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Yes! When we don't have the biggest and best PA support I use my singers Peavey 115. It's a relatively older model (6-7 years?) But it is loud and clear. At 150watts it gives much better output than my 250watt Ashdown. Have used it at a gig in a "half" marquee where we had an open side and there was a basic PA, was driving it beyond the speaker warning light point at times but it was trying to fill an entire county with bass sound, being outdoors. As previously said, reliable workhorse indeed.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1470012140' post='3102701'] Do the first gig and decide after that. [/quote] Agreed.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1469736228' post='3100803'] String choice is SO important and can radically change the sound and playability of a bass. I think they get overlooked sometimes. [/quote] Agreed 100%. Decent strings can bring in so much character, one of the most important components in making the sound

Looks like the previous owner of my MIM Jazz used to play with some kind of wrist cuff on and attack hard with a pick. It's left a long dull patch on the body where it has been constantly scraped and scratched. Question is what to do now? A. Nothing. But this leaves a dull patch that can catch the light. and this is my experiment bass... B. Repair job. Could use t-cut or something similar? This is wine red though... C. Relic job. I'd like the idea of speeding up the natural wear and taking this down to undercoat and wood but not sure it wouldn't end up looking completely sh!t and amateur... Thoughts and advice most gratefully received

Oooooh expensive strings!!

If you like it, have somewhere to store it and can transport it I say get one!! Nothing to lose, there's some good deals second hand and even new online

Got Barts in my MIM Jazz, they're perfect. From glassy clean to dirty and funky, there isn't much they can't do.

They are cool no matter what anyone says!! Mine comes out every gig. I've got a hohner b2a and its great with ghs boomer strings. I would prefer a bodied headless so am personally lusting after a status... My mate is shifting a hohner the Jack soon with case, I'll let you know when it's available.

Would be good to know where you can get the ebs session 60 so cheap! Personally never got on with line six amps, but ebs are quality

My latest band gets bookings for local festivals and parties, there is a varied audience and you don't quite know what they'll react to. We want our audience to sing along and dance (both ideally). We are a bluesey rock band by nature but we are finding we need to play a diverse range of crowd pleasers but with a bluesey rock flavour to keep people happy. We made set list adjustments on the fly last gig because we had five hundred people staring blankly at us playing songs we love, but going mental for songs we didn't think woukd work.. strange thing is I only enjoy playing the song live if the audience enjoy it, regardless of what I would want to listen to alone in my car or noodle my bass along to at home. I want a set where our audience sings and dances along to every song, that's what I enjoy most. It's no big ambition and not very sophisticated but it suits my band and our audience.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1468924722' post='3094300'] ^^This^^ I found the same. When I first hurt my back badly I wandered in the class D head wilderness for a few years, tried all sorts of manufacturers and ratings, never quite got there. To my knackered old ears a TC RH750 got close but not close enough. I bought on here an AH300-12 SMX that had been rack-mounted into an ABS case, making it 12kg. A nice balanced one hand carry when I have my Barefaced Supercompact in the other hand. Couldn't be happier. [/quote] Sounds like an option I could explore of trace head plus lightweight cab. Just interested in how much of the tone comes from the cab itself...

I have Bartolinis in my MIM Jazz and they're lovely. Vintage and punchy with a bit of growl.

I sold my trace rig some months back because I live in a second floor flat and it was just so unbelievably heavy, too heavy to cart around and I have had back trouble before. Ok, my Ashdown combo does its job well but last night I played through a trace GP7 head and trace 4x10 cab. Wow. My drummer and I LOVED it. Playing a jazz with bartolinis through this combo, hartke vxl for a touch of eq, stainless roundwound strings, it was tone heaven. Is there anything that comes remotely close to trace Elliot sound but in a lightweight unit? Has anyone paired a trace head with a lightweight cab successfully?

I've got to gig one tomorrow that is a capo4... You can work it out until you find the internet sourced chords are not matching what your guitarist actually plays... Played to fill in with a band of sixteen yr olds who gave me 24hrs notice of three songs to play and six hrs notice that they played in flat tuning. Made me think about what I was doing, good learning experience with zero pressure.

On the rare occasions I use a pick I go for a great big dorito shaped Fender .71mm I have had for well over ten years. I find it does everything I would want a pick for such as a clicky harsher attack or a rattling speed line too fast for fingers.

Try Joe white guitars near Aldershot.

Chris replied to my basswah wanted ad within a day and gave me a great deal on a Dunlop bass cry baby, posted exceptionally quickly. Trade confidently with this top member!

There is a trend in the last few years on eBay of not necessarily the worst type of scammer but everyone trying it on with "oooh this is slightly worn, can you knock a tenner (or more) off??" particularly on items that would be a pain to repost back. Sold a bass to a guy who lived in a city I once lived in... He claimed an electrics problem and said he'd been quoted twenty five quid for repair on his eighty quid knackered bass... I said fine, I'll call the shop and sort it because I used to live nearby and was a regular there. He backed down immediately...

I see what you mean. I have four basses and am not allowed any more... Having said that I've made good investments in my basses by buying at good prices and having potential to sell on should I need to. My P bass does everything I need to in my band but I long for the days of us I my fretless all the time. Thing is, if you get basses that you love playing and they may hold or increase their value (and we don't have to be talking five grand Wals here) it's better than keeping your money in the bank. I sold a German Warwick for five hundred quid in 2010 - kicking myself now.

My drummer tells me I am a "busy" bassist and he enjoys that because we push each other in to fills and stops. My singer says I drive the songs well and appreciates that every time I play something that doesn't have a simple riff it's going to come out differently. If I try to play the same baselines isolated at home then they aren't very melodic or musical but in the room with my band they somehow work.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1464392504' post='3059237'] 1.When someone asks you to do something say yes. You might not like it but say yes anyway. [/quote] Yes!! Songs I hate listening to have been fun to play with the right band. Anyone remember "foundations" by the irritating mockney Kate Nash? Good fun to play in one short lived band. Honestly.

Went for 320. We are a desparate bunch, us lefties. It wasn't me.