chris_b

Mine would look pretty similar to yours, burst and tort, except they'd have 5 strings. I don't leave any playing marks on my basses.

You say this guy is a "very good drummer", but he isn't because he's not playing with the rest of the band, he playing against you. In your band that makes him a "very bad drummer". So, if I've got this right, you can't fire the drummer, he plays too loud and won't reduce his volume, he won't use a smaller kit and refuses to play with the rest of the guys as part of a band and would rather not play than make any compromises. My first thought is to suggest a drum screen. If that isn't an option I would tell him on the small gigs you're going to use a dep drummer who will play as part of the band and not spoil the gig by being a selfish ****.

No matter what level of player you are, who you are playing with, where you are playing, or the size of the audience, every gig is the Albert Hall and every gig is an audition. If someone is looking for a bass player, why are they going to chose you? Because you give 110% every time you pick up your bass is a good place to start. I've been asked to join bands because the band leader saw me on a gig and liked what he heard. When depping I get asked to join side projects as well. Hal Galper's take on how you play better. View from 3:45 to the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_7DgCrziI8&list=PL-sawkWXMWwjc3Cl3MY4gGaq3l4xIiimE

The band I was in at school had a 3 piece brass section (all jazzers) and parts were provided for all the songs. In amongst the Stax and Chess songs we threw in some Charlie Parker and Charles Mingus. I not only learnt to read music but learnt how to play with other musicians, good technique and playing the groove. I learnt 90% of what I know in that band. The best musical lesson? Play with guys who are better than you.

Rob, check this out.. . . https://audiouniversityonline.com/speakon-connectors/ Use genuine Neutrik speakon connectors. So, use NL2 connectors and daisy chain the cabs.

I've always preferred the sound from the bigger gauge strings. My round wounds were 130 and the TI flats B string on my P bass is 136. My preference is for deeper, warmer tones so I use the thickest strings I can find.

I don't sing. I'm mindful of the mental health and well-being of anyone who accidentally comes within earshot. I'm also not brave enough to try the cold shower. Mrs B is up to 20 secs atm, and my daughter in law goes open air swimming every day of the year at 7 am, and swears by it!! I do one thing Mosley suggested, I walk up and down stairs backwards. It's a killer but very good for your legs, breathing and heart rate.

I've seen the gig diary and address book disappear with a sacked pub manager. The new manager was hoping the bands would turn up anyway, which they did.

A very unpleasant colour scheme!!

Love this guy.

If you need the official info. . . . https://aguilaramp.com/pages/manuals

Hi Rob, the AG500 and AG700 are both good to 2.67 ohms, so connecting 1, 2 or 3 x 8 ohms cabs is fine. I did this with the AG700 for many years. The volume you play at is your preference

There is an audience for this music, as there is for Jazz and Classical. No one's looking happy on a Royal Philharmonic gig. There was never much of a stage show on a Miles Davis gig. Maybe we should be looking at CB and his genre in the same way, instead of lumbering him with unrealistic expectations.

Me neither. Seems to me the OP wants better tone and hopes more speakers will deliver. I think that will true on a gig, at stage volumes, but at home. . . . maybe it's over kill. At home I run a Barefaced 110 and my TH500 turned down to 1. Great sound but still too intrusive for playing at night. I'm thinking of switching to a headphone amp for silent playing.

Eh? I trust an 8 ohm cab to be an 8 ohm cab. You do, we all do! I also trust an amp to be able to run within its specified ohms range. If that is 2.67 then it is absolutely safe to run 3 x 8 ohm cabs. I have done this for years with zero failures. If you had problems you weren't within spec or your gear had other problems. It was nothing to do with the subject of 3 8 ohm cabs and amps running at 2.67 ohms.

All you need is 3 cabs at 8 ohms each and an amp which can run at 2.67 ohms. That's it. All you need to know. No bravery or technical knowledge required.

Do 3 cabs sound better than 2? Well you are moving more air, so if that air sounds good, more will probably sound better. In my case, I used to run 1, 2 and 3 Bergantino AE112's, depending on the band and venue. 2 cabs sounded great, but 3 sounded better and was my favourite config.

GHS (about 11 years old) and TI (about 9 years old) are the flats currently on my basses. Both sound good to me. My next set will probably be Labella Deep Talking Flats. I'm interested in some vintage thump. I also put foam under the strings at the bridge.

Last year saw some buying and selling, but the only thing I remember buying this year was a Korg clip on tuner.

Sales of a superlight range of Precision and Jazz basses, with top quality build, components and materials, wold tap markets Fender are ignoring. The "oldies" have the cash, have played Fender in the past and would probably buy a Fender again, if it suited their requirements.

At a festival in July I played with 3 bands and did a gig with one of them in the evening. Never say no to a gig! So far 2024 will total 80 gigs with 18 bands. On the other hand, I'm in 3 bands and had to cancel 16 gigs, due to 2 band leaders having surgery and one falling ill and sadly dying! I need to start playing with 30 year olds!!

There are never enough good gigs in the diary. And yes, this year I gigged on my birthday .. . twice, afternoon and evening.

And as I said earlier, they aren't even very good at that. Look at all the P and Jazz basses being made by other companies!!

The issue could be your amp. Which one were you using? Barefaced cabs are not coloured. What you put in is what you get out. We often rely on the limitations of the cab to get our sound. An amp can sound very different when the sound isn't being altered by the cab.

Alembic were experimenting with brass plates attached to the back of the headstock, but the Fatfinger was developed by Groove Tubes.