chris_b

Good move.

My top 10 list of things to spend £20k on wouldn't include any basses. Carl Thompson and his basses are always interesting to read about but I have no inclination to own one.

There is a great Aguilar TH500 and 2 x SL112 cabs in the Classifieds.

Nice. Now you need a good set of flats and a lump of foam.

About 10 years ago, I had that with a Fender AM STD J5 Jazz. It wasn't noticeable when the band was playing, but I could hear it playing at home.

Good move. A few years back, I was provided a backline of an EBS 250 and 2 110 cabs. That was a very good sound.

I'd keep the Jazz bass and buy a Precision. If you really have to, I’d replace the pickup in that. I own a Sadowsky Metro Jazz and wouldn't change a thing. I also play a PJ. Those two have been my joint #1 basses for 8 and 14 years respectively.

Sounds like you got yourself 2 bands, one fronted by a female and one fronted by a male. And you need to be playing different gigs for each band. A nice diary filling situation.

OK, you've been offered 2 basses and you don't know which one to choose. Step one - play them both. Step two - decide which one feels, sounds and looks better than the other. Step three - if you can't make up your mind, don't buy either. You haven't found the right bass yet.

I completely missed Trace Elliot. Never owned or played one. So I don't get the "love". I was using Music Man and Dynacord gear at the time.

200 million??? I'd fire that accountant!!

Do what the pro's do. Have a wall of Blackstar for the audience and your favourite combo in an acoustic box back stage miked up for FOH.

Enlighten us then. . . . .

There is room for many styles of bass playing. I do a lot of root note stuff for one cover band and they love it. So does their audience. I also play in bands where the bass lines are a marathon. Always serve the song.

That’s the level of insight I get!!

An outboard preamp pedal might work without the effort and expense of modding. I have a Sadowsky SBP-2, which perks up a very ordinary sounding Cort.

Good call, but I'd suggest trying the Sadowsky preamp pedal. I have one and it's the more flexible option.

Is there any way ownership of the photos in the sales forums can be removed from the user's total when a sale thread is closed?

If you love the sound, why do you want to change it? I'd buy another bass to fiddle with.

Successful bands are popular because many people think they are good at what they do. If enough people think you are good then you are. QED As for Oasis, their songs are very popular with audiences and are easy to learn, so I love them.

My guess is they have to protect against tyre kickers. You get a lot of those in shops. I prefer Mono M80 Vertigo bags. IMO it's a gig bag. Do your homework, find a good one, that fits, and just buy it.

I've thought about this situation and plan A would be to switch to a keyboard bass.

Flats on a Precision, with a pick and the tone all the way up. Dave Richmond got this sound on a 60's Burns bass for Je t'aime. Same with Wilton Felder on I Want You Back etc, with his original shape 1969 Precision. The finger style makes it a rounder sound. And in all cases, thousands of pounds of studio equipment.

Wise words. Always buy stuff that is better than what it replaces.