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Didn't say it wasn't a good song, just that it's not a well known one.

So here's the quandary. I have an Ashdown Rootmaster 500 head which is pretty hard to beat, currently played through a single 1x15 Rootmaster cab that rates at 500watts at 8 ohms. I have used two cabs with this before but currently only have the one. I'm also considering taking the head unit put of a Trace combo for gigs where I want the sound of a trace amp but without the weight of the full 2x10 combo. Is it worth me getting a 4 ohm cab? Looking at the 4x10 Ashdown lightweight cab at the moment. Will it give me more output than the 1x15 on its own? I played a function with the RM head and 1x15 cab only and I couldn't hear myself on stage though I think that's because I didn't elevate the cab. I know volume isn't the pure aim of the game but I'm looking to get the most out of my amps in the smallest set up I can... Without spending crazy money or going for something like the Elf set up, I find anything smaller than a 2x10 a bit weird tbh (irrational I know). Any advice gratefully received.

I think it's a Cort.

I think there are two versions, one with EMG pickups and one with pickups labelled EMC by Hohner or something. Mine had the EMGs and sounded stupendous passive but I've never got on with 2 band active EQs. They are odd though because the F feels sooooo far away because of the strap placement. That's never been a problem for me with the Washburn Status.

Used to play this in my band. According to a few years of market research, you sir, are the only person outside that covers band and the Spin Doctors who knows this song!

I had a Hohner B2A but couldn't get on with the string spacing, sadly, so I've "done" cricket bat basses. The S1000 through my Trace amp sounds phenomenal, not just phenomenally 80s.

Yep... I've got sale proceeds of another bass burning away in my pocket. But since my 80s band folded before it could start do I need a Washburn Status, an Aria SB Elite and this...? And do I need the headache of all the vintage bass gremlins again.....

I've promised myself not to buy any more "vintage" instruments without being able to view them. Having said that if this is still for sale in a few weeks time I might well be making offers. Please save me from myself... Aria Pro II ZZB Custom Bass Japan 80s LH https://reverb.com/item/44502153-aria-pro-ii-zzb-custom-bass-japan-80s-lh?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=44502153

I've seen some of our friends and colleagues here do something similar with the single coil 50s style Harley p bass. The thread on here was very good if you can find it.

Wowzer, great looking basses. That fretless looks the absolute business!

Get an Ashdown amp like a Rootmaster and with a two button footswitch the amp will give you octave and drive. I think it was Chowny who did a one box chorus and reverb pedal. I can't remember the name of it but I think the design had a bloke in an old diving suit on it? That's two very much wanted fretless effects in one box. I pretty much always have reverb on with fretless and obviously chorus is a must have option for fretless too.

For what purpose does the list exist, I'm not criticizing I just don't understand what it is for.

Years ago o was seeing the originals on eBay for a hundred quid or so. They looked like really interesting not at all Fender like basses. If it weren't for the scratch plate that would be a winner

You know this, I know this.... I was on a band that had a mission to make our audience, usually couples aged 45ish, to sing and dance to every song we play. Drummer says no. Drummer says lots of odd things. Bassist go bye bye.

Me and one of the guitarists are desperate to do "Bad case of loving you" by Robert Palmer. The drummer claims nobody in the world has ever heard of this song, nobody will sing along or dance along.... What the actual!?!?! It's a classic.

The only song we ever played where there was actual snogging on the dancefloor! Amazing tune.

I would have happily gone for it but for two things: My 80s band has folded I have no idea if I could get on with the fan fret thingy

There's a few Japan importers, Bass Bros and Gas Station Guitars... I've never bought from either but I see them listing lefty basses on Reverb and Facebook. They do expect £1000 for second hand MIJ Basses though, and that's the bog standard ones!

Don't keep us in suspense...!

There is indeed. My time is precious, to me at least, and I was putting myself in the shoes of the OP. Absolutely agree 100%. In this case I wouldn't like their cards and they wouldn't like mine, so we would go our separate ways and both be happier for it.

Seeing Hot Chocolate when I was 13 and hearing the bass solo in No Doubt About It (well, it was just a bit where the bass came to the front, not a solo as such) and the whole theatre shook and everyone was dancing... That was the moment I was certain I had to get a bass guitar. Now 25 years later I waste a lot of time on BC, so it's made a change there. Imagine if I used this time for good...? Ten by Pearl Jam made me believe I could tie together my interest in 80s fretless bass and Jaco with the rock music I played by getting a fretless for my 18th. I still play that bass nearly 20 years later. For a long time it was my only bass and part of what "my" sound is/ was/ still is as a bassist. That inspired me and changed something in my approach that I am very appreciative of.

Because if the band isn't very good ability-wise I wouldn't be dropping any other projects or opportunities to dedicate myself to them, I'd find that frustrating. I'd also not be certain of them being able to get enough gigs to justify having a monopoly over my time. Not gigging with other outfits because they might get one once a blue moon would annoy me. Overall I just wouldn't think its worth it. Just my view, hypothetically, and of course setting aside the issue of a clash of rehearsal nights.

I was jesting on the cult bit. I appreciate when people set their expectations out clearly at the start. We all have different interpretations of what "commitment" means so it's good to get it all out there in a first conversation. I'd just find it difficult for someone to demand loyalty before anything, especially if they're not very good.

Has there been a Wish Bass yet?

Where was this, please? Would love to check one out