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I just love the tone.... https://www.facebook.com/guitarloves1/videos/203224193342679/?pnref=story

Thanks, very useful as we're getting stuck into some more tracks at the moment. I'll feed back the synth stuff.

David came along to the last SW bass bash with some very nice basses. No hard sell and was really interested to hear what others thought of them.

[quote name='thegummy' timestamp='1454105493' post='2966606'] I'm planning on buying a Yamaha bass (my first bass as a guitar player, will mostly be for recording at least initially) but have just saw that the 5 string version is actually cheaper than the 4 string. Would there be any reason not to just get the 5 string, even if I was only going to play the top 4 strings at first? Or are there other downsides to 5 strings that would make paying more for the 4-string version still a viable option? Cheers. [/quote] For a a guitar player and for a first bass for occasional use, no difference IMHO If you intend to stick with bass my experience was that it was better to learn on a 4. The reason is that I played up and down the length of the neck. I had a 5 first and was tending to play across the neck as if I was playing a guitar solo. I went back to 4's before moving to 5's permanently. I hope that makes sense I still have lots of learning to do but am much happier after learning on a 4 first

Batteries, gaffa tape and a little tool kit. If your looking to cover everything take a spare bass. If something happened to my amplification in most emergencies you can DI

[quote name='Norm' timestamp='1453154186' post='2956987'] Cheeky thread hijack! My band Kohiba have just completed a new ep & I've just uploaded them to soundcloud. Any listens, likes, shares & comments will be very appreciated! [url="https://soundcloud.com/kohiba"]https://soundcloud.com/kohiba[/url] Cheers, Norm [/quote] That hit's the spot for me Norm in terms of general sound. Lots of energy and an interesting mix of old and new styles. It makes me want to see you play live! I can't really comment on the production as I was listening though my PC

[quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1453121330' post='2956483'] I use my best / favourite bass for gigging and take a spare. After all it's what they were made for. [/quote] Very sensible, I use my precious only for important gigs but as a result end up not playing it as much. I'm getting better though

If you can avoid the 6/7th of Feb I'll come along

[quote name='Josh' timestamp='1452811302' post='2953820'] The moral of my story: Always shop with Guitarguitar, they are superior in every way. [/quote] Yes except I had problems with a guitar bought from Guitarguitar a few years back. That mean't my guitar went back and forwards though the post twice and I had multiple calls over a couple of months before it was sorted...the first time it came back the same as I returned it??? They did sort it eventually though and I still have it. They did also give me the option of my returning it rather than sorting the problem but I wanted the guitar.

Yep up for it...just do it

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1452777221' post='2953350'] Cutting some of the troublesome high mids would make more sense I think. Much more sensible to get rid of what is causing the problem than try to mask it by adding something else IMO/IME [/quote] Agreed, chances are that you are never going to be truly happy with it.

Well I was thinking back to my youth in the 70's but just listened to this. It's only a couple of years old its amongst the good stuff The Stars. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH7dMBcg-gE"]https://www.youtube....h?v=gH7dMBcg-gE[/url]

I've had similar problems when I switched from my old Ashdown to GB amplification. I immediately lost the beloved tones that I had been refining over time and found the new tones comparatively sterile. In my case I moved from EMG powered basses to a Stingray and was happy. I think that Markbass and TC are at the most "modern sounding" end of the amplification available so (as suggested) I would try flats and if that doesn't do the trick you are going to have to change something more major. GL

Maybe add a BB, Harke Bass Attack or VT pedal for aggressive OD

[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1452268509' post='2948327'] I've been wondering about that too. Specifically the 5string HH version. [/quote] Stingray gets my vote...no need for two pups in my opinion as it hits most spots with just one. A great system, flats and use a pic or fingers and you have it all there. It also works consistantly with pedals