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A great sound will make me love any bass, amp or cab. I’ve been playing my P bass almost exclusively in lockdown. Fallen in love with that P bass “something”, all over again.

@Al Krow is selling one right now.

Try a Barefaced Super Compact.

Hell is full of banjo players!!

These threads are full of people who think their choices and preferences are the best and other players choices are not as good as theirs. Big and heavy amps can be great, as SS and D class amps can be. If you are a better player it doesn’t matter what amp you prefer. Audiences and band members will appreciate you with whatever amp you turn up with. The market takes no prisoners. The fact that heavy gear is so cheap means there are more players who prefer other types of amps. The guys are not “poor deluded souls”, they are just making personal decisions that are very relevant to them.

Feed the power cable through the handle and you don’t notice it.

Bass heaven? Sitting down to a meal in my dining room with Chuck Rainey, Nathan East, Paul McCartney, John McVie and Duck Dunn.

Get a Lakland 55-01 and upgrade the pre amp.

What problem are you trying to resolve? Don’t change anything until you know what is wrong. It isn’t problem to have the saddles maxed out. If the previous guy played like a gorilla then that’s OK. If you play like a gorilla, it’s OK. If the neck is bowed adjust the truss road, if the action is too high adjust the saddles, but you don’t indicate there is a problem.

I put my 2u SS head in a 4u rack case. IMO the extra space is good for ventilation and air flow.

I started on an SR5 and moved on to a Lakland. Both great basses but my preference is firmly with the Lakland. if I was starting to day I’d also be checking out Sire and Squire.

I don’t change gear for no reason. There always has to be a reason. I buy gear that I think it is going to be to better than what I already have. If it is then it stays, if it isn’t then It goes.

Unplug the lead. Carry spare batteries. Replace the batteries before they run out. Carry a screwdriver if you have to take the back plate off. Managing active basses is as easy as learning a U2 song!

Never mind 11, all the controls go to 15!

So far my stash of batteries has come to my rescue twice. Then again, l seem to have “lent” more batteries to guitarists than used them myself. I did have an awkward gig when my strap broke and I didn’t have have a spare. I carry a spare for everything now.

Doesn’t “centred” mean you can boost and cut to the desired tone? So it’s only a starting point.

She’s a very talented player.

Good move. These are fantastic sounding amps. I used one from the late 80’s to the late 90’s. It weighed more than a small planet and I had to start using a dolly board to move it, but it was one of the best bass sounds I ever got. Enjoy.

Play the note pattern A A F# E over the 3 chords.

I practice at home with a TH500 into 1 or 2 Barefaced One10s. The sound ranges from great to excellent.

No remorse. I'm very lucky, I have never had to sell any gear because I ran out of cash, so everything was sold because I found something to replace it that was a better fit. There might be the odd moment when I could name a couple of basses and an amp which I would use if I still owned them, but as I said, I've got better gear now so, don't look back, forwards only.

Using ordinary Turmeric powder, in the form of a drink, seems to have helped reduce the effects of arthritis in several of my joints. If it can do that maybe it can help with DC as well.

+1. I bought a Thunderfunk TF550 in 2007 which was replaced 5 years later by a TF750. These amps make a fantastic sound. The Dynacord BS412 combo is right up there challenging the TF for best sounding SS amp.

He probably was, although he isn't my kind of bass player. I'm not a fan of lead bass. What I do like is how he totally changed bass playing and how people thought about the role of the bass. He created an evolution in bass amps, cabs and strings that resonates today. He even forced change on guitarists. Pete Townsend had to get Marshall to build the first 810 cab and then 412 stacks just to be heard above the bass, and single handedly launched a million cases of tinnitus. I had several chances to see The Who at The Marquee in Wardour Street, but I passed. Now I wish I'd gone along at least once.

Dood is selling an EBS Reidmar750 head.