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Agree, and I was rather disappointed that the rest of the album that Locked is on didnt have the same vibe.

One thing to bear in mind is that if using a small practice amp at home these don`t usually do the E string justice. I find this with my Precisions - if I get the E string sounding as "ringy" and full on my little practice amps, take it to rehearsal with full rig and it`s overbearingly dominant.

He does look very cool there. Great feature on The Damned in this months Vive Le Rock magazine as well, btw.

Well last night I saw a bassist using a Thunderbird, into a Markbass Little Mark, into a Markbass CL106 - sounded amazing, and having lifted that CL106 it was amazingly light for a 6x10.

I`ve had a good few MIM Precisions and have only experienced this - albeit very slightly - on one of them, one of the earlier models if I recall correctly. Currently got two, offloading one soon, and it`s not on either of those. Both are post 2012 which, in my opinion, they really upped their game on.

I`ve never had one, but I remember gazing adoringly at the Westone Thunders in my Mums catalogue when I was a kid. Played a couple and very nice basses they were/are.

And I think, moving on from Danny post, if you use a punk tone in a punk band it`s - in general - a tone that is saying "here I am, listen to me", whereas a Motown tone is more supportive, providing a foundation for - in the main - the vocals to shine over. For example the two JJs - JJ Burnell & James Jamerson. Both great players, but although James Jamersons playing was sublime, his tone isn`t screaming here I am, and aside from us bassists many possibly wouldn`t even pick out what he was doing (the fools, the fools). Whereas with JJ Burnell, well pretty impossible to not hear his stand out aggressive tone. Both fit their genres, and yes pretty much in agreement, most audiences won`t care that much about the tone, they`d probably notice if the playing and timing was poor, but even at that point would they realise it was the bass that was at fault? Possibly not, we play one of the most important instruments in holding it all together, yet so many have so little knowledge of what the bass does. Bah!

I think it`s bass-wise that Ashdown are/should be regarded as the UK flagship manufacturer.

Stick with it, it`s only in the last 8/9 years that I`ve been confident of my abilities, after playing for 37 years. Invariably even now whenever I see another bassist playing I think they`re better than me, and you know what, it doesn`t matter. I`m good enough for my band, that`s what counts. I`m - still - slowly realising it`s not what I can`t do that counts, it`s what I can do. Have you been in bands, I find that in a live environment is where I really learn.

I thing genre and the position the bass has in the band have a fair bit to do with it as well, I`ve probably had more people come up to me complimenting my tone since I`ve been using a twangy/driven sound in my punk band than at any time in my previous bands. And that`s partly due to the genre, and the bass taking on an almost rhythm guitar quality as we`re a 3 piece. Whilst my tone is right for this band, I preferred my Precision into my Ampeg PF500, all eq set flat, touch of compression tone as the best tone I`ve ever had. But at that point the bass was in a more supporting role, not so prominent.

I`m never sure if instances like this are deliberately being condescending or being ignorant of the bass and what it can do. How about a bit of diplomacy and say both?

I know that I really like the look of these, plus they`re made of ash, so more in-keeping with 70s Fenders.

It could be that the Line level signal that was being sent from your Sansamp was connected to a Mic level input by the soundman. I had this a while back, and e-mailed Tech21 about it, fearing my pedal had broken, they were very helpful and just advised to select the -20db setting if it happened again.

The Custom Shop Pickups are nice - they came as standard in a US 2015 Jazz I had, and it was less trebly/biting than previous Jazzes I`d had. Did make getting nearer the Precision-girth easier to achieve.

I thought there was just one, the key of bass

This is becoming similar to that scene in Fawlty Towers, I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it........

Yep, I use my M80 for rehearsals, but for gigs the Hiscox Lifelite comes into play. You never know at gigs if someone`s going to knock your case over, drop something on it etc, the Hiscox just provides that bit more but I seriously love the M80.

Update - tried it, didn`t like it, sounded too clean & cultured for me. In a 3 piece I need to fill out a lot of room, and trying this made the bass a lot clearer and focused, but removed a lot of the filling sound. ideal for recording, or in a band with 2 guitars, but not for my current band. I think I`m just too uncultured for this sophisticated sound stuff.

Yep, just about the only two compressors I`ve ever got on with were the on-board ones on an Ampeg PF500 and TC Electronic Classic 450. No fiddling about, just turn it til it sounds rotten then back off to suit. As has said you didn`t really notice what it was doing until turning it completely off.

Every other company needs to raise prices at times, I like the way they`ve put out comms about it, rather than just add on the quids without explanation.

I think it`s the difference between Jazzes & Precisions in general. I`ve found this, and to be honest, as a die-hard Precision player my ears are tuned to the P-bass, so setting up a Jazz eq in the mix just never sounds right to me, I can`t seem to coax those great tones out of one as I`m just expecting the Precision sound when I play - that might be part of the problem here maybe? The Jazz tone is much thinner in comparison, I did find that the Seymour Duncan Hot Stack was a good Jazz pickup, didn`t change the sound, just bulked it out and gave more of the same.

I`ve had a good few of the more recommended gig-bags, all good, but the Mono M80 is the one for me. I just wish Mono would combine the M80 and the Vertigo, as each have features that I`d like on one bag, but when push comes to shove the M80 gets it by a nose.

Yep, pick player, through a driven Sansamp, into an Ashdown ABM with valve pre, not much need for compression on my part, am sure I`ve got all I need with these.

So another factor of why that one plays and holds tune so well.