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I would probably pick the Trace Elliot. Don't sell either of them. What if one of them breaks? I mean, I own a Trace Elliot V6 and a Mesa Walkabout and M6 Carbine, so I have a similar conundrum, but only the one all tube/valve amp. I only need one but I will be keeping all three.

He pretty much lost me after that '5 reasons not to play a 5 string' video, which actually a video about why he plays a five string. One of the reasons given to use a five string is that you 'need' a five string to reach a low E flat when playing a lot of classic rock and Motown stuff, irrespective of the fact that most of the said bass lines were recorded on a four string bass just tuned to E flat. Most of reasons against playing a five were along the lines of 'it's a bit different' and 'it might take some work to get the hang of it.' The level of insight was frankly amazing. If I'm looking on YouTube to pick up a technique, I will look elsewhere for a less click baity alternative. There are hundreds of great YouTube bassists and guitarists about.

I find £900 for a 2x10 to be way too expensive. I suppose that they are competing with Mesa and EBS for the 'big, expensive, heavy duty touring cabs' market. I'm not fussed on the looks but I'm sure that they are great cabs. I do love my Duality fuzz. Not so fussed with the B3K I've had the last year or so, a bit 'generic modern metal' sounding to me. I prefer my barely working Aguilar Agro.

My 1974 EB3 must be about 11 or 12 lbs. after that, everything else seemed light.

[quote name='kendall' timestamp='1506874225' post='3381685'] I read the title of this thread and Billy Duffy came to mind straight away. [/quote] Me too! Billy Duffy had one of the best live guitar tones I have ever heard. I have seen Buddy Guy as well who I would also add to this list, he is a legendary figure, but I don't think he has been treated as a guitar hero legend on the same level as Clapton, or B.B. King, which I personally believe he should be.

Sleep were usually tuned to C, but it is close enough to b. Not so sure about OM. I think that the guy in Yob used a RIck for a wile, they are tuned to A a lot of the time.

If you want to hear the sound of a low tuned Rick, listen to Sleep and/or Om. Al Cisneros has been using low tuned Ricks for over 20 years. Also try stuff like Greenleaf and Dozer. The bassist in that band uses a Ricked turned to drop B. Even if you don't like the music the sound of the Rick is still there to my ears.

The stoner/doom scene is full of four string Ricks being tuned to B and below. It would just need a good setup and strings to suit. I have seen a few five string Ricks but I think that they were discontinued a while back so it would be tricky finding one. Converting a four string to a five would lead to really narrow string spacing.

Two fives, three fours and a double bass. All fretted apart from the double bass.

Superficial dings to the body are fine, damage to the neck less so. Damage to pick ups, jack sockets, broken bridge, machine heads etc annoy me more.

Whatever you preference, or if you want to fit in on bass forums: 1. 'I set everything flat' 2. 'I eq to suit the ambience of the room' 3. 'I bump the mids a bit, mid scoop is for amateurs' 4. 'Everything up on full, that way every frequency will be heard equally. Then turn up master volume to taste.'

Isis (the band not the terrorist group obviously). Used to see them as a Tool clone band but when I gave them a proper listen they were far more than that. Missed out on going to see them and Aereogramme in Glasgow years ago. Regret that now. To be honest, there are not many others that come to mind. Perhaps early Deftones would count as I didn't like White Pony much at all when it originally came out. Now I really like most of their output. Dare I say Oasis? Twenty years removed I must admit that some the songs are great.

I know that this isn't something you should admit on a bass guitar forum, but I have never enjoyed listening to Rush and I never will. Terrific musicianship but I just can't stand the sound of Geddy's voice.

Squier Affinity Jazz was my back up for years. It never got played. I played a fair amount of rough venues so I didn't really like taking two valuable basses to a gig. It was a fine bass and it would easily have handled the gig if something went wrong with my main bass. Also I wouldn't have been devastated if somebody had decided to steal it from the side of the stage while I was playing.

'100 basses some guy wants to try' Filed alongside his '5 reasons NOT to play a five string (which is actually a video mostly focusing on why the bassist uses a five string)' Next week: you will never to be able to guess what these 1990s alt-rock bassists look like now! (number 6 will SHOCK you...)

Don't buy Metallica albums.

All my basses have a case. I have two gig bags for taking basses to gigs, practices etc. I use the cases when touring (not doing much of that these days), moving house or long journeys on public transport.

The price for the cabs is a complete joke. The 'relaunch of the relaunch' of Trace Elliot by Peavey has left me completely underwhelmed: a single head, two expensive minature cabs and two oversized pre amp pedals.

Tough choice. I nearly bought a Sandberg JM4 (pre name change to TM4 and change of the body shapes to be less 'Fendery') in 2009, but ended up going for a Sadowsky Metro. The Stingray is an utterly iconic bass though. In terms of build quality of both I think you would actually be okay to buy them without having played one if have made your mind up on what you are wanting. My view is that if you have been wanting a Stingray for years then you should buy a Stingray. The Sandberg will be a great bass but my guess is that no matter how good the instrument is, your brain will still be sending you 'I want a Stingray' message for months and years to come. Try the bass that is in Guitar Guitar and if you like it, buy it.

Looks kinda cool. Kind of reminds me of an updated Bass Pod that I have sitting in my cupboard somewhere.

Interesting bridge as well. Can't be any worse than the three point bridge on my EB3!

I would love to try two 8x10s stacked horizontally with a big valve amp.

Guitar Guitar in Glasgow is great though I haven't seen the new bass room since it opened. Got my Sadowsky Metro there though in 2009. Staff are generally pretty friendly and helpful. Frankly though, I have good experiences at most of the shops around Glasgow, whether it was CC Music in the West End or Strung Out Guitars around the corner from Guitar Guitar. Sound Control was different though, rarely had a good experience there, though that might have been the staff not liking fat teenagers with little money frequenting their stores.

I used to have an 12 band SMX head, a 1x15 GP7 SM300 combo, Peavey era 1x15 and 2x10 cabs and a V6. Have sold everything Trace related apart from the V6 and 1x15 cab. A bit annoying as the 1x15 is 8 ohm and the V6 is only 4 ohm and 2ohm input so I can't use them together. I will get another cab eventually.

Exactly. They do it when they think the song requires it, not because it is the only thing that they can play.