Lozz196

Nice one, having recently picked up a Squier Affinity Precision I`ve been amazed at the quality and playability for a "budget" instrument. OK, I`m changing the pots as the ones in there are 500s, a bit fizzy for me, but that`s a cheap change, and I`ll have a decent bass as a backup. I`m sure your son will be very pleased with the above.

I`ve found that too, on both of my ABM amps. But then I do have a Sansamp Para Driver set with some gain, so maybe in my case it`s having two lots of compression going, which I`m not sure is helpful.

Having recently picked up a Squier Affinity Precision from our very own Grangur, I`ve been pretty amazed at the quality and playability for a so-called budget instrument. Am changing the electrics to a Ki0gon loom, as the pots in there are 500s and too fizzy for me, but other than that, def worth checking out the Affinity range, especially if not intended to be the main instrument.

Spot on. A venue my old covers band used to play had a change of landlord/landlady, and decided that £300 was far too much to be paying to bands, so reduced it to £120. Instead of bands worth £300 that brought in 150 paying customers they got bands that weren`t probably worth £120, bringing in 20 paying customers. Didn`t take the brewery long to realise, and now the new landlord, a musician himself, has bands almost every night and it`s back to its best as a music venue again.

Post 2012 Mex Fender - stick a Ki0gon loom in if you want better electrics, should still come to under £500.

The real difference is that the mids on the Para Driver are sweepable, from something like 170Hz to 3kHz whereas on the V2 Bass Driver there are just the two frequencies. The V2 also sounded less scooped overall to me when I had one briefly, much more "chunky" sounding imo.

I like the Bass Driver, but found that on its own the mid-scoop wasn`t right for me. In conjunction with another pedal such as the Aguilar Tonehammer it was great, as with everything set flat it really beefed the TH up. So on a quest for a one-pedal solution I happened across the Tech 21 Para Driver, which is a great pedal - sweepable adjustable mids being the great factor on this one. It sounds very much like the Bass Driver in tone, not quite so full-on, but so much more versatile. I love the Para Driver.

Not sure from a playing point of view but have heard one being used by a bassist in a pretty big band at The Rebellion Festival and the sound was great, very clear and cut through the mix really well.

I just wonder if he`d be so revered if the bass didn`t have such a warm rounded presence in the songs.I take the point that the engineers cleaned it up but if it had gone a lot more cleaner and defined would it have suited the music style as much.

I thought it was quite interesting, but the difference in "sharper" tones could just be those notes were played on the D&G strings. I don`t know enough about their individual styles to seperate them but certainly the lower stuff sounds very Jameson, not sure that I could say that the higher stuff wasn`t him/was Kaye.

I think Marshalls bass gear suffered as a result of their guitar ear being so good, almost a "well they can`t be any good for bass can they, they`re a guitar amp maker" sort of thing. I`ve had a few Marshall bass amps, and one set-up in particular, the DBS7400 with VBC412 cab was a great set-up. Cab weighed a ton but I still look fondly back to that half-stack with a smile.

Contact Eden and ask for their opinion would be mys suggestion. The theory is swapping cones is hit & miss, it can work, or it can really foul up, as there`s a lot of science involved in matching cones to cab size. That said, sometimes in theory it might not have worked, but to the ears it has, so that`s another annoying factor in the way, so get Edens advice - think as Marshall now own them it may be they who field such enquiries.

Yep, always amuses me, the quest for completely clean bass sounds, yet one of the most revered bassists of all had a really warm, gainy, driven sound. Each to their own, but I`d rather have a sound that sounds great in the song than great on its own (though I must admit I do like the above, but accept it`s probably not to everyones taste).

I find a Jazz neck slightly easier to play, but just not keen on the sound a Jazz makes when I play it. Re this I think that the dimensions of the Precision neck influence the way I play, which may account for my style being a confirmed Precision player, and account for why I then don`t like the sound I make on a Jazz that much. Plus a lot of Jazzes are too thin, depth-wise. I prefer a chunky deep neck.

Where was that Russ, looks a decent venue, shame the bassist couldn`t bring a proper set-up though (runs for cover).

Just bought a Squier Precision from Rich, he dropped it off on way to family over the weekend. Bass is in great shape, a far better set-up than I would have thought possible on a lower range instrument, plays like a dream. Great transaction all round.

Not being funny but why hasn`t the physio recommended the relevant exercises, surely that`s part of the treatment.

I`ve had the lower wattage versions of both the Fender and the Ampeg, I don`t think you`d be unhappy with either.

Well imo it`s a beaut, great looking bass. It`s inevitable there will be some wear on a 40+ year old bass, don`t let that bother you unless it affects playability, in which case a luthier can sort. Genuine road-wear on a vintage instrumet = yum.

If all original that`s a great price.

I can`t remember her name, but Prices bassist mentioned in an interview that when she was playing Prince said to her, I think you`ve got one too many strings on that bass. Bowing to her musically gifted employers opinion/guidance she went back to playing 4 string basses and has stuck with them apparently.

I had a couple of PF500s, and without going into the goods/bads, loved the tome, so have always been interested in the PF800, and since it`s come out I`ve not read of any issues at all with them. My fave of the Class D amps though is the Ashdown RM - either the 500 or 800 would be more than enough, plenty of power and a great tone. And for reference my two fave amps to play through are Ashdown ABMs & Ampeg SVTs so am not recommending the RM based solely on my Ashdown use.

I`m not really that up on prices for CS models, though that`s around what the Pino Sig Precision goes for, and having played one of those, well def the best bass I`ve ever had the pleasure to play. Assume that the regular CS models will be equivalent.

I`m not really that up on prices for CS models, though that`s around what the Pino Sig Precision goes for, and having played one of those, well def the best bass I`ve ever had the pleasure to play. Assume that the regular CS models will be equivalent.

Whilst they`re expensive, the Custom Shop instruments are pretty darn fine. The downside with a reular 60s/70s instrument is that at the time it was just part of the standard range, so it`s the age that is dictating the price, not so much the levels of quality. Whereas with the Custom Shops it`s the craftmanship and selected materials for construction, so with the money being spoken about I`d be looking at those CS ones.