chris_b

@Geek99 If you are playing with guys who can't get it right then don't blame yourself. You did well to come away knowing where improvements should be made. So practice, practice, practice and, next time, if no one sensible is in control, you take charge.

IMO I put a Bartolini pickup in a Precision bass and the improvement was 1000%. Spurred on by this great move I added a preamp and got 5% improvement at most. For what that cost It wasn't worth it. My take on modding is that some things are worth it and many are not. I'd replace the pickups with a good make like Barts or Nordstrands etc, and maybe add a good set of flats and see where you are at that point.

I thought Beefy was amusing and annoying all at the same time.

An SVT3-PRO at about 26lbs might fit the bill, but if you are experiencing back problems you should really be looking further down the road, to D class amps and neo cabs.

Not always so great. I asked for an open-ended loan of an Alembic and no one bothered to reply!!

First thing I'd do is put a set of Labella flats on and a lump of foam. If that doesn't work I'd replace the Precision pickup with Bartolini and disconnect the J. You'll get such a great sound out of the Barts and you won't notice the missing J.

These are conversations and can go where they go. Some people don't like that, but talking around the subject can make for a more interesting and informative thread.

Sad news. His was a unique voice on bass.

Just have the numbers of a coupe of good deps. . . . just in case.

If playing is causing you pain. . . . you're doing it wrong. Play with a lighter touch and get a pedal.

Black

For a brief period, about 20 years ago, Stewart used to bring his amps (can't remember if they were production or prototype models) to our jam night to check them out on a gig and raise a bit of Session interest.

There is a similar thread over on Talkbass, and Letts and Eddie are posting!!

. . . . so he's had a tough time and as a result hasn't finished @EddieG's bass, and hasn't refunded the payments and is not abiding by court judgements, but he's still making basses for sale on Reverb!!! There doesn't seem to be any way to give Letts the benefit of the doubt. He actually has been able to make basses during this period, so choose your description, fantasist, con man, scammer, thief. . . . or maybe all of them.

If you have a bass and rig that you've used for "years and years" and you change one link in that chain, as you've discovered, you'll get a totally different sound. That was to be expected. The cab was probably limiting the sound of the amp. With it gone, you're hearing what the amp actually sounds like. If you want a 60's "dull thud out of a modern lightweight neo cab, buy a bass and amp that gets that sound and the cab will faithfully reproduce it. Maybe buy a 60's preamp pedal. I get a pretty good 60's sound out of a Mike Lull PJ5, with flats and foam, an Aguilar TH500 and 2 Barefaced 112 cabs.

I don't know if this has been posted before. . . . if so it's worth posting twice. . . . with the fabulously funky James Gadson on drums and wonderfully effective bass line played by Melvin Dunlap . . .

There are also threads about similar instances of customers experiencing difficulties and his "behaviour" on Talkbass.

How do you manage that? I've been on Talkbass since 2007, have 742 pages of likes, PM'ed with people from 4 continents and haven't managed to upset anyone!! I've also been a member of Ozbass for a few years.

It's like a big family. You can put up with most of them, as long as you don't have to meet too often, except for a couple of cousins, who you would rather not see ever again, and a mad uncle or two.

Hmmmm. . . . another technique I can't do. The list is getting longer!

I played a Long Horn bass for awhile in the late 60's and know 2 people who use them now. I was disappointed to find out they don't make a 5 string version.

Which models?

The band provides the backline, but on our jam night everyone brings their own bass, guitar and drum sticks. Since Covid some bring their own mics. Anyone who turns up wanting to "borrow" a bass doesn't get to play. Everyone gets 2 songs and then the running order depends on who has turned up. For some reason we get a lot of drummers. The band leader is the final arbiter of who plays with whom, when and for how long.

Duplicate post!!!