Lozz196

All You Can 80s

I think you`re right, that I`m sure does apply to many (probably the majority) of the instrument/amp making companies, aside from the company I was speaking with. Not sure about how true it is now but a mate used to work for Marshall and apparently they never gave stuff away, figuring that the more they gave away to rich professional musicians the more they`d have to charge not so rich non-professional musicians in order to remain a viable profit making company.

I’ve heard of similar instances @Wolverinebass, with artists calling up companies saying hey, a great business opportunity is coming your way, pay me to take away loads of your amps.

Different Wheatsheaf Dave, a much more pleasant one (going by the above) in Leighton Buzzard

If I recall correctly @uk_lefty the Crow is run by the same people who ran the Wheatsheaf, or at least had something to do with it.

Yes it`s amazing that given how many very talented bassists there were throughout punk that Mr Ferocious is the most well known.

Agree, I like Dagans guitar reviews but this doesn`t make the pedal sound great, I`m sure there are much better tones that can be coaxed from it.

If portability is a factor then a Fender Rumble combo - either the 500 or 800 - would work. They’re plenty loud, lightweight to carry and can be picked up used for good prices.

There’s a prog about The Specials on at 9pm Tue 19 March.

New set of Hipshot Ultralites installed on one of my JMJs this morning, does make a difference, this is my lightest one so the neck dive, whilst not massive was more noticeable than on the others, much more balanced now. They’re a doddle to install too, straight fit, I’d def recommend them for the JMJ.

Good comms there. Given there are 3 extended breaks 4 - 8 would be doable if my back were ok but at present that would be way beyond me, a 40min set makes me hurt for a good few days.

I think it would start with C And end with UNT

I’m 6ft and don’t think they look that out of place

I switched last year to short scales from Precisions, I went for the Fender JMJ Mustang as it has a neck with similar width & feel to a Precision (and a fairly similar sound in the mix too). It hardly took anytime at all to feel very familiar playing it, in fact it was pretty instant, as a Precision player for years I was concerned I wouldn’t gel with it but my concerns soon faded. The neck dive I don’t notice too much, though I do use a Mono Betty strap which provides good support & stability (I went short scale due to back issues so made sense to have a good strap as well). Changing the tuners to Hipshot Ultralites would reduce the weight by a fair bit - principle of levers & all that, knocking off 200+ grams at the end would be very noticeable. This is something I’m thinking of to make my JMJs (I have 3) even more practical.

I`m like that with my fave Precision which I`ve had since 2015, although I`ve had loads of other basses throughout this period this bass is the one which I really know.

Dreadful news, Nick was a really decent guy

Gutted, Nick was such a nice guy

Good luck Billy, must have been great fun learning those bass lines.

To minimise the amount of kit I carry about I use a Nux system which is just two bugs, one for bass & one for amp. Works on 5.8 too, so no taxis or pizzas interference.

Very underrated basses, the Vintage V4s

Good luck Mark, given I`ve done similar for auditions I think that`s the way to go.

It did Jon, and not by a nose but by a country mile, a runaway winner.

I get that, before my short-scale days I`d have quite liked the Sting Precision but, well it`s got Stings name on it. He`s a fantastic musician but, well just but.......

I`ve not had that one but had the 21012L (two 10s front facing, the 12 side firing), and yes, on it`s own it was quite middy but in the mix it really shone with a rich full sound, plus the dispersion was amazing, you`d pretty much have to stand behind it to not get the full range of the sound.