Cat Burrito

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

[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.

Best of luck & have fun. I took a 5yr break too & I have enjoyed the gigs even more since I started playing again (5 or 6 yrs ago)

Welcome to Basschat Mick

Bear in mind it's how often you use one. I have friends who have used [url="http://www.bandbanners.co.uk/index.html"]http://www.bandbanners.co.uk/index.html[/url] this lot but personally we haven't bothered (yet!)

I've always used the PA with monitors. I have a Shadow pickup in the bridge

Welcome to Basschat

I've brought instruments in before but it is difficult so generally I just have pictures of cool instruments to look at

I think playing in a tribute band would take a lot of discipline & could stretch you as a player. I'm not a massive fan personally but they certainly don't offend me. They have a place & have been done both very well and very badly. I might yet try it myself one day.

A is the only option from that list. If I were on the receiving end of an ultimatum or sneaky behaviour I wouldn't want to work with that musician anyway. The other option *may* be (depending on the singer) to front it out with the singer & tell him to wind it in a bit - one on one.