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If your bass gets damaged in a gig bag, you've bought the wrong one. Cheap thin bags are not much better than a paper bag but get a proper one with full padded protection then it will take deliberate misuse to damage your bass. I have a hard case for all my basses but I only use a leather Harvest gig bag. I'm the only person who carries the bass so my gig bag gives plenty of protection. As an alternative, the Mono M80 Boot looks pretty good to me.

I'd sell what you don't use, or only use infrequently. If you're gigging then I think you need 2 of everything, but my approach is to have fewer pieces of better gear. They usually feel nicer to play and make you sound better. And take up less space!

I'm with Meddle on this. IMO great, creative playing but that Hofner is one of the least pleasant sounding basses on record.

The ACS PRO range seems to be aimed at singers.

Mine is set up as mid level, bass and treble at 1 o'clock and drive and mid freq at 11 o'clock. Gain at 12 and master at 9 or 10. But all that really depends on the band, the bass and cab.

The fan switches on when it's needed.

What else is needed? A great PA and a guy with good ears to mix it.

[quote name='Marty Forrer' timestamp='1457045549' post='2994906'] Just wanted to give a shout out for Barefaced cabs. I mostly play double bass, and run a GK MB800 head into a high quality "other brand" cab. The damage to my back means light weight is my catch cry , so I bought a Barefaced One10 cab. Perfect! Light, well built, loud, great tone, can hear myself on stage easily. So good in fact I sold my other cab and have ordered another One10 to give me a modular rig. How much money would I have saved over the decades if I'd had this gear back then? [/quote] It's good when a plan comes together.

I've always found that the problems IE's fix are also fixed by using musicians who can play well, play together, get a balance and level and don't act like a bunch of amateurs.

That's explained by "Shadows tribute". I know a band who have decided to move from playing Cream covers to becoming a Cream tribute. This seems to have been achieved by just buying all the right gear. For me (and I suspect the audience) there is no difference except they are each several thousand pounds the poorer. It's interesting to see what successful bands do when they replace an original member. Nile Rogers doesn't require Jerry Barnes to play the exact BE bass parts, Craig Fuller didn't try to copy Lowell George when Little Feat reformed and gong right back to when Peter Green joined John Mayall, he didn't play any Clapton lines at all.

If you make a bass that is so good everyone is falling over themselves to play one then you don't need endorsers to sell them for you.

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1456966062' post='2994162'] And finally, does anyone else play the bass balls up in Jean Genie - I always do and it sounds wrong any other way to me!! [/quote] I've only played this once and I didn't include the mistake. Sounded much better to me.

Great sound.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1456942468' post='2993873'] But surely this must be the definitive live version: [/quote] Why? It's very good but so was the 94 video (with that note!), as was the stunning version Dave Gilmour played at the Albert Hall last year.

At last. . . a McCartney bass sound that I like.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1456908529' post='2993337'] Of course Wal now have me flying the flag for the marque and all the prestige that bestows... [/quote] They paid me a fortune to stop playing their basses.

Apparently Van Morrison signed away most of his early songs and gets virtually nothing if they are used in films etc. He's been re recording most of the popular ones so that when asked if his stuff can be used he makes them use the newly recorded versions. That way he gets some money out of the use of his songs. There were some very clever copies done in the past, when bands hadn't woken up to the revenue potential of their songs. This version Levi's recorded of Heard It Through The Grapevine is a classic in its own right. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT4DR_ae_4o"]https://www.youtube....h?v=wT4DR_ae_4o[/url] edit - spelling!

Good for them. At least the artists and writers are making some money from their work.

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1456828307' post='2992545'] Ah, don't assume that the artist knows how it's supposed to go Seriously - the recorded performance may have been improvised, yet gone on to be definitive in the eyes (and ears) of the audience, so that's 'how it goes'. [/quote] I think that sums up Maggie May. A bottle of brandy later and that's how every bass player is supposed to play it, cock ups and all!

When I needed a low volume rig I looked at all the combo's. The AER Bass combo's are the only ones I thought came close but the price was way to high for me. I settled for a Berg AE112 and my regular amp. Small, light and maintaining a high quality of tone at a reasonable price. These days, for tone and volume and smallest footprint, I'd also be seriously looking at the smaller Barefaced cabs.

I'm biased. I've been using a TH500 for a couple of years. I liked it so much I bought another as a backup. The TH500 apparently uses the same power module as other 900 watt rated amps. Don't be distracted by it's lower rating. This is a loud amp. So I'd get the TH500 and start saving up for some Bergantino or Barefaced cabs to go with it.

In a band a long time ago, we had a keyboard player (usually a great player) who had worked out the run down to Living For The City.. . . . and it was wrong. It sounded very bad against the bass line (which was right) and the band were very fed up with me when I refused to change the bass part to fit with the keys. Apparently I was being unreasonable by insisting that the key board player played the right line!!! Know when to make a stand and when it's not worth it. The joys of being in a band.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1456736813' post='2991745'] It's just during the chorus. 1:38 on here. [/quote] Sounds perfect.

Leo Fender didn't personally make any basses. He always had a team of people doing all that, while he sifted through the ideas and ran the company.

I don't know what you're all listening to, but I'm listening to Guy Pratt playing a 5 string status with Pink Floyd in 1994. Sounds like perfect 5 string bass playing to me.