neepheid

The pictures aren't clear enough for me to accurately count the splines but I think that you should be OK - pretty sure fine splines are the less common of the two types. If you're having difficulty fitting the new knobs, try taking a pair of pliers and /gently/ squeezing the pot shaft together so the gap is a little less. See if that allows you to press the knob down. If you go too far, use a small, flat bladed screwdriver to prise the split shaft apart a little. I've had to do that a few times in the past.

You were right the first time - series equals more oomph vs. parallel

Can you take some photos of the pot shaft from the top - use macro mode if your camera has it. Also take a picture of the inside of the new knob. Additionally, can you paste a link to the knobs you bought on Amazon?

I had a look at the completed listings - they're dreaming at that price. Slim pickings but the ones that sold seem to have gone for around the £300 mark

Is that the completed/sold price on eBay?

It wasn't as painful a time as it sounds like you had. Yes, I was rusty, but on the other hand I didn't have to break in a new drummer. Originals band was easier to get back into the swing of than the covers band. I guess it's just easier to remember/play songs you (co)wrote. No major physical ill-effects. Had a bit of a sore shoulder after the first two gigs back but it was gone the next morning.

I guess I've always been a sucker for trans cherry red. Metallics also work great for me. Gloss black offset with cream binding is a strong look too. Oh whoops, I've just described my current basses, my first bass and probably about half the basses I've ever owned

Last gig, pub gig, 500W into 2x1x10" - master at just over half. With the amp sitting right next to the drums and no other monitoring, I could hear myself no bother. DI from the amp into the desk for a bit of reinforcement through the PA. I'm also of the suspicion that you've got a cab mismatch, which takes the impedance below what the amp is designed for.

It's not the bass line that concerns me, it's just the song as a whole - I find it a snoozefest. It never shifts gear, it never powers home for me. I play it for the punters, not for me. Each to their own, I guess.

Songs we play that rarely fail to get audience participation: P!nk - Who Knew ABBA - Waterloo Journey - Don't Stop Believin' Bryan Adams - Summer of '69 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (super simple song and great for the second last song of the night before something rocky to finish - might just be a Scottish thing though. One time we ended up playing this three times - they just kept asking for it *shrugs*) I effin hate playing Don't Stop Believin' (boring song which doesn't seem to go anywhere) but punters love it, doesn't seem to matter what age. If the PlayStation Generation are in the house then Feeder - Just a Day works well (thanks, Gran Turismo). If it's a football crowd, Sweet Caroline might work off the back of the Euros.

Do I have a "main bass", now that I've bought one which cost more than my car? No, I have never experienced this. If I did try a bass which blew my hair back and cost half the price of my G&L L-1000 then I guess I would be a little rueful but it would have to be AMAZEBALLS. Then I'd solve the issue by finding a way to own both of them

Nothing? EUB, stretch, double meaning of stretch? Ba-doom, tish! Come on! Tough thread

No-one mentioned EUBs until you did, that's a bit of a stretch.

I get what you're saying, but none of these are /good/ reasons in my opinion to discount any particular bass for any particlar gig.

Is bass X good for genre Y? Yes.

First gigs back this weekend. Friday was pretty good, last night not so good. Less busy, a lot more mistakes and generally people with their backs to us down at the bar, no-one seemingly giving a monkeys if we were there or not yet somehow moaning when we announced it was the last song. Grumpy all round, I made a few clangers which I wasn't happy about. Singer was paranoid that we were going to run out of songs despite me rejigging the set list to counteract this - told him so and we even ended up nixing a couple in the end. Drummer briefly looked at me like he wanted to kill me when I interrupted him packing away drums to ask him for the car key. Perhaps two gigs back to back 2-3 hours away was a bit of a stretch for the first time back. One of those nights, got to brush up the bloopers, learn any lessons from it then move on I reckon.

You live somewhere small/rural?

Continuing a 12 year old zombie thread revival - anyone who looks down on a Yamaha BB is an idiot. Anyone who worries about people looking down on them playing a Yamaha BB should shut them up with their playing or feel free to tell naysayers that neepheid says shut up. Also I have owned several BB basses (614, 300, 350F, 450, 434) and they've all been excellent. I particularly miss the metallic red 450 - I sourced it incomplete and managed to find its guts and other stuff here on BC and put it all back together. Took it to a festival and it did me proud.

DBs are one of the reasons Gibson bought Epiphone in the first place.

Late to the party here but here's another person with a can of Servisol Super 10 which has lasted for a decade or more

Diameter? No way. Would I notice the extra tension? Maybe.

I've got a couple of basses which came with 45, 65, 80, 100 strings and I've historically used 45, 65, 85, 105. But it kinda grinds with my rural Scottish tightness to whip off brand new, perfectly serviceable strings for the sake of a tiny increase in string size on two of them. Am I being mad?

Does your singer warm up by going "me-me-me-me-me!"? If so I'd say that's a warning sign

Modular all the way for me. Right now I use a 1x10 combo and when I need more oomph I take an extra 1x10 with me and stack them. Might get a second cab (or more likely 2 matching shiny new ones) so I have the option of using the removable head + 1 or 2 nice, lightweight cabs because the combo is a bit of a lump. But for now what I have works great for me. The 250W 1x10 is more than enough for rehearsals and small gigs, lifting up the combo and bumping up to 500W is useful for bigger gigs.