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[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1434533323' post='2800444'] If it works on the Low B then I'll have one. None of the others do. At least not properly. [/quote] [quote name='Bobthedog' timestamp='1434541315' post='2800559'] Same here. [/quote] If you are happy with monophonic operation, I recommend the Snark. I have 3 - one lives in my bass case, one in my guitar stuff, and one in my practice room.

I had a UK-made ABM rig and it survived years of use (if not abuse). The only problem I ever had was one of the tinsel leads coming adrift from a speaker, but that was a quick fix with a soldering iron.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1436369205' post='2817594'] ... how many people would really notice aside from any other bassists in the room. [/quote] How are we going to justify our GAS if you start saying sensible things like that?

If you must add a bridge pickup to a Precision, I recommend a big fat MM-style humbucker.

[quote name='Buzzy' timestamp='1436288634' post='2816790'] Not online lessons but great transcriptions ( notation not tab) [url="http://freebasspart.pv24.pagesperso-orange.fr/index.htm"]http://freebasspart....ge.fr/index.htm[/url] [/quote] Wow this is fantastic - how have I lived without it till now!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1436269060' post='2816530'] My last few recording projects bored the crap out of me - all this recording by committee and fiddling about endlessly for hours got right on my boobies!! So having been left to my own devices today, here's my entry for this months competition. It's based on a combination of drum loops and other drum bits and pieces I had lying around. Start to finish it took forty minutes. The bass (Marathon) is live, one take, warts and all - as is the guitar (Harley Benton Strat). I deliberately didn't go back in to fix any timings, bum notes or anything else, so if you like your music very organised and perfectly played and recorded, you're going to be a bit disappointed! (I'm looking at YOU, The Eagles...) However... hopefully I've retained something of the energy and freshness that compositions can have initially, but which then gets lost through over-zealous turd-polishing, otherwise known as 'post-production' ... PLAY LOUD! [url="http://www.mediafire.com/listen/9bgv83327p1a77u/What_Goes_Up.wav"][size=5]What Goes Up...[/size][/url] [/quote] Ooh I enjoyed that! 2 minutes well spent.

I gig on both guitar and bass, and the one thing with which I have yet to go lightweight is my valve guitar combo. It's a stupendously loud 15W 1x12, but still fairly heavy, especially in its flight case (which doubles as a stand). I would have to be seriously convinced to go down the Class D route for guitar. Matrix Amplification do a Marshall-stylee hybrid head (see pic below), and lightweight Neo-loaded cabs, but I am waiting for them to bring out a head based on a Deluxe Reverb or an AC30!

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1436085556' post='2814756'] Headphone jack? No? [/quote] Just checked the spec on the MB website and no, there is no headphone output.

I might respond to an ad of this type as a potential dep, but not as an outfit to join.

Sales: 4x basses, 1x head, 1x combo, 1x cab, 2x pedals Purchases: 1x cab, 1x head, 1x pedal Why no basses purchased? Unwilling to buy a bass 'blind'.

This will be 'hybrid' as in 'lash-up' then...

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1435942790' post='2813894'] Not exactly going to get rich off this though is he... [/quote] No, this is the stuff that didn't make Sotheby's!

Cancel your order.

Don't attempt Bohemian Rhapsody unless you can actually sing.

[quote name='tbonepete' timestamp='1435768627' post='2812297'] I'm not interested in using gear based on reviews that contain the words growl, and punch, as I want to make music not have a fight. [/quote] Quote of the month?

Nice score Jack!

I may have a gig in the Med in a couple of months. If so I plan to take a decent but replaceable bass (Sandberg VM4) in a Fender TSA hard case which will go in the hold. What should I do? - Leave the case unlocked. The catches are well protected from accidental opening, and it shouldn't be accessible to anyone except airport/airline staff when not in my hands. - Lock the case. Do all airlines have TSA keys? If not, or if they are lazy, I am worried they would trash the case trying to get into it. - Take the neck off and put the disassembled bass in my suitcase. Not keen on this option as I use flats, and if they go back on twisted they won't intonate properly. Over to you seasoned travellers...

Good score! No bad history on the PF800 that I know of.

[quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1435497623' post='2809331'] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNkPn0JrTFQ"]https://www.youtube....h?v=KNkPn0JrTFQ[/url] WT actual F. Is this real? [/quote] I'm not the greatest singer but I would be ashamed of that vocal performance.

[quote name='roman_sub' timestamp='1435484843' post='2809123'] I don't meant to side-track the thread, HNGD! [/quote] Me neither! And HNGD from me.

[quote name='spike' timestamp='1435485181' post='2809130'] On Friday night we played to our smallest 'crowd' ever, one customer and two bar staff. [/quote] Wot, no dog?

[quote name='Jenny_Innie' timestamp='1435483637' post='2809097'] This is music 2015 style. [/quote] Yep, a bloke with backing tracks.