chris_b

The "what then" is not very comforting. It's one of the risks of owning such products.

You guys are lucky I sound like Kermit gargling with porridge.

212 cabs are great, I've had several, but IMO splitting that up into a modular 2 x 112 rig makes more sense. You can use 1 or both and transport, stairs and living on the upper floors becomes much easier, especially when a cab can weigh as little as 10kg. Some 2 x 112 rigs can be much louder than large cabs, like 410's, 610's etc.

My life as a bass player would have turned out very differently if I could sing.

Recommendation, being at the right place at the right time, being available, being seen. After that it's all about making others want you on the gig, getting your name to the top of their list.

Same here. I usually ask the drummer if the bass is OK for him. Most of the guys I play with have good ears and it's always good to get confirmation from someone you know you can trust. I rarely gig with a different amp. If I do it's at a festival and whatever I do probably won't affect the sound out front. If the amp has an active EQ, always start with the controls at 12 o'clock. I don't care what I sound like at home. I'm working on songs so the sound is the least important thing going on.

Maybe for some, but sadly not for me, which is why today my 112 cabs weigh 10kg each, and I often use a trolley.

I get that some can'/won't do this, but IMO we should all be able to separate work from play and, if we do it properly, enjoy both. I depped for a cover band on Saturday and it was a thoroughly enjoyable evening. The set, band, venue and audience made it a great night. On Thursday I'm gigging with my old fashioned R&B / Rock n Roll/ Ska band. It not really my thing but I expect everyone to be dancing and having a good night, so I will too. Saturday is a dep with a pickup band and, as yet, I have no idea what songs we will be playing. I'll probably find out when we get to the gig!! The jury is out on this one! Sunday is my regular Blues Band. That will be a good evening with an appreciative audience, sitting and listening. Variety and good players keeps it interesting, a happy audience and getting paid makes it worthwhile.

Old school flats? Don't try to find a set of flats that feels like a set of rounds. That's not what they do. Get the heaviest set of LaBella flats you can find, and love the thump.

All good crowd pleasers. That's what Top 40 cover bands are for. I have no problem depping with these numbers in the set. At least I don't have to learn 15 songs that I'll never play again and suffer a lukewarm response from the audience. One song which always raises the roof is Hi Ho Silver Lining. We only have to play the first verse and the audience sings the rest of the song, louder than we're playing! I'm sure the band gets rebooked once a month on the audience reaction to that song alone!

When I was in a duo with an acoustic guitarist I used an Aguilar TH500 and a Bergantino AE112. The tone was incredible. I'm still using the TH500 but the Bergs went awhile ago. For small and quiet gigs I now use a Barefaced Super Compact. Again, beautiful tone.

It was the Sadowsky SBP-2 preamp pedal. I see there’s a version 2 out, mine is v1. I just used my Cort Jazz on tonight’s gig and the preamp worked well.

Hearing protection is not an area where anyone should be cutting corners. Just saying! I've used ACS at Santa Pod, NFL games, concerts and gigs for the last 20 years. A drummer friend has used both and rates Loop Ear Plugs, but I'm sticking to ACS for now.

Chaps, I appear to have lost the ability of marking forums as read. I click on the button and nothing happens. I have signed out and back in again, but the problem continues. Any ideas?

Bands with personal issues; The Kinks, The Beatles, The Stones, Oasis, Pink Floyd, Cream, etc etc . . . . You don't have to like everyone in the band, you just have to be able to make music with them. Success is good at papering over the cracks.

Cheap basses always have cheap pickups and electrics. It's where they cut corners. I have an inexpensive jazz bass which sounds OK in the right circumstances. Putting in Barts, Nordstrands etc would cost more than the bass, and resale value would be through the floor. My solution, which got me half way there was a Sadowsky preamp. On a good day, I can almost imagine I'm playing my Sadowsky Jazz. So get the best preamp you can find.

If this amp is that good it deserves a cab that doesn't get in the way or arbitrarily alter the sound. 2 makes immediately spring to mind that would fit that description perfectly.

Ah. Maybe a darker polish for the front, to cover the marks, and a moisture proof spray for the underside?

My straps are the same. It's on the underside. Does it matter?

It's a house band for an awards show. My guess is that George Duke has something to do with the band, and his bass player for a few years around that time was Larry Kimple, so I'll throw that name into the ring.

As an ex-400+ owner I'm going to have to check this out!!

We had a group of Inca pipers at one time, and today there was a young drummer playing to tracks in the main pedestrian area, but never a busking bass player.

I'm not saying the mk1's sound bad, but I've had both and to my ears the US Barts are several levels better than the mk1's.

That was a new one on me, but they are also called Surrey Amps.