Jack

Nope. As with most things, you can get VERY VERY VERY close, but if you wants tubes, then you want tubes. I am more than happy to give up the last 1% of tube tone for my lighter, easier, cheaper and full-featured GK MB Fusion.

If you want to make a massive difference to a middling pa system, look into aux fed subs. Really cleans up the tops and helps with clarity IME.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1366025094' post='2047344']- Whoever said that it has a ridiculous, unusable scoop either had a broken mid eq, or does not know how to use tone controls[/quote] Curious to know which of those two relates to me.

[quote name='Nsoul' timestamp='1364644896' post='2029142'] Because not all the pedals are in front of overdrive, are they [/quote] Mine are. I use all my pedals in front of the very same amp, using both channels.

I have one. Not overly enamoured if I'm honest. I'm sending it away for the clean low end mod, that might change my mind.

You probably haven't done any damage, but yes pedals go in front of the amp generally. :-)

Id find it hard to believe they don't want people buying their products. I have 2 and would have 2 more now if they were in stock.

Cort Curbow, or maybe one of the newer copies. Can't vouch for the latter but the originals were brilliant. I only regret selling 2 basses, and that's one of them. EDIT - But you've bought an SGC, good choice too!

don't really like fake relics either, but I'll admit at least yours looks like it was done through age. Most look reliced. And I hate it in a shop where 3 'old' basses have the exact same wear pattern. My Fender is 10, and as well as the battle scars there's a slight rub through to the wood where my forearm sits. Love it.

Somebody made one on here a while back using a class D module. Like everyone else I just use the effects return on my amp when I need to.

Kev bought a Zoom b9.1ut from me. Smooth transaction, good bloke.

I was gonna suggest the Will Power and was pleased to see it already being discussed. There's one in my P that does mostly D# but three songs a night in C#. It sounds brilliant, really meaty and punchy. It's a specific thing, there's not as much warmth or subtlety as you normally set with a P but it does the 'rock with a pick', JJ Burnell thing really, really well. I can recommend Fender Nickel Tapers, too. .45-.110tw.

I can understand some of this 'if you're paying covers you should be being paid' is simply because if there were enough good people playing for free nobody would pay the rest of us to do it. To specifically answer the question: I gig because I enjoy it and so that I can spend ridiculous amounts on gear and not feel guilty. As long as it's money I've earned from gigging who can complain?

Looks like a [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/cat.html?gf=solid_state_bassheads&oa=pra"]Behringer[/url], it's new B-Stock but I haven't seen many used heads go for that.

I have to admit to having done at least 3 or 4 'first one for free' gigs at local venues but we've always been pretty confident we would get other gigs out of it and so far it's worked and we've been re-booked every time. I dislike it intensely, (no, I'm not saying 'hate'!) but unfortunately I've been outvoted 4 to 1 so there it is. As a band though we're simply not doing gigs where the fee has any kind of variance. Absolutely NO 'percentage of bar takings' or 'people on the door' gigs. How do we know how many drinks the bar has sold? Those gigs where there isn't a set fee are the ones where the landlord is always adjusting. How many times have to heard "well that's £300 for you guys but you used the PA, the soundman needs his £50 and someone stepped on a monitor, so here's your £90." Nope. Agree a fee, have it in writing and stick to it.

This isn't helping. Does anyone want my SR4?

I don't buy that it's an eq thing. I keep the bass and treble on the bass low and the amp has flat bass and treble with both high and low mids boosted. GKs are middy anyway and my Barefaced stack is hardly mid-shy.

[quote name='Jimmi Clarke' timestamp='1363220265' post='2010190'] Hello!! this is my first post!! this forum is very cool! I've been a Stingray user since i was 19 and i'm now 32 i've been a full time freelance bass player all that time too. I love the the whole vibe of the Stingray they built to be played! they're amazing apart from the stock pickups, they just aren't great. I fitted an East U-Retro on an HS Stingray I used to own and I love the east preamps but it sounded nasty. When I changed the pickup I finally had the bass I wanted! You did the right thing! Enjoy! [/quote] Welcome to BC Jimmi. What did you change the pickup to in the end?

Are we talking about the Nordy mm4.2 here? As has been mentioned, if they copied the EBMM formula properly why does this fix the issue? Are there any other decent replacements out there? If I could have a flat top (no exposed pole pieces) and solve the G thing I' be chuffed.

Hey folks. The band I'm in plays standard rock and pop covers. Usually I use my Fender P Bass and the set is roughly half fingers, half pick. We tune down half a step (for reasons I can't fathom, but hey ho) so most of the night my tuning is D# G# C# F#. This has been just fine with Fender Super Bass 45 65 85 110 that do brilliantly. We've recently added 2 songs however that are originally in drop D, so we're having to go to C# G# C# F# and the .110 is getting a bit floppy. I'm happy to go to a heavier string (something like a .120) but I don't want to write this bass off as always being in that tuning. I still want to play it in D# all the rest of the night and I like it in E for my playing at home. I'm worried that anything heavier than a .110 would be really bad for the neck in D# or E. Personally I'm tempted to just put up with the slight flop for the two songs. Thoughts?

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1362949603' post='2006694'] All these years and I never knew it was a Fender. Bizarre!! It's a shame they don't make more unique instruments, despite the fact that they don't need to. [/quote] IIRC his original bass was a custom luthier job and when AAF became somewhat famous Fender offered to make it into a production bass.