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Surely he could let you have access to the rehearsal tracks now? A lot of the arrangements I was doing were published by Hal Leonard and they are on youtube and that was very useful for home practice .

It seems to me that whoever the last bassist was had a problem with the nature of playing in flat keys when a low E flat wasn’t available. I’ve seen that before. So they drop half a tone to be able to play it lower instead of using a 5 string or just playing it within the normal range of the instrument. I’d definitely ask the band leader for fresh / corrected sheets and then just play it as written.

The one you are playing might be in a different key. That’s very common for this sort of thing. Blues Brothers Gimme Some Lovin is originally in E major. But one of the most popular community orchestra arrangements is in F Major to make it easier for the transposing instruments. Basically for this sort of thing you’ll have to get used to the version you are playing to be quite different from the original recording.

The handwritten tuning notes appear to be wrong as said. A string 1st fret is Bflat and that is what the notation shows so if you lowered your bass tuning you’d be playing an A and it would be wrong. These are perfect lines to practice notation reading with. I’ve been there, the only person in the room who couldn’t read proper music. I’m so glad I decided to get stuck in with reading. It opens up so many opportunities.

I spent 12 years doing this sort of thing. Can you post some images of the music? It would be very odd for a bassist in this situation to be expected to swap instruments or retune. When there's a lot of transposing instruments the bass and guitar hardly ever get to play rock tunes in the original keys. There's a chance you'll never play an open E ever again! Also - get yourself Stu Clayton's beginner sight reading book and get stuck in. Most community orchestras never play anything above Grade 3 standard anyway and it's usually quick to get up to speed with proper notation. You'll only need 10 mins per day sight reading practice and in a year you'll be playing Grade 3 stuff easily.

Get the finance company on it straight away. Don't wait.

They'll be done by an audiologist who normally does hearing aids. I doubt there's any teenagers with the qualifications. However - for anyone close to Banbury, ACS headquarters is there and appointments can be made to get the impressions done there.

No - but they do say 'amplified instruments' Pro17 for me but next time round I'm getting some Pro26 as I've got a bit of an ear problem - well the tubing behind it. Doesn't actually affect hearing, but that low freqs can be painful. The attenuation curves are all on the website under the "Downloads" bit for each product. You can swap the filters in them though so once you have a set you can just buy different filters for different attenuation levels. They also allow a free filter exchange within 60 days of getting them. ACS will let you repeat order from the same impressions for 4 years. After that you need new impressions as your ears will have changed shape too much.

I just saw the estimated weights on the Alembic site. Well, that's me out. And to think I nearly just found £15,000 in the takeaway money jar...

ACS!

Weirdly I'm less surprised about the Classico as it's basically a double bass, and that's not even halfway up the double bass price scale. But the rest... damn. I'd really like a Europa 5 string but that will never happen without a lottery win.

They are not live yet.

If I wasn't taking part in the abstinence I would be very interested in that ThorpyFX Field Marshall.

I'm interested in the straight fret shortie 5 string. 30 inch all the way. That looks great fun - and comes with good pickups this time!

Sandberg California II VS4 Passive. 39.5mm nut. Very comfy and often lighter weight than a Fender. Or you could get a Jazz bass neck and stick it on your existing body.

and a straight fret version!!! https://www.ibanez.com/eu/products/detail/ehb1505s_1p_01.html

Very very nice! I love the sound of them but the neck is too chunky for me, and the Wimbish models with the J necks are too spendy for me!

I have that Behringer too - it's very useful. I would also like them to update it with a mid control, but when I use mine I start with the Bass and Treble controls really low so there is a mid hump anyway. Then I adjust from there. Usually have to turn the output up a bit but it works well. Aside from the mid control I can't see a reason to buy the real thing anymore. £19.48 -v- £239.00. There's always some who say "what about longevity / reliability?" but unless I have to buy 12 of the Behringers I'm still ahead of the game!

I’ve had a pair of BF 1x10 (one with a tweeter) and a Markbass 2x10 - the new Energy model. I’m assuming it’s basically scalable! Both great cabs, but I prefer the Mark Bass. It’s the sound in my head. There is a bit of a treble roll off but I find that to be cutting the annoying ice pick frequencies rather than anything that gets in the way of EQ-ing. They do sound very different. I found I was forever tweaking with the BF set, and hardly ever with the MB. I owned an ABM410 about 20 years ago and I’m never going back to that weight ever again!

Everything about it is wrong. But for some reason I really love that. Stupid brain! 😂

His place is at risk from the LA fire, as is Joe Bonamassa’s massive guitar collection.

My Sandberg TT4 Superlight, a Fender Standard Strat that I bought new in 2003 and my Boss BC-1X compressor. With that bass and compressor I am happy to plug into just about everything and not really worry about it.

At this point I think a new amp is in order. I can see you trying out more and more pedals and ending up spending the same in total as biting the bullet and treating yourself to a new amp rig. I've been down a similar road and spent far more than I had to. The sound in my head was quite easy to identify but I was doing it with the wrong gear.

What's the bridge string spacing on the 5 string? I'm already annoyed that the nut is 45mm instead of 44.5 as it should be!

This brings back memories of that one time, at band camp, when I did 3 tons of LSD and after it had worn off, asked my friends, "So... did I do anything stupid...?"