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Never really thought about how I hold it. I do it quite differently to Dood - grip it between thumb and the top joint of my middle finger, with my forefinger resting on the corner of the pick. It's worth experimenting to see what works best for you. I don't use plectrum much on bass, mainly on guitar, and holding it this way means that I can pivot it around slightly so I'm brushing the strings with the edge rather than strumming them with the point.

I use an Ultimate GS-1000. Folds down quite small, gets sufficiently tall to just about cope with a Warwick Buzzard. No good at all for my headless Sei though.

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1459778826' post='3019495'] Interesting thread though, don't you think, where a few qualified speaker guys take Alex to task for making exaggerated claims about his products? Claims which, interestingly, you consistently repeat, Mr Discreet, at the drop of a hat. [/quote] But they say his cabs sound very good, it's a quibble about tech specs for the driver. I think I've only knowingly heard one BF cab and I thought it sounded horrible, but that was because the bassist had it EQed to sound completely unlike my taste. I will one day try to A-B compare one with a cab I know. A friend of mine owns a BF cab, incidentally, a gen 2 2x12 IIRC. He's very happy with it.

Over 141,000 stretches? I have problems remembering more than two.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1459941763' post='3021043'] Can you get a Road Worn Ferrari? [/quote] Heavily reliced:

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1459936786' post='3020957'] In 37 years of playing, I have never had to play Sweet Home Alabama until just last week. We're going to play it at a gig in the summer as the host specifically requested. I'll be playing it on an ACG 5 string fretless. Not sure what my point is, just putting the info out there.... [/quote] I played it on an Esh Poseidon V on Saturday night, and I've also played it on a Sei Flamboyant 6 and a Sei Original 5 fretless in the last couple of months. Presumably that means it's jazz fusion or experimental post-rock.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1458753955' post='3010568'] For the record, I pride myself in being an equal-opportunities bigot, and would prefer to offend everybody in equal measure regardless of race or religion. To that end I welcome use of terms such as YankW@nk, BritSh!t and KoreaDiarrhoea. So if any BC members with a more varied and colourful vocabulary than my own could come up with offensive and disparaging descriptors for instruments made in Italy, Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Brazil, Germany or indeed any other country where the bass guitar is manufactured, I would welcome their contributions. [/quote] Is it OK to call nice Vigiers Frogsporn? Presumably Warwicks, Marleaux, etc could be Bochebosh.

I can't believe he's turned down my offer again.

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1459120132' post='3013730'] Is it me or does that look like the fingerboard has been replaced? Warwicks usually have a scalloped type edge where it meets the body? [/quote] A good point, and those frets don't look like bell brass. And he doesn't mention the battery compartment - that needs a bit of work.

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1459700658' post='3018724'] Clipping the amp much more regularly is the result. Thus, damaged equipment. Anyone who disagrees hasn't used a Spector before. [/quote] I disagree, but I haven't used a Spector. I do have one active bass which is quite a bit louder than the others but all but that one produce a similar output to the passive basses I've owned. I always use the passive input or switch off the pad, never use the active input or pad.

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1459891634' post='3020696'] It should be noted that bars in Europe are probably closer to the States rather than the UK - bar bands generally play three or four hour shows over three sets. [/quote] That's close to my experience in Munich, when we played four nominally half-hour sets with nominally half-hour breaks (more like 4x40 and 20 minutes rest as it turned out).

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1459871973' post='3020459'] Just what I've found with basses I've played. I've seldom found a thin necked bass with a good deep growl. Most produce a thin metallic tone, that most folk seem to call "punchy". [/quote] I've had two Hohner B2 5-strings, identical other than the pickups and one being active. Quite a chunky neck on them both of course, the passive one sounded quite thin in comparison to the active one. So necks may be a variable but I haven't found it myself. My extremely slim-necked Warwick has a good deep growl that's identical to the baseball-bat-necked Warwicks, so I would say that's two empirical results which show you haven't looked at the right slim-necked basses.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1459704876' post='3018776'] But then again there is Liza Minelli and Kirsty McColl. Also, I would venture Ben Castle (son of Roy) is a apparently a pretty good jazz musician. [/quote] And Zac Starkey too.

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1459700962' post='3018726'] Would you like to stroke my orange eared elephant? [/quote] That's not an orange eared elephant, it's a hippopotamus with a hat on.

Not so bothered about width but I far prefer shallow necks.

It sounds like it's slightly overloaded. What's the bass? Does it have a particularly hot output?

I started on guitar and still play it a bit, both plectrum and finger picking. On bass I use one or two fingers, occasionally a pick, and occasionally thumb and two fingers - for some reason I don't do thumb and three fingers like I do on guitar. There's no one right way, just be prepared to experiment with technique for each song.

You could reduce the probability of a dropped bass by passing a strap from strap button to strap button round the back of the stand and tightening it up.

Have you got a "pad" or active/passive switch on it? If so, switch the pad off and/or the active/passive to passive.

Peavey are another worth looking at - Grind or Cirrus BXP.

I agree with those who think this thread should still be stickied. It has far more claim to be a reference thread than the pedalboard one, which is more of a vanity thread. It's not as if the effects forum, unlike others, is drowning in stickies.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1459326201' post='3015389'] Clicked on the set list, I'd go and see that. Really. [/quote] They do like Sunny Afternoon, don't they?

I imagine it's what's used in 2-band EQs for active basses, and you'll find it in a lot of hi-fi amps. Simple circuit, low component count, just needs a 3x gain (IIRC) to bring the output level up to the input level.

Whatever happened to Kenny Loggins?

Don't play under UV lights after using brake cleaner, that'll generate phosgene.