warwickhunt

Indeed but tbh the roadworn sunburst isn't getting the use it deserves since I got the gold one!

I couldn't find a JJ pup config on a P style body so I actually had a VS professionally routed for the TT pup config. I can revert the neck pup back to P and have the scratchplate to match.

My Sandberg 'Wall of shame'!

£150 for a practice tool... I'm sure there are lots of options that do the same thing (maybe not as well but it is to practice with... does it need to be that good?) for a lot less money. I'm not about to throw out my Mooer Prime P1.

The other obvious thing is that the Screw On (they aren't 'bolted' on) body is predrilled to accept the screws; it's not like they just stick 4 screws through a blank piece of timber into the neck!

'Easy' to find... you sure?

I looked at converting a bass to 12 and the neck size, rigidity aside, the cost of parts started to stack up. One of the big hurdles was sourcing a 12 string bridge as they aren't exactly an off the shelf item. Modifying other bridges needs to include the octave strings being intonated separate to the bass strings. One way to get round it is to buy a donor 12 string bass... Oh wait!

"I haven't ever tilted it or put it on a stand off the floor" Direct coupling with the floor is generally not a great thing any way as you often just get 'boom'. There is a point where boundary reinforcement is lost when lifting a bass cab/combo off the floor but tilting it or lifting it 12"-18" isn't going to harm/lose you bottom end.

Pinged you a message Kev.

I've used loads (and loads) of amps over the years and once you get above a 300 (genuine) watt rating, with a reasonable speaker array (210, 112 or 115... heck some good 110 cabs will cut it) you generally have enough power to be heard over an enthusiastic drummer; especially in a rehearsal room. However, what the guitarist(s) are doing, your EQ, room size/shape, cab positioning, drummer location etc can all affect how well you'll be heard. As others have said, you all need to be looking at ear protection, especially in small rehearsal spaces where you are playing with a drummer (cymbals destroy bass players ears). Get everyone else to turn down would be my starting point; the drummer playing at their comfortable level should be the loudest thing in the band, if you are drowning any of the drums out you are too loud... says the man who has been in many pitched battles with overly loud bandmates! LOL Oh and I had reason to use a Rumble 500 combo at a rehearsal room the other week and it was seriously loud when it was barely ticking over, so I don't think the gear is at fault unless it is set up incorrectly!

Come and pop in for a coffee mate... we have a pair of MS8000 into our X32 and it is sitting in my music room! MS8000 > 0.5m XLR/XLR to the X32 and the other outs to a 16 tailed loom/snake.