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My 1 x 12 turned up this afternoon. Very robust looking thing. It'll be a couple of weeks before I can play it in anger.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='393748' date='Jan 28 2009, 03:24 PM']It doesn't do effects, not sure of the memory capacity. It's very small in physical size. I tend to put it on "auto record" and just mark the occasional riff. I use it on average 30 minutes per day, and I only leave it plugged into the computer for 10 minutes while I copy the files etc. This gives you an idea of the amount of time it can record for, and the amount of time the battery lasts for. The Zoom H4 has always looked great to me, but I have a proper recording set up so this little line6 dealy is just what I need and nothing more.[/quote] I'm curious to know if you could plug a mic into the backtrack's guitar input? Say a boundary mic to make rough recordings of rehersals?

Are 70's jazz pups a different spec to more modern ones? From my ear, the older one is alot louder than the more modern,(bridge), one. Is there some physics behind this? Were older Fender stock pups hotter than newer ones? I like the old pup but when I hit the series switch, I've totally lost the 'thump' I used to have. To the point where soloing the neck pup is the softest sound I can now get, (it used to be the S1 switch on, by a country mile). :wacko:

OH MY GOD IT'S GHASTLY.... ...that rug's got to go! Nice bass btw.

So the neck pup on my S1 Jazz gave up the ghost the other day. It stopped working in the hands of a local accomplished bassist, who was mortified, and promised to rectify the situation. True to his word he came around yesterday with his toolkit and the nice 3 bolt mid 70's Jazz he'd been waxing lyrical about, (after feeling the weight of it, I'll never complain mine's too heavy ever again). We identified the pup had given up, so he swapped it for one he'd taken out of his old Jazz, (which was already sporting some Seymour Duncan Antiquity's). I promised not to sell the guitar to crack converters until he'd promised to aquire a new set of stock Fender pups for me. Today though, I've noticed my warm S1 tone has almost vanished. Without the S1 on it sounds alot harsher and barks, (not such a bad thing), but in series I feel I'm not getting even a quarter of the fuzzy warmth I used to. Here's the question. Is it a bad idea to match a stock mid 70's neck pup with a mid 00's bridge pup?

This is excellent news, congratulations!

+1 on everything said so far. They say you never forget your first time! This takes me back to the first time I popped my performing cherry, which was last week. I've been playing in solitude on and off for 15 years and decided about a year ago that playing bass and not performing with other musicians is like buying a computer and never connecting to the internet, useful but ultimatley your missing out on the main point of it all. One aborted band and a couple of rehersals later and it was my time to get up at the local jam night. The guy passed me the house bass and I stared at the fret board blankly, the count started and we were off. It happened and a few notes were fluffed... but not by me! Our three songs later and I exited the stage ASAP to polite applause and hit the bar. As I passed my money to the barmaid I noticed I was shaking like a leaf. I likened it to losing your teenage virginity. It just gets to the point where you want it to happen and you don't really care how. All too soon it was over and, although it wasn't great, it was still a buzz. We got up again this week for my second ever performance and we'd all improved and relaxed 100%, to the point where the audience wouldn't let us go without an encore. It didn't register at the time, but I woke up the next day with a big smile on my face. The 40 or so people there had thought it was great and I'd thought, "that wasn't so difficult and I've never enjoyed playing the bass more in my entire life". Don't worry about the nerves, relax, enjoy and by the time you're head hits the pillow, you'll be dreaming of doing it all over again.

Hi there, I'm a Wallasey/New Brighton bassist. I'm sure there's a few more Merseyside bass players on the site. There's an open mike night in the Clarence every Thursday evening if your bored and round that way. I'll be there this evening, the one playing The Girl From Ipanema. Andy.

That's very pretty. How are you getting on with the short scale? Awkward? Easier?

Oh and just to add, I don't need built in compression. I have a Demeter Compulator pedal that does that sort of thing.

[quote name='pal1972' post='715605' date='Jan 17 2010, 12:34 PM']what about the EA micro?? nice and light, powerful, small...and did i mention i have one for sale!???[/quote] I did see your amp for sale. It seems to have only one speakon output though and I think I'm looking for something with two.

I am considering the Shuttle 6.0 especially as they keep cropping up on the used amps forum... I've no qualms about buying used.

Tha Markbass amps do seem to be a bit of an industry standard... but which one to go for? I'd like to get the most out of the cabs.

I've recently dispensed with my (admittedly very nice) Ashdown 410 300w combo because it just wasn't practical. I live in a middle flat at the top of a tiny metal staircase and the size and weight of the thing meant it was a nightmare to move. Halfway down the stairs I've thought this thing is slipping and either gonna break, or more likely break me. Also I can't drive and, well it just wasn't happening. So it's sold... After perusing the lightweight cabs on offer, I've plumped for a Purple Chilli 112 cab. One should be with me in the next week or so, with the intention of purchasing another one later in the year. Here's the [url="http://www.purple-chili.com/bass-cabs/pcb112nt.htm"]blurb[/url]. It'll handle 300w RMS at 8 ohms. Question is... which lightweight head to power them with? I've done a little research and have a couple of products in mind, but must admit to being a little ignorant about amps. I thought it might be more interesting to open this question upto the forum, and with your help, hopefully avoid any costly schoolboy mistakes. I've recently been roped in with a group of MOR jazz noodlers. Not my first choice of music, but then again I'm a bit of a musical magpie. Music across all genres appeals to me, nothing's too broad or highbrow, so in the future I could be playing metal or country and western... who knows. I currently play a nice 2007 american S1 Jazz with no intention of changing anytime soon. At this afternoons rehersal I'll have to play through a 25w Laney practice amp that sounds like an incontinent dog on Boxing Day after being surrepticiously fed the kids brussel sprouts under the christmas table. I'd like to say money's no object... but I'm not a rich man. If somethings worth it though, things can be saved for. tl;dr? Your recommendations for a micro amp for two 300W @ 8ohms cabs please.

Very nice. I used to have one with dual active pups, twas a lovely guitar.

All for only two grand...thats a steel.

That bass was made to be heard on the radio... but I want one!

AAAaaaarrrrrggghhh! I hate this thread.

One of the many overpriced guitars that click by unsold on ebay every week. First inclination is to pour scorn, but then you think about it from the sellers point of view. The majority of them probably don't want to sell, but need the money. Then they think of how much they paid for it originally and think of a figure they would have liked to pay for it.. unable to comprehend just how much of a buyers market it is out there these days... ...but I think this one might just be trying his hand.

I'd just like to add my voice to the chorus of approval. Tis very nice!

You could do worse than purchasing a nice preloved bass from the classified forum here. You'll get alot more bang for your buck with a second hand guitar. I'm a firm beliver that nice guitars demand to be played well & often, and starter basses are more likely to end up neglected under the bed/on top of the wardrobe.