chris_b

We've just had a gig cancelled because of the World Cup. I wonder how many more. . . . .

I turned up late to a pub gig and found that the guitar, drums and keys had set up and left me precisely zero space!! During the whole process of load in and set up it hadn't occurred to them that a bit of room might be needed for a bass player with his gear. I tried to make a joke about it but in my head there was a megaphone shouting "you brainless d*ckheads."

Another Will Lee/Anton Fig rhythm section. Love this one. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCkx5O7zUU0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCkx5O7zUU0[/url]

50% of the stage for the singer, 25% for the guitarist, 20% for the drummer and 5% for the bass player. If you have keyboards and/or a brass section they have to fit into the bass players 5%.

Maybe it would work if you wove the felt through the strings and put the tape on very loosely. So there is no pressure on the tape. Just to stop the felt sliding out.

[quote name='thegummy' timestamp='1463766380' post='3053971'] I want to try taping a piece of felt over the strings as a mute a la Carol Kaye. [/quote] The CK method is just a light damping of the strings which leaves much of the sustain. Seems like this method would dampen the outside strings more than the inside strings. I've never done this but I would imagine it leaves enough sustain for this to work on a gig. Most foam under the strings is full on damping, which kills so much of the sustain and that IME only works in the studio or when DI ing through a PA system. I've tried foam on a gig and IMO it killed most of the dynamics in my sound. Took too much life out of my playing.

It's a Musicman SR5 with what sounds like an octave pedal.

Good call.

I have not moved far in the last 40 years but I know guys who have and they all had an uphill struggle to penetrate the local music "mafia". Good luck.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1463939729' post='3055169'] So is that each amp connected to one speaker Chris? Been thinking about doing similar with my set-up for bigger gigs. Also, does that mean that whatever eq is on the first amp (the one sending) automatically comes through on the second - as in, irrespective of whatever eq is set on the second amp? [/quote] Hi Lozz, Yes. . . . I had 2 separate TH500 + SC rigs. Plug your bass into the first amp (the send amp) then that amp has the functioning pre. Plug the instrument cable from the send on this amp into the receive on the second amp. The second amp (the receive amp) is only a power amp, the receive socket joins the circuit just before the power amp stage, so bypasses the second pre. Sorry, the explanation gets a bit convoluted but in practice it's very easy.

[quote name='giblett123' timestamp='1463920393' post='3054940'] slaving amps. . . . [/quote] I did this last Thursday where I was the house bass player for a local Jam night. I used 2 TH500's and 2 Super Compacts, joined together with a lead from the Send on one into the Return of the other. That makes 1 pre amp and 2 power amps. What a great sound! I knew it would be. From out front it sounded very full and beefy.

You say you've cured your gas and yet you still want to buy more gear! I'd say you're bored. Have some lessons instead. IMO there's no point in having an ultimate rig if it's just sitting in the back room. You need to find yourself a band first.

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1463857917' post='3054621'] That Jerzy Drozd is quite nice but only three neck bolts? Makes me nervous that the neck will move or snap. And you'd put it out of whack every time you picked it up. Arghhghh it's not viable [/quote] I don't understand how you know more about this bass than Jerzy Drozd does. If he has designed this bass to work with 3 neck bolts then that's all it needs.

Why walk away? If the band is good enough and the rest of the guys to agree, find a new drummer. You can't play with a drummer who can't do the basics, so find a new one.

I was there towards the end of BW, then came all the angst about who owned the site and the data. Then BC. We all lived at a slower pace back then. I went on holiday for 2 weeks and when I came back there were 15 pages of posts to plough through. We get that in a day now!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1463320371' post='3050406'] I tried the MB combo with a Barefaced Compact (G2, 15"), which was a pretty powerful combination but I didn't think it was a good pairing, tonally. [/quote] IMO the better option would have been to take the amp out of the MB combo and use it separately with the Compact.

I'd get a good used American Standard (£500 ish) that plays well, level the frets and set up (£60 ish) and replace the pickups (£100 ish). IMO you'll have a much better bass and one you've put together yourself.

I've had both Ampeg and Mesa Boogie 115 and 210 rigs and they were very loud.

I won't suggest Joe Cocker's version of With A little Help From My Friends this time. How about Resurrection Shuffle by Ashton, Gardner and Dyke. The drummer in the band I was in taught Roy Dyke that drum pattern.

When Talkbass discussed this the general feeling was pretty negative.

[quote name='sellisnba' timestamp='1463735210' post='3053664'] I'm thinking about adding a jazz pickup to my p bass. I was just wondering if anyone had made this modification and what did they think? I'd be looking also to add the extra pot to the pickguard rather than a jack added to the body. [/quote] Yep, done all that. Did the sound improve? Marginally. Was it worth the money? No. Initially I'd replaced the weak Fender pickup with a Bartolini P which was an immense improvement. After a couple of years and coming into some cash I decided to go further. If the Barts were so good I'd I add a matching J pickup and active electrics. Chandler guitars in Kew did the work and the fashioned a new scratch plate the lot. Very good work on their part, but. . . . the sound was different with the J but (IMO) not substantially better than what I had before. If I could turn the clock back I'd just stay with the Bart P and not bother with the rest of the work I had done. In this case it wasn't money well spent. My advice is to get the best set of P bass pickups you can find, then (staying passive) replace the current pots and resistor with better components and play them for a year before you change anything else.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1463670570' post='3053264'] This is how old dance bands worked... they'd have the entire catalogue on the floor as prompts, read the crowd and call the tune. [/quote] That's why you play numbers. The band leader just call 4 or 92 or whatever and that was the number of the chart in the book. Just thought everyone needed to know that!

Just buy the BB2 and try it. As everyone is saying, you'll probably find you don't need either of your old cabs.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1463640435' post='3052942'] No-one has spoken Latin for, what, 1500 years? [/quote] Latin was still spoken in the Hungarian parliament until about 1846. If you watched the Chase you'd have known that! edit for accuracy.

[quote name='AndrewJordan' timestamp='1463664393' post='3053203'] I don't think thats right. [/quote] It is. If the 410 was 4 ohms and the 210 was 8 ohms then you would be right. Although this set up would have to be run by an amp capable of 2.67 ohms. With 2 8 ohm cabs the power is divided equally between the cabs. In this case the smaller cab is potentially the weak link so as long as the 210 can manage the power being sent to it there is no problem.