mikhay77

I play and sing in a band with 2 guitarists.One with a jcm 800 the other a Messa 2x12 .We did have an issue as stated on other posts with overlapping frequencies,our main lead guitarist had and awesome full sound on his own but soon as the bass and drums played he almost melted into the mix. The simple solution was to eq his guitar and remove some bottom and lwer mids,our other guitarist has a thinner upper mid sound so it was just getting the balance right. As far as 2 cabs? Bass frequencies get everwhere so you shouldnt need to separate cabs unless the guitarist on stage left cant hear you,bar that as stated previously as long as you comfortable and hear yourself ( and others ) the rest is down to the mix.That said,I have 2 mark bass 4x10s stacked so I never have a problem! LOL. Speaker leads are pretty much available anywhere and any length and no harm in trying splitting cabs,let us know the results!

I buy this bass,I buy this bass,I buy that bass,I change the pickups,amp and cabs,I buy the same basses again,yep,sounds like me. A good chunk is in your fingers and playing style,for me new strings are a must! Had all sorts of pickups fitted,each sound different too but our guitarist reckons he could walk in and listen to a band and would know it was me!!! That maybe playing style,technique,good or bad,the attack on the strings etc,influences,under the influences or some nerds prefer duracel to ever ready ( I have seen discussions! ) It will be me playing ,my way,not copying just enjoying my own tone that I seem to always try to change,lol.

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1394022750' post='2386980'] A lot of good stuff here, thanks to all. I think the fact that we play 2 x 90 minute sets (approx 32 songs) doesn't help. [/quote] Blimey,2x90s? Thats alot of padding,thats 5 minutes a song! We do punk songs,15 in a set and some jamming 45 mins a set! Plus no slow numbers.

Played Dep bass for the Sensational Soul Band last night. Really enjoyed playing classic soul music,normally I am thrashing it out playing and singing classic punk songs,change as good as a rest I suppose. First time played with the guys and no rehearsal,couple of mistakes but not too bad. Drummer was bob on,he really went for it which suites me. Great compliment from him, after the gig he said it was like I had played with em for years!! Feel quite proud. Cant beat that... May be a few more Soul gigs..

Here is my lovely 1977 Ibanez silver series,one piece maple neck,skunk stripe,walnut plug 3 piece body and great jazz tone,only mod is a Badass and some long shaft reverse tuners. Bit of a rare model really as only made fro one year in this config. I have a few Jazz basses including an original 72 Fender Jazz ( Geddy lee blocks ) but this really does play better just not quite as thin a neck.

I have just recently purchased a 72 Fender jazz with maple neck,black block inlays,original frets.Body is black over a sunburst finish? Read loads on forums and the neck dates changed in 71 to an 8 digit but some necks in 72 had the normal day month year as this does which makes sense but has any one seen Fenders with a SPECIAL stamp also. Any info would be greatly appreciated. I hope this link works.!! [url="http://bit.ly/1ow2IJJ"]http://bit.ly/1ow2IJJ[/url]

Bass awkward just purchased my Ibanez Musician ltd. Great pleasure to deal with and no problems at all! Prompt payment with no haggling,absolute top notch. Dont hesitate to deal with this guy. Many thanks.Mike.

Shame really.We have had the V1s and the 1801 bass bins for 5 years now,run em at some big places and outside gigs pushing some volume and never had a problem,just goes to show what cheep components do!

Hi there. Just a question to all bass players. If you bought say a Fender Jazz and the action would appear very high with the truss rod adjusted correctly.Then with the bridge saddles lowered all the way down,with no adjustment left,it was still 5mm at the 12th.Would that be ok? Cheers

Wow! I love the look,personally I would leave it as is. The hardware looks right with the body wear. Just dump the Schaller 3d though.Get a nice reliced vintage style fender bridge for about £25.Would look much better imho. Nice bass. Looking for something like that myself.

Cant comment on the Aria/gibson but our guitarist also plays in a Rockabilly band. Had a Yamaha sa1000,superb build quality,great sound but then give in to badge snobbery. Got a 335 and had it only one month. Bought another Yammy. I can get him to post a review but needless to say the Gibson just wasnt as good in build quality or sound.Thats pretty much why you buy a guitar! As far as other models I have a/b Gibson Les paul and old school copies like Lord players,Grecos, Tokai and even Aria's. All the Jap ones. Believe me. There aint nothin in it. Its all down to what you want on the headstock.