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Decent gig for a private party. Great venue, played for nice people who weren't drunken idiots and they sang and danced along. I think this is the first time I've played my Epiphone Jack Casady for a whole gig, and my forearm knows it this morning! It was also my first experience of a sound limiter and we popped it in the second song, but with the drummer having an electronic kit we just turned him down a bit and it wasn't a problem again.

I really like that. Subtle, great colours... Looks amazing!!!

I stack my cabs because I grew up watching people play through MASSIVE rigs and I feel it doesn't look right to just have one 15" speaker. It also sounds better too for me on stage.

I think so. When it was the top of the range it had the flame top and ebony board but when the V7 second generation got ebony boards too I think nobody bothered with them. The maple top makes it look very 90's to me at least. With all the new models out I don't think they've bothered with it anymore and probably also why they were such a good price for the last year.

Hypnotic shoes! Very cool

Lovely!!! Hankered after that colour for ages.... Ended up with my V9 though which may well be gigged tomorrow.

A lot would be too embarrassed to do that!! Am sure that really helped. I thought I was being clever buying the soundman a beer recently.... It wasn't, first half sound has awful 😂

That is awesome!!!! Am sure she will enjoy the experience of any half decent Beatles tribute. What an awesome thing to do together

Collectable Fender... Fender Left Handed Jazz Bass 1965 - Sunburst https://reverb.com/item/66005261-fender-left-handed-jazz-bass-1965-sunburst?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=66005261

This tickled me a lot.

I get the sound I want from an Ashdown ABM600. I have a "decent" preamp (opinions may vary...) Which is a Fender Downtown Express. I usually use it for compression, the mute switch and the occasional bit of overdrive. I use the EQ more as a volume boost, I don't want it on 90% of the time. I have this pedal because if for any reason I can't use my amp I could XLR from this pedal. So it's my "backup amp" without having to carry a backup amp.

I expect this uses the same hardware as the Harley Benton jaco-alike fretless, within a week of getting one I both rehearsed and gigged it. Meaning I used this for a whole gig, under lights and hammering away at the strings with my fingers and pick, drop D tuning it a few times... There's nothing wrong with the tuners. It needs new strings, but the tuners are fine. There are lighter tuners, more expensive tuners, ones that feel nicer. But be under no illusion, these work: you can use them to tune the strings and they stay in tune as good as most.

As if you needed more persuasion.... For a long time my only bass was a five string fretless. And I played classic rock, Black Sabbath etc with it and though I couldn't clank the strings I didn't have to mwah it all over the place, it was just "bass". We played one or two Pearl Jam songs though and the reverb and chorus were on and it was mwah all over! It was a fretless Kramer which is now over twenty years old, I don't think you'll find one easily and if you did you might not like the styling, it's an acquired taste! I now have five basses. My most recent acquisition is the Harley Benton jaco-alike fretless jazz. For £150 brand new it is excellent. I have had two Sire basses (still got one of them, V9 fretted 5) and my Thomann wishlist has the V5 fretless in it... Just do it. What do you lose? You buy a bass you can resell, you spend some time scratching an itch. What do you gain? A new bass that does something your existing basses can't, a new technique, a new way to express yourself. I always find new, different, basses encourage me to make different note choices, you will discover something guaranteed. Even if that discovery is "I like fretless, just when other people play it".

Gutted. Always loved popping in there for a nose about and the staff were great. I mainly bought straps from there, about four by last count!! But tried out a few basses. Sad they're closing rather than selling the business on or somehow keeping it going, but I'm sure they investigated all possibilities before coming to this decision.

Thanks @Phil Starr!! I think you've summed up perfectly what I'm looking for. I often bristle when my current band schedule the third gig in a row or ask if I can do another "overnighter". Playing once a month for kebab money would do me fine as long as it's with people who aren't knobs. Plans are gathering pace, will be sad to leave my current band but the family comes first.

Westone Thunder ii 1981 LEFT LEFTIE 4 String Bass Translucent Savanna yellow https://reverb.com/item/65815777-westone-thunder-ii-1981-left-leftie-4-string-bass-translucent-savanna-yellow?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=65815777 A bit pricey IMO but would be great to have a go on one of these!

Less boomy, yes, but also not very p bass like. If I were you I'd be looking at maintaining your preferred playing style and instrument but looking at using EQ and maybe compression, or a limiter, to even out the sound.

