LewisK1975

As everyone has said, you won't go far wrong with either the Squier or the Sire. The big difference between the 2 is one is active (sire) and one is passive (squier). If you don't know the difference (apologies if you do) - 'Active' Basses have an onboard preamp which have bass/middle/treble controls like you'd find on an amplifier and are used for quick access tone changes (saves you going to the amp). They require a battery/batteries for the preamp to work. I think the Sire does have a switch to turn the preamp off though, so it can work like a passive bass. For a first Bass, I'd be more inclined to keep it simple & go with the passive Squier. That Bass just has a volume control for each pickup and an overall tone control. Less controls to fiddle with an just get on with playing! Hope this helps!

When I use my RH750 it goes through a Barefaced two10. Sublime for me!

Just heard Journey's 'Who's crying now' on Planet Rock. Lovely Bass sound on that.

Agree on the modern singlecut Basses, never seen one I really liked. One that always gets me is matching colour headstocks on Basses with Maple fingerboards. Just looks wrong to me. Same Bass with a rosewood/other dark fingerboard, usually very nice. YMMV!

Awesome stuff, and thank you for this thread, super interesting to see what goes into the prep for these sort of events.

A good result in the end then!

I used to put 2 SC's side by side, with a ABM1000 on top, always like how that looked:

Does absolutely nothing for me!, but it would be very boring world if we all liked the same things!

First concert - Status Quo, NEC, December 1991 or 1992 Last concert - Halestorm, Cardiff Motorpoint, October 2019 Best concert - Rush, Time Machine Tour, NEC Worst concert - Limp Bizkit, Cardiff Motorpoint dual headline w/KORN (Sound was AWFUL for LB). I left. Loudest concert - As above, Cardiff Motorpoint is a dodgy venue sound-wise anyway, and LB's FOH must've been trying to compensate by just pushing the volume. It just sounded like the band were playing through an old mono transistor radio at ear-splitting volume. I had to leave. Seen the most - Iron Maiden Most surprising - Enter Shikari - Wasn't my thing but was trying to impress a young lady. Worked. Next concert - Rammstein Wish I would have seen - Most of my favourite bands were already well established when I started playing and really getting into music, so I guess I wish could have seen any of those in a more intimate setting when they were up and coming. (Maiden, GNR, Rush)

Everyone is likely suggest their own favourite brand here. My 2p on this would be to say I went through something similar after years of pick playing when I thought it was time to revisit fingerstyle again. I ended up with Dunlop Superbright Nickels in 45-105. Nickel wounds are much softer feeling anyway, and these particular ones are much more pliable too. They also come in 40-100 for even more pliability.. https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/strings-c1/string-sets-c865/bass-guitar-c34/jim-dunlop-super-bright-nickel-4-string-45-105-bass-guitar-strings-p8575

I've also always really liked those 2x8 TC combos. Very compact, yet punchy enough to sound like a 'proper' amp too..

Currently for home use I use a mini-mixer into powered monitors, it's actually part of my home recording setup, but it works surprisingly well, albeit not a 1 box solution.

Nice, saw one of the buttercream P's in PMT Cardiff last weekend. My first thought was also 'That's screaming for a BWB scratchplate...

I think for the weekend warriors - Yes the big bass cab is pretty much dead. Touring bands (who still use backline) with roadies, will still use SVT810's. I think it's fair to say though, that a lot of the modern touring big bands aren't using backline at all. So I guess, Yes, the big bass cab is on the way out... That's why you can get a used SVT810 for under £500 these days. Nobody really wants them.

That's Dylan Wilson - Great player, seen Kotzen's band a few times now.

+1 to this. The 12in cabs are incredibly 'honest'. Whatever you put into them comes out exactly the same.

These days I'm usually Ampless (Helix & in-ears or floor wedge). If I do need backline I've got a TC RH750 and a Barefaced Two10. The Barefaced 12in cabs are very 'honest', and as it turned out I realised I prefer some colour from the cabs so I went with the two10. Great cab.