chris_b

Aim to get the best sound you can on a gig. . . . then aim to get the best sound you can on a recording. They are not going to be the same thing.

One of the larger laptop bags? I use those foam filled aluminium cases from Maplins for my TH500's.

As long as the playing is right, it doesn't matter what gear the bassist is using. An engineer with a good set of ears can polish up the sound of any bass with the facilities of even the smallest studio.

Why are bands not working? Get deps in.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1495527019' post='3304394'] Is a Precision a one trick pony too? [/quote] I'd say it was, for most of us. . . . then think of JJ Burnell and James Jamerson. Well, there are two tricks right there that are so far apart I don't know how "one trick pony" can accurately sum up a P bass. When I had my MM SR5 I felt it didn't fit into certain bands and sounds. I've never felt that with a P bass, but for "multiple tricks" my Lakland 55-94 has been the most flexible bass I've owned.

8 ohm 410 and 210's are fine to run together. It doesn't matter that the 410 is receiving half the power of the 210, just make sure you are working within the 210's power range and all will be good. A 4 ohm 410 and 8 ohm 210 is a more even set up. All speakers will receive the same amount of power. You need an amp that goes to 2.67 ohms for this though.

I'm currently doing a lot of deps for a band where the regular bass player works shifts. Some months I'm doing more gigs with them than he is. Love it!

I have no idea what the MEC sounds like and I'm not a fan of Warwick basses in general or any of the sounds I've heard them make in particular, but the OBP3 is a stonking preamp. It has a huge tone, almost too much. A little goes a very long way. Did I say it sounds good? You can run it at 9v or 18v but Aguilar recommend you remove one of the battery clips if you go 9v. I sold a J5 with the OBP3 preamp and I'd rate it as one of the best basses I've owned. It was sold because I found, in spite of all the good points, I still preferred my passive P bass. People buy and sell gear for a variety of reasons, so I wouldn't draw any conclusions from the "merry-go-round" that is the Basschat classifieds.

Not all the time. I got abuse several times when I told people they shouldn't be posting negative comments in For Sale threads. Any thing/one irked you lately?

The Who are the same. You can't change any of Pete Townsend's chord shapes or inversions. They just won't work, so poor old Roger Daltry has to keep on hitting those notes when most other singers of his age have dropped their numbers by several keys. Stevie Wonder is still in the original keys but he takes weekly singing lessons to keep his voice in shape. Maybe your singer needs lessons, exercises and advice more than a key change.

Doris Stokes was a happy medium.

. . . . or choose another band to copy.

This isn't about what you want. It's about what you need. Tune down and all the required changes that entails, get a 5 string bass and embrace the flexibility or get another singer.

For every note there's an equivalent rest. Work out the patterns the notes make. Then all you have to do is substitute no note and call it a rest. The count carries on the same whether there is a note or a rest.

I bought my Fender Precision in Brussels in early 1969. Brand new for £90 9/- (that's 45p). About half the London price at the time. Unfortunately it was a very average instrument, as were so many back then, anyway it did me for the next 25 years or so. Apart from 1 gig, unplayed since I moved to 5 strings in the mid 90's.

All IMO. . . . but I'd say there's arguably no point in using flats on an active bass. The possibilities, the dynamics and tonal range of a pre amp are largely wasted on flats. I've put flats on active and passive Jazz type basses and the end result was that I'd moved the sound so far over to P bass that I'd have been better off with a real P bass. In the 90's I upgraded my old Precision with Bartolini pickups. It was a 110% night and day improvement. A year later I thought I'd finish the job and add a pre amp. I put in a top of the range Bart pre amp and improved the sound by . . . about 5%. IME good pickups give you the most benefit to the sound of a P bass. The preamp and J pickup (which I also did) gave such little improvement that, all this time later, I still regret wasting all that money. If you really want a pre amp I'd suggest an outboard pre amp, such as the Sadowsky. My 2p.

What pickups and strings are you using on this P bass.

Let me try tempting you with a Sadowsky RV5. Ad at bottom of post, in my sig.

I saw a guy last night using a passive Fender Jazz through a Super Compact, a Markbass LM800 and an EBS Valve Drive. An absolutely excellent sound.

Good move. I use 1 or 2 SC's depending on the gig. Last week I did a gig with the keyboard player I sold my Berg AE112's to, and I checked out their weight. 30lbs each used to be light but now seems way too heavy.

The difference between the 8 and 4 ohm rating on any amp will be minimal and barely noticeable in a band. What you [i]will[/i] notice is the number of speakers and, more importantly, the sensitivity of the cab. I have a TH500 and use 1 or 2 Super Compacts. I reckon 1 SC with your TH350 would sound very good. This cab is pretty sensitive, which means your watts will make a lot more more volume so the 8 ohms rating shouldn't be the problem that you might find with other, less sensitive, 8 ohm cabs. The BB2 would also be a very good 1 cab solutions. I'd give Alex at Barefaced a call and he can answer your questions.

First point. . . . you're not going to get that tone out of any other amp and cab combination. That's not necessarily a bad thing, just a fact. My last rig was an Aguilar TH500 through a Bergantino CN212. What a great sound. I'm now playing the TH500 through 2 Barefaced Super Compacts. Another world beating sound. Both these rigs are a quarter of the size and weight of the Ashdowns and will go louder with (IMO) better tone. That's the advances in modern gear for you. There are many choices out there but these rigs are two of the best and the ones I know about. You'll need to start auditioning some of the recommendations you'll be getting. Good luck.

[quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1495014979' post='3300398'] I sososo didn't realise that much Tim had passed!!! [/quote] That's what Tim does when you're not looking! Chaps, here's to the next 10.

When I started Duck Dunn and Bill Wyman were the inspirations for most of the bass players on the planet. Bass playing has come along way, melodically, technically and every other way you can come up with. I started ahead of the bass game and saw it race past and leave me in the dust in about 1973. I'd like to have kept up but I'm just better at being what I was back then. Doesn't stop me appreciating others who have a different take on bass playing. From Adam Clayton and Dusty Hill to Wojtek and our own Spoombung it's all good. Bass playing just gets better and better.

I like it. He's an accomplished bassist. It's an exhibition piece of various extreme bass playing techniques. Watching some of this guy's other videos, I'm impressed and wish I could do even a little of that.