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Pedals, pre amps etc that have flimsy 9v adaptor type power connectors. All connectors should be some kind of locking cable for me.

Pedal boards that dont come with a built in 13a plug rack, so you could plug anything in, instead of just 9v stuff. A 1u-ish sized rack like you can buy would be perfect nestled inbetween the rails.

Exactly! Just one beat off, but your head feels backwards! I used to play the lower b on the e string then bounce of the high E on the A string. If you ended up playing e then b, instead of b then e, it just freaks you out!

Pretty sure when I played this years ago I just played the B and E for the verse and it worked well for us. Trick is the timing. Go one beat out and itll mess with your head and sound like you're playing it backwards.

Problem doing it from tab is the notes all look the same value and time, and they're not. You need to keep playing through it and work out which are what I call "joining" notes (not essential to line, but help link the parts together) and which are essential. When you've got your head around that, add the joining notes in at your own pace and style.

To get to grips with it - as the other tabs are quite busy, try the songsterr version just to get used to it.

It's a fantastic, underrated bassline. Really for me is a classic line. Smooth, grooves, quite complex and unexpected, but amazing to listen to. I had a go years ago at it. The tab doesnt really make much sense until you're really upto scratch with it, but just pick out the main notes and add in the other when they start to feel right. Good luck.

I dont really understand the fan being loud (which to be fair it is) being an issue. At gig and practice levels you'll not hear it at all and theres a headphone socket for practicing at home. Only worry for me is a potentially noisy DI which i will have to investigate.

I saw one of those Shavo heads in PMT. They're a lot bigger than I thought and a whole lot bigger than an abm600. Look cool though.

I'd go for a good modern 4ohm 4x10 cab. It's amazing how close in size the 2x10s are to the modern 4x10s. I did that with my laney n cabs. Bought a 4x10 and a 2x10 for smaller gigs. Turned out there wasnt much space saving at all. So I sold the 2x10 and just use the 4x10 on everything. I used plenty of 4x10s and never been short of volume anywhere.

Maybe send by specialist pallet courier instead of normal courier? Itd be strapped and protected and attached to pallet. Nothing would go on top of it (youd hope) and courier would be used to heavy pallets.

Cheers all. I've done all the above now. And it looks to have worked a treat. I've been playing for nearly 30 years and still hate re-stringing! Never really got to grips with it!

Thanks.

They're daddrio chromes. They have a blue cotton around the top few inches (if that helps?).

Hi all, I've just bought some chromes and stringing them on my p bass. However, the E string seems fairly long and winding it round the final wrap of the string is resting on top of the other wraps. Is this ok? Or should I cut the string? I'm not sure if cutting flatwounds is ok?

Too right theres loads of activity! Everytime I boost my bass for sale to the top of page 1, with an hour I'm suddenly back on page 2 because of all the activity! Everyones got the same idea at the same time

Turns out the new strings are fender 7250m which I believe to be nickel? Super bright. REALLY bright. They're ripping my fingers to shreds though! (I think I've gone soft after using flats!). So I'm kind of in two minds. I'm tempted by the daddrio chromes (because of the brightness) but it's an expensive gamble at £40. Do the chromes really sound that bright?

Well, I took mine to a new years eve gig tonight. Now, you know when you have nights that are just odd.... Well, the promoter (without telling us) managed to combine two nights into one. Our Queen tribute and a happy hardcore / bounce / rave selection of djs. (wtf!!). Needless to say it didnt work! (Whod have thought?!) any who at soundcheck I went bass guitar, into stomp, into return of fx loop, into cab. there was a slight hum / buzz coming through the soundmans kit. I dont know if it was because of the routing into the fx loop, but I didnt have time to investigate it, so I went back to the quilter just because we had no sound check time to play with. so, perhaps I'll have a look at that tomorrow. Maybe ill try in line or turning the stomp input down etc. I'm sure it's not an issue, just simply because I hadn't time to work it out. one thing though - with the gain on 12 o'clock and volume on 12 o'clock, through a 4x10 it was very loud. No need to worry about power output.

Had mine on in this house - its flippin loud. Gain hardly on. Volume on hardly one. Very loud. May give it a blast tonight with the stomp.

Great stuff! I dont think the fan will be an issue at all,once playing.

Mine has arrived today! Not had chance to play it yet, but first impressions are it's much much more well built and sturdy than it looks. All metal case, quality buttons etc. It's also much bigger and heavier than I thought. It's more of a 2U half rack power amp size than a modern micro bass amp. The bag is also ok. It's not that padded, but theres nothing stopping anyone putting extra foam inside. Will update on sound asap.