Al Krow

That's cheating. A bit like saving money buying used. No metalwork course it is... And the real saving is gonna be from not splurging out on additional pedals that will inevitably result as a consequence of having a larger pedal board with more space on it, while I get my wood-working and metalwork skills up to speed 😁

Hah! And going on a metalwork course, to get a little hardcase put together. I'll take that under advisement, cheers 😁

@mm85 First of all, welcome to BC! If you've got a budget of £1,200 and are thinking of getting a Spector this is the place to be!

Hah, I was about to say a Spector but you're already there ahead of me. You should definitely head over to Spector thread, where you'll get plenty of good advice (TLDR: used Spector Euro LX4) Mods please do the honours and close this thread 😁

PS if you've got a BB 434 (pics please!) I'm guessing you won't find very much difference tonally to the 1024 so I personally wouldn't look to get both. In the same way my having a 1025 means I've not really been tempted to get a 435. But I think you have both a 434 and 1024 now? So you'll be able to share your thoughts on that. I've posted a fair bit on my thoughts about the 735A vs the 1025 vs P35, so I think I've said my bit on that score! @javi_bassist is loving his 734A and 735A

I think you're over complicating it. At the Dog & Duck on a Saturday night, the audience wants to have a decent night out with their mates. At a work party, the office team wants to let their hair down (without getting fired) and have a good time. At a wedding, the guests want to have a good time. Simples, right? The job of a covers / function / party band is to deliver that for their audiences and hopefully have a really fun night out themselves, whilst usually getting paid for the privilege. Painting by numbers would mean striving for a perfect copy. But you're never going to do a "perfect" cover unless you have all the original band members with original gear and playing in their prime. In fact a lot of original bands don't always do great "covers" of their own material from 30 years back...😁

Can't believe I missed this post first time around! Completely agree with Reggaebass's post earlier on the other slap bass thread today: Listening through a decent set of speakers / headphones the tone on opening bass riff to me has a P bass sweetness, even though obviously she's not playing a P. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised it's a Sadowsky. And her 30 second bass solo at 3.27 both sounds great and is technically superb. Damn they're good!

Awww shame about the P34 and I totally sympathise about your reluctance to drill holes into the head of a high end bass, particularly when you're not 100% certain she'll be staying. Well you gave it your best shot (can't say fairer than that!) and you've got a very decent recording done to remember her by. Parting can be such sweet sorrow.

So did she stay or did she go?! 😊 You've also finally put to bed the burning question on many of our lips of "is a Yammy BB good for metal?" AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie (Band cover) - Share Your Music - Basschat Great job, btw!

Well I've been doing my usual procrastinating before taking the jump, partly to delay the inevitable pedal buying splurge that follows, like night the day, getting a larger pedal board. Particularly if I end up keeping one of my smaller boards! My revelation for the day is that a HB Spaceship 60 with hard case is pretty much the same size as a Pedaltrain Classic 1 with 'tour' case (the HB 60 board is, if anything, slightly bigger). But the HB board is HALF the price (even with VAT added and transport costs etc)!!! What am I missing? With the saving I can get a HB Iso-12 Pro which has 12 isolated outputs, slim format to fit underneath the board, and puts out 3 Amps. I've had really good experience, so far, with its little sibling the Iso-5 Pro, which is sitting snugly under my current small board.

Ah the old originals vs covers band debate. Nope it's not a waste of talent to play other people's stuff. Following your logic there would never be another classical music concert. Live music done well which connects audiences and musicians is a good thing, full stop.

Well we need to think about how a following is built on YT and with it multi-million views. That's not done "generally", but one specific track at a time. So with this cover, she's chosen an internationally popular and current track which in itself is going to garner a lot of interest; built up a following with her many preceding and well done bass covers, done an excellent job and presented it very well. (FWIW sufficiently good to be the source material for more than one very competent BCer looking to learn this number).

Certainly be good to test that hypothesis. Here's one YT clip by her that is well regarded (and even includes some tasteful slap to keep it vaguely on topic 😉). Over to you to find a few bass players from the "hundreds and hundreds" of any shape or size who have recorded this one track and played it equally well.

I needed to give that a 😂 too, but was restricted to one reaction! I suspect the 235 won't be a million miles from the 1025, and it's had a very good write up from the few owners on the Yammy BB thread who have both the 235 and one of the higher end models - good shout.

For your budget I'd recommend a used Yamaha BB1025 or used Sire P7v5 Mk2, both 18mm string spacing. And given the quality and popularity of these you shouldn't have too much problem moving them on without much, if any, loss. You may actually prefer a flatter neck on a 5 as being more comfortable, given you're starting with a wider neck in the first place. Hopefully you're not too attached to your 4 strings 😁

It's definitely an interesting digression. But here's the thing: for some reason super models, whether male or female, are all very "cute" as are many of the best paid film stars. The advertising industry worked that one out when they first figured out what advertising was, together with the fact that "sex sells". Methinks you're wasting your time trying to slap that one down: when it comes to show biz / the ents industry (which YT vids are just another facet) appearances matter whether we approve of that being the case or not; it's simply a fact of how us "stupid humans" are wired, right?

In which case the world is his Blue Oyster Cult! Personally, I'd be very happy to recommend a used Yamaha 424, or a used Sire bass as being excellent value for money and good quality basses.

Hi and welcome to BC! Not sure how old your son is - if he's still young then a short scale bass could be worth considering (they seem to be pretty popular anyway on this forum), but I'll leave my more knowledgeable BC'ers to recommend you a make and model, as I only play standard scale 34" and 35" basses currently. If you can get something used but in good condition, that will make your budget stretch a fair bit further / open up additional options.

Oooh appreciate, it's a bit of a thread de-rail (but it's my party and I'll cry if I want to, right? 😁)...please tell us a bit more about your TT800 and why it's so good? What have you had previously to compare it against and what is giving the TT800 the edge over them for you?

Weren't Orange doing something similar with a "doubled up" 12" cab a while back? Albeit same direction facing.

Weight and portability are certainly important considerations for me, as I think you'll find they are for a lot of folk. Not too many on BC are lugging around "fridges" any more! But it's only a part of the equation: for example, I've traded up my BF SC for a heavier BF BB2, and have no plans of ditching my Fearless F112 which is heavier still and a wonderful cab.

You checked BFs website yet? Full range and details spelt out in glorious detail if you're curious about all their cabs. Mostly 8 ohms only. Surprised your mate wasn't able to enlighten you on this... he's been a BF fan a while longer than me!

Hopefully this counts as a tastefully done? Although if you blink you'll miss it at [1.28]... (Oh and the bass is in the FS if anyone fancies something exotic 😊)

Super!