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Great looking bass @Friskydingo

I was once sacked for not having the right look and direction that the band wanted. It actually boiled down to the fact that I wasn’t willing to hand over £6000 to help set up a rehearsal studio. The band in question got their studio, haven’t ever gigged and never released any material. Bovvered?????

Now that just screams 70s

I’ve found that I’ve been gigging my RM more and more recently. As well as the convenience it just sounds so good and has bags of power as well. Ok I use a preamp pedal for my eq/FOH sound but I still need to adjust eq for stage/whatever cab I’m going through and the RM just seems to have all the eq settings in the right place, makes it a doddle.

Looks like it was great

You can get an Ashdown RM-500 within that budget, worth checking out. I have one as my practice & backup amp and it’s a very good, powerful amp, with a great sound and very flexible eq. Probably the fullest sounding small Class D amp that I’ve used, and I’ve had many (Aguilar, Markbass, Ampeg, GK, TC Electronic). They were all good but the RM just had a depth to the sound that I found the others didn’t.

Yes. I can take or leave the rest of it but the gig is where it’s at for me.

I’ve no idea of what techniques I use or don’t use, but I can play what I need to and more importantly imo, keep good time with whatever drummer I’m playing with. If I were pro I’d have looked into all of this a lot more and learned what each was but st my level I’ll settle for the ham-fisted technique.

I’ve always gone for Hiscox cases, super strong, not too big/bulky, and reasonably priced.

Same with Ashdown

And not to forget that some companies also pay artists to endorse their product.

I recently bought a Squier Vintage Modified 77 Jazz Bass. I’ve had many Jazzes over the years, ranging from budget Squier Affinities to Fender US Deluxes and in between Mex Fenders. The VM77 is the only one I’ve gelled with playability wise. All of the others were fine basses but this one, well it’s one of those basses you just don’t want to put down. Def worth trying out imo. I’m also a pick player btw.

Lovely pair of basses

The way I play golf you’d think I was using my bass instead of a club anyway

It’s not been that much of an increase, the MIM Standards were around £560 at the change the Players can be got for £615.

We’re being a bit more selective now and not accepting everything we’re offered. For one we are all getting older and our gigs are countrywide, secondly now that we’re a bit more established we should leave some space for the up & coming bands to have a chance. We get the opportunity for the bigger gigs, it would be selfish to take all the smaller ones as well.

Agree, we’re very fortunate to have the hobby/pastime/job that we all share and take that moment out to just realise it.

Don’t know if they stock ‘Rays but PMT are pretty good, they’ve branches in Bristol & Birmingham so not too far from you.

JJ was a big influence on me, not so much in playing style (as he’s far too good) but in acknowledging that the bass can be in the forefront of the mix, and have a different sound to the regular bass sounds we’d heard up til then. We’re playing Rebellion in Blackpool in 3 weeks time and The Stranglers are one of the main bands, whether or not I get to meet JJ to say I’ve been on the same bill as The Stranglers is a big one for me (and for our drummer who is a big fan of them).

I do think that the chrome pickups really add to the look.

Same for me Chris, I can take or leave the rest of it but would find it difficult to give up gigging.

I’ve learned that the more gear I have the more I want, and more importantly the more there is to go wrong, so my pedal journey has me down to my trusty Para Driver and a good old faithful Boss TU2 tuner.

It could be a case of more speakers needed for your set up rather than more volume. You’ve two 12” speakers up against each guitarist using approx twice/sometimes four times that amount. Multiply that by double and irrespective of volume you’re being swamped out. Ideally each guitarist would only use one cab each, but even then you’re up against it imo.

They are incredibly good instruments aren’t they, and not just for the money, at twice the price they would still be good value imo.

Considering that the old Motown stuff was probably played through an Ampeg (maybe straight to desk on recordings) I’d look at the VTDI, it’s capable of a lot more than just driven SVT sounds. Additionally it’s the only pedal I’ve used that has that sponginess to the sound that valve amps seem to have.