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[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1416050321' post='2606393'] ....We now send a confirmation of dates email to all landlords that have booked us and we follow that up with a phone call the day before the gig to confirm we are still playing.... [/quote] We do between 80-90 gigs a year and have been double booked several times over the years. We now send the posters about a month in advance, email with about 2 weeks to go and phone a week before. That's a 3 step process that is designed to cover all eventualities. But the idiots we have to deal with in these pubs can still screw up. Before now, we've had the thumbs up for the first 2 stages and the been told we're double booked with a week to go. Sometimes it's straight incompetence but we know other times a local band, with a following, has been put in! If it's the latter we tell them to stick their gig. Most of these "problem" guys aren't even good at running a pub, which is why there is such a high turnover of pub managers, and they're even worse promoters. Unfortunately it's the word cover bands inhabit.

I'm on TB. All I look at are the Basses, Amps and Basses For Sale threads. It's a good source of info, although a few good and knowledgeable members are posting less these days. Which is a shame.

I'd play a single cut. If I was in the market for a new bass and one came up that I liked the look of, sounded great, played well and at the right price I'd jump at it. Err. . . but that's what I did when I bought all my basses.

Yep. We're stuck with sounding like us, so we'd better start doing it better.

[quote name='largo' timestamp='1415709914' post='2602860'] ....but aren't "pub" gigs where gear is all thrown into a trailer or van?.... [/quote] No. If you don't look after your gear and it gets damaged as a result, that isn't the fault of the gear!!!

You may or may not like Brian's music (or his videoing style), but he always used the best bass players on his records. These guys are just top quality. Alex Al [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRAMBbDZ3oE[/media] Nathan East [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts7HsaE2IB8[/media] Nathan Watts [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl-bVs1INtY[/media]

Don't confuse light with weak. If you want to break a Mesa Boogie cab you can. Barefaced cabs are braced and are strong enough to survive being dropped, several times, down a flight of concrete stairs. Which is what Alex did when he tested one of the original Compacts to destruction.

This is all very cleaver stuff, but he always sounds to me like he needs to hire a bass player for the band.

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1415563488' post='2601520'] If you were in a regular Pub/club gigging band & wanted the best transportable rig you could get & didn't want the hassel of external pedals, just plug in & play what would you get ? [/quote] I already got it. A Lull PJ5 into a TH500 into a Berg CN212, and sometimes a Thunderfunk 750 into a Berg 112 and 212.

No definition? I'd look at the way you've eq'ed the amp. I've played my Thunderfunk through 1 and 2 gen2 Compacts and IME you get out what you put in.

Guys, good choices.

Don't worry about all the advice about re tuning the cab. It probably wasn't scientifically designed in the first place. How many cabs out there were built to the "wet finger in the air" principal, and still sound pretty good in a band? Quite a lot. I'd replace both speakers with the ones Korg is suggesting. They should sound better than the originals.

There are many things I would not buy because of the price tag. It doesn't make them "not worth it" or a waste of money. If you can afford a Fodera, and can [i]appreciate[/i] what it is, buy one and play it every day. It will be one of the best basses you've ever picked up.

I'm running a TH500 with a Barefaced Big Baby 2. It sounds great but hasn't quite knocked my Barefaced CN212 off the top spot for the louder gigs yet. 2 BB2's might just do it though. Molan is right, the TH500 will make any cab sound great. Same as Bergantino cabs make any amp sound great. I heard a generation 3 Compact awhile back and it was like listening to a Motown record. I loved it. Why is the 18" deep SL112 a problem? The Berg 12's are 15" and the Compact is 12". Why is that extra 6" a deal breaker?

I'd suggest separates. If you get a combo you're stuck with selling the bit you might like because of the bit you don't like. A good neo 212 cab or 2 112's and a 500 watt amp is a good place to start and will get you a great sound. . . . and get a trolley.

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1415048250' post='2596155'] ....Ideal sound to me, and I got no idea what gear he used, would be the sound Tiran Porter got on early 70s Doobies tracks like Long Train Running.... [/quote] For the Doobies gigs I saw in 1973 he was using an Ampeg SVT and 810 cab.

Chaps, Right after Jack's Pilates talk, I was standing by Dave (OBBM)'s rig, a Mesa Prodigy amp going into a CN212, and someone was playing an ACG 5 string bass. It only occurred to me later that I liked the sound of that combination. So can anyone tell me, which ACG bass was being played?

I have my 1968 P bass, bought new, under the bed. Apart from 2 gigs about 10 years ago it's been there since the mid 90's. It was never a "classic". It didn't start life as one of Leo's gems and years on the road haven't been very kind to it. Too many parts have either worn out or broken and been replaced, and it's been extensively modded to overcome some of the inadequacies of the instrument. We've been through a lot together so while there's even the remotest chance I'll play it again it'll be there waiting.

Convert the lot into a Mike Lull P bass and some cash.

Thanks to Colin and Nick for the arrangements. Twas good to meet up again.

If you're trying to bend the neck forwards, retune all the strings up 1 or 2 tones.

fEARful and Fearless cabs designed by Dave Green (Greenboy on Talkbass), and pretty much in the Barefaced ballpark of bass reproduction.

Sounds to me like you're going in the right direction with your gear. When I was younger I was a busy player and didn't worry much about the detail of my sound. Loud and bassy was good enough. Then I had a lay off and when I came back I found my playing had evolved/grown up into a "less is more" approach, and when you're playing fewer notes, the better they are, the better your playing will sound. IMO, to sound your best the bass, amp and cab must have a synergy so that all parts of the signal chain compliment each other. Each part builds on the other parts. I set the volume and do one brief EQ (usually just setting the bass control) at the start of the gig and usually never touch the controls again. After the first gig with my Lull, I asked the guitarist (a very good player) what he thought of the new bass. I was hoping he'd tell me how much better it sounded. All he said was, "It was very good but it sounded like you." It took me awhile to work out that he was paying me a compliment. Enough waffle. Always play the best gear you can, and your playing will shine through.

Nathan East and Reggie McBride. Two of the best sounding bassists playing today.

On Talkbass the CN212 and the GK MB800 get a lot of good reviews.