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It sounded like a goose farting in a fog. Even when I was starting out and didn't know anything, I knew that wasn't how I wanted to sound, but I had no money and had to use that cab for about 18 months until I could afford a 412 cab.

I have managed to be a member of at least one band since 1986, when I answered my final bass wanted ad. All those bands came through word of mouth and personal recommendation. You have to meet people and cultivate contacts. Jam nights would be a good place to start. We see people attending our jam night and, after awhile, getting together to form bands.

. . . . and before that Melody Maker was the place to go.

Me too. A Vox Foundation. Worst bass sound in the world, by miles.

Were you at the Marquee when Billy Gaff (Gaff Masters) had the offices above the Marquee? There was a lot of hanging out, there and at the Speakeazy.

I saw them play at Brunel University, I think, in 1971. They were a good band.

I play with a couple of bands whose guitarists are stone deaf. They can still play but it depends on the day whether they can play with other players.

The guys I play with are not selling CD's like they used to. They still make CD's but in smaller numbers, but it's downloads and streaming that has taken over.

a) The drummer should be able to vary his volume. b) These guys have been playing since the 60's and don't know how loud they are? c) If you are all facing each other then the person opposite is getting full blast and the player isn't. That's not ideal. d) Again, after playing since the 60's no one should be guessing about anything.

Seems like people pine for the 15's of old. Back then our sound was limited by the speakers. Our sound was altered by the limitations of the cab. Now we can buy speakers that faithfully reproduce the sound of our basses and amps. I wouldn't want to go back even 10 years in speaker history. IMO we have some great cabs being designed and made right now, and 2 of the best are being made in the UK.

They're only "experts" in what they like. We have people coming up and telling us we were great. That doesn't mean we were great, but that they liked the evenings entertainment. We did our job.

Hi Lozz, adrenaline will get you through.

I went Tomorrow’s World with bass gear about 15 years ago. Modellers and IEM's? That's all Jules Verne to me. I'm already living in the future of amps and cabs. What's not to love, properly designed 22lb 600 watt cabs and 5lb 500 watt amps. I do have a problem with the OP criticising the bass player for only using 1 bass all night!!! Less is always more.

At one point everyone thought you had to have a V8 in a sports car to be fast and cool, then they started designing 4 cylinder engines that were faster and more efficient. In cabs, the size of the speaker is the wrong way to measure volume and tone.

Too vague. What string sets. What manufacturers. My Dunlop's are 045, 065, 085, 105, 130 and GHS are 045, 065, 085, 106, 126.

Others might, but not the bands I play in.

Have a sound check if you really feel you need one, but the bands I play with know what they want to sound like, and know how to get it. I've never seen anyone take longer than 20 seconds to line check and sort their sound.

Swapping necks around was a design feature from the start. Initially Fender didn't put truss rods in their guitars. If the neck bowed the idea was to replace it with a new one. I guess plan B (truss rods) came along pretty quickly. One school lunchtime in the mid 60's I was standing in Marshall's shop in Hanwell watching Vic Briggs of the Animals telling the guys, Chris & John, that he wanted the neck of one Strat on the body of another Strat and the electrics of a third Strat.

. . . . being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November. Always nice when the bass player gets some recognition.

Out of interest. . . . what's the weight?

Between the 70's and the mid 80's I used Fender, Ampeg and Peavey 15" cabs. Then 20 years of EV15's in Dynacord and Mesa Boogie cabs (IMO the best of the lot). But with the advent of "properly" designed 12" cabs I don't see the need for anything larger.

I didn't regret selling any bass. Some were good basses, and some weren't, but they were all sold because they were replaced by something better.

Mmm . . . that PJ5 looks amazing.

Jeff Berlin is a fantastic musician and player, but I thought the tone in the earlier video was terrible. All fart and no substance. I have a cheap Cort Jazz which looks good, plays well and only weighs 7lbs. Unfortunately it sounds very average. You can tell where the savings were made. Now I'm running it through a Sadowsky Preamp pedal it's sounding much better.

Maybe, I have no experience with EMG's but the EQ in this pedal is very strong and my marginally-OK-at-best Cort pickups are 90% the way to sounding like full blown Sadowsky pickups.