair share of rubbish.

I`d agree with the other posts, on a budget difficult to beat Vintage basses, they punch far above their weight in quality, playability and sound. My old Vintage Tony Butler Precision I`d put above a Mex Fender in terms of all three, at a fraction of the price.

Ironic......

Cant seem to reply on the above, but to answer the question Bas, it was a strange one. Before setting off for the gig I plugged in and tested the (passive Precision) bass as I always do, tuned it, all was ok. Got to the gig, plugged in on soundcheck, nothing. Tried different leads, nothing. Soundman opened it up and there was a shorting issue on the jack that he didn’t have the tools to fix. So I had to borrow a bass. Made worse by the fact that the first band on the bill had flown over from Germany and I was meant to be lending them my bass. So as said, lesson learned, only happened once to me, I don’t intend on it happening again.