Sean

I'm about to start gigging regularly with my Mesa Boogie 400+ and I was wondering what spares should I carry? I'd be interested to hear from any users of big valve amps what they carry as spares. I already carry a good DI but should I carry an array of valves too?

Carol Kaye always encouraged students to stay away from learning scales by rote and instead heavily encouraged (is she dead? I'm referring to her in the past tense and sounds natural) learning arpeggios. She also discouraged using major thirds and claimed to have played all the major Motown bass lines so you have to be careful with anything she says. Very generous with her time though. I learned scales on guitar. I learned arpeggios on bass and find them to be infinitely useful. I'm off now - I'm just not into posting on Basschat like I used to be.

Like a lot folk that have already posted, a BB2024x and a probably a BB2025x. Unbeatable instruments to my taste. I'd also like a Skuker lightweight JJB signature.

Another easy deal with Simon. Many thanks for a great swap!

Lovely job! That gives me loads of ideas. Can't Get Enough by Bad Company is a goer so is Learn to Fly and Ever Fallen in Love - my guitar-playing alter ego sung those in the past

My band currently has no singer so we're writing a set list based around songs that I can sing whilst playing. I'm looking for some suggestions for some covers that have simple bass parts, sound OK with just guitar, bass and drums and that people at a chilled out non-cheesy wedding would enjoy. We've got some Chilis, Tom Petty, Beatles sorted, what else could we do??? Help!

[quote name='Horizontalste' timestamp='1370718229' post='2104866'] Anyone think Yamaha should've reserved the pickups & bridge for the 20 basses rather than fitting the same to both 10 & 20. I'm sure this discussion wouldn't be happening if the weren't so similar. [/quote] See revised quote below... [quote name='Sean' timestamp='1370426748' post='2100557'] It's not quite as simple as that, so I'll elaborate and clarify. Pickups aside. The 2000s are luthier made in a workshop in small numbers to extremely high quality standards by highly skilled craftsmen and take many more man hours to complete. The 1000s, although extremely well finished, are factory made using mass production techniques and do not have the attention to detail throughout the process that the 2000s do. The resulting products differ massively in feel and playability to a discerning player. The difference between the two is significant and can be compared to the difference between a Standard US Fender and a Master Built Custom Shop Fender. [/quote] The pickups are pretty special but to not make them available in the factory-made instruments seems daft, it's like Fender putting generic pickups in the Mexican Roger Waters P-bass model instead of the SD Quarter Pounder.

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1370608196' post='2103369'] Hmmmmm...ARE sounds a bit like "bollocky" gimic talk to me. Is it worth paying an extra grand for your average Joe Soap, even if it does play and sound a bit better? Just wondering. [/quote] See below... [quote name='Sean' timestamp='1370426748' post='2100557'] It's not quite as simple as that, so I'll elaborate and clarify. Wood treatment aside. The 2000s are luthier made in a workshop in small numbers to extremely high quality standards by highly skilled craftsmen and take many more man hours to complete. The 1000s, although extremely well finished, are factory made using mass production techniques and do not have the attention to detail throughout the process that the 2000s do. The resulting products differ massively in feel and playability to a discerning player. The difference between the two is significant and can be compared to the difference between a Standard US Fender and a Master Built Custom Shop Fender. [/quote]