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    Cheers folks - food for thought here. You're right tho - I've been playing rounds since i started in 1986, so i'm really used to the way they respond. Only the last year or so have I dabbled with flats. Of the Rotos, TI's and La Bella flats, i think the La Bella's most suit what i want from feel and finger style sound. If there's nothing daft i've missed, then presumably playing them more to get used to them is the answer. My gear is all pretty good, my playing is decent, so just down to me to make it all work!
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    It's primarily for a band with drums, a jangly guitar and lots of harmony vocals, so my thinking was that flats would be better for a smooth, distinct bass tone underlying it all, rather than the zing of rounds getting lost among all the other mid and high frequency sounds already. But on the other hand, i'm finding rounds just fuller, louder and more dynamic - which is also quite handy when filling out the sparse instrumentation in that band. Flats to me feel/sound a lot more restrained and almost compressed, with less dynamic range when you dig in etc. Maybe it's just me expecting the wrong thing.
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    Thanks guys I'm finding the flats lovely and fat and smooth with finger style, with nice low end, but with a pick they get a bit shouty and hollow sounding - the 'worse version of rounds' sound i referred to. For reference, I'm using an old 70s precision with La Bella flats, through a LM3 and Aguilar GS410. I know it should sound brilliant. I've recorded with the same bass with Rotosound flats into a desk and it sounded beautiful in the mix. I think i need to play a bit more with them to get more used to how they respond and sound live, and get to really appreciate them.
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    Apologies from the outset if this is a stupid question, but... Any of you who use both flatwounds and round wounds on different basses - do you find you have to EQ differently depending on which you're using? I've been using round wounds on my basses for years now, but I've recently acquired some flatwounds - a set of TIs and a set of La Bellas, on different basses. I find the rounds too bright for some stuff, and the flats seemed a step in the right direction tonally - played unplugged they sound great. But up against my round wound basses plugged in, the flats just sound like sort of worse versions of my round wound sound, if that makes sense. So am I missing something? Maybe I'm going wrong by just taking the same old approach with my playing, EQ, amps etc - maybe there's something else I need to do to unlock the mysteries of these things and really get a good flatwound sound. Or am I just a die hard round wound user who hasn't realised it yet? Any advice?
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    [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1469044736' post='3095393'] Covers bands play music that the people in the band hate but the punters love. Originals bands play music that the people in the band love but the punters hate. [/quote] Ha ha! Very good
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    One of my bands is a cover band, but we don't stick religiously to the originals at all - the fun is having plenty of room to explore and communicate between the band members onstage. Obviously some songs lend themselves more to that than others which we tend to play pretty straight. But certainly don't just stick to predictable pub rock standards. I've dabbled with things like Bowie's 'Oh You Pretty Things' and Living Colour's 'Type' before now (thankfully not at the same gig tho...)
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    It pains me to say it, but the bassline from Barry Manilow's Copacabana is excellent.
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    Bump - make me an offer on this Baby number two due next week so really could do with the money/space of shifting this...
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    [quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1468931757' post='3094405'] If they practice once a week and gig once a month. For me there has to be about 4 gigs to every one rehearsal at the most. [/quote] This ^ I'm not a fan of rehearsing ever as a rule, and certainly not for covers.
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    This is my big rig, though i normally use just one head and either cab. Did sound good together tho!
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    If they're not a gigging band. If they're uninspiring / not very good If you've got different ideas of what commitment is expected for regular practising etc.
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    That does sound overly restrictive, but as others have said, it'll be bearable to just do the gig, get paid and go home. I did a similar one earlier this summer - we were allowed amps and our own PA but the noise meter was set so low we ended up playing at the same sort of volume i'd play at home. Even people clapping or singing along triggered it. It was ridiculous. I've also done pub gigs where they insist on using the poor quality in-house PA, the (quiet) volume of which is limited from behind the bar, and which just robs you of any dynamics. Take their money, say thanks and chalk it up to experience.
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    Couple more pics added to show off the very pretty sunburst.
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    ha ha that must be a record for Basschat!
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    On hold pending sale
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    Bump - some interest locally in this, but still available. Was something of an impulse purchase this one, which I can't justify so could really do with shifting it on...
