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It's every man for himself at outdoor gigs... My rig wears a medium.

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I should add, the RM Head goes easily in a laptop bag with cables. Put that over your shoulder and you can carry an RM cab in each hand. Just make sure you go sideways though doors.

I've only used the RM cabs with it. I've got a 1x15 that has been uprated to 500w and a standard 2x10. When I was running two 15s it was the uprated one plus a standard one. At home I just have the 500 head with the 2x10 cab, though its sat on the 15 I'm letting it rest until its needed.

It's a really good versatile amp, I find. I use it with mids boosted for fretless playing, have started experimenting with a light bit of drive recently too whereas I was pretty much using it as an in-your-face effect instead of just a little ingredient to help the mix. I always preferred the sound of mine with 2x 15s rather than a 2x10 plus 1x15. There was a lot more depth and roundness from that cab combination I found.

Me too. I've got too many basses. Bought a "year of birth" bass that needed a lot of work, and now that's done it's a very good bass, it's just not as good as others I have. I need to clear out two basses, finish the self assembly I started months back, then see where things are. I do want another bass but I've not made up my mind what and nothing is in stock right now anyway. I may even call a custom builder but my heart isn't in it right now. I am happy with my amp setup even though I keep looking up Trace Elliot and Marshalls, and I sold off all my effects and replaced with a Helix Stomp which is a great piece of kit. Really I need to practice more rather than agonize over stuff I don't fully want to buy!

Love the Pelham blue! Am considering putting a lefty on order. A few issues though... All the issues mentioned in this thread, plus I've never tried one, and you can order one but the retailers have zero clue when Gibson/ Epiphone will deliver to them. So I could put down a deposit now and wait. And wait. And wait. I'm not very good at waiting.

The video comes across as "I'm more clever than you" but then discusses something incredibly basic. What's funny is it is boring presentation, taking over 7 minutes to tell someone else how not to be boring with only one major point being made which let's face it is very weak, not interesting or insightful. Contrast his video with Scott Devine's and its worlds away in terms of engaging presentation. There's also a million ways you can talk about being "more interesting" in terms of what you play on your instrument, not how you look, and if the content were like that there may only be two pages of scoffing and not four.

Fair point!

Are you a boring YouTuber?! Over seven minutes to say make eye contact with the audience and move around a bit.... The video was boring. Also, if its "teach me music" why not talk about making boring bass lines more interesting, that would be relevant, educational and interesting.

Not sure what the big reveal is here, it's really easy to pick out from the mix, have always played it like that. OK, I use open strings a lot rather than fifth fret but the rhythm and note placement aren't difficult to resolve. I should add... I am terrible at picking things out by ear. Terrible. This is probably a good song for people to start out with though. Someone previously mentioned filling out the song by playing the guitar riff under the solo, sounds interesting I'll be giving that a go 👍

I toyed with buying a 78 lefty P about 7 years ago that had a sun faded body but the neck looked brand new. Seems the previous owner either cleaned it a lot or didn't play it much. I didn't buy it but someone from the Forum did (there aren't many of us kack handers about) and he loved it. I've also got a 1984 Aria that's been beaten to sh!t that I've resurrected. Whether it was played a lot or just used as a skateboard I'm not sure.

They are! I've had two sets. One because I sold the bass to some absolute cretin who sent it back to me for a refund minus the knobs, and then another set to replace those. Worth getting them for authenticity.

They do but in the 10 series, double the cost.

I always thought of Washburn as top quality. The first band I was in had a lead guitarist who was insanely good. He and his step dad had an amazing guitar collection but the Washburn super Strat was always his number 1. Then when I started to see all the budget Washburns come up I felt a bit let down by them. I'd be happy with an 80s or 90s Washburn any day.

Interesting. I'm just starting to get to grips with my Stomp, and I also use a Rootmaster amp system that I love for its no nonsense decent bass sound with no frills or fancy tricks. I'm trying to get set up for playing live so interested to see what advantages you're getting from this. Having spent 400 quid on a Stomp as a single box solution though I'm already finding myself going back to the bad days of pedal-boarding... I've bought an expression pedal, which I may replace with a bass Wah, and I have an external bass synth pedal, I'll need a board to hold it all...

I'm getting there with this pedal now... Still some things I can't do but progress so far has been good. I downloaded some presets off the Web for free, some have been ok and some are wide of the mark. Strange how we all want different things... I just thought it could be a shortcut to some usable tones or at least a starting point. I can't get over people selling their presets! Not sure I'd pay for any when there can't be too many variables in there if you know roughly what you're listening to. I'm glad I haven't paid for 90% of those I've downloaded. Anyhow, I built a few effects of my own. A synth that actually isn't very good now I come back to it, and a fretless sound that's perfect for 80s pop and I've been playing Wherever I Lay My Hat over and over. That's one on the new band set list. I don't have a spare block to add a tremelo but I'll copy the settings over, swap out the Bass octave for a tremelo and I'll have a Take My Breath Away effect. Super. I need to build up some usable synth effects so I can ditch my EHX Bass Synth. I've received my expression pedal now so will experiment with making some bass effects that involve Wah for a bit of Sabbath NIB and some other songs where I like to kick in some bass Wah. I also want to experiment with it in other effects types, something I've not done before. Overall, after spending some time with it I'm pleased. Still wish it had the best of the Boss GT10B Bass presets but I am a creature of habit!

I haven't tried to play along as yet, but generally I like the style of the video. No bull, no flashy slappity slap showing off, just doing* what a LOT of ordinary bassists are doing: working out a song for playing live. I'd watch more, definitely. *and doing an excellent job of

Thanks, Y cable sounds more fitting for me. I don't understand midi at all so a split cable seems best!

Also using the Boss. Have used it on gigs where stage space meant there was no room for pedals in front of my size 8s. It does the job and its handy in music shops when you don't want to look like a fool asking for a tuner.

I had a 1st gen V7 Vintage 5, Ash body maple board. Mine was heavy. As it should be, it's a lot of wood. No idea of variance as I ordered online. It wasn't uncomfortable for long gigs though, and it did a few! B string was strong and full, not floppy, consistent volume with other strings. Fit and finish nearly as good as a Japanese Fender in my view, though didn't have quite the same quality of feel. It was far better than I expected at the price point though. The tone, and the possibilities with the pre are fantastic. As good as, if not better, than all the demos. There's something for everyone in there. I didn't find the pickups noisy. They are very, very good value. I regret selling mine. Only sold it because I felt guilty about the number of basses I owned and had spent a LOT on a new US Stingray. Still should have kept the Sire though because I'm still lusting after one, knowing how good they are.