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I've got a SR1000. Bought it new in 1990 & it's been my main gigging bass since then. I've tried quite a few other basses & whereas there was a lot of good ones (including a rather nice Dingwall), the only benefit I could find would be to get either a 5 (or 6) string or get a fretless (or both). If I had spare funds, I'd get another 1000 & get one defretted.

My last band was an acoustic band. Singer played guitar or banjo, other was either mandolin, ukulele or whistle, drummer joined us occasionally & I played my electric ibby through some fx. I used my filter to get a pretty reasonable double bass sound & adding in some dirt during a part of a song can really get things going. Other option would be to get an EUB with the same scale as your bass.

I went in '92. IIRC, it was about £25 a ticket.

Just had time to sit & listen to all the tracks so far. Excellent stuff! Gonna try & get mine done on Monday (maybe sooner if the wife allows!).

[quote name='WalMan' timestamp='1371158093' post='2110769'] Funny how strings suit different people isn't it. I am 99% sure it was DR coated's that I tried a couple of years back in a LBGS deal, and absolutely hated [/quote] Very true. In my rock band days, zingy strings was the way for me & the DR's did it for me. Now I'm more of a funk/electro guy, flats get me the sound I'm after.

If you like zingy coated strings, try DR Strings. Though it seems roundwound strings have doubled in price since I switched to flatwound.

If you're gonna sound any good, you need to start by having some good quality skin on yer fingers!

I was doing a search to get amp/cab/combo advice. I was already a member of Talkbass & Uglybass but hardly visited them as they was both very Yankee & I wasn't much of a forumite. There's something about BC though that makes me want to stay & actually be a member.

Any excuse to show a P/J bass eh!

You could always get a sack trolley.

I've already made over 5000 teenage girls scream. Though not all at once (maybe 20 at a time, tops) & not all screamed in a good way.

I've got a Markbass 2x10 combo. It's the same as having a LMII & an 8Ω 2x10 cab. It's been plenty loud enough for everything I've needed thus far.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1370600847' post='2103210'] [b]Mix L[/b] Thats another odd reverb choice, small hall or chamer, and buckets of it. Reverb is a weird thing, if you can hear it (on a lead vocal) then its too much. If you cant hear it until you turn it off and then realise what you are missing, then you are about right IME. A good reverb is hard to hear until its gone I think. Then you wonder how you lived without it. Also the BV should be a small step behind the lead, to do this a little more reverb, and a little less top end matched to a lightly lower level will do this fiune, but if your lead vocal is swamped in reverb, then there is no behind him to place the BV. Good drums though, if a little loud perhaps? [/quote] That's all taken on board. Having another listen, I was a bit heavy with the reverb on the lead vocal. I maybe should have just put reverb on the backing vocal & left the rest dry? The only things I have to listen to things on at the moment are the iMac's speakers & a set of JVC earphones (which are crap compared to the Senny's that a cat chewed up) & being deaf doesn't help. I'm looking forward to the next one now! I have a reggae(ish) track. I'll try & find the stems, but I'm not sure if I still have them (someone has them on a disc). Here's the song itself... [url="http://www.reverbnation.com/frigorifico/song/1469550-criminal"]http://www.reverbnat...469550-criminal[/url] The song is called Criminal.

A little more & you could pick up a 2nd hand Markbass LMII. Never played a Rick through it though, so maybe worth trying one out first.

I was playing keys & then guitar a few weeks back & one of the guitarists said "you're really good on other instruments, why do you play bass?", to which I replied "because someone needs to make the singer sound good".

It can take a little time to get a decent bunch of players together. I went through a few to get the guys I've got together now (though I'm thinking we need a better singer to join us). It can also be a challenge getting musicians who will play the same stuff as you want to. Though mixing styles can work too.

The cab dimensions are also pretty small in comparison to any standard bass cab designs. So maybe not really suited to getting the best from a bass driver? I'm pretty sure you could get a decent 2nd hand 1x12 cab for £200.

I'd have a look at some of the good 2x12s & 2x15s. They'd be a trade up from a 6x10 or 8x10.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1370278128' post='2098522'] Haha, I know what you're saying mate! Last months mix challenge has a lot to answer for... Yeehaw. [/quote] I was thinking the same thing when I saw the pic. I think I have an idea! & if I can get one more vote than I got last month, I'll be well chuffed (if I can get one more instrument recorded than I did last month, it would be awesome! ). I finally got a listen to all last months tracks & they are all excellent. I hope to get the time to put in a better effort.

It depends on what sort of sound you want from your bass? If you're after loads of zing & replace the strings every few months, stick with rounds. If you want to get rid of the zings, have a more rounded bassy sound & probably never replace your strings again, get flats. I put TI flats on mine a few years back & haven't looked back since.

I wouldn't say he's better or worse than Mozart, but he's certainly more irritating.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1370261718' post='2098177'] 5 years in England. 6 years in Scotland. But after the first 6 months the burden of proof is on the buyer to show that the faults were there at the beginning, not on the vendor. [/quote] Isn't it the other way around? 6 years in England & Wales & 5 up here. I assumed that the OP bought the amp in England too. He would indeed have to prove that it was a faulty part, an engineer's report does the job.

Do what I did. Chip all the paint off of it & oil the wood.

[quote name='Jacqueslemac' timestamp='1370190792' post='2097374'] Even after a couple of years? I'll give it a go, thanks. [/quote] Sale of Goods Act covers you upto 6 years. I took a 3 year old Xbox 360 back for free repairs due to poor workmanship.

[quote name='Jacqueslemac' timestamp='1370174659' post='2097190'] No idea why it died. It's used once a week for rehearsals and once a month for gigs. It's always lived in its carry bag and rarely pushed beyond half volume. [/quote] Take it back to the shop first. That's who you bought it off of, so they're legally responsible for selling a faulty product. They would then deal with Orange.