Cat Burrito

You should be able to approximate his sound with your current set up. Obviously use the J pickup & play around. Don't forget the controls on your bass as well as on your amp.

Nice one Clarky, well done

[quote name='Jigster' post='968476' date='Sep 26 2010, 03:53 PM']is the ampeg head still a valve one?[/quote] No, it's just an old solid state 1997 head. Sounds great mic'd up but a bit lacklustre on its own. My main Bassman head is always the preference but if it comes down to space in the car then this is a perfectly serviceable back up.

I used a bit of matchstick on my bass back in the mid 90s & have had no issues since. Just break a small slither off, pop it in the hole & the jobs a good 'un. It's not an exact science

Sounds like you are going for the wrong bands. I don't like Coldplay personally but I think the bass player does what is required with their music. Same with U2 and a whole host of other bands. There are plenty of bands out there who want more interesting bass playing but a lot of acts see the bass as a really important lynch pin holding down a fairly simple part. I think it's just a case of finding a band that suits your style of playing.

pay to play!?!

Welcome Peter - I'd recommend you posting a thread in the General Bass Discussion part of the forum. Ideally mentioning your budget & more about what you are looking for so you get a better response regarding your query

I don't know about the best but [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Introduction-Upright-Double-Bass-Beginners-DVD-/330477033403?pt=UK_Music_SheetMusic_RL&hash=item4cf1f757bb"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Introduction-Upright...=item4cf1f757bb[/url] seemed to work for me starting out

Get a beginners DVD & go from there. It'll iron out any bad habits early on. I play about 4" up from the bottom of the fingerboard. I'm no upright expert but I wanted to get my technique as good as I can early on

This is my second rig, the one I use for gigs where we need more space in the car or gigs where I can't face lugging around a flightcased 70s valve head

We played in Newport last night. I took my smaller rig as we wanted to keep the vehicle space down so we weren't paying for more cars going over the bridge. Sounded great & we played well. A great gig

Now the thread title has been changed this is my main set up; it's a 1978 Fender Bassman head. The cab is only 1994 but is in worse condition This is just a camera phone pic of my onstage set up from last weekends gig edited as I thought the photo being included might help!?!

Link doesn't work?!

Never heard of them!

Looks great Nick - my 70s bitsa bass has this sort of vibe and it's the only bass I've gigged in 6 months! I'm sure you'll have lots of fun with it

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='967196' date='Sep 24 2010, 10:18 PM']I think it is fair to point out that not all 70s fenders are as fine looking as this one though![/quote] Tis a fine looking example & I'm pleased my comments were taken as a general thought and not a personal dig. I've been lucky with 70s Fenders in that I've only tried stronger examples. Long may it continue

I was ready to fall in love with them but tried a couple out in Dawsons in Reading... they were ok, fine but not worth the money and certainly heavy. I sometimes think the shop isn't the best place to properly test one (er, if you know what I mean!?) but I was expecting to hammer a recently cleared credit card and happily left with nothing. As a huge Fender fan I was ready to be worshiping these but, no. I'd try one again but they didn't live up to the hype in my head

[quote name='bumnote' post='967621' date='Sep 25 2010, 01:59 PM']It says its been tried by a profesional bass player to make sure it works, it doesnt say what his opinion was[/quote] That's the bit I picked up on too. Or it doesn't say who this professional player was...possibly his mate who is in a band?

MIM....& I do appear to be the only biting on this thread?! The quality is as big a jump from MIM standard to MIM Classic IMHO as that of Squier Standard and Squier VM

Bump for Newport Wales tomorrow.... £6 supporting Justin Rutledge

Have you thought of offering the £220 to get it back? I bought my first (Squier actually!) from Windows in Newcastle ten years later. It looks great. [quote name='EdwardHimself' post='966673' date='Sep 24 2010, 01:38 PM']Obviously 70s fenders didn't have the most consistent quality control, but i would have said that was one of the "better" ones...[/quote] Ah, the obligatory knock at 70s Fenders comment that comes as standard with such threads. I have to say the quality control seems just as good / bad these days with Fender. The 70s ones I've played all seem pretty good to me. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you are wrong but it always has to get pointed out in every 70s Fender thread & I do wonder just how many people have actually played all these iffy 70s Fenders. Food for thought...

It totally depends on the model but slightly different neck profiles etc. You can get an idea from the Fender website but the best way of course is to play them. For example a 51RI P-bass has a neck like a bassball bat where as the 57 neck is slightly wider and more flattened. I find with a neck profile if you play a bass regularly you tend to get used to that profile anyway.

If we do a cover it's usually something so obscure that most people think it's an original. At the moment we are kicking about with the Felice Brothers' Whiskey in My Whiskey. Personally I like a cover to be simple, easy to learn (so you can focus on the originals) and have an air of familiarity about it without being too obvious

I used to rave about these on the old Bassworld forum 6yrs ago. I think they are generally amazing. Watch out for the vintage spec on the necks etc but if you like that sort of thing (I do, some don't) then you can't go too far wrong

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='966062' date='Sep 23 2010, 08:39 PM']Precision in the traditional place with a passive tone/volume.[/quote] Me too.