Japhet

I use a Tecamp (Black Jag) head with an older TechSoundsystems 2x12 cab and it sounds fantastic (to my ears). In the past I've used some Markbass stuff and always found it a bit bland I suppose. Not knocking their stuff at all because it obviously works for some. I think there's a head to head between a MB and a Tecamp combo on Youtube somewhere which would be worth a look.

For my money I'd go with Tecamp.

We do Pressure and Time by The Rival Sons. Good one to play.

Time keeping is number one for me. I hate having to push stuff along or try to reign it in because it forces me to play quick or slow. Being solid comes second - hate it when they can't come back in on time from a fill. Love playing with a solid drummer though. Very liberating.

Headroom? In previous bands I used to have to drive amps pretty hard (sometimes flat out) to be heard. I now use amps of around 500-600 watts which keep up effortlessly with 2 loud guitarists and a gorilla on drums.

I'd put the envelope filter before the compressor since it works off the dynamics of the note played. I'd have the tuner first in the chain. Presumably you want the DI to have all of the effects fed into it so have it last. Fuzz and octave after the compressor. (Sits back and waits to be corrected )

Decent turn out on Friday with a lively crowd who went for it (quite spectacularly in some cases). Polar opposite on Saturday in a deserted pub, presumably since England were taking on the might of Honduras prior to the Football onslaught in the coming weeks.

Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed Some Haircut 100 stuff (can't remember song names but they were fun)

There's a cracking Tecamp 2x12 combo in the For Sale section.

I forgot Bob Babbitt! How could you possibly forget Bob Babbitt. Seems like everybody else did too!

I'd have that Streamliner too if I didn't have one already.

I'd see what Genz Benz stuff is still available from Bass Direct. A Streamliner 600 and a Focus cab of some configuration would fit your requirements (warm sound with plentyof clout) I'd say. You might find 2nd hand on here too.

Mate of mine's wife is a nurse in Addenbrookes and sorry to say, from what I've been told, Wilko is not in good shape.

Streamliner

One of the best guitarists I ever played with used to say "what you don't play is more important than what you do" and I couldn't agree more. The current rhythm guitarist in my band has insisted on playing a Les Paul through a Marshall, and it bludgeons the hell out of our sound. He recently got shot of the LP and I lent him a Telecaster (with humbuckers) and the sound is 100 times better. He's still on about getting another Les Paul though so I think he'll have to be told!

A foundation.

Not in any order; Julan Nelson Bernard Edwards David Dyson Oteil Burbridge Chuck Rainey Pino Trevor Bolder Roscoe Beck Larry Graham Lee Sklar Hang on................Andy Fraser, Julian Crampton, James Jamerson, Jimmy Dewar Nope! Can't do it in 10. Need about 40.

Phil Collins?

Greg Lake?

MB Fusion is a decent shout. I have a Streamliner and also a Tecamp (Black Jag) but I think a Puma would tick the boxes as well.

Hey Bubinga - have you seen the stuff from Montreux where she has David Dyson on bass? There's some serious groove going on there I can tell ya!

In my opinion it depends where you 'wear' your bass. High up means thumb up ala Mark King/Stuart Zender - wearing it lower lends itself to thumb down.