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Not sure if it was the 115s or 210s but I saw a few bands using this range last year as provided backline and I was very impressed with the sound.

I use a Gator bag for my Ashdown RM500, always seems pretty secure in that.

No worries, glad to help

Not much to be honest. In order to get the same sound I just drop the hi-mids and highs a touch (mids a tad more than highs) so I suppose that means the Player is slightly more aggressive sounding with the same eq. I had planned to change the pups in the Player to the 62s but found I didn’t really need to.

Not convinced , I play punk and am sure I don’t play as much as is on that chart 🤣

Pretty much the same for me too. The 62s have a warmth and depth to them that I’ve not come across before, but it’s not a boom or lack of treble. These pickup react well to whatever is asked of them, I play trebly twangy driven punk and they deliver, but in days when I’m playing along to Motown they also do the business when the drive and twang is removed - which I do just by turning back the tone control on the bass, no need to adjust on amp. I’ve had many different Precisions over the years and these are by far the best pickups I’ve heard in any of them.

Never a big fan but loved Out of Time

Yes, Line Level is louder so if available on your PA choose one of those. On some pedals there is a minus 20db selector on the DI to accommodate going into a mic input. If your PA doesn’t have Line Level inputs and the Darkglass has this try engaging it, it should really make a difference. Also some PAs have a similar option on the channels so that could be worth a look as well.

Was the pedal going to mic or line level. If not paired properly it will be seriously overpowering the pa.

Fender CS62 all day for me, best P bass pickup I’ve ever heard. But it is all subjective.

I think Trace Watts are BOGOf watts, buy one get one free.

I think it’s true as well. In a previous band we had 2 bassists, and the other one, John had one of those Trace combos with the slot at the front. I think it was meant to be 150 watts but it was more like a million, I mean it was seriously loud. I had a Markbass 500 watt head and 410 and the Trace had no problems keeping up, in fact I often felt it was me trying to keep up with it!

Let me introduce myself, Envious, Very Envious

The Tech21 Para Driver v2 preamp pedal, which I use for bass, is for multi instruments. Unless wanting full on metal distortion it is fine for electric guitar ( great up to AC/DC, Sex Pistols) and has features on it designed for acoustic use.

Our guitarist can’t read music, and isn’t particularly good at knowing where, for example a C chord is on the guitar. But show him the riff once/twice on bass and he’ll play along comfortably and doesn’t need to be shown it again. From there he’ll develop his solos. I’m not really sure how for the set up we have if reading would be of any benefit.

Agree, I was quite shocked when I heard an isolated track by John Deacon of Queen, what sounded clean, warm and rounded in the track was quite harsh and driven in comparison on its own. A bit of drive really helps make the bass sound bigger and more present.

This is a very good point, it`s rare that a band delivers its best work on its first album - ok a few do, Never Mind The Bollocks, Appetite for Destruction spring to mind - but usually a band has to mature, such as Queen/U2/Oasis etc. It seems to me that the music industry now wants instant mega-return or they`re not interested. Which is a shame as I just wonder how many non-instant-hitters there are that had a killer 3rd or 4th album in them around that we`ve never heard of. I reckon it`s time for electric guitars again - it seems to be a cycle, electric guitars for a few years, manufactured pop for a few years, repeat, repeat. The manufactured stuff has been around long enough now, lets get some yobbos back on stage playing live and not playing the fame game in the way that the companies would like.

From what I can see, at £500 it makes you significantly poorer, but marginally taller.

What type of strings, flats or rounds, if rounds nickel or steel, from there some places/brands will stand out. I use Warwick Red Label Steel Rounds - generally about £9 online, and they last about two months.

Yeah, we (Knock Off) were in Club Casbah on the Friday, 2:30ish

Great set list, where are you guys based, would love to see a band playing all of those.

Me too. Currently got 5 and still check the bay & the tree every day for them.

I’ve had TIs, Chromes and Cobalts, and my findings were that the TIs were easier to eq than the others. I think the Cobalts were the brightest of the bunch but they still sounded like a flat wound no matter how eq’d. Whereas the TIs seemed to take whatever was given better.

I’m now on my third RM500. Bought one, moved it on, realised the mistake and bought another. Then Ashdown made the EVO II version which is half the weight but more importantly has a matt finish control panel rather than shiny, which helps on stage no end. So I got one of those and I find I use it more and more recently. On our mini tour of Germany I used it even though I had my flight-cased ABM600 with me. The stages weren’t big enough to demand the weightier sound of the ABM and the RM handled itself fine. They really are great amps, the only improvement I’d have would be a pre/post DI option.

And add in a Seymour Duncan Hot Stack for the bridge. Hum-cancelling, big sound.