Cat Burrito

Hi Barry - Welcome to the forum

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My kind of collection

Welcome to the forum

Backing vocals can be the difference from an average band & a great band. My voice isn't very strong & I can do a passable vocal at best. I prefer not to sing these days as there are better singers in my current band thankfully. I do agree simplify the bassline whilst singing & tape some rehearsals. If your voice adds something, great but if not I wouldn't be afraid to have no backing vocals. I think a band with poor backing vocals can sound worse than one with no backing vocals (& I would assess song by song as certain keys will suit you better)

Reminds me of the early 80s film Tron I would imagine I'm not their target audience. Black nylons are as different as I go

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!?!

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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