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[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1480185693' post='3182397'] Has your amp ever stopped working ? [/quote] Yes. Superfly got beer spilt into it (it recovered later after I washed it out and dried it). At another gig, my 4x10 became a 0x10. Hence carrying a spare amp and running 2 1x12s.

[quote name='josie' timestamp='1480194571' post='3182485'] Yes, the whole family is consistent. It did take me a long time to get used to the fact that the string "below" the one you're on is "below" in tone and therefore "above" on the fretboard! [/quote] The original guitarist in the current band used to refer to "up" and "down" in the opposite direction to pitch, both across and along the fretboard - so the 12th fret would be "down" from the 11th fret, and the B string would be "down" from the G string. Perhaps true in relativistic terms (if one slopes the guitar with the headstock upwards) but very confusing.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1480263830' post='3182897'] Wireless systems on stages no bigger than the average hearth rug always make me smile . [/quote] I'm thinking of taking mine to rehearsals as I'm fed up with treading on the leads. And that's even though I sit down most of the time. Or perhaps it's because I sit down all the time. I take two basses to gigs, then I play one or both of them depending on how I feel. One's five-string fretless with flats on, the other one is either a 5-string fretted with roundwounds on or a 6-string fretted with roundwounds on. They're basses, they sound like basses. I also leave a spare amp in the car just in case. Our guitarist has two guitars, both PRS but one with a Strat-type pickup configuration and the other with twin humbuckers.

Of course, those of us who exclude Fender from search results also won't see the Squiers that include Fender in the title - nor, for that matter, the cheapo things that say "Bass guitar not Fender Gibson Warwick".

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1479500454' post='3177113'] I suppose it is difficult not too mention it. His name iss all over it. For that price I would tjrow it rather than be associated with it. [/quote] Why? The stylophone didn't do anything wrong.

[quote name='Paulhauser' timestamp='1479403242' post='3176312'] I had many basses throughout the years, tried almost everything and it turned out that Spectors are the best for me in terms of ergonomics, playability and sound. (and looks :-) ) [/quote] I've tried Spectors on a few occasions over the years - I'd have been happy to get one if only I got on with the necks, which I don't. As for the actual topic, there's normally a few Warwicks at the Moffat Bass Bash, so you could get along to that and try one or two out to see if you can get on with the necks and other bits, then see about getting one off That Ebay for not much money.

Belatedly - I like it. Shame the scale length is shorter than I'd like to use for a bass.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1478714450' post='3171165'] Females can be fickle. If they don't like certain songs they're not going to sing it. [/quote] So can males. If one former guitarist didn't like a song, he completely ignored requests from the rest of the band that we do it. Don't have any such problems with our female vocalist. I think just about all of the female fronted tracks we cover have been mentioned by now. Mrs Zero inherited a set which was for a male-fronted band, then when our guitarist left and we replaced him, we revamped the set and brought in some Blondie, Eurhythmics, Pretenders, and Tina Turner. I think we still bring in about 50/50 male-fronted and female-fronted songs to the set.

Have a listen to Miley Cyrus's recorded version of Jolene, available on a Youtube near you. There's a nice little bit of bass embellishment on that which works for the song. The bassist on the live duet of Miley Cyrus and her godmother Dolly Parton doesn't play those fills though.

[quote name='fleabag' timestamp='1478660707' post='3170718'] I may be a bit out there, but one of my all time fave Floyd tracks was written and sung by Richard Wright [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBC86e5cT5U[/media] [/quote] I believe the incredibly poignant slide guitar was Syd Barrett, guesting on the album.

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1478557181' post='3169948'] Indeed the pound dropping has actually benefited the UK economy. Our goods are now more competitive. [/quote] I'm waiting for someone to realise that one of the strongest economies is about to leave the EU, and revises the value of the Euro accordingly.

