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Here`s to hoping the "modern" sound-person doesn`t add in a huge kick-drum sound to the mix. With bass-lines/playing like PPs would be a great shame to trample all over that with this modern phenomenon.

Yep that could well be it.

Pretty much the same for me, DI from my Sansamp Para Driver, any amp issues - I use a lot of shared/provided rigs - and FOH still gets the bass.

That`s nice to hear, I have one arriving tomorrow 😀

Well if it`s of any help Hooky, I`m going to use my Tony Butler V4 as my gigging bass, I rate it that highly, in fact I`m buying another so will have the two TBs as giggers. Save me taking expensive basses out with me, but I wouldn`t do that if they didn`t feel good, play well and sound good. The TB V4 does all of that, and Mojo on here rates the regular V4 very highly (it was him who tipped me off re the TB when it was up for grabs) so can`t think it performs any differently.

Take a look at the two on this this Vintage V4 thread, they do rosewood necks: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/197880-vintage-v4/?tab=comments#comment-3562710

@creeper, that looks great.

I`ve had both, but kept the M80 as it has more space for cables etc. Plus it has a section where you can fit the straps into, rather then them trailing around. I find I can fit my bass into it when it`s standing up virtually as easy as with the Vertigo.

John bought a scratchplate from me - good comms, swift payment, advised of receipt/being pleased with the item purchased, all that`s good in a transaction.

That`s the exact one I`m gassing for at the moment, Stu. In line with proper punk etiquette it would get a black scratchplate but I just love that vintage-white colour.

I can see where you`re coming from, for a while I was standing in on bass for a mates band and they did a lot of drop D/drop C# stuff and I just couldn`t work out the pitch at all.

I`ll add to this, I bought a Vintage Tony Butler Sig V4 a few months back, and played it with my band for the first time this week. And to say I`m knocked out by it would be an understatement. Usually when I play any Precision other than my US 2012-15 Series ones I find myself noticing that I`m not playing one of those, if that makes any sense. Well with the TB V4 I didn`t notice it at all playing wise. I might have to adjust the height of the pickups a tad, but sound-wise it was "there"! This is one of those basses that you just think, wow, how is it so good for that amount of money - I paid £120 second hand, but new they`re only £250 - £300, in comparison to £1200/£1300 for the US ones when they were on the market. I do prefer my US ones but this TB V4 comes very very close. So much so I`m def going to use it as my overseas/flight bass, to save flying with an expensive US Precision. Now irrespective of cost I wouldn`t do that unless it was a bass I was comfortable with, I`d prefer to take the risk with the expensive bass. I`m actually thinking of getting another and just gigging these all the time I`m that impressed. The only mods I`ve done/will do is a Hipshot triple-retainer to keep the pesky A string under control (not that it did misbehave, but to eliminate the possibility), and may well put a KiOgon loom in there, think that the electrics may be the weaker part of the bass if there is one, though sound-wise it doesn`t seem that way. These might not suit everyone, the neck is a real cricket-bat-chunker, and being a Precison, well it sounds like one, so if you don`t want that sound then it`s probably not the right bass for you, but given this one-time purchase of a Vintage instrument I`d say it`s worth checking out their range. I`d read before about pros who claim to "love their Vintage" and thought it was just marketing/cos they`d been given them. I`m not so sure now, I reckon it`s because they`re great instruments, irrespective of price/value.

He/she will frighten off most I reckon, a very angry looking cat you have there Tim.

Agree re bright and defined. As a previous Rotosound user I used to get 1 month from Rotos, I average 2 - 3 months on Warwick Reds, depending on how hot & sweaty the gis are.

Well I used my Vintage Tony Butler Sig V4 this eve with the band for the first time and to say I`m pleased would be an understatement. I`d expected it to be ok, but it by far surpasses that. So much so that not only will I keep it as a backup as originally intended I`m going to use it on gigs where we fly, to save flying with a US Precision. Now I wouldn`t do that/gig with a bass I wasn`t comfortable with, I`d prefer to fly with the more expensive one and take the risk, but this eve has shown me that the V4 is more than suitable for my needs. Playability is great, and the sound is spot-on what I want.

That happened to a band I was in a while back, new owner, no promotion for the gig, halfway through the set offered us a £100 to stop and go home.

They`re great, protect guitars, double up as stands on stage etc, for regularly touring bands I`d say they`re a must. We only tour once a year at present but if that changes we may well look at one of these.

Ashdown Little B`stard, or CTM - when I used one - can`t remember which one tho - I was knocked out by how good the sound was. Available at 15 or 30 watts I think.

The Rumbles get a lot of love, as do Markbass. I think it depends on the sound you`re after, if you want any kind of gain/drive then Markbass doesn`t do that, so that`s one area to consider.

Looks great, well done sir!

Well the 212 NEO gets a lot of praise over on Talkbass, and will be a lot easier to move about - those RBH cabs are great but rather unwieldy due to shape and weight. A bit of Talkbass research would be worth doing I reckon.

There`s no specific sound to the size of drivers, but many voice their cabs to have different sounds, and different ranges will also have different characteristics. There`s nothing like hearing a piece of equipment for yourself, so I`d try the 410 first, if you like it go for it.

This. You love the sound and portability of the CMD121P, then adding the NY121 cab doubles up on the sound, makes it much fuller, and the portability is still there. I find that with swapping rigs it`s best to do it when the sound from the current one isn`t getting what you require - in this case you have what you require sound-wise, you just need more of it. As another previous user of CMD/NY rigs adding in that extra cab makes for a pretty startling change to the size/amount of sound available.

That were me if I recall correctly, Rich, and yes, very decent strings indeed.

We always play on multi-band bills so usually it`s a case of plugging in amp-heads to existing cabs, then connecting instruments/pedals etc, drummer usually swapping snare, kick-pedal, cymbals, sometimes stands. You`d be amazed at how many people aren`t efficient at this, but then the copious amounts of lager that they`ve drunk may have something to do with it. We can do all of the setting up and level check everything in 15mins or so.