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Just the 4s.

Not necessarily. Gauge is a very poor indication of stiffness and tension.

Holy Necro thread Batman! For some reason I thought about the Players School today. What happened to it? It seems to be 100% online now, and nothing like it used to be. I always fancied doing one of their short courses in person.

Cable ties, or remove the rubber bit on the bottom. For some pedals - like Boss - you can buy metal only replacement plates for only a few quid.

Put it last in the chain so the di can be used as a di if needed. Put an envelope filter, octave, compressor and maybe a drive in front. Job done.

BF X10 series are pretty much Ampeg inspired and will handle anything an Ampeg can. I've used a One10 for everything. An SVT sound has been used by everyone from Duck Dunn to Jason Newsted, with and without other fx. I find those cabs work really well with Darkglass and EBS drive pedals and with fuzz, although I'm not much of a fuzz user for bass, at least not without a blend.

USA Sterling 5 used to have the same neck as the USA Stingray 5. I don't know if that is still the case.

Last time, my band all bought parts of the PA, equalled out as best we could. So 1 person bought the desk, someone else bought the FOH speakers, another bought the monitors etc etc. Then if someone goes they can take their bit with them. Depreciation is their problem on the bit they own, or the remaining members can offer to buy that element if they want to. As it happens that band folded completely and everyone just took their bits. I had the FOH speakers and stands. As I was using a Yamaha P5000S power amp as my bass power amp at the time I had some fun setting them up in my house for use with music and TV! I eventually sold them when I realised that was easier than divorce.

Probably only those who also sing. Sting McCartney Lemmy Mark King But even then... would they know those people were actually bassists? And would anyone under 40 know who Mark King is? It's all age related. My kids are 18 and 21 and have put up with me talking about bassists for their entire lives. They are also musicians themselves, and they only knew who Sting was from his cameo in "Bee Movie". As famous as The Beatles / McCartney is we have to remember this from 2015:

Hello! What's your favourite cheese?

They have a popular product. They cannot instantly hire a new production line in the far east if they are in full use, and I'm sure they've done the maths to decide whether they want to fund the building of a new factory. Rapid expansion kills more companies than careful restraint. Sometimes purposely keeping supply a bit low keeps the used values up and that in turn gives the product a better reputation and makes it more desirable. If you want one, order it and at least be in the queue.

https://m.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4701115 Damn it.

Full. On. Musical. Chubby.

Context is everything. Big band / orchestra / any large band sitting down to play - absolutely fine. Last minute dep gig - also absolutely fine. Non-sitting / high energy / intimate, personal show where the singer absolutely has to connect with the audience - then NO NO NO! It ruins the connection. Even a singer closing their eyes and really feeling the music (or at least faking feeling the music) keeps that connection. Reading lyrics, and even worse - page flipping during a tune - ruins that for me completely. In that sort of show all the other musicians have learned their parts. The singer should do the same. There is nothing more lame than the crowd knowing the words better than the singer.

If it's a paid gig then I take a backup. The client is paying and nothing should interfere with the gig. I've always gigged with 2 cabs and I take a spare small head too, so effectively it's two 1 cab rigs if necessary. Have to be really unlucky for both cabs and both heads to crap out. If I couldn't take a spare head then I'd at least make sure I had an emergency di pedal in the kit bag. If it's a jam, then just one bass.

I’ve owned 5 string Sandbergs and Stingrays. I found the ray a lot more comfortable. It’s only 0.5mm narrower at the nut, but the neck shape itself was a lot better for me. The ‘berg seemed to have annoying shoulders on the neck shape. The ray also has 17.5mm spacing at the bridge which is a fair bit narrower. So the neck stays a bit narrower all the way. Some people find that a bit tight, but I like it. I’d have another 5 string ‘Ray, but I wouldn’t have another Sandberg 5. I should point out I really like Sandberg 4 strings.

I had the same experience. The 18v wasn’t just headroom, it overwhelmed anything I plugged it into. It was lovely to play though. In hindsight I should have swapped the preamp for something sensible. Personally I am confused why anyone goes for 18v / High Headroom bass preamps and then runs it into a compressor. Kind of defeats the object, but then again high headroom on an instrument that already has a huge dynamic range is a bit odd too. FOH always has to tame it down again. Amps are still built with passive P and J basses in mind simply because they are by far the highest selling instruments. Some basses are just so damn loud the input gain or active / passive switch isn’t adequate anymore. I’d have another Bongo, but I would modify it.

Source Audio Aftershock can load 40 different drive sounds.

Some are - but it's also not always necessary depending on the equipment being used. Some take the capture directly from the speaker outs (and a loadbox). Others only require close mic and then the signal being sent through the amp by the capture unit is a bunch of weird reference tones and nothing like a guitar. More of them come out well than you might expect.

I think Fender now sell necks with the "wrong" bass model on for this purpose. They definitely do one that says Precision but is Jazz profile now.

Mark Bass always have a delay between turning on and making sound. It's part of the speaker protection system. An entire minute does seem to be on the long side though. I've had a lot of MB heads including an F1 and I don't remember any of them going longer than 30 seconds. My current AG1000 is about 10 seconds I think.