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1478288019' post='3168261'] So, fleabag, which of those is your favourite? :-D [/quote] And do you know what "one hit wonder" means? Musical Youth - no Desmond Dekker - no Kajagoogoo - no Stealer's Wheel - two other top 40 singles so it depends whether "hit" is top 40 or top 20

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1478192793' post='3167463'] I think it's just great he's still doing it, still being bothered to make music. Whilst it's far from my thing, it's also hard to take a dislike to. I think 'Devil Woman' and 'We Don't Talk Anymore' are also classic singles. [/quote] "Carrie" is probably my favourite Cliff track. Perhaps it's because of where it's pitched that he has a bite in his voice that "Devil Woman" lacks.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1478081298' post='3166542'] Go back & listen to the 'I'm Nearly Famous' album - particularly ;Devil Woman'. [/quote] I remember when that came out - heard it on the radio, not knowing who it was, and thought that the band was fine but they could do with a rockier singer.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1478092609' post='3166668'] Well she certainly didn't like that one, slags it off at the end and gives it away. The manufacturers will be well chuffed... [/quote] It did sound sh*t though.

[quote name='cgg199' timestamp='1477049964' post='3159491'] In short, is it possible to use an American bought D800 in the UK? [/quote] The warranty may not cover it if you buy in the US and bring it back here.

[quote name='GregBass' timestamp='1475842474' post='3149151'] Unless, like me, they play in a pub covers band with a 400W PA that has no subs. Surely I am not the only one on here in a band like that? Am I? [/quote] Like me, you are obviously not a good bass player.

It's an era and a genre for me - 70s rock music, when bassists like Trevor Bolder, Dennis Dunaway, John Entwistle and the like were playing melodic lines with assorted fills and grace notes. Then the 80s came along and it seemed to move to constant root notes (with the odd exception like Duran Duran and Pino's playing for Paul Young). There seemed to be more freeness to bass back then.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1477377056' post='3161747'] No I'm saying to bring your existing kit up to match the RCF ones you would need to add subs. [/quote] Right, got it. I'm keeping an open mind on the situation as our drummer may be moving to an electronic kit, and our guitarist is having problems hearing some things, so no backline, PA only, and IEMs is a possible future route, but subs would be a PITA so it would be a case of moving over to something like the RCFs.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1477301540' post='3161152'] There absolutely nothing wrong with that kit but if you were starting out with a blank canvas the cost wouldn't be that different [/quote] Two SRM450s = one RCF 735A. [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1477301540' post='3161152'] you'd only need to buy a pair of active subs to add to your PA to bring the cost level and the volume level but you'd have two more big boxes to store and carry for each gig. If you don't need them then it's neither here nor there anyway. [/quote] I'm a little confused now. We'd need a pair of active subs as well as the RCF735s? Or as well as the SRM450s? I thought you just said the RCF 735s on their own would do the job. I really don't want to go for active subs too, they tend to weight rather more than Berg AE112s which they would effectively be replacing.

In our band, I [1] own the bits of PA that actually make the noise, the guitarist owns the rest - mixer and lots of outboard bits. SRM450s for vocal FOH and a bit of kick, Behringer D210s for vocal monitors. RCF 735s or 745s and no backline sound nice to have, but it means that someone has to find somewhere over a grand to do it. That's 20+ £50 a head gigs for me to finance them when what we've got works well. Maybe we're just so entertaining that the audience don't notice the sound deficiencies, because we haven't had any comments about poor sound quality since starting using the current setup a couple of years ago. [1] As I'm married to the vocalist and what's mine is hers, and what's hers is hers, the vocalist owns the PA.

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1477211653' post='3160491'] Name and shame or just let someone else fall into the trap... [/quote] How many hen nights would you expect the landlady to have?

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1476884373' post='3158088'] For those of you only using minimal PA - any of you using an SVT Classic with two large cabs as your bass backline? [/quote] God no. I want a decent sound.

Isn't it where EB get their toasted necks?

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