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I actually tried this with heavier gauge strings on one of my basses. Then I found that although I thought I didn't use that G string very much, I actually did use it quite a lot! 😆

Yeah, well, my 4 string did a job on those two songs, but in a higher octave. I just find the lower notes on the 5 string sound better, because that's how those two songs were recorded (Don't Break My Heart Again, Separate Ways (Shallow Side version), so I' now trying to find a use, in the rest of the songs, to not look like a pretentious silly billy. There is also the fact that I can barely play a four string.

I've never really liked the Beatles that much. Prefer a bit of Abba...

Am I being pretentious for playing a 5 string bass, when only two songs of my band's set list actually require it? I find I'm fitting some very low notes into Sympathy for the Devil (admittedly, the Motorhead version, so...)... and then finishing some of the songs on a very low octave bass note... I kind of feel like I'm falling into the same trap that my drummer does, when he slows down the ending of... EVERY.... SONG....

My 5 string Nanyo is not so light, it's a whopping whole 4kg on my suitcase scales. My 4 string Nanyo comes in at 3.4kg. They are both the see-through finish sen bodied versions (forget which series). I need a lighter 5 string, so I'm currently looking at Ibanez EHBs - the question is long or short scale... 🤔

I think I may be sorted now, with the RM300. Yes, it's bigger... so not as convenient, but does look like it's got a bit more functionality. You know what the next question's going to be though - "Recommend a decent cab for my RM300"... lol But yes, that was my original question. My simple maths was 25% of 350W (I believe that's what the Fender 500 is, without the extension cab) is about 85W, so the TC should have been enough. But again, not sure of these things, having only ever used combos - thought I'd ask!

Not yet, but I left a PM. Thanks for the heads-up!

No, there isn't! ;D

Just did a search for the RM500... and saw the price... But this came up in the same search - https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/TC-Electronic-Thrust-BQ500-Bass-Head/2M3F?origin=product-ads&gclid=Cj0KCQjw29CRBhCUARIsAOboZbIexyqFGTjePPtCmyPC_b60hz1wyQA6cxLLi-x0xYMnCOc1wJw63IQaAmZKEALw_wcB I am only looking for something to use in the practice room, or as a backup. Still going to use the Fender 500 for gigs and can go through the PA.

Hello, long time no speak... I've just joined another new band. Our practice room isn't in a particularly safe neighbourhood, and we are stuck for space in the one secure storage cupboard. I've been carrying my Fender Rumble 500 combo to and from practice. It's a little cumbersome, so I've been thinking of taking my cheapo Wharfedale 1x15 cab in and leaving it there - problem is I don't have an amp for it as I usually use it as an extension cab for the Fender. Could you recommend me a cheap, small, simple to use amp head, that I could carry with me easily? I'm pretty clueless with matching amp power and cab capabilities, but the Wharfedale is marked max input = 300W @ 8 Ohm. Would the TC Electronic BAM200 be too weedy to run the Wharfedale? I'm assuming it's 200W @ 4 Ohm? Just so you have an idea of the volumes we practice at, I only run the Fender 500 at about 25% gain and master during practice. I am tempted to try my 40W Fender Rumble on Saturday! lol TIA

It does.

I wish I understood all that... I was ok up to bVII. 😆 Thanks for your reply though. It's got enough pointers for me to go digging.

Yes, I've been asked to learn this. 🙄 I quite like the song though, and well, the bass line is very, um, interesting! 😄 So listening to it, I've just started to get the intro and verse down as G F# E E, F C D D. The song sounds very much like it's in G major to me, so where's that F come from? Is it just a borrowed note from another scale? It's very prominent - at the start of every second line of the verse. Assuming I'm not wrong, can someone with a lot more theory knowledge shed a little light on it for me, please? TIA

I'm actually not doing all the singing I should be, but grateful for the lists of "easy" to "hard" songs that I should be trying, and the guidance along the way. 😎

Anyone else on this course at the moment? I've taken so much (free, You Tube) knowledge from him in the past, I thought it was worth paying him some money. And it was.

My Yamaha TRBX504 is very slim - 38mm nut and slim from front to back: https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/guitars_basses/el_basses/trbx/specs.html

Magic! Then how do compact discs work ?

1/10th is good enough for me. And I'm not talking about where I am, it's where I'd like to be.

Have you ever thought about how magnetic tape works? Wow! How do you get that sound down in + and - ?