chris_b

I have 2 PJ's (one I modded and one I bought) and IMO a PJ just sounds like a P with a bit more EQ. I have the J turned off on my Mike Lull PJ5 because it sounds better as a straight P. My Jazz basses and Lakland sound better than the PJ if I want that sound. I'll swim against the tide here and say I don't think a PJ is worth the mod. If you want to cover the sonic territory you still need a Jazz or another 2 pickup bass so adding a J to a Precision is just the sound equivalent of putting go faster stripes on it. If you have a P bass that sounds good, be happy with it. If you need a different sound, get another bass. Sometimes more is not better.

OBBM cables for me.

The backup for my Thunderfunk 750A is a TH500. In fact it's now the other way around. The TH500 has taken over as my go-to amp and the TF has become the backup.

Turn the amp up, take the strings down, play lightly, relax every muscle in your body and breath deeply and regularly. Adopt this style for all songs you play and practise the difficult songs until you can play them with no effort. Start by playing the numbers slower, at a speed you can manage and speed them up. Get to the point where you can easily play these numbers at a faster speed than you need, then you will be playing them well when you get into the right tempo. If you can't make any of this work get a few lessons to point you in the right direction.

Finally Fender come up with some great sounding and playing basses and all anyone can do now is gripe about the colours!!

I don't know these amps very well, but the WT800 was a basic ingredient in many touring bands for years. I don't understand how Eden could have dismantled that legacy so comprehensively. IME emphasising the mids and low mids in bad rooms can get you a better sound rather than trying to push more low end. IMO even in good sounding rooms the mids especially low mids will make the bass sound "better".

FFS. . . . why do we have such a problem in this country applauding our successes? We have been, and might still be, amongst the world leaders in this field. I don't care how much back slapping goes on, I'm happy that we celebrate every British musician who "made it".

I'd insist on a bank transfer of funds and properly declared value. If he says OK then you've made a sale. I'd expect not to hear back though.

[quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1485728895' post='3226263']I pose the eternal question to you, as a "white boy" an old "white Boy" at that, am i just the wrong colour or ethnic Anglo Saxon mix to be playing Latin. [/quote] It's not genes, it's culture. Who do you think was the bass player on Mr Big Stuff? It was white as white Vernie Robbins. If like me you grew up listening to the Billy Cotton Band Show and records by Frank Ifield and Shirley Abicaire you started at a massive musical disadvantage. Duck Dunn was a white musician in a black music world, as was Steve Cropper, Dan Penn and Tommy Cogbill. Those guys grew up listening to the right music. If Tito Puente grew up in the UK in the 50's he'd probably sound like just another percussionist. With our backgrounds most of us just have to work twice as hard to get half the way there.

Yes, 2 cabs will be 6 ohms. Just above the minimum on most amps. As usual, over-thinking is rampant. The guys who are running at 12 ohms say they are loud enough. . . . which is what Alex said on the website. If 12 ohms is 2/3rd of the volume of an 8 ohm cab then just turn the master volume up 2 clicks and there will be no difference in overall volume. I don't see the point in small 4ohm cabs, IMO the best idea is to leave yourself the option of adding another cab if you want more volume. And anyway. . . . IME one of Alex's 8 ohm cabs (even his 12 ohm cabs) are pretty much the equivalent to other manufacturers 4 ohm cabs.

Just got one. But working OK now. Didn't this happen before? I thought it was dodgy ads that caused this.

I'm seeing more musicians wearing hearing aids when they're not playing. No one who has played in a loud band gets out of this with their hearing intact. It is critical to protect your hearing [i]before[/i] you have problems. When you have issues like tinnitus etc it's already too late.

I'm Norton and I seem to be OK.

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1485614306' post='3225321'] I'm taking my Thunderfunk 750 out for it's first outing tonight, so I'm super looking forward to that :-) [/quote] I've used my TF 750 a lot with 2 Super Compacts and the sound is one of the best I've had. So how did it go?

What amp and cab are you posting about? This is the problem with low rated 4 ohm cabs, if you want to play louder the usual route is to add another cab, and you can't unless our amp will run to 2.6 ohm or 2 ohm. You should be fine as long as you don't turn the volume up. The cab could manage if you don't use a lot of volume or bass in your sound. Mids and highs won't attack the speaker as much as a big low end. You can replace the speaker but then you've changed the whole sound of the cab. So you won't know whether you still "love" it or not until after all the expense and work. You still seem to be painted into a corner with this cab. I would replace it and get something that works out of the box.

Interesting. You can see the differences between your bass and the Gibson it was based on but blind to the same thing between a Lull and a Fender.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1485416456' post='3223734'] I've never quite understood why anyone would pay that sort of money for what's essentially a Precision bass copy. [/quote] You own a Lull and don't recognise what makes it different to a Fender? I have a Fender Precision and a Fender Jazz and a Mike Lull P and Mike Lull J. I can see exactly where the money went.

I have no problem with any songs listed so far. A cover band should be aiming to play songs that go down well with the audience, but it's always better to choose songs that are not played every week by every band. These always got positive reactions for us. Happy Tainted Love Mary's Prayer Walk This Way I Can't Do That Love The One You're With Billie Jean Abracadabra The Joker . . . and of course. . . but only if requested by more than one person. . . Mustang Sally Sweet Home Alabama Brown Eyed Girl

What ever bass is my go-to bass. In the last 20 years it's been Wal, Lakland and Lull. They all made a great noise and I managed to make them all sound just like me.

She got married to me. Anything I can do is small change compared to that.

Nordstrand Big series and Bart Mk5's.

Sounds like 12 ohms is really a non issue. I'd keep it at 12 ohms because no changes are needed if you want to add a second cab. Will look like 6 ohms to your 4 ohm amp.

As long as there is nothing wrong with the amp I'd keep it (upgrade it later when you're happy you've got the right cab) and put all your budget into the best cab you can find. My opinion is you should be looking at Bergantino and Barefaced cabs.

I've seen Aston Barrett using Ampeg 810's and Eden 410's. I know several reggae bass players on the club and pub circuit using BF Super Compacts. I use my SC's when I dep for them. You don't need excessively low bass for Reggae, just a full and fat sound.

Hey. . . . . . Star Trekking's a great song! Well, compared to anything by the Goodies, Clive Dunn and Joan Baez.