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Here is my rig! And a mod I made to my Stingray, a custom rosewood scratch plate. Enjoy!

Bass player available, based in Newcastle. Compitent in many genres, reliable and punctual. Dan

I have a Stingray, which i active, and i love it. I also have a fretless which has a passive option on it, I never use it, I dont like the sound as I feel it sounds weak. I also have a Mark Bass cab and if you find the output is really loud lower the input gain and raise the master as the previous poster mentioned. Active will always be louder than passive. Like ive mentioned, I dont like passive, I dont see the point but it will give you that more of a retro sound if thats what you're after. Hope this helps. Dan

This can be quite tricky and all depends on the size of the venue. Please bear in mind this is all from my experience and every bass player likes something different. Ill run through what ive done and currently do for different gigs. Also , I play in a funky souly band where the instrumental section is guitar bass and drums. Small venues; I have the rig running on its own, no DI and no mic-ing. Have the bass louder than you think, only slightly though. I tend to boost the bottom end a little more as it dissapears when you get out to the crowd. Our singer always asks me to turn the bass down to but its just too quite then. Also, we have the guitarist turn the bass on his amp down. Please dont shout at me, i can explain. In our band Soul Technique, Im the only one providing the bottom end, im in my own frequency range, its the same for the guitarist and so he needs to cut through much better. And because hes in a more general frequency band he doesnt need to be too loud. Mid- big venues; The bass is DI'd, again the the bass is boosted to help carry the bottom end further into the crowd. I post eq the head and if need be ask the sound man to boost the bottom end on the desk. This doesnt sound muddy either as you can boost the upper mids a little or adjust where you play the strings. My monitering comes from my amp which im right next to. Dont be afraid to tell the sound man how you like your sound, theyre there to get your sound so make sure they do their job. Once again, I cant stress that this is all from my own experience and its worked extremely well for me and Ive had nothing but compliments about the sound. And remember, your bass, this frequency will not over take vocals so it can be loud which adds weight and holds everything together like glue. Check out a Just Jack gig and youll hear how loud the bass is!!! Same for Elvis Costello, the bass is fantastically loud. Hope this helps. Dan

Bought a Sandberg fretless off him, he kept me well informed, the bass turned up bang on time, well packaged and totally un-marked. Giblett123 was polite and a sheer pleasure to deal with. Thank you! Highly recommended basschatter. Dan

Hey, Im personally always going to go for Warwick. I hate Fenders, dont like the feel especially. They sound good but Ive always prefered Warwick. A good friend has a Steamer Stage II CT and its a full blown tone monster!!! I feel they have far more versatility than fenders but try both, you have a huge budget so be as picky as you can. A 5 string will get you extra versatility. But try both!! Guitarguitar in Newcastle has a Warwick Jazzman 5 string for sale second hand for £699 in reasonable condition. Hope this helps Dan

Saw this band at the Sage in Gatshead, absolutly brilliant!! The sound was spot on. Well worth going to see!!!! Dan

For those in the North East of England!!! Soul Technique are playing Head Of Steam in Newcastle this Wednesday June 10th. Theyre a funky groove fueled soul hip hop band with an energetic live show! With support from Mike TV and the Betamax Experience and Adam Cooper. Come along and enjoy one of the best live acts from Newcastle! www.myspace.com/soultechniqueofficial www.amazingtunes.com/users/soul-technique

Thats a pretty damn good budget! A friend has the same budget and hes siding with Aguilar at the moment, the AG500sc is what im playing and its amazing! Fantastic tone and versitility which sounds ideal for your current genre finding crisis. The mark bass heads are pretty good but lacked thickness for my liking, however, they do a range of lightwieght tube heads. As for cabinets 410's are always versatile, tighter response than the bigger drivers but 'lacks' bottem end. I place the lack in ''''s as you can eq the bottom end in quite easily. I went with Mark Bass for portability. 800watts in a 25kg cab? Cant get better than that. Im short, no stronger than your average man and untill very recently lived in an upstairs flat so you can understand the portability issues. Plus, as any one on this forum can tell you, Mark Bass gear sounds incredible. Hope this helps. Dan.

Thanks for the welcome and the compliment on the set up!

Hello everyone! Ive been playing for 9 years and thought it was time i joined a forum! I'm a Newcastle based bass player for Soul Technique, check us out at myspace.com/soultechniqueofficial. I play a 4 string Stingray through an Aguilar AG 500 SC into a Mark Bass STD 410HR and love it! Dan.