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Maybe try DJ bag.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1501664048' post='3346279'] We all love a bit of exaggeration re the weight. Sure they are not lightweight compared to the class D stuff [/quote] The Trace Elliot 1048 4x10 cab weighs 40kg, which is the equivalent of 4 Markbass combos, and is 15kg heavier than a Markbass 4x10.

[quote name='Jecklin' timestamp='1501621852' post='3346060'] Glad there is loads of nostalgic love for TE. Back in the late 90's and early 2000's I was always intrigued by trace due to adverts in bassist magazine with my bass bass heroes such as Stuart Zender playing with various TE stacks. I liked the colour green and liked the look of their stuff. I tried on many occasions either trying other bands amps at gigs or at the bass centre to get on with a variety of Trace amps and cabs, but always went running back to my hartke rig or lusted after David Eden stuff, both of which gave me the tone I wanted. Something I could never achieve with A TE set up [/quote] A David Eden rig was something I always wanted. The players that I admired were always photographed with one in Bassplayer magazine adverts. There was an old and much battered one at a studio I was in a few years ago, it sounded magnificent!

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1501624574' post='3346094'] Do they do a lithium ion battery in pp3 format? [/quote] https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Household-Batteries-Battery-Chargers/EBL-600mAh-High-6F22-Rechargeable-Pack-Lithium/B01CQAVS7U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1501626185&sr=8-2&keywords=lithium+ion+pp3

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1501608574' post='3345914'] What would your bass sound like if you made it passive and used a preamp pedal. [/quote] I don't know tbh, there's no bypass switch, it's either active or not working .

Thanks for all the replies. Lot's of guys seem here, and on Facebook seem to like the Lithium Eneloops, so I think I'm going for a few of those .

There was one in a studio I used to frequent. It had this inherent sound that I just didn't like, and no matter what I did, I couldn't get rid of it. It also weighed about as much as the average family home, complete with the average family. I think I'll stick to my shoebox sized Phil Jones combo

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1501605508' post='3345875'] It's true that a rechargeable won't last as long as a dry cell, and that I'm not gigging with mine, but I use one rechargeable for my active basses (a Cort fiver. and a Douglas six-string..) and my guitar pedals (various Boss-type stuff...). I don't use 'em at the same time, so only need the one. Not used every day, either, but I'm only charging it up every six months or so; it's never clapped out on me whilst playing. If I was gigging, I'd do the same, but have a charged-up spare, just in case, and maybe charge up the night before. It's been a very, very long time (several decades...) since I last bought a 9v battery..! [/quote] I'm quite well organised, and worry a lot. I think I'd get into the habit of recharging them all every night before a gig. It just seems a wast of money throwing stuff away, when I can use re-chargeables, but it's not too environmentally friendly.

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1501604646' post='3345868'] I'm using eneloop and 7-day-shop's own brand AAs, AAAs and PP3s. But not for bass preamp batteries. They seem to be lasting literally years, even for basses I play a lot. [/quote] Not for bass preamp? I was looking at the 7 day shop ones on Amazon earlier. Even factoring in that I'd need to buy a charger, I'd pretty soon get my money back.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1501583051' post='3345634'] These will do the job ... [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-x-Energizer-9V-PP3-Block-Rechargeable-Battery-175-mAh-/300480470746?epid=224766396&hash=item45f6081eda:g:sg0AAOSwn-tZEt1I"]Ebay: Energizer HR22 ...[/url] I use a Leckium version; they last quite a while before needing recharging. Best to have two or more, though, if running low is a possibility, so as to always have one charged up, ready to go (Ever Ready..? ) [/quote] Thanks , I was planning on getting 3, so I'd have a spare.

They're 9 volt rectangular batteries. I'm getting maybe 2 months use. [quote name='dood' timestamp='1501582316' post='3345621'] Yes! Eneloop!! [/quote] Do you know if they're Amazon's own?

Any recommendations as to which are the best and most reliable? An effort to try and reduce our unsustainable, throw it away lifestyle. I've been using Duracell Industrial batteries in my bass and my ebow, I know I do an awful lot of playing, but they don't see to last. The battery went in my bass on Sunday afternoon, a bit annoyingly because I didn't have a spare. I hadn't realised that my brother had appropriated the last two in the box, and left the empty box in the cupboard. I got there and the cupboard was bare, as the old nursery rhyme goes .

[quote name='archie_the_cat' timestamp='1501378430' post='3344364'] This is all great, and thank you all for engaging, but I feel we’re rambling away from the question. I’m not interested in how to play You Can Call Me Al, great though it is. What I’m asking is what set-up I can use to create that bass sound. What equipment and what effects and what settings will make that sound? [/quote] I think you'd need to be him, it's how [b][i]he[/i][/b] plays.

I suspect a lot of the sound is Bakithi Kumalo. Just my opinion of course. 😊

I did a lot of gigs for a country band about 5 years ago. I was using a 6 string Zon, no one batted an eyelid. I played the right notes, the right way, and it sounded ok, that's all that mattered.

If it's a specific model then there will probably be a Facebook group.

What about a local carpenter or cabinet maker? I had my dad's friend who's a cabinet maker drill holes in my Overwater and fit a pair of flush mount Dunlop strap locks.

I am odd, I celebrate my oddness, and I absolutely love solo bass. As I said before, it's down to the performers ability and their repertoire.

Just get a good basic sound. Maybe for Motown songs roll the treble off, play nearer the neck, use your thumb rather than fingers. You can achieve a lot of tonal changes without messing about twiddling knobs.

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1500989666' post='3341523'] Interesting stuff. I like Vantage Point. [/quote] That's actually my favourite too. I started that one off.

I can'r play with a pick to save my life. At uni it was one the techniques I really struggled with, once in an exam it flew out of my fingers and landed at the examiner's feet . I admire people like Anthony Jackson who are great pick players.

This was a fabulous thing. The line-up was electric double bass and effects, electric guitar, me on 7 string electric bass, effects and laptop, and there were several synth players using a variety of synths and strange effects. Everything was totally improvised. Not to everyone's taste I know, but it was brilliant performing. [url="https://soundcloud.com/proxyphonix/sets/bristol-ambient-ensemble-17-06"]https://soundcloud.com/proxyphonix/sets/bristol-ambient-ensemble-17-06[/url]