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Hi Sold my 2 Barefaced Super Compacts to Wilco. Great communication and a pleasure to deal with Cheers Tim

[quote name='cd_david' post='1132796' date='Feb 18 2011, 09:22 PM'] No pick here either cool looking bass [/quote] That's a fantastic clip - cheers. Great musicians, all of them. Thought I was right that he played with fingers - probably get proved wrong now with another clip!

Thanks for the advice, I'll give the pick a go. Maybe need some different strings too.

Probably like many of you, I have an ideal sound I'd like to get to. The sound I really admire is Pete Farndon's on the first 2 Pretenders albums. Have a listen to the intro to Mystery Achievement if you need any convincing. It's fairly natural I think, and really shows off the sound of a P bass So, I've got a pretty decent bass - Fender Precision Vintage 57 reissue, but I don't seem to be able to recreate that lovely natural P sound. What should I be concentrating on? Is it strings? - I use Fenders cos I really liked the feel of them when I first bought the bass Does maple or rosewood make a huge difference to thew sound? This bass has a maple fretboard Is it my amp set up? - I use a Little Mark II through a Markbass Traveller 12 (I generally only play pubs and small clubs so it's plenty loud). Is there a particular eq setting I should use Or is it just down to technique? I play with fingers, fairly adequately I like to think, but I'm always learning! Any advice would be most welcome.

Bruce Thomas Pete Farndon Bruce Foxton JJ Burnel Eddie Duffy (ex Simple Minds)

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