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    Hello all, [b]NOW WITHDRAWN [/b] [b][s]£375[/s][/b] - final price drop before I withdraw it from sale. Its a 2015 PRS SE Bernie Marsden Signature, which are very well-thought of as among the best of the SE range of Korean-made PRS models. These are now being discontinued in favour of way more expensive USA-made versions. Its almost mint condition, as I bought it new and I seldom gig on guitar. I've owned it since October 2015, when I wrote a fairly lengthy 'New Guitar Day' post on it shown here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/272245-ngd-bernie-marsden-prs-se"]http://basschat.co.u...-marsden-prs-se[/url]/ In a nutshell, it's a singlecut Les Paul-alike, 24.5-inch scale, with a 'wide fat' profile neck modelled on Bernie Marsden's own 1959 sunburst LP known as 'The Beast'. It has a mahogany neck and body, with a solid maple cap overlaid with a lovely figured maple veneer and stunning sunburst. It features two volumes and a master tone, wrap-over bridge, vintage-style machine heads, mahogany fretboard and the usual flying bird inlays. It all adds up to a full-throated sounding singlecut, with a full neck, which sounds richer and meatier than an SG, but slightly brighter than a Les Paul. Full spec here: [url="http://www.prsguitars.com/2015/seberniemarsden"]http://www.prsguitar...seberniemarsden[/url]/ It's had a pro set-up by Leicester guitar repairman Howard Smith [url="http://www.howardsmith.co.uk/"]http://www.howardsmith.co.uk[/url], so has lovely low action, with no buzzes, and plays really well. Its strung with 10-46 Ernie Balls. I own a couple of other Korean guitars (an Epiphone Jack Casady and a Crafter DE7 electro acoustic) and fair play the build quality, fit and finish on all three of them is really high quality. The rosewood board is beautifully dark and close-grained, the fretwork and inlays are clean and neat, and the bodywork is top notch. Condition-wise it's about as near to mint as you could get, having been played onstage only a handful of times, but not even for a full gig. There are some tiny (and i mean really tiny) surface scratches on the very back where it's rubbed against zips/buttons on jeans etc, but you'd have to go looking to see them. It comes with a PRS SE chocolate brown padded gig bag, which again is in perfect condition. In the pics its got a cream Gibson Les Paul pickup ring on the selector but I'll include the original ring too. Its a 30-second job to swap them over. The exact weight is 3.5kg - which is lighter than my 2001 MIA Strat and very comfortable to wear. I'm looking for [s]£425[/s] [b]£375[/b] posted, (They retail for £595 new), but I am open to sensible offers. I'm in Leicestershire and happy for anyone to pop over and try it over a cup of tea and some biscuits, and I'll knock a few quid off for collection/meet up. Fire away with any questions, and I'll do my very best to answer them. I'm sorry some of the pics are at the wrong angle, but i can't figure how to change them and they show all the right details. [s][b]NOW £375[/b][/s]
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    Bump for a price drop - now [b]£125 posted[/b]
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    [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1468349731' post='3090374'] I guess we all have drum stories but one of the first things I ask is who is on drums. Time is not negotiable.. I can play on and behind but I don't want a push either. I like to think I can make the drums work but you don't want to start from a negative position where it is as much as you can do to make it 'ok'.. I'd pass........ [/quote] Thats true - I'm talking about 15 years ago having to contend with a piss poor ( and usually pissed up) drummer, who was eventually sacked and replaced with an only marginally better one. Nowadays I wouldn't hang around.
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    oh good lord...thats shocking. Worth about £25.
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    I've played with a couple of rubbish drummers in the past, and its bloody soul destroying. When you're trying to build some dynamics into songs and a baboon on drums just wrecks it all by playing the wrong arrangements etc. It sounds like a nightmare mate - best of luck with seeing it through tho. Haven't the rest of the band noticed how bad he is then?
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    Hello - I'd like these please. PM incoming...
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    Bump - no interest in this?
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    I've played a lot of Fenders (not Custom Shop, just regular MIJ and MIA ones) and by and large they've been good. My two main gigging basses are two modern-ish, secondhand USA basses which are very good, along with a USA strat and 1990s MIJ strat (also both secondhand) But I'd agree that there are also some which are pretty uninspiring to play. Not bad, just a bit nondescript. There are definitely lots of good ones out there tho I reckon. EDIT: Of course, i'm speaking as someone who wants just a decent, solid, passive bass that plays nicely, sounds good and which I can cart around pub gigs and functions etc. If you want a bass beyond that, then of course there are other basses that do more and better things for more money. Horses for courses etc.
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    Unless i'm particularly learning some new songs, i barely play between one gig/practice and the next. Kids/job seems to be the main reason!
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