Bigwan

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1397554585' post='2425005'] Awaiting a lick of paint... [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/rz18DvG.jpg[/IMG] [/quote] Very nice!

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1397586115' post='2425453'] I have 2 12" 300w active monitors & I'm getting a MB micro mark 8" for home .I was thinking of using this for a bass monitor , I think it will be worth a try . [/quote] More than enough I'd say!

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1397586879' post='2425466'] I cant see what's to admit, it's a normal thing. [/quote] Yes, but a lot of folk would claim full credit is my point, and if it happened to sound like some late 19th/early 20th century composer's work it's by pure chance...

At least he admits it...

I came at bass the other way round. Always played in original bands, then a cover band later. Originals are whatever you want to make of them. Just remember to play for the song first and yourself second. There can be a glorious happy medium (Pino is the perfect example). I usually try and create the basis of a line first and then fill in the gaps using (again) Pino's trick of singing the fills (or the whole line) before trying to figure them out on bass. It'll certainly be more fulfilling for you than any cover band!

Having watched a lot of Ben's videos (he certainly has a unique approach to some things!) I'd love to go to a day like this. Alas I'm VERY far away...

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1397567468' post='2425199'] That's pretty much hit the nail on the head as regards monitoring. Generally on small "stages" monitors are for vocals and instruments that are acoustic. The more things you put through a monitor mix the more confusing the mix becomes. The more confusing the mix becomes the less happy the vocalists and anyone else who is currently needing the monitors to be able to hear themselves will be. Plus the average wedge monitor simply isn't designed to take the level of bass most bass players would like to have. On the occasions that I've had to rely 100% on the monitors in order to be able to hear my bass on stage, the only ones I've been really happy with were when the stage and PA were massive and the monitoring system included full-range side-fills. [/quote] All true if running at high volumes, but if you run quiet on stage the monitoring requirements drop drastically in my experience. Now I totally get the fact that some folk have no desire to play quietly, but for the purposes of the cover band I played with it was ideal and I had the clearest on-stage sound I'd ever experienced. We weren't using stellar gear either. 3 aux mixes between 4 members from a soundcraft mixer, cheap active monitors (mine was a stagg 12" 100 watt job). I usually just lived with whatever mix one of the guitarists had, but with my little bass combo I could add whatever I wanted of myself. Definitely wouldn't have rattled any fillings out though!

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1397558296' post='2425054'] I use a MB & Barefaced super 12 T rig , but I also have a 3K PA with active subs etc I was considering just having something like a MB micro combo & DI from it . mainly because I hate carrying gear around & some of the pubs we play in are very cramped . We have electric drums so I don't have to compete with anyone sound wise . Does anyone else do this ? [/quote] My old cover band did exactly this. The e-drums are the key (and an understanding guitarist i.e. no half stacks, or ideally no valve amps of any description - our guitarist used a floor pod). Wouldn't attempt it otherwise or you'd need some seriously good monitoring. With e-drums I found I could get away with a Line6 Studio 110 combo DId and a little powered wedge monitor.

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1396729365' post='2416911'] [/quote] Christ on a bike that's sexy...

[quote name='nick' timestamp='1396906428' post='2418723'] This is my current mini board, of clones Optical compressor > Pear OC-7 (octave) > SFT type overdrive > Mu-Tron Micro V filter > 'Prunes & Custard' [URL=http://s1087.photobucket.com/user/nickonbass69/media/Pedal%20Builds/pedalboard001_zps58a02ae2.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j476/nickonbass69/Pedal%20Builds/pedalboard001_zps58a02ae2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/quote] What's the micro mutron like for bass? Was never able to find any clips for it, other than for guitar...

Surely it must be possible to source string sets with tensions that match standard tuning while holding the tuning you require? Doesn't Circle K do this sort of thing?

Not a stingray fan, but that looks mighty fine!

That fretboard overhang (not at the 21st fret - I mean looking at the nut with the board wider than the neck!) reminds me of a 70s Fender jazz I played in Sound Control Glasgow a few years back. Some muppet had removed the binding and sanded the channel left behind (although only partially) so the neck was wider than the fingerboard. Worst dogs dinner of a bass I've ever layed hands on by a country mile. At least this has more chance of being salvageable! If it were me I'd replace the board altogether. Probably be a better job than defretting, slimming the board to the neck and refretting it again.

[quote name='davebass66' timestamp='1396381696' post='2413015'] Lakland BG5 if you can find one over here, great basses! (Skyline as well) [/quote] 19mm string spacing or I'd have tried to hock mine on this thread already! Cracking basses!

Might sound daft (and my memory may be messing with me here) but I seem to remember reading a studio SOS in the SOS mag where a sofa propped up on its end in a corner acted as a pretty effective bass trap...

Looks in great condition for a 32 year old bass... http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=221407607238&globalID=EBAY-GB

A work colleague has been offered a defretted Yamaha BB5000A and asked me what I thought it might be worth. Personally I haven't a clue! It's in VERY good condition going by the one picture I've seen. Obviously the defret may effect the value. Anyone have any ideas? From a quick Google search values vary wildly...