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[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1488005870' post='3244915'] Even having one P with a phenomenal sound, wouldn't it be great if you get another, with a different phenomenal sound? Never mind the fact I've got 4 other perfectly great basses... [/quote] This! I have 3 Precisions and a Mustang (think short-scale P!), each with a different phenomenal sound (to me), and I still find myself hankering after more Ps.

I had a Classic 450 - my introduction to the world of Class D - and loved the Spectracomp and Tubetone. The 4-band EQ was well-voiced, but the Classic was somewhat limited in the treble department.

This does nothing to improve my view of promoters!

Slightly updated:

I've had a couple of things from their main competitor, Cash Generator - a drum machine by post on eBay, and an audio interface from their local branch. In both cases I got about 10% off the asking price, one by making a 'best offer', the other by pulling out cash. So yes, definitely bargains to be had.

The Attitude looks [i]way[/i] more prog-tastic than my Faded Sonic Blue Precision: Personally I take whichever of my basses sounds best for the gig. I've never been asked to take a particular one on the basis of looks alone!

There have been similar threads before along the lines of 'should I take a spare bass to my gigs?' As for me, usually just the one bass.

[quote name='Mister RLP' timestamp='1487276510' post='3238627'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]'Suffragette City' - Trevor Bolder - powerful and fun to play[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]'Valentine's Day' - Tony Visconti - simple yet really serves the song[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]'Lazarus' - Tim Lefebvre[/font][/color][font=sans-serif][color=#252525][b] - [/b][/color][/font][color=#252525][font=sans-serif]wow! - I am doing a basic version.[/font][/color] [color=#252525][font=sans-serif]'Dead Man Walking' - Gail Ann Dorsey - haven't really looked at this yet [/font][/color] [color=#252525][font=sans-serif]'Can't Help Thinking About Me' - VH1 Storytellers Version - [/font][/color][font=sans-serif][color=#252525]Gail Ann Dorsey - neat baseline to play[/color][/font] [/quote] Now I have BCE (Bowie Cover Envy)...

There's always this:

The position of your volume control means little on its own. In a not-especially-loud country band, it is normal for me to have the volume of my Demeter at 11 or 12 o'clock. There is extra volume available if I want it, and/or I can add a second cab. Or I can turn down!

Won't the pedalboard just roll around the stage when you tread on a pedal?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1487273461' post='3238588'] No apology necessary. I could still be quite wrong, of course. We really need a Bowie nerd to chime in... [/quote] I'm a Bowie nerd and I own a Mustang, but I feel I've rather blown my cred on this one...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1487273233' post='3238585'] Ah, don't be a wet blanket. You know how we like to endlessly blather on about 'tone', only to make a sound like a badger farting in a biscuit tin... [/quote] Farting badger? Biscuit tin? How the hell did you find out!

Before everyone gets too excited, the OP will be doing this on a gig. Unless the sound is wildly inappropriate (say mega-scooped active Jazz), will anyone really notice in the live mix?

The only bass sale I regret at all was my CIJ '62 RI Precision in Fiesta Red. I bought a Sandberg VM4 and suddenly the P seemed superfluous. There is a sort of happy ending though, as I now have a CIJ '57 RI P in CAR/anodised, and have done the upgrades on it that I should really have done on the Fiesta one!

On a dep gig: watch the singer, listen to the drummer.

One word: market forces.

Yep, handing these over to a BC member this Saturday for purposes which I cannot as yet disclose.

Snaffled for a raffle - possibly... Watch this space!