chris_b

I've played thousands of songs. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to play thousands more. I don't have any songs on my to do list, but the one thing I always wanted to do, and never had the opportunity, was to play in a band with 2 drummers.

How can you be a musician and decide music has not had "a great impact on your life"? I had seen live music before, orchestras, the cheesy dance band playing at the holiday hotel, but the first "proper" gig I went to, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, was an earth shattering moment, one of the greatest impacts on my life, as was the urge to buy a bass, learn how to play it and get into a band. Those two linked events were responsible for the path my whole life has taken.

Sorry, I have no idea which. I would expect "services", though.

They are Warwick basses made in China with no Sadowsky parts or input. When comparing with other Far East basses they might be considered a truffle expensive.

One of my bands does a regular monthly gig. We did our first gig for 18 months last week and were told the pub wanted to pay us via PayPal!!!! I've not come across that one before! Apparently they don't want to be handing over cash. Anyone see any downsides to being paid this way?

Hi Blue, hope you're good. All good advice.

Same for bass players.

Bergantino have discontinued nearly as many products as Markbass!!! I wonder why they do that?

Most of my favourite albums are live, Delbert McClinton, Little Feat, The Band, Edgar Winter, Talking Heads, Johnny Winter, SRV, Tina Turner, Keb Mo, Bonnie Raitt, Otis Redding, James Brown, Albert King, BB King, Clapton, Bob Marley, Derek and Clive, The Stones and Humble Pie.

Sounds like you've got a Trigger's Broom there. I'd have sold this bass and bought one that has no problems.

The first Precision was honey blond with a maple fretboard and a black pick guard.

Sunburst? That's the perfect colour scheme for a bass, with Tort and Rosewood, of course. I have 3 burst basses and while it wasn't something I planned, I'm very happy with the look of them.

My influences come in two phases. At the beginning it was Bill Wyman and Willie Dixon, followed by Duck Dunn and John McVie. The second phase consists mainly of Duck Dunn, Nathan East and Reggie McBride. Every good bass player and every great bass line has been an influence, but these are the guys who actually informed my playing style, tone, patterns and ideas.

The difference in running an amp at 8 ohms and at 4 ohms is marginal. A better cab will get you more volume than worrying about ohms. As you are already a BF owner, if you are running a 210 and want to upgrade, I'd suggest a BF Super Compact. Since buggering up my back again I've been using 1 SC and my 700 watt amp. So that's 350 watts into a 112 and it's loud enough to match a very noisy covers band, 2 guitars, keys and drums.

I'd love to have one of these. How much did it go for?

Don't go into an audition putting yourself or your playing down. Just smile, do your best and let them make all the decisions based on what they hear. not what you tell them.

I was definitely not match fit and my stamina and strength was diminished, but I could play my bass and all the numbers I was asked. I played my bass pretty much every day during Lockdown #1.

Everything about musical instruments and playing them is an evolution. You think you have a "<name instrument here> for life" and then you find a better one or you turn a corner in your playing/technique and your world moves on. Where ever your current bass sits in your world, there will always be a better one out there. That's an opportunity.

I gigged a Musicman HD150 and HD212EV in the 80's. It weighed more than a small planet and, in usual Leo Fender style, had only one strap handle on the top. A 90lb one handed lift? Just poor design. Sounded good but my Dynacord 115 EV combo sounded better. The laws of physics do apply, that's why some modern cabs sound so good. Of course most modern cabs will be "expensive" when compared to a 40 years old cab. But if you are interested in saving your back, the extra cost is well worth it.

Geat bass playing. Nice to see Chaka Khan singing and not shrieking for once.

Low mids is where the good bass lines live.

If the cabs you're listening to don't do enough low end, you've got to start listening to the cabs that do. They are out there and there is a great selection.

Which head? The 800 Pure looks interesting. Does anyone on BC use one? I use very little EQ from the preamp, just the amps baked in sound, so I'm wondering if my basses will sound good with no EQ at all.

Older Trace stuff is. . . . . well, old! Age has it's own effects on electrical components. The last failure I had was an all valve amp in 1999. Not so much as a sniffle with any SS and D class amps since.

My guess is that a BT2 isn't the cab to use in a punk band. My first Barefaced cab was a BB2. The difference between it and my previous cabs was a shock (mostly the amount of bass response) and I spent all my time trying to tame the bass. I emailed Alex and his reply was, "Why did you buy one of those? I'd have recommended a Super Compact!" I bought the SC and that was it. "My" sound. So buying the right cab is the first lesson. The second lesson is that a new cab won't sound like your old cab. Never does. I have recalibrated my ears and now I have a BB2 that I am happy with. There isn't any boom, but there is way more bass than with many cabs. I don't see that as a down side. If it's too much then Alex has more appropriate cabs available.