chris_b

A bad gig for me is when I end up with a drummer who can't play.

No patronising intended. . . but take a step back. The guys who design these amps know what they are doing. They understand the tolerances involved and there would have been reports of problems if these amps didn't perform as designed. 20 years ago I used a 45lb Mes 400+ and it supported itself from the front plate with no issues. You really are over thinking this.

Bass Direct is closer for a grand day out.

Me. My parents bought me a Spanish guitar and the action was so high I couldn't hold down enough strings to make a chord. A friend had a proper electric guitar, a Futurama, so as I wanted to play along with him and a second guitar part was out of the question, all I could do was try playing bass lines and it worked. After that I started listening to Bill Wyman, Chas Chandler and McCartney etc, but the guys who really made me a bass player were Willie Dixon, Duck Dunn and John McVie.

+1 A Precision is a one trick pony. The magic is that the trick encompasses everything from James Jamerson to JJ Burnell.

Don't worry. Your amp was designed to be supported from the front only. As most rack mount amps are. I'm sure EBS know, after all this time, how to correctly design their products.

Maybe guff, but maybe not. . . . . . I remember the days when you needed a carnet when you travelled abroad with your gear. And the joy on some customs men's faces when you drove up to their post at Dover. They could wave you through, or just as easily make you unload the whole van onto the road and justify every piece of gear against the documentation. The one thing that is certainly not guff. . . . we may or may not be going back to the bad old days, but gigging in Europe will be a much more difficult process that it has been.

IMO if your hands are big enough to play a 4 string bass they are big enough to play a 5 string bass. I've seen guys making this change struggle because they are not good at adapting. All you have to do is rotate your left hand a little more to reach the B string. Don't be put off, it's only a small adjustment to your current technique. Your hand should already be "animated", ie easily moving up and down the neck. A 5 string just means that you have to be equally "animated" and move across the neck. IMO it's a good idea to keep the same string spacings as you are used to on a 4 string. Most of your playing will be on those strings so keep the changes to a minimum.

If I could turn back time I would do more and do it all a lot better. I'd have bought my Precision when I did. It was the first time I had the cash so I couldn't have bought it any earlier. Musical things I'd change. . . . . . I was "good enough" with little effort and I rested on my laurels too much. Basically lazy! If I had a second time around I'd push myself, everyday, to become a better player. I wish I'd switched to 5 string basses at least 10 years earlier. I never took up double bass, that has always been a big mistake and I should have made the effort to get my vocals together. I sang in my band at school, but stopped when I started playing with much better players. Sadly we can't turn the clock back. All we can do is make the right changes in our own lives now and tell others about what we have learned, so they can build on the experience of others.

Word of mouth and recommendation.

The guy who says most with least. . . Larry Graham Thank You ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOa5UOHdwnc Sing A Simple Song ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51837yh4hec Also, I Want To Take You Higher, Stand, Dance To The Music, Family Affair. . . the list goes on.

I don't see the need for different amps for different bands. Looking at your current rig, I'd keep the amp, sell the 212 and replace it with a TC 112, which can be used on its own or with the 210. I used to split my gigs between a duo with an acoustic guitarist and bands culminating in a flat out monumentally loud rock blues band. I used the same 500 watt Thunderfunk amp for all bands and just varied the cabs. In the duo I used a Bergantino 112 , 3 Berg 112's for the loud band and 2 Berg 112's for any other band.

Do they? I seem to remember the brewery, Shepherd and Neame, paying Invapay.

. . . . recorded during the same session as Mr Big Stuff. Great song. Vernie Robbins on bass.

Aaron Neville - Use Me ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTsEwCsGdi8 Aaron Neville - Rainy Night In Georgia ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmGusbWceEY Sting - It's probably Me ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUYI7kIR0S4 Terry Callier - What About Me ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8jJXJUy3I Keb Mo - Henry ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G42xlGXIN4 King Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sm9n-6hy6M Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooYExfw9lLY

We had to use Invapay several years ago. It's a pain to walk out of a gig with no cash in your pocket, but we got our money, albeit a little later than usual. You have to start invoicing each other so there is a payment "paper" trail but it's not as big a deal as I was expecting. We thought the pub was trying to provide info to HMRC, but they were using this system to crack down on rogue landlords, who were putting in claims to the brewery for non-existent gigs and pocketing the cash.

It's a bit extreme, isn't it. Most of this video seems to be played with a very light touch, the strings hardly move when he plucks them. Years ago, he was playing the Ken Smith with a longer strap. The current technique doesn't seem to include "digging in". But what a good technique. Anyone after a video of how to play a bass with little effort just watch AG. No stretching and if the bass line moves outside the 2 fret "box" he moves his hand to the new position. Never mind the floating thumb, a floating left hand is the secret.

That's the point when you roll your sleeves up and improve your playing.

The last 2 years have been two steps forward and one step back for me, but no, never once thought about quitting.

Give your Squier a new lease of life, get a Sadowsky preamp pedal.

A 15 year old girl is not a child and at that age will be pretty close to reaching full adult height. If you had a problem with your swing, the least sensible thing you could do would be to buy a new set of golf clubs. You would go to the Pro's shop and book some lessons to sort out your swing, and while he was at it, anything else he could find that was wrong with your game.

So who's talking about force? If someone is using the wrong technique then correcting that is the best, cheapest and quickest solution. Not sure why you can't see that, but never mind. Improving your ability to play any instrument is never a "terrible" idea.

I'd agree with this. Do you buy a short scale bass to fit her technique or improve her technique to fit all basses? I'd suggest if she is struggling it's time to spend that new bass money on some lessons.

A brilliant bass player. He can overplay as much as he wants! Some AG with Gladys Knight. . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YxlOy2JOyg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp4BPNDYjGg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDl0OjTpNK0

A few molecules thick sheet of Graphene under the fretboard and the neck will never move again. Necks could be made thinner, graphite rods, even the truss rods could be dispensed with and neck dive will be a thing of the past.