King Tut

Although I'm not familiar with your bass, your cheapest option (assuming the pups are passive) would be to wire the bass up passive in the short term - until you have enough dough to put an active eq in. Assuming it's a 2 pickup bass - you'll need 3 pots, some wire, some solder and a capacitor. Do a quick search for wiring diagrams, or find a mate who can do it for you. You never know - you might even think it sounds better passive. If you don't like it passive, once you've got enough money you need to decide whether to replace the original eq, or upgrade - I guess most of us would upgrade - so look at EMG, John East, bartolini, Aguilar etc. If you have some front, you might take your bass back to the shop and ask them to fix it - they probably have a luthier they regularly use - insist on cost price as it's only just out of warranty, and insist they lend you a bass (prob second hand) to use while yours is away. be polite but firm - they want your continued custom........but maybe you bought it online or from Sound Control? Just some options for you dude! Hope it helps.

I personally think a good condition SH series one would be a much better bet. The bridge on these later fenders is much more substantial than those of old, and if you don't like the series one switching - just don't use it. I picked one up off of here for under £500 and it's mint and gorgeous!

How about an East J Retro, with the mids boosted. What i like is the passive bypass - ideal if you're gigging and worry about flat batteries.

I've used both and while the 30 is brill - the 100 is much louder - also the 30 doesn't have a di out so even with a pa, you wouldn't be able to put the 30 through the pa without cutting the speaker.

If you buy your drummer brushes - he's only gonna paint the ceiling with them!! Sorry - old joke!

We always rehearse in my house with an electric kit and everything through headphones - it's cheap, and everything gets recorded.

I think an ash body seems to cut through a mix well - a la Warwick Corvette $$ or my nice 88 Stingray. Lots of low mid punch. Whaddya reckon guys?

Where I put my rig is usually dictated by the space available. I know this is usually not ideal, and i have to EQ to the best of my abilities. I doubt if there's many bands would set up around the bass player's ideal position!

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Maybe you just need a shim under the body end of the neck?

Nothing wrong with the bass you've got mate. If you're gonna gig in the future, I'd be patient and put the money towards a decent combo. or amp and cab.

He's is/was the bass player with Van Halen

No mate - it's the neck volume pot that's used for switching.

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Coincidentally, my cousin is going to record our gig on Saturday for his college course - I'll let you know how it goes!

I sold my AH 300 head when I bought my MB SA450. I've now bought a Mark V AH250 which weighs about 5 times as much as the MB but knocks it into a cocked hat when it comes to grunt. Still got the MB and will take it out again soon to recompare, but I love the Trace.

Neil - PM me your email addy and I'll send something to you - not sure how to put it on the site. Col

I'd go for a mexi classic. i used to have one and didn't get on with the neck width, but otherwise it was lovely. I've got some sound clips of mine live through a trace if you want to hear what one sounds like in a band situation.

I've got a pair of Wharfedale Titan 12's (passive) that are fantastic. very light, reliable (so far) and pretty loud. They seem to have picked up scuffs quite easily but I don't transport them in their covers, and their used at one to three gigs each week. We even put the kick drum through them at smaller vgigs, and supplement them with subs for bigger gigs.