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I use an Aguilar TH500. Apparently the fan can get a little noisy on some, but mine doesn't cause me too much trouble. I have no problems with the EQ. Everything is flat and the Drive off, and distortion is not a common issue. I've only heard of with 1 amp with a problem.. I'd also suggest the Genz Benz Shuttle 9.2. They have a very good tone section.

That's all good, but you've got to find a way to modify your technique and play with less force in both hands.

[quote name='Thump' timestamp='1427300709' post='2728579'] How long did it take you to build up enough hardened skin on your fingers so as to not be in pain when trying to play? [/quote] It didn't. I play for hundreds of hours a year and I don't have blisters or callouses. If you're in pain when you play you're doing it wrong. Never mind your fingers, you're risking RSI.

For the last 20 + years I have covered everything you've listed with just one of my fretted 5 string basses. IMO anything else does not come under the heading "need".

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1427045792' post='2725035'] It would be awesome to see someone play a funk gig with a BC Rich Widow! [/quote] Pointy basses can get funky . . . . . Jerry Preston. . . . . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABLwmYI09Lw

I had some time out. When I came back I excluded Off Topic. I should have done that years ago.

We used to do numbers by Etta James, Ann Peebles, Betty Wright, Bonnie Raitt and Koko Taylor. Also by Keb Mo, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Lucky Peterson, Johnny Laing, Brook Benton, Delbert McClinton and Jon Cleary. There's a lot to choose from out there.

Only 20 mins? I've lost years on the sodding internet.

An arranger is never the owner of the song. That's why they get paid a fee and not royalties. But I thought it was OK to steal peoples songs these days, in our online world. YouTube is built on people taking songs without permission. Ironic that someone who nicked the songs in the first place is complaining that what he's nicked has been nicked from him.

I wonder if this guy got permission to use the songs he mixed in the first place?

I'll vote for Kenny Gradney. Consistently one of the best "unknown" players out there.

I have used one of my Aguilar TH500's as a power amp and it worked fine. A Genz Benz Shuttle 9.2 has a very powerful power amp section.

My bands hardly ever rehearse but if we are using a studio we use their gear. Drummers have been know to take their own kit as studio kits are usually smashed to bits by the "shed builders" that they get in these places. To the guys who think they have to have "their sound" at a rehearsal, I would ask; Why are you there? Is playing in a rehearsal studio a gig substitute? Are you preparing for a gig? A full band rehearsal for me is to "top and tail" the arrangements. You should already know your parts before you arrive. I don't care what we sound like, that's not the objective. We're getting the playing in sync and for that, the studio gear is good enough.

IMO it's not worth it to go active or add a J pickup. I prefer passive P basses by a country mile. Put some flats on for a great, fat, warm, vintage vibe. IMO flats don't sound so good on active basses. If you don't like flats then good quality replacement passive pickups could breath fresh life into this bass. I have 2 PJ's. One I bought like it and never use the J because the P sounds so much better on its own and one I modded to add a J. It didn't sound significantly better after I buggered about with it, and it cost a lot to do. Complete was a waste of money.

I'd say there's no point in having a 4 string bass.... because you can play everything you can think of playing on a 4 on the 5, but that doesn't work the other way around. I don't see how a 5 is more tricky to play that a 4. You're only playing the E-G strings on either instrument. It's not like you're reaching over to play complicated stuff on the B string. Are you having muting problems? Whatever it is I would analyse your technique rather than the instrument.

That's a fully rehearsed and post processed recording.

I can strum and play a few tunes on piano. I think piano is a good second instrument for a bass player.

I'm not fond of Markbass cabs but I've heard several players sounding very good with MB cabs, so what do I know! On the other hand, I owned a Markbass LM2 which I played through 2 Aguilar GS112 cabs and an Epifani UL410 and that amp sounded very, very good.

Very sad news.

2 112 cabs will give you a quality of tone and level of volume that 1 cab can't. 2 Barefaced 112 cabs will easily replace any 410.

Out of interest, where in Australia are you?

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1426493206' post='2718374'] ....Walked around the London bass guitar show and despite loads of wonderful gear on show none of it interested me more than my current setup.... . [/quote] I'm so GAS free, I didn't even bother to go. To the OP. Sell the lot. After 6 months, if you've missed any of it, get some more. Otherwise.... what's you next most interesting hobby?

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1426259412' post='2716284'] There are a few problems with the design of the crossover used in the Fearful 15/6. I can't speak for the Barefaced equivalent, although I believe it's more or less the same design.[/quote] I thought Alex designed his own crossover.

A dictatorship is worth it if; a) you're being treated fairly, b ) the band, the players and the numbers are great, c) the work's good and plentiful or d) you're to a lazy to do the work yourself. If you're being told [i]"this band is a democracy, we don't want to do that"[/i]. I'd ask, a democracy for who? And who ultimately decides [i]"we don't want to do that!"[/i] As an aside; Democracy isn't always the best way forward, hence the term, "like trying to herd cats!" I never worked for a company that was a democracy and I did pretty well in most of the working environments I went into.