Norris

The Rumble has a Vintage tone shaping switch that sounds very convincing. The overdrive switch is pretty good too. You can combine them for extra dirt

It's the back catalogue that will now see a sharp rise in sales, followed by the posthumous releases of previously unheard material. Colour me cynical. It's such a shame.

It's just like when [i]{insert name of deceased US-based person who leaves their large estate to the remaining family}[/i] died!

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1432583492' post='2783049'] No, upon reflection, the initial remit was a single bass to take to a desert island. It's not stipulated that the island must [i]remain [/i]desert after your arrival. It's true that, for a second person, it couldn't count, but for the first, I'll put the rule firmly back in place. Only one bass, and one has to stay on the (formerly...) desert island for ever. There, that's settled. Carry on. [/quote] To whit, a desert island, not a deserted island /pedant

I suppose there's always this for battling bears ...

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1432576185' post='2782896'] [Img]http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg580/christopher_brown14/rackbags/0541-1_zpsbgwwblpe.jpg" class="ipsImage" /> [/quote] Oh yes! The polar bear skewer of doom

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1432571551' post='2782814'] Good luck with that..! [/quote] So which bass is best for fighting off polar bears? (Apologies to the OP - I'm sure this isn't how you thought this thread would turn out!)

Pedantry aside, it now looks like a very pointy bass is required for beating away the polar bears

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1432568806' post='2782760'] Yes you're right, that's the 210 v3 and it's the same size as the v3 500 combo. [/quote] I thought that the 2x10 was a couple of inches wider than the combo from what I could find on t'web. Handily the Fender site doesn't give the dimensions of the cab

Thanks for the picture of your stack. I checked online and the extension cab is bigger in all three dimensions than the combo, but they look good together. I don't know why the sound man had a problem with your DI signal unless he was trying to put it into a mic-level input. I thought all mixing desks have an input gain control - unless his couldn't attenuate the signal. I have found the headphone output to be too low level though. At the Mids Bash it was unusable with all the background noise. It's fine for solo practice in a quiet environment.

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1432553067' post='2782523'] Polar bears? On a desert Island? Call me pedantic, but shirley the clue's in the name...? [/quote] And a deserted research base, and lots of people wandering around the place not having a clue what is going on. I watched the first series before giving up - it [i]LOST[/i] me

Anybody with the 2x10 extension: how does the size compare to the combo? Do they stack well? Thomann are doing them for just over £261, which sounds like a bargain to me.

I'd take my Rickenbacker and subtly modify it so it no longer looks original. Then when I try to sell it to one of the natives I could be assured of being dragged into a court room by Mr Hall, thereby being rescued from my predicament

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1432546180' post='2782418'] I don't think that's unreasonable. You should have been up at 0730 to clean the house and make your partner's breakfast. Just like the current mrs discreet did this morning... [/quote] I had to make my own cup of coffee too

It may have just been that room, especially if it has old style lighting dimmers. If you like the sound I'd just put up with it and accept you are going to hum in some venues. As was mentioned it's probably only you that would notice

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1432540606' post='2782337'] Sorry to hear that. I hope the problem is resolved soon and you're back in the happy camp. [/quote] Being woken at 9am this morning by my arsehole of a neighbour mowing his lawn has not helped me back into the happy camp yet. Tw@!

Difficult to vote on this. I like what I've got but am considering releasing one of them into the wild as even though it's a great bass I just don't seem to play it any more. I don't really have GAS for any other basses either.

Well I'm sad to say that mine seems to have developed a fault. It sounds like the speakers are farting but I think it's actually a dry solder joint in the amp. The fart comes out of both speakers when I hit a bottom G or A with the master volume at half way or above. Unfortunately with the bank holiday I'm going to have to wait until Tuesday to phone them. Hopefully they will replace it quickly - no gigs next weekend but 3 the weekend after. At least I've still got my Peavey as a backup

Round enough?

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1432020259' post='2777226'] Edit to add, we do an outdoor'er on Saturday and I won't be going through the PA, so should see if the 4-10's can kick it out. [/quote] How did that go? Edit: Doh! That's tonight! I want a full report though

Last night I played through a Hartke LH1000 with 4x12 (or maybe 10s? I didn't take that much notice) and 1x15 cabs (the house rig where we played). It was great having a stack behind me again. I'll now admit to having GAS for a 2x10 extension cab for my Rumble combo for a bit of extra height. There - I've said it.

Difficulty 1: Finding a keys player Difficulty 2: Finding one that can play in a band context I only know one such player but he's fully committed to a "named" band. Whereas I know dozens of guitarists, bass players and drummers.

Remember to go to the loo before you go on

I agree that often the distributors have a lot to do with it. A mate of mine stopped selling a lot of new stuff and moved into the second hand market because the distributors wanted him to sell X amount of stuff a month or he couldn't get any stock at all.

The last bass I bought in a shop was around 1995 and I took the day to travel to Birmingham. I bought it from The Bass Place, which only stocked bass gear. Needless to say it closed down many years ago. It would seem that bass gear is not commercially viable to stock in any quantity, especially without an online presence (and then the need to price match the profits away), and as fewer shops do so that trickle of sales dries up.