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I was playing a p with flats! Must do more twiddling with the eq next time

Brice six string. It was cheap... That's all it has going for it, I just got excited at the affordability of it. It had no character whatsoever and was heavier than lead. Just utterly pointless as an instrument.

I hope that we as individuals can do what we like for our own conscience on this topic, but it's when the mass public hysteria grows over something that pushes us to make choices based on other people's view of the correct moral response. I have a hard time with my conscience on Michael Jackson songs, great music but a morally reprehensible character. Take the recent example of "comic" Dapper Laughs on ITV. He plays a particularly unpleasant character on stage who uses the term "rape" inappropriately on trying to get a laugh from the audience. I am in no way defending him, by the way, but it is interesting how he was hounded out of work and yet other equally distasteful comedians continue to make similar jokes and don't have a moral outcry against them. In my view his real crime was not being talented/ funny enough to pull it off/ get away with it in the way that Ricky Gervais, etc do when they joke about disability and so on. I am not defending or attacking here, just find it interesting how one gets the morality police hounding them out of work and the other maintains a position of reverence in the public eye. In my view, great art seems to survive the crimes of the artist.

My favourite is using the word "custom" on what is obviously the most bog standard encore/ Westfield... Etc.

I'd only ever played with backing tracks for my 18months to two years, then answered a bassist wanted ad in my local music shop. I turned up with a 15w amp and a list of songs I could play. The guitarist was unbelievable and could sound like any famous player he wanted while improvising. The drummer was unreal too. They liked my honesty and have a go attitude and realised I wouldn't try to take over and they took me on. I improved leaps and bounds by playing with better players. In short, don't wait until you think you're ready to play with a band, just go and do it! It will improve you far more than backing tracks ever can. Playing different stuff with other players and improvising a bit can help you bridge those gaps in your technical ability very quickly.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1510321170' post='3405573'] It's complicated. [/quote] It's my guitarists job. He owns the PA and knows what he's doing. I turn up on time so he can plug stuff in to my amp. That's all I know.

Pretty sure I went in there and had a look... 2006ish maybe? I was probably trying to find a fender jazz MIM and someone told me they might have lefties down there. Really impressive instruments if I remember but I was still a bit intimidated by those shops at the time

In my covers band we play enjoyable songs, there's very few I dislike, but I don't listen to that music except to learn the song structures, figure out parts and practice backing vocals in the car. I prefer to listen to lots of different types of music and sometimes it does make me think about how I can change my playing in certain parts of covers that I play, because we have licence to play our part as we please as long as it works. If I was writing and playing originals I think the music I enjoy listening to would have more relevance to what I play in a band.

[quote name='prowla' timestamp='1510299771' post='3405346'] Why not have a 3rd pickup at the neck position too? [/quote] I have considered it but don't think it would get the use of there's a great big humbucker further down the line

[quote name='El_JimBob' timestamp='1510221807' post='3404680'] Perhaps for elegance and aesthetics' sake, something like [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuhlWTD1htQ"]THIS[/url] from Haeussel... [/quote] Looks and sounds excellent!

Am thinking of having a bass made once I get enough stuff sold... I fancy having a jazz pickup at the bridge in the 70's position and a humbucker in either the mm or the p position. You don't see many basses like that, so just wondering what the barriers are? Is it just a stupid idea?

[quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1510008833' post='3403286'] No one seems to have mentioned how often wedding partys fall into disarray and drunken arguments and fights break out. The best / worse one was when the best man got up to speak handed an album to the bride full of photos of the groom in uncompromising positions with various other females that he had been with very recently. I have never seen anything like what ensued. [/quote] Sounds like an episode of East Enders! I appreciate the dramatic effect of waiting for the chance to grab a mic but he's allowed them to legally marry and go through the whole charade. Sorry, to make this bass related... The best mam sounds like a total lead guitarist.

Andertons have a YouTube video on various Schechter basses. I'm intrigued by them as they do most of their stuff in lefty but it's usually on an "available to order" basis so that puts me off if I don't like them.

