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For years I thought it was about having a good old Thomas (the tank). Turns out it’s not. "Turning Japanese is all the clichés about angst and youth and turning into something you didn't expect to." wait a min... Maybe I was right. “I didn’t expect to turn into a w**ker”.

Sad news indeed. I do like the Prodigy.

I had TI jazz on my bass for 3 years & then the D string popped at the bridge. I was gutted, as you can’t buy single strings & they were just starting to wear in nicely. After a similar thread to this one, I opted for Chromes & considering they’re @ £20 cheaper than TIs, they sound fantastic. They’re brighter, but if that’s an issue, the tone knob resolves it.

Well done. It is a good tune & fitting for the pic.

FRFR (or a PA top) was my first thought too.

Not played it as a main song, but me & a drummer jam 24k Magic by Bruno Mars. If I've got the Seaboard, I'll alternate between it & the bass. Such a fun bassline to play. Another great song to play is Wynonna's big brown beaver by Primus. Just soooo much fun & sounds harder than it is.

I've got a late entry. I thought we had one more day & was working on it for much of the day. Am I too late? It's in the other thread.

Finally got mine done. Past few months I've started them, but run out of time.

Accidentally started listening to James Blake - Assume Form album. It's absolutely superb. Such a chilled out blend of old sleepy jazz meets electronica. Really love this song.

+1 The Sire basses get excellent reviews & like Ibanez, are fantastic value for money. I'd happily have either. Ibanez had a rock image for a while (back in the 90s), but I find they have a great pallette of sounds and fit in with just about any genre both sound and visually.

The main question still remains to be asked... Are they any good for metal?

If you want to get that sound with a claranet, may I suggest one of these... 😎

The watts from the amp is an “up to” amount & not continuous. Use your ears when playing & if it sounds bad, turn down.

I’ve been a mix of pic & fingers, depending on the song. I’ve always kept the same setting on the amp for both & use the bass’ twiddly things to dial in the sound (if needed). Conan’s suggestion of a compressor to level things out might be worth investing.

If you're not getting the low end grunt you're after, it could be your pickups or your bass that are the culprits. Though it depends on what gear you've already tried. Another thought for low end grunt, have you considered an octaver with just a touch of -1 octave dialled in with clean?

Tubes cooling down is a great end of set sound. 👌 One big downside of valve amps is the weight. Mine has 2 handles, but I still use a sack trolley to move it to & from the car. Looks is another great thing about valve amps. They just look so danm awesome.

You make a good point there, Si. The pick up is in the body of the guitar... No one sticks their head through the soundhole to listen to the guitar. 😁

I believe to get a great acoustic guitar recording, it is common to have a mic pointed towards the soundhole, a mic over the fretboard (to get the ambient sounds such as string noise, aka fret noise) and if it's an electro, take a line from that too.

I tend to go with tuner > octaver > dirt > filter > chorus > DI. But it’s good to play around to see what you prefer. My previous board had split signals with different fx on each.

A bit of weight? My amp alone is 33.4kg. That’s more than the cab, bass & pedalboard combined. 🏋🏼‍♀️

I remember when Billy Sheehan was asked why he doesn't play a 5 string, he said something along the lines of that he's still learning how to play 4 strings. 😀 I've been playing the same 4 string Ibby since 1990, though I find I could now use a 5. So it's on the cards (has been for some time, but keeps getting delayed). I'd like a fretless as well.

If you can take a little pain, then a stanley to the webs between your fingers will allow that extra reach. No pain, no gain.

Like above, as long as the cab is rated at 8 ohm (which is most likely), then the only reason would be is how it sounds to you.

Here’s another thought... have you tried changing the strings to a different brand or even to flats?