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Here (in no particular order) are some of the benefits I've reaped from learning to sight read: Paid gigs with bands who play from dots The immense joy of playing with a Big Band The ability to sight sing Access to music written for other instruments (i.e. not just 'tabbed out' for guitar or bass) Virtually endless learning resources Faster and more accurate transcription skills Being taken more seriously by traditionally schooled musicians

My wife comes to most of my country gigs because she enjoys both the music and the company of the other band WAGs. She rarely comes to dep gigs unless she can sit with friends. When people have occasionally enquired as to how many of my gigs my wife attends, neither of us have been bothered by the question.

Do they not weigh a lot compared to the usual synthetic fabric gig bags?

Let's face it, we're all just marking time as we wait for Les to chime in with some expert advice...

[quote name='Bass_Guardian' timestamp='1489747131' post='3259377'] Now the owner of a Vox AC15 C1 boy it's alot louder than I thought it would be. It's in absolutely immaculate condition, the previous owner takes good care of his gear (cracking gear he's got too). Thanks everyone for the suggestions [/quote] Good choice, enjoy!

Obviously this: [media]http://youtu.be/2FPw49v6eWs[/media]

Olive?

Hi Adam, and welcome to Basschat. It was thanks to your earlier YouTube video that I got to use TouchOSC on my iPad to control Reaper. The only issue that I have is that other devices in the household sometimes steal the device IP addresses and I have to go into TouchOSC and Reaper settings to get them talking to each other again!

Try a TC Spark booster?

Won't that mainly be: (a) A Helix on the floor; or (b) A Helix in a rack?

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1489436437' post='3256947'] Errrrm... It may be a small matter but when is original 'original'? [color=#000000][u]Original[/u] Fretless Fender P Bass from 1974 [/color] [color=#000000]Maple Neck - Original Finish and Machine heads[/color] [color=#000000]Lake Placid Blue [b]body Refin[/b] by JKG London[/color] [color=#000000]Original P Bass pickup and coil winding - [/color] [color=#000000]1974 Volume and Tone Pots - [b]New 0,05 Tone Cap[/b] - [/color] [color=#000000]Old after market Bridge & Pick guard[/color] [/quote] At least they have pointed out what is original and what is not. I'm more interested in another item they have for sale, namely my dream YOB guitar:

Happened again today with Chngogobres but at least 2 mods have already visited the user profile so they must be aware.

That mains switch seems a bit vulnerable to accidental operation.

This may help: http://youtu.be/-8FhyTx34wE

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1489222452' post='3255240'] My Spector CTB Fretless (30 3/8-inch scale) came in a very nice Gator Pro-Go Gig Bag. Just checked and the internal length is a fraction over 41-inches. [/quote] That's the same as a skinny-string guitar. Your Spector has a 2-a-side headstock, whereas the Mustang's 4-a-side headstock makes it that bit longer.

Any updates on this? I have been using my long scale TGI gig bag for my Mustang but sometimes I need that for a Precision while I have the Mustang as a spare. I had a Fender Urban Short Scale gig bag with my previous Mustang, but as has been mentioned there is very little padding. Just to be clear, a guitar gig bag is about an inch too short for a Mustang!

I had a MIM Pawn Shop Mustang, which benefitted greatly from the (very easy) conversion of the pickup from series to parallel wiring. I sold it last summer and pre-ordered a MIJ FSR model, which cost less and is fantastic. I have never got round to reviewing it on BC, but strung with Chromes it has plenty of top end and a fat core sound. I have used it on a function and in a country band and it handles both with ease. I would describe it as the Precision's snot-nosed kid brother!

The only PJ-type bass that has impressed me was a Yamaha BB1024 that I tried in a shop recently. It even made me wonder why I had spent nearly twice as much for a Fender AVRI!

Another ForScore user here. I was a bit worried that my screen (iPad 2) would be too small for me to read the dots, but you can use the Crop function to take off the white borders and consequently make the dots bigger. I know a keyboard player who uses an iPad Pro - he has 2 lines of music to read at once - but that's a rather spendy option!

If only Dartford was in Wiltshire...

Not too hard, as it is usually motivated by GAS for something else!

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1488723164' post='3251269'] Interesting. So how does it sound with a bit of gain/volume does it have a nice overdriven sound? And what a lovely looking amp btw. Very nice. [/quote] I didn't push it far into breakup, partly because I didn't want to risk trashing the speaker in the combo, and partly because I don't much care for heavily overdriven bass tones! With guitar it overdrives very nicely, and will do that classic clean-but-driven sound at high volumes. I gigged it for the first time last weekend and it sounded brilliant and plenty loud. It takes effects very well, but you don't feel like you really need them as much. This is the first non-reverb amp that I have really enjoyed playing - I always missed it on my Orange TT head.

[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1488711372' post='3251158'] I know of someone who owned Hendrix's first Marshall head. It was auctioned for £20,000. [/quote] Now let's not get carried away!