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Sat in with Stevie Daniels at the White Swan near Newmarket. Great crown…lots of dancing and compliments. Debut gig for my new Elf head paired with Genz Benz 12’s. First set was with my Spectracore 5 fretless, then used the Peavey Dynabass for set two. All worked really well, and the Elf didn’t even get warm.

This is great advice!

There are, imo, different steps involved in learning to read notation. First comes understanding the actual notation for pitch and rhythm. The other step is being able to read music at tempo. I guess the last step is being able to sightread at tempo…this takes years to master. The other complication include key signatures, choosing where to play a passage on the neck as you are reading it, and, in the case of a lot of written out jazz parts, dealing with rhythms that are not exactly as written and parts produced by non-bass players that are unplayable as written. Then, at last you master all of this, get a pit gig for a musical, and have a singer need to go down a step on the night…. please don’t get discouraged though…all it takes is time

I picked an Elf up last week and have been using it with a Genz Benz 12. Very well pleased, especially with a bass with hotter pickups. Not at all bothered by the fan noise.

Nice! I have the Focus version of this 12…wonder if there is a tonal difference

I’ve got a dynabass 5 with the super ferrite pickups…massive sound and a very slim, jazz bass-like neck.

….tone is in your fingers….ducks

This is exactly my current rig…

Two Genz Benz 112’s for most things, but the Trace Elliot 410 and 115 are in the garage. Trace vintage power…GP12 smx 400w. I am thinking about getting an Elf for home and small/ medium gigs

Have you reinforced your floor?

So…we all park at your place!

I’d love to have the 63 jazz back, along with the 68 unlined fretless P that I traded for it. However, the one I really would love to have back was a MPC Outlaw, with the plug-in effects modules. A really surprising bass that was my backup for years.

Not quite a gig, but was in Germany with students at a jazz festival. I was the Rhythm Section Instructor for the top jazz band Long days but good fun with a bunch of great young musicians.

I have a hard time believing that my 4x10 weighs more than my car!

Wondering how heavy that beast is…

This one has the super ferrite pickups…definitely not meh

The two fretted basses are both active, but both are ‘80’s tech.

It looks like my gigging bass lineup is going to be a Pedulla MPV5, Spector Spectracore fretless 5, and a newly aquired Peavey Dynabass, which could use an updated preamp. My other thought is to get a preamp pedal, which could be more useful. I would then run the peavey in passive mode. I really like how handy tone adjustment is with an onboard preamp, but have never used an external one. Any thoughts on pros and cons would be helpful.

Love your experience….just reminds me that 99% of people, band mates included, don’t know or care what rig we use….doesn’t stop us from obsessing though…:)

I was around when inexpensive basses were Teisco and the ilk. Really cheap and hard to play. CBS Fenders were uneven. Nobody at that time wanted a Fender that wasn’t pre-CBS. Gibson was just starting to make interesting basses. Most everything else was way too expensive. Kramer, Ovations, etc were just out. It was hard to find a gig-worthy bass that was affordable. I was lucky to find a 63 Jazz. Today, you can buy a very serviceable instrument for £200 or less. Being a real gear snob, I resist this, but admit that having good affordable instruments is real progress, and won’t throw stones.

I like using mine for country gigs. It’s probably the only bass I need, but sometimes I need more bite. I’ve had both lined and unlined. I like the lined, especially when reading charts in jazz situations. Never had a ponytail.

Thanks…it’s pretty much become my most played bass. It sits great into a band mix.

If you wouldn’t mind a longer scale, I love my Spectracore.