JapanAxe

Best to change activity after about 20 minutes - take a break or move onto a different type of practice.

If I'm picky it didn't give me the woody top end that I get out of my BF Midget, but it was still far better than I expected for rehearsal room kit.

I am a flats convert, but this is very much a matter of personal preference, there is no right or wrong. The trouble is that most basses in shops have rounds fitted (even many fretless instruments!), so you have to guess what they will sound like with flats on.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1432058296' post='2777704'] My first port of call these days... [/quote] And mine. They have had my last 2 major bass spends, they appreciate your custom and treat you accordingly.

[quote name='merello' timestamp='1431961880' post='2776633'] Brad Paisley's 'This Is Country Music' makes apt of mentioning a Fender Precision Bass. Normally his bass player uses a Crook bass though: [/quote] I like the occasional bit of sparkle but that is one clown whore of a bass!

Don't bother taking it. There is a US version marked 100-110V, and another version marked with 220-240V (or similar). Yours will not work on US mains.

I had a rehearsal yesterday at a studio in Bristol. Most of the kit in there was Peavey. I have grown inordinately fond of my Demeter/Barefaced rig, and previous rehearsal room setups (Ampeg via Trace Elliot, and monster Hartke stack) have left me distinctly underwhelmed with their woolly sound. I had other stuff to take and didn't know how close I'd be able to park, so I compromised and just took the Demeter head (and P-bass). Ignoring the supplied Tour 450, I plugged the Demeter into a Peavey 4x10 - and it sounded bloody good! Clearly both the head and the cab (not to mention the room) influence the final output, but I had perhaps unfairly written off Peavey cabs as bomb-proof, workmanlike, and un-sexy. Having said that, I wouldn't want to start humping the cab around, as it was about the size of my garden shed. The studio had sensibly mounted it on a wheeled 'dolly' for rolling it around the room, but lifting the thing is not something I would want to undertake single-handed, or preferably at all.

ezbass, if you ever sell it, be sure to start a thread telling us why...

[quote name='jimbobothy' timestamp='1431859762' post='2775594'] I also use a sort of floating thumb technique so the B string is a great resting point for my thumb when playing on the E string etc. This also helps me get a map of where the strings are in relation to my right hand helping to play the correct string. [/quote] [quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1431867306' post='2775674'] I found the transition easy - I credit this to ditching my "thumb on the pickup" as an anchor point and adopting a "floating thumb" technique instead....if that makes sense? [/quote] Another bass player showed me 'floating thumb' and after I'd been doing it for a while I found this video: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPVMBPmrblU[/media]

So is that a VVT setup?

If they have lasted long enough to be traded in, I reckon they are unlikely to fail now. EDIT: 5 at once? I reckon these could be a batch of repaired/reconditioned units.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1431778193' post='2774863'] ... from what I`ve read JD was also quite happy to steer clear of the limelight. [/quote] Clearly:

Another vote for P-bass. I play modern country and I use flats, but you may want to go for rounds if you favour a brighter tone. Either way you want a round, warm core to your sound.

Lush! I have a VM4 in the same CAR - but without the relic job!