neepheid

A new bass isn't going to get you any more volume

No, was going to be playing one but it fell through. Ahh well, a bit of time off to practice and jam out new material before the next gig (29th June)

Do you know where they live? Go and visit 'em. It's easy to ignore/fend off communication at distance, it's not so easy when it's face to face. If you think there will be aggro/contentious things said and want some reassurance/witnesses, take someone along with you.

I purchased a bass from Eamon, he sent it quickly, well packaged and kept me updated throughout, top man. Just how it should be done.

Seriously though: Favourite brand: Gibson Favourite model: dunno, my three (currently) are very different and I love playing each of them. Why? Because contrary to what some might say, they really are tremendous basses. I love the sound, I love the looks, I love the chunky necks and if I'm perfectly honest then despite my potty-mouthed advocacy of Gibson basses I paradoxically love the fact that relatively few people play them. Me vs. the world and all that. But I'd still play them in a parallel universe where they were the most popular basses in the world because ultimately, to me, they're fantastic.

I never use the active settings on mine, it really doesn't need any help being heard Yes, series mode does give you a higher output. If your amp has an active input or a pad switch then maybe try using that, even though the bass is inherently passive? Otherwise, set the amp input gain accordingly so that your preamp isn't clipping. Seeing Ed Friedland go through all the settings in this video I found most helpful in getting my head round it all: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT4AP58jC5o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT4AP58jC5o[/url]

BAZINGA

I swear by Fenders me, as far as I'm concerned they're the only basses worth considering, all others are failed derivatives of the original blueprint.

You do get switchable 1x12 cabs - admittedly the only one I know is the Hartke HyDrive which is switchable 4/8ohms. Of course, if you use two of these you'd better make damn sure you've got the switches in the 8 ohm position if you're using them in parallel with a min 4 ohm amplifier

Looks like a Hofner to me, they did solid bodied basses too - [url="http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/gallery/gallery2/bas.html"]http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/gallery/gallery2/bas.html[/url] - see section "HOFNER SOLID BASS GUITAR (VERSION1)". I'd guess it's one of the first series, but with the longer horns - [url="http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/hofner/basses/bas17.html"]http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/hofner/basses/bas17.html[/url] ("It appears that, after a year or so, the body was changed to a "Strat" type body (but still with the "set-in" neck)") Headstock shape looks right, truss rod cover looks right, square tuner buttons look right, rectangular angled pearloid control plate looks right, can't really make out much else.

Saturday's gig was a good un - we were playing at Macduff Arts Centre, a lovely former church, a great sounding room. Privileged to be on the same bill as Martin Stephenson, who was terrific, really enjoyed his set. The audience had thinned a little when it came to our turn (understandable, some people were there with kids), but those who stayed danced about like eejits Highlight of the night for me was me starting the bass riff to Bring Down the Birds to a resounding and hearty "YEAH!" from someone in the audience I took the Yamaha BB614 for a spin that night, and it sounded great through my RedSub head and Zoot cab - no PA support required - and got compliments from the sound guy about it too. Sweet. Here's a pic of the stage (during Martin's set): Dunno yet if there are any pics/vid from the night of us, if I find them I'll put them somewhere appropriate.

To be fair, the seller has enabled Best Offer...

[quote name='ebay'] We will just say that its a well established bass player, played in woodstock in 1969, same stage as hendrix... [/quote] Not that it really matters a damn (isn't there enough price inflation in old Fenders without quarter-namedropping a famous owner too?) but does that mean that it belongs to Billy Cox? Or just someone who played on the same stage as Hendrix, but not at the same time as Hendrix? Pah, I hate guessing games.

I think you're missing a link...

16%? That sounds about right, judging by the bass:guitar ratio in our local shops

They have their fans, but I wasn't impressed. I tried a modern day reissue, can't comment on the original ones. I found it rather uninspiring - a bit weak and anaemic on any setting. Pretty meh all round. The Gibson G-3 which I tried at the same time blew it away when played through the same amp. So I bought the G-3!

[quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1337855097' post='1666339'] What's TIM? [/quote] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/111461-why-does-no-one-buy-anything-on-this-site/page__hl__waste%20of%20tim"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/111461-why-does-no-one-buy-anything-on-this-site/page__hl__waste%20of%20tim[/url]

So, how is the gift horse's mouth?

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1337756232' post='1664834'] I love this! Especially the totally contradictory 'Precision Fretless' part [/quote] How about the complementary fretted version?

It worked OK for me when I looked about an hour ago (Chrome and Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection). No idea what the bass is, sorry.

Looks like a Yamaha BB of some sort. My guess is a BB1200 because of the bridge, inlays and pickup surround. I don't think the pickguard is standard.

[quote name='ZMech' timestamp='1337592217' post='1662290'] Lol, yup, that's kinda what I had in mind with my ending of 'e.g. actually practising'. I wonder what would happen if you compared the amount of hours salary you spent on a bass to the amount you would improve if you spent the equivalent hours on focused methodical practice sessions and maybe a couple of lessons. I know it's not a fair comparison since you would have spent the time at work anyway, but still. [/quote] Well, what can I say? I practice at work in my lunch hour as well as at home, I take fortnightly lessons AND I like having multiple basses. I'm still a tadpole of a wannabe bass player, I buy basses because I like having them and that's about all there is to it. Bass monogamy doesn't (in my opinion) make a person a superior bass player, call me paranoid if you will but that's what this thread is starting to smell like. It just means they have less basses than me. Oh well. Yay, you play bass too

Can't help you with the personal conundrum. I'm a bridge burner myself, when I break up with someone they basically become an unperson to me. [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1337585814' post='1662190'] I don't think I'm really ready to join a proper band yet. [/quote] And here lies the problem. I didn't think I was good enough to join my first band, but I took a deep breath and went for it anyway. Turned out I was good enough. You say you're having lessons - you're already ahead of where I was when I joined my first band Take a look around, find a band who is 1) looking for a bass player and 2) plays music you like. Then get stuck in there and make that position yours. You'll look back and wonder what all the fuss was about.

[quote name='ZMech' timestamp='1337590465' post='1662255'] I think the cure is to only own/use one bass. Having excess choice is counter-productive as it'll just lead you to wonder whether you've made the right one for a gig. I can make my spector work perfectly fine for most genres, and whilst I've played nicer basses, none of them would actually make a significant difference to how I sound to the audience. Once you accept this truth, it becomes much easier to move on to focus your attention on important things e.g. actually practising. [/quote] Turning this argument on its head - all basses project the same level of mediocrity when I play them, so I can have as many as I like and take whichever I like to the gig, no-one's going to notice, and no-one (apart from the small subset of society that is bass players) is going to care as long as they can hear/feel it. Making a choice of which bass to play steals maybe 30 seconds from my day. I don't sit there for hours pondering it