chris_b

That is not what I said or meant. Why be so aggressive?

As this is usually the case, the sound guy should be wandering around to check the sound out in the room. I don't think I've ever seen them doing this.

I didn't say either of those things!! I said that if your technique is good one bass shouldn't be more "difficult" to play than the other.

I switched from DR Lo-Riders to TI flats on my PJ5 and didn't have to touch the truss rod. That's 130's on the round wounds and 136 for the TI low B. I always use the fattest strings I can find. I think they give me a better tone. I play lightly so tension and string size isn't an issue for me.

Too expensive and only 4 ohms!

All 3 of my covers were made by Roqsolid. Good prices and great covers.

+1 Your three amps through a Super Twin will sound like three different rigs.

I find getting a good sound out of my active Sadowsky jazz bass to be pretty straightforward and not at all complicated. It's a different range of tones to my passive PJ5 but I love having the choice to play both. I don't understand why unplugging active basses is an issue or a problem. I unplug all my basses when they aren't being played. Trailing leads are a risk to all basses.

Many years ago I saw Little Feat at the Shepherds Bush Empire and when they started the sound was wonderful. Just like the records. I was standing by the desk and noticed the sound guy never stopped twiddling!! The sound got progressively worse and ended up an indistinct mush and painfully loud. IMO the biggest part of the sound guys job is to know when to leave well alone. It seems many don't understand the concept of less is more.

Why would you want to change the bass line in the solo? Stay with the same line as you play in the rest of the song.

I wish I'd taken it all more seriously.

My wife's reply is always, " If you think it's good, get it".

SVT3-PRO's go to 10. If you get the EQ right it's as loud as any other amp inthat range.

This. The bassist from Squeeze came along to an SE Bass Bash and he clanked and buzzed through the whole presentation. All the extraneous noises disappear when the other instruments come in.

Sitting in a field isn't how I want to consume my music, but large or small, I think festivals are a great thing. I'm playing at a couple of local festivals next month. Friends went to Glasto every year for decades. They went for the experience as much as the music. The last big festival I went to was Reading 1973. I'm afraid I can't take most of the DJ/presenters on the TV coverage of Glasto, so I don't keep up with who's appearing.

I prefer big basses, then I can hide my gut behind them.

I saw the Southern Knights tour at the Victoria Theatre, about 1976. I can't remember if Larry Carlton was there, but Pops Popwell was mega.

Always take your full rig. The guy might not show up!! But throwing the new piece of kit straight into battle is a no brainer for me.

How hard can it be? You guys need more confidence in your ability to get your sound.

You are right. But that's the way of the world. All I can do is make sure it's not my stinky poo that happens, but someone else's.

Nope. I arrive at a rehearsal knowing the material, so all we have to do is top and tail the songs. A good rehearsal equals a good gig in my experience.

I don't mind making a detour for a good sale. I picked up my Thunderfunk in Cambridge on the way to a gig in Norfolk, picked up my BB2 in Essex on the way to Billericay and picked up my Lull on the way to a gig in Kent. Used them all on the gig. I always have my regular gear with me. So far there have never been any issues. I buy gear to gig, so why not use it at the earliest opportunity.

In winter fur lined leather gloves create havoc with my technique, but apart from that, no.

Nice tone.

It's a new bass so I wouldn't accept any niggles or issues, no matter how slight.