Evil Undead

I'd have a look at the ibanez SR506, or maybe the SR606. The necks and string spacing are great, the Bartolini pickups sound awesome, and I loved the preamp in mine (I forget what preamp is in there) Edit: the one in the gumtree ad looks great, sweet price too. IME the string spacing on the BTB basses was always much bigger than the SR series,

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1350314776' post='1837171'] Asking if the truss rod nuts are supposed to come off... [/quote] Oh don't worry, mine hasn't come off! I was just wondering if all Fender truss rods have the ability to come off to put washers in.

[quote name='Acebassmusic' timestamp='1350291277' post='1836753'] [sup]I'm sure a lot of people have seen this before but its woth posting again. Its a link to Jerzy Drozds bass guide that I have found really useful for doing full bass set-ups and not just truss rods.[/sup] [url="http://www.jerzydrozdbasses.com/akcndfr54jdhrei567/Ultimate_Guide_ver100.pdf"][sup]http://www.jerzydrozdbasses.com/akcndfr54jdhrei567/Ultimate_Guide_ver100.pdf[/sup][/url] [/quote] I'm quite good at setups already, but I just get a bit nervous around truss rods. This is a great guide though - do you happen to have a version I can save to my hard drive for future reference?

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1350252697' post='1836536'] That sounds bad.....Angela is worth contacting.She makes truss rods. [/quote] What sounds bad?

Do all Fender truss rod nuts come off?

Or maybe stoopid me. I've had this problem on so many basses that I've owned, so it's either really rotten luck or I'm doing something wrong. I'm hoping the latter - I suspected the rod was maxed on my Delicia and it was, but I had the same suspicion on my Warwick and was told by the guy who bought it that it was fine. So it's quite likely to be me I changed my strings yesterday from Elixirs to Chromes, and thought I should tweak the truss rod to compensate for the extra tension. Turned clockwise about 1/8 of a turn and then nothing. Won't budge any more. Damn. So I strung it up with Chromes and tuned up - the action is great and the relief is perfect (I like 0.1mm) - but I'm slightly concerned about what happens in the future (will the relief increase by itself, in time or with the weather, etc?) I don't understand how I can have this issue with so many basses that I've owned

Haha, yep there's always one! If they're not demanding one more song they're asking for a go on the guitars or drums, or falling over the monitors. Always makes for entertainment

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1350134243' post='1834969'] Pretty sure they mostly make only 35" inches. [/quote] Nope. 35" is an option but most of their 4 stringers are 34" EDIT: Oh wait, you wanted a 5 string? Ah yeah in that case most are 35"

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1350132849' post='1834942'] Things I KNOW I WANT in a bass.[list] [*]Cutting Tone/distinct growl [*]34" scale [*]Slightly oddball, but not too much! [*]Generally like Maple or ebony fingerboards [*]I like predominantly all maple basses [*]Really low EFFORTLESS/Lazy action [/list] . [/quote] Sounds like you need one of the newer Spector Euro basses

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1349973655' post='1833003'] i haven't even thought about the way i'm going to break the news to her without causing the rise of the antichrist and thus the end of all mankind... [/quote] This is the funniest thing I've read in ages

[quote name='bluesparky' timestamp='1349976548' post='1833052'] Ha ha ha! Most pointless and funny thread ever. This type of humour tickles me... [/quote] I thank you

Sounds great to me.

If you remove the first letter in each word of "Bass Player"... Disclaimer - I'm absolutely knackered but can't sleep.

I don't mind you banging on about it, that's what I started the thread for! I'm curious - why is the 121P not as loud as the 121H, if they both have the same head and same driver size? So far I'm torn between the 121P and the midget - I'd have to spend a lot if I went for the midget as I'd get a more powerful head to pair with it, but I do like a middy tone, and I think the midget might be louder. This is all from research though, I haven't tried either. I love the idea of a combo though and I like markbass cabs...