Here's an open ended question... I'm very seriously looking at relocating to Exeter with the family. My wife is from that area but I'm not. I've visited a lot over the last 8 or 9 years and very much like the place. Thing is, I'm in a really good band in Hertfordshire, it took ages to find the right people where we are all on the same wavelength. Does anyone have local knowledge of what's going on terms of live music on around Exeter? Once settled I'd be looking at finding a band, fairly open minded as to style etc. I'm very nearly forty, have good experience and all my own gear, a car etc. I'm not looking to make a living out of it but I also don't want to waste my time doing endless rehearsals with people who love to talk about playing "massive gigs" but will never be ready to do a short set in a pub. What are my chances?

I went from the RM115s to Pro Neo 115s... And RM500 amp to ABM600. Weight-wise they are the same, the Pro Neo isn't noticeably loads bigger. In terms of sound I used the Pro Neo cabs with the RM head so could compare the cabs directly. The ABM Pro Neo has a more "full" sound than the RM. The RM is very good, but the Pro Neo is just better. If you're only using at home the difference would be negligible.

Most Warwick's... Mainly the Double Buck when they were German made and £800 new in 2006/7. Every 80s Aria that I see coming up.... Funny thing is I had a Warwick Streamer LX and didn't gel with it. I tried a Double Buck a few years back and the neck was basically an entire tree. I had an 80s Aria too and I think I got to it twenty years too late. But there's one on eBay right now....

How's the colour in real life? That's the one I'd go for, even though I can't get on with PJs I'd probably just never use the J.

I think the best people to ask would be Boss themselves. Try via [email protected] or maybe they have a similar support email address.

I have to say, the band I joined just over a year ago had been going for ten years with the singer and drummer. Lead guitarist joined at some point way before me. It was made clear to me that they have a solid set of songs they play for an upcoming gig but that they always look to add and change. They don't do anything from before the year 2000 unless requested for a wedding or private party. You have to come to rehearsals familiar with a song that's been set to learn, it's not a 'start from scratch'. I quite liked having these rules, everyone knows where they are. I also said on joining "you guys have been going ten years and have a great reputation locally, I'll just slot in, I'm not here to take over or force you to play Pearl Jam B sides" and we get on perfectly. I suggest songs regularly but I'm never in a huff if we don't do them. I have a go at playing songs I don't like, tonight I've got to do a One Direction song. It will have some industrial sounding fuzz and octave in the bassline, because I want to and I'll do it in a way that keeps me amused but doesn't ruin the song. That's the way I find works, compromise all over, don't get emotional about your choices. It is annoying when you get one person who won't even have a go at something they don't like even though it fits your set, they're usually the ones who want the band to play their own personal "mix tape" of favourite songs, they don't think about the audience, just themselves.

Wow, got to wrack my brains a bit here for the last 23-24 years... Basses I have: Epiphone JC Sire V9 five string Harley Benton JB-FL MusicMan Stingray Kramer striker fretless five Basses I no longer have: MIJ Fender jazz Mim Fender jazz MIJ Fender PB-70 Brice six string Sire V7 Vintage 5 Tanglewood Nevada (p bass copy, my first ever bass) Warwick Streamer LX Hohner cricket bat Washburn Status Aria SB Elite Warwick Korean fretless Westfield P copy Homemade bitsa PJ Hohner Professional PJ I think that's it.... Quite conservative compared to most on here! Amazed I have no Fender guitars of any kind now. Really want a US Jazz or Precision.

There's always the excitement of everyone chucking in their "I've always wanted to play..." And this is where I think a covers band always, always needs a theme. That way when I'm setting up an 80s band and the guitarist asks if we can all do Hot n Cold by Katy Perry he gets told No by all other members immediately. So if you limit your pool of songs, genre or theme then it's easier to narrow down from every song ever to just a very big number of songs. I'd always then give the singer the deciding vote, as long as they can be sensible about the decision, i.e. it is in their range or sounds good with their voice, not "I don't like it". While I agree life is too short to play loads of songs we don't like there can also be a lot of fun had in getting an audience reaction or making a tasty bassline to amuse yourself, same for everyone else in the band. In my current band we agree three songs to work on for the next rehearsal. Sometimes someone will text on the day, or earlier, to say they haven't had time for song number 3, or they're finding number 1 tricky, etc. That's life. We play them together and if they work we chuck it in for the next gig and see the reaction. If the audience like it, we like it. We have a long list of songs somewhere but everyone is realistic about working through it logically and slowly so we get songs right. We always want to add new songs in when we return to a venue, nothing worse than spending five years playing an identical set with no change.