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Yes, I have a German Corvette Standard 4 string passive too - Bubinga and Wenge - and that does feel that bit nicer than the Rockbass, has a bit more of that Warwick woody growl to the tone. But, I've been impressed with the Rockbass - the preamp and pots are probably the weak point - and I like active basses to be passive switchable which this isn't - but then it was mint and about £300 second hand, so ...

I have a medium scale (32") Rockbass Corvette 5 string - it's a very capable little bass and I don't miss the extra 2" , the B string is excellent too. Not exactly relevant, but you know...😉

Buns 'n' Posies

How about 'Jump the Broom' ? Good for weddings I reckon.

Rokyasoxoff - that's a 'zero' Google hit by the way. Was going to use it for my old band but the singer thought it was a bit too 'nice' - she was right, may work for functions etc. though.

Another vote for RHCP - I saw them at Ipswich Town stadium, not exactly the heady heights but they were dull in the extreme. Chad and Flea tried, but failed, to lift any kind of performance from Kiedis. Gary Moore with some session blokes - snooze fest. David Lee Roth, having seen him with Vai and Billy Sheehan previously I had very high expectations, again this tour he was out with some session guys and played mostly bluesy/swing material - dire. There was a long period when Iron Maiden were definitely 'off the ball' imho - bearing in mind their massive status they just ran out the same old tired backdrops and predictable show. With ever longer meandering tunes. Did seem a bit sloppy between the three guitarists too - I remember a Sonisphere event were Rammstein headlined the first night and it was incredible, Maiden seemed were tame by comparison the next night. However, they seriously upped their game for the recent Legacy tour, which was properly impressive, the best I've seen them in a long while - made me happy as I'd hate a band I have always loved to have drifted.

My Dingwall NG2 has 'smoked chrome' hardware. That's my favourite. I'm also in the 'not gold' gang.

Snaggletooth- Motorhead Black Tongue - Mastodon Neither are appealing attributes...

Ideally, I'd like to hear pedals in a band mix setting. So often pedals and settings sound great in isolation but you end up needing wildly different settings live. Could a good mix of guitar, vox, keys and drums be recorded in a few different styles. Have some standard reference tracks and then test those pedals with the backing tracks?

Ask Billy....

@Dazed it doesn't fit your full requirements at all, being narrower string spacing and a JJ configuration, but I also have a 32" Warwick Rockbass Corvette which is very tasty too. I think there's only this and the Ibanez that are available off the shelf. I'm really liking this scale myself. 🙂

I have an Ibanez srmd205 - amazing little bass. 18mm at the bridge, 32" scale. It sits great in the mix and my band prefer it to my Dingwall and Sandberg! Ok the B isn't like the Dingwall, and the pre-amp is a little noisy, but for a cheap and cheerful bass, it's really great. Scope to upgrade bits as required. Just seen black ones can be had for £239 now - crazy.. https://www.andertons.co.uk/ibanez-srmd205-bkf-5-string-bass-in-black-flat-srmd205-bkf?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=surfaces&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwv2OzPeR7wIVwsLtCh1-QgbmEAQYAiABEgLKvfD_BwE

I'm a fingers player, but would like to get to grips with a pick as I do think it can be a useful addition to the armory. I can knock out a few bits with a pick but I almost immediately miss that tactile connection between string and finger, the pick feels a bit like a barrier and I feel like I've been 'unplugged' from my bass. I've never got anywhere near as fast with a pick as I can play with fingers either.

That's almost enough to make me renounce Satan 😈

Tiger Feet - Mud

Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash

Love a bit of Suicidal ever since seeing them on the 4 band Clash of the Titans in Wembley- RT has been a beast for years. Reminds me of the very incongruous site of Mad Mike Muir walking down Colchester High Street with a couple of M&S carrier bags. Think he'd been and bought sarnies...

(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth - Metallica

Drink - Alestorm

Thanks for clarifying, that makes sense! I had a 25cm power connector cable made up with 2.1mm and 2.5mm sockets but hadn't been brave enough to try it! 😉

I decided to give this thing a go and picked up an HX Effects - it's starting to make sense. Quick question on power supplies if anyone knows, I have a Truetone CS7 which will power the HX Effects - but I keep seeing mentions on other forums about using the supplied adapters and polarity reverser. Now, the CS7 is centre negative and the supplied HX power supply is also centre negative...am I missing something here? Looks like there should be no need to reverse polarity. But, I did blow up the band lights once, so.....🙄

Doctorin' the Tardis - The Timelords

I think the thing is to not place too much weight on how the original version sounds - take the song and do what sounds good for your band with it.

We mash up Cake By The Ocean by DNCE with Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana... call it Smells Like Cake. Great for confusing the hell out of drunk punters 😜

Shut Up and Dance by Walk The Moon is a floor filler for us...when we could fill floors that is... The youngsters seem to also really enjoy our version of Paradise by George Ezra (rocked up a bit 😏)