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1349775991' post='1830249'] If the Ashdown combo was loud enough, the 1x12" options suggested here (Barefaced Midget, Markbass 1x12" etc) will almost certainly get louder than the Ashdown did, if not necessarily as loud as your 2x12" could go. [/quote] [quote name='spinynorman' timestamp='1349779213' post='1830313'] I've got a Markbass CMD121H, which I think is basically the 121P in a taller enclosure, with a 1" tweeter instead of the peizo. The H is light enough that I can carry it one handed (and I'm not Mr Muscle by any means), and the P is 10lb lighter than that. As far as volume goes, I sold the 2x10 extension cab I had because I never needed it. The 1x12 really is surprisingly loud, I've never had problems hearing myself on stage, where ever I'm standing, and no one's ever said they couldn't hear me, quite the opposite if anything. If you did find you needed more, and if money's not a problem, you could always add the New York 121, which is also 29lbs. I'm playing in a rock band with a drummer with a big kit and every cymbal in the Xildjian catalogue, and playing mostly pubs with just backline and vocal PA. [/quote] That's what I was assuming in my original post. The ashdown combo was fine in the same band - fair enough, our drummer back then was a bit quieter than the one we have now, but I thought that a barefaced midget or a markbass 1x12 would cover it without PA support. I used to use a GK 2x10 and then after that I used a markbass 2x10 and both were loud enough - the barefaced site says that the midget is as loud as a 2x10, so that's another thing to back up my assumption. I am a relative noob though, and this stuff confuses the hell out of me

Nah, not dodgy but he's basically telling you that you're unlikely to get paid. Avoid.

Nice! Yeah, I believe the stock strings are D'addario, I didn't like them either. I use Elixirs on my P bass, they're awesome.

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1349164729' post='1822474'] There's a few practical questions to be answered here before you should pick an amp. Is it weight, ease of carrying or bulk which is the problem or a combination of all three? Without a car an amp you can put in your gig bag and a small speaker which is a one handed carry makes sense as it is easy to beg a lift from a band mate if your stuff is small. If it is absolute weight then the AER might be out, it is tiny but fairly dense. Can you go through the PA? This is critical, if you can then your 'amp' becomes just an onstage monitor and you can dramatically scale down. How long term are you thinking? is this a temporary solution to fit your current band or something that you expect to play for years with possibly different bands and at a wide variety of venues? I'll give you a for instance, I've got a 600W Ashdown with a collection of 12's,15's and 2x10's. I use a Hartke kickback10 for rehearsal. About three months ago we were playing in a tiny pub so I took the Hartke and went through the PA. The sound was better for the audience, the sound for the band on stage was better by a much bigger margin. Because the Hartke was only really doing the mids and highs with the thunder coming from the PA I could hear my own articulation much more than usual and played better. I haven't moved my cabs since and i'll only keep them against the days we do outside gigs. The freedom to walk to the car with guitar in one hand and amp in the other is just total liberation. If you can't use the PA then the classD/2x112 solution looks good, you might get away with one speaker only at smaller venues especially if you go for something reasonably loud. Two 12's will solve a lot of the weight problem but not the bulk one. It is probably out of your budget but the AER amp one is the ultimate solution. They are tiny and the sound is genuinely immense in any normal venue, There's some very clever, well worked design going on there. [/quote] I'm sorry, I only just saw this! My biggest problem is getting the cab up and down the stairs. The weight is the main issue, but my height is also a pain in the butt (5' 5") and makes it difficult to lift cabs up and down stairs. This sounds stupid and a bit dramatic but it's so difficult and physically challenging for me that I actually dread it. Which blows, as I love absolutely everything else about playing in the band. I don't really want to ask the singer if I can go through his PA because I would feel like a massive heel asking to use his gear so I can downsize mine. I already feel like enough of a pain in the ass getting a lift to gigs and practices with the guitarist (even though he doesn't mind at all, bless him) Pretty much all of our gigs are in small pubs, maybe a couple of places more medium than small. And the drummer is quite loud. As I mentioned, I used to gig no problem with a 1x12 Ashdown combo which was only 180W and that seemed to do the job ok (was just really heavy).