Wolverinebass

I remember playing an old 50's era precision about 5 years ago. My friend had raved about how good it was. It cost at the time about 10 or 12 grand. Well, it was a piece of crap. The pickup was massively wooly and it was also clear to me that the action wasn't really going to come down in any way to a level I'd be happy with. I'm happy to say that he gets a great deal of joy out of it and of course I never said anything about my misgivings. Like everything you could say "you could buy however many basses I actually like for that!!" as a rebuttal, but in truth, it doesn't matter as long as it does it for you. I have basses I don't play much, but that's mainly because the projects I'm doing or have been doing don't suit them. Not because I'm trying to build up some massive collection to store in a temperature controlled, secirity guarded aircraft hanger.

Double post.

Yeah, I do remember it has a Neve preamp. Personally, I've never played a Dingwall that I liked the sound of, though I grant his did sound better than the usual personality free, insipid tone Dingwalls usually have. Not massively though.

Absolutely nothing. It's a standard 3 pickup Dingwall with active and passive circuit.

A great day and so many thanks to be given. Both the Paul's and Gary for organising, @nikon F for very kindly giving me a lift. Lastly, many thanks to @silverfoxnik for his more than generous comments on my playing. It was great to catch up with peeps, try new basses and meeting new people as these bashes always are.

A few years ago, I played an Elf at the SE bass Bash. I literally laughed at it. We tried it through different cabs and my conclusion was that unless you were using an 8x10 (which negates using such a small amp!), or were playing a coffee shop gig it was so underpowered as to be ridiculous. I was red lining the thing the whole way and it was barely getting anything that resembled decent volume.

That video reminds me of the insane video where Gibson drove a massive JCB over all their surplus guitars with all the pickups and hardware still installed. Still, that bloke who picked all of that G&L stuff out of the skip can now set himself up on ebay he's got so much gear.

Is anyone going to be driving through Reading so I don't have to sit on a rail replacement bus for 45 minutes? Just for the records.

The last person who did that to me asked why I was playing "such a crap bass and not a precision." I was playing an Alembic. That was about 15 years ago. It didn't end well as I lamped him. Not for that comment, but for some others which were much more offensive.

I would imagine brandishing some sort of club or weapon will make them pay for the rehearsal. Oh, sorry, everyone is talking about organisation.

I think that model is 600W. I toyed with getting one of them about 20 years ago, but the weight put me off. I think the joke is that Ashdown recently launched the new ABM range and the 4x10 are still 35kg and they're trying to charge £1300 for them. It's almost like time has stood still and chiropractic costs have come down.

That will have a horrible neck profile for it. That's before you get to all the other nonsense that would have to be done to it to convert it. If you're going to get one, just get a proper one. Either the Schecter Dug Pinnick or get Brooks to make one that has EMG DC's and BTS system in it. Then you're in full Hamer territory. Job done.

Frankly, no banana yellow Auerswald, no deal. None of the basses on sale are any that you would care about. Great, a bunch of horribly ugly Warwicks bought when he was changing basses every song on tour. Hold me back from selling my kids into copper mine slavery.

Yeah, plus I bet the venue took 40% of that merch cash as well for doing absolutely nothing.

This has been my experience over the last couple of years too. There are things that I won't do and things that I'll never get to do because of the culture of moronic 30 second videos and clickbait crap. People low balling you because what you do isn't valued. Not because you're not good at it. Why would it ever be valued when this is people's perception of what a musician is. Spotify is basically free. What you do doesn't matter. If we all became nodding dogs maybe we might have more luck.

It's a joke which came about from one of my own bands. I was discussing cymbals with my drummer and he said he had seen a Zildjian ride cymbal called "the megabell." Basically it had a hugely pronounced and exaggerated dome which I presume was designed that way so that it was impossible to miss. When he told me what it was called, I burst out out laughing saying that it sounded like a great insult. "That guy's not a bellend, he's a f@&*ing megabell!" In that they have transcended the normal level of bellendry to a higher lofty plain that us mere mortals will never attain.

Turro is a thief and a megabell. Sapko and all the other Youtubers mentioned are megabells. I find them all grating, so I don't watch them. In fact, Sapko, Davie504, Charles Berthoud and Scott Devine are the 4 megabell horsemen of the apocalypse as far as I'm concerned. Anyone who thinks that anything will change other than Sapko's bank balance because of his "moral stand" is deluded. Turro will go back to doing what he does, stealing other people's work and Sapko will get the clicks and ad money from our collective outrage. Then, he might figure out something else to say "bass" about in a hyper stylised northern accent.

Thanks for putting the idea into my head! Ha! I'm happy with my Vanderkley 2x12 currently, but things change, especially as they've went out of business. It might be worth a punt to get one for smaller gigs. Having said that, the bass I took to the SW bash and the HX Stomp settings I used I know exactly how they should sound and that's exactly how it sounded. As there's so much top end and percussive distortion in my signal, it's something that I have to be able to hear clearly to be able to relax. If the cab doesn't reproduce it, then, that's a problem. I'm sure other people at the bash would have much rather I was a precision with flats person. They didn't get to relax because I could hear what I wanted to. Ha!

Nice work squire. Glad to have helped you out.

There is that Chris. I'm someone who is quite particular about how I sound. I can say that @stevie's cabs are possibly the best I've ever played. A lot of people gauge things on the low end. I always compare on the treble end. If that's off then I'm not interested, because if it is, you can pretty much guarantee the mid range is wrong and the bass end will probably be hyped or coloured. I hasten to say that I'm not on retainer, nor do I even own an Lfsys cab. They're just really, really good and if you value sonic fidelity of what you put in is what comes out, then this is what you're after.

I could always bring my Hamer.

Yeah, that is of course my Grainger Hades on the right. I think a few folk thought it was just "too mad" to have a go on, which was a pity. Naturally, sonically, it's set up for me, so precision with flats it most definitely is not. Noisy? Not really. Loud? Absolutely! I don't think that one can play a bass that visually striking quietly without appearing silly. Especially not when you're playing through a Laney Nexus and one of your Monaco cabs.

I can second that. It was a fantastic bass. Not just to look at, but to play as well.

Many thanks to @scrumpymike for organising and also for lunch. Also to @Sean for giving me a lift to and from the train station as well as letting me play his Laney amp and Spectors which were brilliant. I might have to try and find myself an Epiphone Les Paul bass after playing @neepheid's. It was fantastic. I think that after properly playing through @stevie's Lfsys cabs with a bass setup that I've recorded a lot, I think if one were to be in the market for new cabs his would be top of the list. Sonic fidelity in spades and frankly beyond any insane definition of "lightweight" you might have. Ultimately, it was good to see familiar and new faces. If anyone is going to the SE Bash, you may have to put up with me again. I was disappointed at the cab shootout replacing the cage fighting. I felt this was a missed opportunity for the community as a whole.

Maybe is should have just said "sell" instead of "sell well." You are of course quite right. They generally don't do anything anyone actually wants. After all, how long did it take them to change the bridge? Then everyone complained they wanted the original one anyway.