chris_b

That's pretty restrained. I keep up with developments and trends in the bass world. I'm interested in any improvements that are being made to basses, amps and cabs. With 1 Jazz and 1 P bass and I'm not looking for anything at the moment. . . . . . well maybe another Lull P5 with rounds!

Loot, Exchange and Mart and Melody Maker were were the places to buy and sell back in the day. In the last 15 years I’ve bought but not sold through eBay. Bought from Bass Direct. Never used Reverb. Gumtree was a scammers paradise. Basschat is the most successful and safest place I’ve found to buy and sell bass gear.

I have 2 basses and I’d use them on any gig. All my basses are bought to gig. That’s the only reason I own them. If a gig was rough enough to cause me to worry about my gear, I’d be more worried about my safety and probably wouldn’t be doing those gigs anyway. When my bass isn’t being played I’ll store it in the bag at the back of the stage, behind the gear. I’ll mostly use the P bass at home, because it sounds better at low volume.

My PJ5 is #1 layout. Sounds pretty good to me.

+1. You can hear a low B, even a low F#, on headphones. When you play low notes you are hearing the harmonics. . . . that's all.

No new music? Several of my favourite bands have put out albums out in the last few years.

Not if you use the volume controls correctly.

Ian King does and he’s a member here.

For 4 strings there's the Grosmann Travel Bass 4 and for a 5er the Kala U Bass California Solid 5. Both currently at Bass Direct, slightly more than your budget but maybe worth a look.

So with acoustic guitars, even more, the only sonic difference can be the woods used.

I'm not going to nit pick this contrarian post. What would be more useful for Sibob and the rest of us would be for a Trickfish owner to put up a post outlining his experience of those cabs.

No. I have source tracks for every song I've played in a band for the last 20 years. I have them grouped together in sets and can run through the lot at home. It's much more interesting that playing scales and the technical stuff. Only one band leader has said he wants a rehearsal before we resume gigs, and that's for him not the rest of us. I'll get the usual phone call from the others asking, "Can you do the gig", followed by, "See you there".

I must have fallen on my feet with my Sadowsky Metro Jazz. I’ve tried several since an mine sounds more articulated, fuller and warmer. Even better than an NYC that I tried at GuitarGuitar. IMO with the standard manufacturing processes in all components these days, I would expect basses from the same ranges to sound more similar than different. The only significant variance with others from the same range and factory is in the wood. So the wood does seem to have an effect on the tone.

OK, I’ll bite. IMO Barefaced cabs are better designed than your average cabs. Is Trickfish an average cab? I don’t know, like most of us, I’ve never heard one. Eminence provide drivers to BF’s spec, the cabs are tuned exactly to those drivers. The bracing exceeds anything found in other cabs. They are light, loud and have a great tone. Others might have different views, but I have a list of cabs longer than my arm that I have used in the last 20 years and BF are in the top 2.

You select the carrier through their web site, so, as far as I know you only "end up" with the company you selected.

Don't hold your breath. They are currently investigating a new variant in Liverpool, which might not be affected by the vaccines.

I've used Interparcel and Fedex several times and, so far (crosses fingers), never had a problem.

If you stagger the closing times you create a tidal wave of everyone from shutdown area #1 heading for a few more beers in shutdown area #2 etc. You're not going to get away from the bottle-neck which ever way you try to plan it.

July at the earliest, is my guess.

Directing the band is a skill. I do a lot of deps and the gigs that go well are usually lead by a band leader who is good at communicating. I play with one guy who will change the song as he feels and it rarely goes wrong, because he is giving directions all the time. Never a dull moment. The shambolic gigs are usually those where the band leader is trying to direct the band by using a long stare and attempting thought transference.

All you needed was an HPF to stop that excessive cone movement.

I play one bass and have a backup. When I sell a bass it's because it has been replaced by something better or more appropriate.

I know someone who caught Covid off a food delivery from Ocado. We wash or wipe down everything that comes into the house, or if we can't do that, put it away on a shelf for a week.

Imagine what the guy's house looks like!! He's probably turned his underpants inside out for the 5th week in a row.