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I'd say the Fender steel flats are pretty close.. I use them in lights 45-100 on 3 of my 5 basses Best flats for me.

I agree the Stingray could of been eq'd a little better, maybe he tried to set it flat! We all know the bass full up and treble to taste is the way it's done on a ray. (at least on the 2eq) I'm also very much in the passive club when it comes to bass's.. at least for what I do. For some reason I like active soloed and recorded in a controlled environment.. but using one live with the band I'm always fiddling and never completely happy. Saying all that, another Ray is deffo on the radar at some point.

Norm has to be the UK's no1 electric bassist, he's got the licks and chops to play the lot and what a showman... Wilko a one-off and complete nutcase on stage and he seems such a humble human off. I only saw them once as the Blockheads many moons ago and was blown away..

Weird, my 2012 has been great from the get go.. Fender flats and it's all there.

I enjoyed that, thanks. Very nice sound from each instrument, makes me want to put rounds back on my Jazz Wonder how you recorded the sound, did you mic the cab up or was it just ambient sound to the camera?

The overall content of the song has to be pretty good as well, a great bass line alone won't get much recognition imo. Most of the songs you have listed there have a fair bit more going on in them than just a decent bass line... It's a combination.. and yes having the bass higher up in the mix will get it noticed a lot more by non museos . The subtle parts like Jamerson plays are lost on a lot of non players I think. So it's the bands themselves that make the bass lines memorable, all knowing when and what to play to complement each other properly.. edit. spelling lol

I thought I'd clocked you had some Rik before?

Hi Nosmo. There are a good few of us old farts here that have done the same and had a break, and still felt we have something more to give. Inspiration is here as well the for sale section, best keep away from that is my advice

Hi Bert and thanks. The bass i bought off Bram on here. The serial dates it to a 1970, Bram had it in bits and i think most of it is original, the scratch plate has shrunk and is celliloid so guess it is also from around that time or close. Its a very nice weight not that late 70's backbreakers type i had before. Very brite and resonat ad easy to play, it really is a beaut. I bought it to be a player and not something to be left in the case. A lot of people say the older Fenders are well over priced and over rated, but find a decent one and youll have no regrets.. One day maybe something pre CBS, but that might be one that would only come out on special occasions, or when ive stopped giging. The pics were the self indulgence, my daughter took them, so proud Dad posted

We've had a fairly active week for us, 2 gigs at the weekend and the opening act for an outdoor yearly Blues festival last night. Yesterday was nice in a few different ways, getting to play in fantastic weather in the early evening outdoors to a mainly appreciative audience that were there to have fun. It wasn't the easiest gig to do, no sound check straight on using the house back -line.. the levels were all over the shop on stage for the first couple of numbers, you could hear all the constant tweaking going on But credit to the sound guys people out front said it sounded good. A couple of pics [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/8374568@N07/9364117022/][/url] and my newish pride and joy [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/8374568@N07/9364114714/][/url] Excuse the self indulgence

I fly back to the UK on Thursday for a few days, Think I'll be up in London on Friday, if I get the chance I'll try and pop along if I can give my teenage Daughter the slip for the evening.

[quote name='Gordon Thudmaster May' timestamp='1374570587' post='2150145'] What would be a suitable Headphone to use, does anyone have any recommendations! [/quote] Not sure they'll help that much, if your like me the feet get going as well.. I like closed Sennheisers (I have 3 pairs round the house) HD 380 pros are my fave for playing bass and music

I'll put another +1 for Strings Direct, had a dead E on a fresh set I'd bought and they mailed off a new set same day Brilliant service.

[i]Macca makes it all look easy [/i] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PoFwDHpikU[/media] That's without trying to sing and keep it in tune

lol, Good for her.

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1374220097' post='2146488'] I'm presuming you already have a GS212 to compare them to? [/quote] Actually, I don't so my idea is once again floored. I can let you know if there is any improvement over the CL's tho. lol.

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1374211862' post='2146434'] What this proves is that a Neox 212 performs better than two CL112s. Nothing to do with 2x12" vs 1x12", everything to do with the Neox 12" vs the CL 12" - and their relative prices imply that the CL112 has to contain a much less expensive 12". [/quote] Thanks for the clarification Alex. I've now sourced locally a pair of Aguilar GS112's , so I can test that theory.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1374071701' post='2144978'] I'm not sure what the exact models were but same room, same head, same bass and the difference was massive, it still remains the highest I have needed to put the output on my shuttle six and it was a tiny room. I thought maybe a 2x12 might be better than two 1x12s but the experts here say not. [/quote] I think I know what your talking about Pete. Normally with one of the Bands I play with I use 2 EBS CL 112's for practice and gigs and a Aguilar TH500, today I took along my GB212 neo xt as we have an outdoor gig on Sunday and thought I could do with the extra umph as most of our smaller gigs guitars and bass are never FOH .. anyway at practice same room, same volume the drummer turned to me after 2 songs and said ahh so that's what your you playing He could hear and feel it, seems the porting and and 2-12's stuck in the same box do have some magic.. or so it would seem.

Nice. I have been using something a little Swedish along similar lines https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90499974/Ebs.jpg

I'd post a of video of me playing root's and 5ths with the band (actual I have done that lol) .. but that's not much of a party piece. The Guys got talent a good ear and plays very cleanly, but I would only want to listen to it once.. Cool and interesting the first time you listen.

Must say all the basses (4 of them) and other stuff I have bought off here and had shipped to Finland have all been packed perfectly by the sellers.. The people I have dealt with seem to go the extra to make sure it arrives safe and sound. Good on Basschat.

I tried some and put them on my Stingray, thought they sounded ok lots of zing, but as Dingus said, I found the tension a little high and took them off after about a week. Remember reading some threads on Talkbass about them eating frets, not sure how true that is! I tried and didn't really like.