[quote name='timhiggins' timestamp='1509318208' post='3398096'] That must play havoc with your digestion ! [/quote] I just turn the pastie upside down, not myself.

How did I miss this lefty bass on eBay!?!

[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1509763448' post='3401521'] our drummer is a pro. If he wants to play softly he uses rods instead of sticks, and, this is the complicated part that most drummers can't comprehend, he hits the drums more softly.... I KNOW, amazing [/quote] Don't believe you

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1509781730' post='3401542'] Yes requests can role in , ideally you manage the clients expectations of what you can do before the day , if your set list is limited that's not a problem if that's agreed up front As in all business , communication is key [/quote] Good point!

Does anyone here use one for bass? How does it sound, and have you upgraded the tube? I like the idea of having a tube/ valve overdrive pedal and these seem like a good cost effective option...

I'd be careful with weddings, definitely need to be well prepared. I've seen some wedding bands that you think aren't that good but their set list is huuuuuuge. Realistically your wedding band needs to be able to deal with the mother of the bride demanding her favourite Elton John song while the best man wants you to play some iron maiden. It is the biggest day of their lives for the couple and probably their nearest and dearest so I would want to be a slick operation that can pull from a massive range of songs, especially if going for "big" money. It's why my band won't play weddings!

Thanks guys. Looks like I have a few options: 1. do nothing - not keen because I can't hear myself play and it's all clanky-ness. It's not a gig but it's my time to fit my playing in with everyone else, so it needs to sound remotely like what I play on a gig; 2. Cut the mids and treble to get out the clanky-ness. Might give this a proper go if I get chance 3. Take my own amp, when I'm not in a rush this should be the best option but loading and unloading late at night... Not sure it will be every week

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1509555963' post='3399895'] I have one that works well...yellow finish. From what I've read they're good pedals, reasonably priced.. [/quote] Yep, am sure the ones that work are suitable. I bought one in 2006, died immediately and the shop couldn't replace it so I took a refund. Bought one just over a year ago, it died immediately and it was better for the shop to send me another (postage cost more than the pedal) but that died too! I got a refund and had two duff pedals. Settled on a hartke, cheap and effective.

Not a perfect bass meaning one bass to do everything, however I got a Kramer five string fretless for my eighteenth birthday and it still gets gigged over fifteen years later. The pickups are cheap korean factory standard and could be vastly improved but it is the bass I know best. It's 80's hair metal appearance has meant it hasn't been suitable for quite a few bands I've been in though. As for fretted basses I bought a beaten up MIM Jazz five or six years ago. The only original parts left are the body and neck, but it just feels right and I keep going back to it time and again. In its current state it's worth nothing second hand but it makes me wonder whether any bass will truly replace it in full, or whether a superb new bass means this goes to get defretted or it wears flats for the rest of it's days.

My gig rig has been two fifteens for quite a while now... Just gone down to one fifteen. I really want to love the SVT at the rehearsal room, but first I just need to make it useable! Used an old and badly treated version in the past and with my jazz I could get it sounding ok but never clean.

For the first time last night I used an Ampeg SVT that hadn't been thrashed to death. A glorious, tall standing behemoth that excited the entire band as we tried out a new rehearsal room site. The amp had the look and feel of a 70's radio but was in perfect condition, probably brand new and retro looking. When I've used these before I've always found I needed to really crank the volume and stand quite far back just to be heard in the mix. I have never been able to get clarity and even tone across the range (I like to fly around the fret board) and I just couldn't get rid of the clanky-ness in the sound. That would have been great for hard rock or punk but my band plays a range of covers and the time became, for me, annoying quite quickly. I should add I was playing a p bass with flats, which must have put in some "clank" but I just couldn't dial it out. To fill out my sound I had to use my pre amp pedal, something I don't think I should need with a top of the range amp. Am I doing this wrong?? How do I dial out the clanky-ness, and is a clean tone at all possible with these? Will be taking my jazz to the next session in case that makes any difference.