Stewart

Agreed - Precision Second-hand Japanese or even USA could be possible, or a new Highway1. New MIM if you can try if first. Maybe try some Rotosound Tru Bass if you haven't tried them before...

[quote name='BigRedX' post='259274' date='Aug 10 2008, 01:39 PM']I'd dump him on his sorry ass and make sure that every other musician/band in the area knows exactly what a d!ck he is.[/quote] Cruel... ...but fair !

Has he actually quit, or does he just want his ego massaged? Let him know that it's about as shabby and unprofessional as it gets walking three weeks from a gig! Tricky to decide if he does walk, but I think I'd try and do the gig at almost any cost. If it sounds too sparse, try doubling-up the time (or get the drummer to). If the singer is happy to busk-it with guitar on some numbers then great - but only if he's comfortable with it... Make the decision as a band, and let the venue know earlier rather than later if you're going to cancel. Good luck!

Never yet taken a spare bass (Precisions always so far though - so very little to go wrong) to a gig. I always have a spare set of strings and some tools though. I reckon it's more likely I'd have amp problems - but I don't take a spare amp either. If it blew, I'd just have to play through the PA...

Well, if you are set on a change of pickups, I'd concur with Dr Dave - Barts are very smooth in my experience. Otherwise no doubt Mr Wizard can knock you up a set to taste!

Have you considered changing strings? I've got those DiMarzios in mine, and they're very revealing - WAY too bright and raucous with Stainless Elites, but smooth and deep with the set of Thomastik flats I've got on there now. A lot cheaper than a new set of pickups too!

I like Hipshot - either 'Vintage' [url="http://www.basspartsresource.com/5C400C.jpg"]Hipshot Vintage Bridge[/url] or 'A Series' (my favourite) - this uses 3 of the 5 screws [url="http://www.basspartsresource.com/5A400C-FENDER.jpg"]Hipshot A Fender Bridge[/url] The only problem with the Vintage is that invariably it seems the intonation screws are almost at their maximum.

Any decent amp will amplify a square wave fairly well (though never perfectly) No loudspeaker will come close

I have 3 filters - an EBS BassIQ, a Boss AW-3 and a Tonefactor 442B (now a BottomFeeder?) The AW-3 is only really good with an expression pedal, as suggested, the follower is a bit lame. The EBS is nice, but a bit fiddly (sensitive) to setup. It's main advantage is that it does 'reverse' filtering (Aaaww instead of Wwaah) which is very nice in combination with... The 442B, which is absolutely gorgeous, super-flexible, easy to set up, and unbelievably funky (even with me playing).

Be friendly to anyone/everyone you meet at the venue Don't get drunk Go to the loo before playing Take a bottle of water Take a towel/rag Keep your hands busy/warm before playing Take (and use) an RCD circuit breaker Put your rig near a rear wall (or even better a corner) Enjoy it Then remind me of all the other things I should have mentioned afterwards

It would normally slope away from the E (and the same, to a lesser degree the other pickup away from the G), to compensate for the radius of the fingerboard. Also, larger strings tend to induce bigger voltages anyway, so you might well find that your E string is now unreasonably loud... Edit: Ahh, Prosebass got there first

Leslie West's rendition of Crosscut Saw... Paint-stripping guitar tone

Aguilar do a 'double-stacked' version of the OBP2 I thought Bartolini did, but 3 knobs (for 2 pickups) is the best I can see (though you'd just need a suitable dual concentric control of your own to convert that...

Behringer BCR2000 and BCF2000 are both very good for the price...

Yes - Fingers, then strings... (Specifically, Tru-Bass are unlike anything else I've tried - One bass always has a set on, and I use it in a trad. Blues band.) Mostly Thomastik flats on the others...

I just followed guidelines that make sense for me... All the same driver units All the same cabs Modular/scalable Easy to handle in terms of size/weight A sound I've heard and liked 10" drivers would have been OK, but I've always thought it was a bit of a compromise for bass, especially as I wanted a usable single-cab option - so I more-or-less decided on 12" A twin 12" wouldn't be small/light enough for my single-cab rig, so I had to go with singles. Neo speakers - no real disadvantage other than price, I like all the neos I've heard anyway. I'd heard quite a few GK rigs and liked them all, so I just thought "what the hell" and bought a 1001RB amp (massive overkill) and a 12" neo cab (followed by another). If I'd had another couple of hundred going spare I would have liked to try the EBS 1x12 neos, but then I wouldn't have had the bi-amped setup I get with the 1001RB. So far I'm always really impressed with how good it sounds, and how well it behaves in some rather challenging venues. Impressively loud for the size, too. Ask me again in a couple of years

Ibanez DWB3 Looks like a pretty good job, but I prefer the orange myself...

Hi Paul, I found it tedious, so I turned it off (My Contols/Board Settings) almost as soon as I got here - never felt the urge to turn it back on again Oh and welcome aboard! Cheers, Stewart

Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers

[quote name='Fraktal' post='224982' date='Jun 23 2008, 01:19 PM']... One of the weirdest charasteristics of his tube preamp schematic is that it uses a "bridge of diodes" to rectify voltage up to around 45 volts to feed the tube without the need of a bulky and heavy power supply unit. While this is not the common operational voltage for a valve (they usually work with much higher voltages) Craig says this lower-than-average-voltage design saves weight, space, and more important: It forces the valve on his preamp to overdrive earlier and to boost the even harmonics characteristically coming out of valve gear. His aim was to provide a valve preamp that sounds "more tuby than the tubes"...[/quote] I think this is the successor here: [url="http://www.paia.com/proddetail.asp?prod=9210K&cat=14"]PAIA stack-in-a-box[/url]

Thanks - I think I'll get at least another couple of sets.

I have a set of roundwounds - I *think* Bernie at GB fitted them to my jazz-a-like when I was having the frets done, and at the time I switched straight back to TI flats. They're quite distinctive in that they have red silk binding at the ball end and blue at the tuner-end. I like them on a P-type with DiMarzios, and want to get some more...

I agree with stingrayfan - played a small pub gig using another bassist's Fender 100, and it was surprisingly capable. If you don't have a mad drummer (or mic up the drums) it'd probably cope with most small venues.

[quote name='voxpop' post='218698' date='Jun 14 2008, 08:35 AM']6m cables is about £50 and is worth every penny.[/quote] Neutrik NP2X straight jack and NP2RX right-angle jack plugs are just over £2.00 each from Studiospares, - £46 is rather expensive for 6m of cable!

[quote name='danfergie123' post='217034' date='Jun 11 2008, 04:59 PM']Is a cable without resistance [i]practically[/] impossible, or [i]literally[/i] impossible?[/quote] Both, unless you're in a *very* cold place...