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My ex-wife had a VW Fox which is the smallest of the VW range and I regularly put a double bass in it AND took myself and a band member with his kit to gigs. My bass is 4/4 too. It was a squeeze but we did it a few times To the best of my knowledge this wasn't the reason why she is now an ex-wife!

I've always been happy to have the offer of my bass amp / cab out there for supporting or headlining bands but recently it's really starting to bother me. My rig would cost over £1100 to replace according to a quick online search. Often (& I'm thinking London gigs here) we travel the furthest only to lend out all my kit to bands who barely acknowledge the loan and on occasions have rested pints on my cab whilst playing. I can't help but feel they wouldn't be so quick to pay repair bills if the worst was to happen. I don't want to be seen as someone who isn't a team player but it's getting to a stage where I'm feeling my kit being lent out is happening far more than I appear to be borrowing other people's kit. I've also sat through a fair few bands just waiting to get gear back which means 2am bedtimes and feeling knackered at work the following morning. I wouldn't mind so much but when the bands barely acknowledge it I do start to wonder why I bother. I'm not asking them to be down the front throwing all the shapes during our set but a smile and a thank you goes a long way. Hell, I'm not even asking for a pint! What are your views?

Old thread resurrection! For the record I've been gigging the SP210 as my sole rig for about 18 months now. i sold off my old vintage Ampeg and Bassman head so I just use Orange now. I'd advise people to go for the SP212 if money is no issue but the 210 gets a lot of favourable comments from other bands and really punches it out. It's a perfectly serviceable rig and combines portability with performance. In it's Orange flightcase (bought separately) it also works surprisingly well as an occasional table!

£200 is an excellent deal, these can go for £600. And yes, it is a 54 reissue. I had the blue flower bass which was amazing. It is the closest I've come to regretting selling one.

That is excellent

Look at the flame on that one

I heard via a mate's Facebook at 1pm this afternoon. My first thought was "must post this on Basschat" closely followed by "I bet they've all beaten me to it. A great player and sorely missed by many, I'm sure

Most models don't come with them these days BUT it is actually a very simple thing to do. I've had them on mine for 15yrs (a fair few basses too) and first time around I was nervous about drilling into my pride and joy. So I got a musician mate who was a carpenter to do it. Most music shops will do it for a small fee - it's literally 4 tiny holes so isn't going to cost mega bucks. If you are half way handy with a drill, just go for it. I do my own these days

Looks great with the amp too

Having always played P's and gone for vintage tones I'd recommend 3 pickups. The Wizard Trad in third place & probably the cheapest. It's a nice pickup that delivers a really good woody thump. Second place is Seymour Duncan's SPB-1, vastly superior to any Fender stock pup I've heard (ducks for cover!) First place though is the pricey Seymour Duncan Antiquity. It really is stunningly good & not just good looking

I saw this on Rick's page too. I wish them the Tom Petty-est of luck for a speedy return

I used 6 basses on our last recording sessions, 4 were different P-basses though (black nylon strings, flats etc). I used a Rickenbacker on one track & upright on the more rootsy stuff (that actually wound up being held back for the next record). I believe too that you should listen to the engineer as (s)he does know the studio best BUT also agree, yes, you are the paying customer. I'm afraid I'd only follow Lozz196's advice if you had no worry about the budget. Bass tends to have the least input on recordings (sadly with vocals ironically so often being overlooked too - on demos at least) so it's best to just know your chops and get the part down as quickly and as best you can. Quite often tones can be fixed in the mix more too

When these came out pretty much *everyone* on Basschat was raving about them. I tried one in the shop and I'm pleased I did - it was rubbish! I'm sure the Vox Amplug fans will be along to redress the balance shortly but the thing just couldn't take bass frequencies. It made me wonder from the old threads if they had good ones & bad ones with me just being unlucky. I just had a regular P-bass though the one I tried

I've bought from that seller before.... twice! My parts were a great deal cheaper & in much better shape. Go figure!?

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To some bands the tone AND image has to be a certain thing. I've never been told what to play but I'm afraid I've imposed my tastes on other band members

[quote name='janmaat' timestamp='1313399036' post='1340364'] Was joking in the band practise, the more members in the band the less costs pP for the rehearsal room. Obviously the other way round once you get paid gigs - that's when it's time to get rid of some. What's the ideal number of players to a band to you? [/quote] I guess the trick is to rehearse up your 10 piece soul band but go out as a solo artist!?! A 3 piece is too many if one of the band is an idiot but generally I seem to be in 4 or 5 piece bands

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If you are worried a cheap modification is changing the valves to retro harma ones which delays the break up as the volume goes up. It's what I use

I've played with them on for about 15yrs now. I guess they took an adjustment but now it's second nature. It's for the pose though and in no way enhances my playing

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1334264112' post='1613617'] Seriously how cool is the guy with the Porsche? [/quote] In the fridge, daddio! Orange too

Why is everything "collectible" these days? I saw a few similar items in plenty of skips back in the 80s. That looks like it was fished out of one of those skips! Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it could be fun to do up but not everything is a lost classic

Can you play sober? Honestly, we try not to!