Doctor J

I don't like working but the money I get in return stops the bank people complaining at me about not paying the mortgage (they were quite clear they expect all of that money back), so I put up with it and get on with it. Apply the same principal to being in a cover band and you'll be grand. It's how I handled it on the rare occasions I helped a mate out with his cover band when they lost members at short notice. Learning things you find unpleasant can open you up to new things you wouldn't normally encounter if you were just in your usual sonic area.

Tasteful.

The GDR CDRs Michael Foot's Flat Feet on Fleet Street

That's one hell of a bass and an amazing deal for the money. Congratulations!

I know what you mean, I'm fighting a losing battle not to veer into stoner/doom territory this month. I don't want to, particularly, but it's where I feel at home 😂

Yeah, the challenge is actually completing something before the deadline, I think I'm about 50:50 finishing and missing 😂 That tune is class, starts with a New Order vibe and ends with tasty guitar harmonies. Result!

That's excellent, Nick, nice one!

If you can get the singer to dress up in a Tony the Tiger costume, then may I suggest... The Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreaties! I'm so sorry.

More like a "Good bass for fire" thread 😉

Happy Mullet Days

Mulletravox

Little Red Coe-Ovett

Quran Quran (The UK's premier Islamic 80's tribute) The Nude Romantics Madonna Kebab

Thatcher in the Rye The C5 Beehive The Commodore's 64

Johnny Hates Jazz, Immigration & the Metric System.

Rick Ghastly

The E E E E E E E E Minecloser Maggie's Harm Pop Off the Tops The Special Specials Drawing DeLoreans Glasnostalgia Carpark Bitchfight Juno Bruno? The Final 1987 Cup Final

I use an Ashdown ABM 300, one of the original ones. Every amp is coloured differently, but I found the Ashdown sounded great with the EQ flat and, if it didn't, the bass was the problem 😂 Any EQ tweaks from there are subtle fine tuning. If I need to make massive EQ changes to get a good sound, the bass gets moved on.

Yeah, it's hard to go against Thomann on this one.

I haven't used the EQ on my amp in over 15 years. I love having an onboard EQ to subtly tweak to taste and, when passive, can always find what I need with a treble cut. I've never found an onboard EQ which didn't have far more capability than required. Generally, if you're making massive changes with EQ, something is badly wrong somewhere. When I had a 3-band Stingray, I usually ended up with a small bass boost, slightly larger mid boost and a reasonable treble cut. Lovely sound.

Yeah, if it's series then the signal has to go through both coils, one after the other. If it only affects one coil, but both coils are active, then you'd think it would be parallel with the cap on just one of the coils.

I use a tuner, that's it. I usually bypass the amp EQ too. Drive comes from pushing the input gain of the amp and how hard I play the strings thereafter. If your music demands effects, then go for it by all means, but don't have the mindset they're a must-have. I have never used a compressor, live, aside from the gentle clipping of the input gain stage. You need to be in tune (well, most of us do 😉 ). Everything else is fluff you should be able to play without in an emergency (or just fundamentally be able to play without). Nobody really gives two figs about the subtle phasing you apply during the second chorus but, if it makes you happy, yeah alright, go for it, spend that cash.

A picture of what you, alone, are seeing would help greatly.

Oooooohhhhh nice. Lose the lower switches, put a master volume there, put pickup blend, bass cut and treble cut on the main control plate, move the jack to the side and we're really talkin'! It'd be a shame not to have series for the neck pickup, though. Some properly cool sounds can be had from that.

Whatever bass you stole.