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[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1390240868' post='2343045'] I have now owned and sold 3 stingrays, I still love the look of the bass I just don't get on with them....maybe if I found the right one...... noooooo see I still want one [/quote] This. Exactly this. And the one about a 4001, too...

The Schroeder 1212, 1210 and 1515s are a good match with the LM heads. I had a LMIII and a 1515, and a friend gigged a LMIII and a 1212, both are great for rock/punk tones, tho I found I needed a Sansamp pedal to put some SVT-like aggression into the amp. The cabs are just the job, though.

Mine's a keeper - I love the string tension, the light weight, the spread of sounds with just a passive four-way switch and a tone control, and I switch between mine and my regular 34" basses all the time and never notice. The only time I notice the frets is if I'm doing a lot of work down the first three frets (that nut-to-first-fret on the E is a loong way ) or if I'm right up in the nosebleed frets - 15 and up for me. If you do a lot of chordal stuff over fret 15 you might have to readjust your technique a little, but otherwise it's all positive for me. I only play a 4, I'd imagine the 5s make even more sense - I've played a Dingwall 5, and the B was fantastic, but 5s aren't for me. The build quality is second to none, I've never had to go anywhere near the truss rod (and I'm a fiddler) and the attention to detail is superb. Oh, and Sheldon Dingwall is a gent who has given me some top quality customer service in the past (there's a thread on here about it somewhere). If you can get down to Bass Direct, Mark has the largest collection in the world, and if you don't like them after a visit there, you never will. Was that a bit gushy?

Not that I'm aware of - there used to be a dealer on the South Coast somewhere, but they closed. I got mine from Sweden. Edit: there you go: SHX, that was the one I was thinking of. Also, they don't make (AFAIK) the smaller angled-baffle cabs like the original 1210L any more - they've gone a more 'traditional' shape.

Having spoken to a chap who works for Fender last night, apparently the corporate plan is to "integrate the Genz technology into a new range of Fender amps." How well that'll work remains to be seen.

The Roland amps are very good, but usage seems to be more focused on them for home/rehearsal use (I had a Micro Cube for ages which was very good) rather than as gigging combos. I also had the DBass 115 and 15 extension cab, and they were really good amps, but they seem to be terminally unfashionable as gig backline, which is a bit of a mystery, because I found mine to be great (it was stolen, otherwise I might still have it). The Genz stuff is amazingly cheap right now because of the Fender buyout, if you were ever going to do it, now would be the time. I use a Streamliner, which I love.

I've always taken a spare bass to gigs although, as Jack says, the times I've been forced to switch have been almost nonexistent compared to the number of gigs. One of the bands I play in has a different feel from one set to another (first set's poppier, second set when everyone's giddy gets rockier), so I'll play one bass for each set - Dingwall for the poppier set, Thunderland for the rockier. If I'm tired, though, the 7.5lb Dingwall will get used all night. If I'm honest, I can get very very similar sounds from each one, so it's more about look and playability - the first set has a couple of slappy songs in, which is easier on the Dingwall. I try not to switch basses within a set, though.

Oh my Lord...that is gorgeous...shame it'll be an absolute fortune...

Done, 56,000+ now. I've played Night and Day, been to many gigs there, it's a great venue.

I use DRs all the time, in fact I'm waiting a 'shipment' of half a dozen sets from the States. I prefer Nickels to SS generally, but this will be the first time I'll have tried their coated strings, too. I use Nickel Lo-Riders and Sunbeams, I prefer the nickels slightly rounder sound - the SS are a bit harsh-sounding for me.

"If you're thinking...playing Superstition or Play That Funky Music then think again... the market has changed and people don't want the old school approach...These days people want cool songs by cool bands such as The Foo Fighters, The Killers, Jessie J, Kings of Leon and even Biffy Clyro." Into the Hall Of Fame, song lists, what's on there? The first nine bands in the list all do Twist And Shout... Brilliant.

I'd narrow it down to 2 points: 1. Play what the song needs, not what you'd like to put in there. 2. Just because you can, doesn't mean you have to.

I wouldn't be very fussed if they'd switched production to Indonesia per se (especially if they no longer tout the kit as Made In Italy), but I'd be mightily naffed off if the cab I'd ordered turned out to be (significantly) heavier than it was supposed to be. That's a big deal.

I've got one of those laptop rucksacks, which it fits in nicely, along with cables, pedals, etc.

A stunning talent, and, as lojo says, a very sad story. Written, incidentally, by that well-known shyster Sting (see other thread for details)

Have you ever seen Sherlock?

It's all a bit more complicated than just the speaker diameters (I've got a 2x12" cab which kicks out MUCH more bottom end than my 2x15"), but if you're happier with a 15" speaker, Mark at Bass Direct's got the Genz Contour 115 combo for the same price as the 210. You could always get the combo and add the extension speaker (as long as you don't leave it months, because these Genz prices won't last forever - the NX 212 cabs went in days) if you think you need it later.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1389370856' post='2333508'] Why does it have to an opposition between the silly affectation of wearing a guitar slung low for rock and roll "cool" ( Cool? Who says so, and why?) and sitting down like a string quartet? Wearing a bass slung very low makes playing it effectively and efficiently a lot harder for most people. That is an undeniable fact. Plenty of dynamic live performers wear their guitar at a sensible and functional height and it does absolutely nothing to detract from their charisma. Miles Davis once said that he could tell a good trumpet player just from the way he stands,, and the same is true for the bass guitar. There are some decent players who wear their bass lower , but they are few and far between. I'm not at all precious about it..Different people have different motivations for taking up and instrument in the first place, and to some people they are more bothered about appearances than actualities. That is a perfectly valid choice, but such people can only be judged according to those choices they have made . It is a false dichotomy to suggest that music divides between cool people who wear their basses low and nerdy geeks who wear it high . What could be more uncool than being so lacking in individuality or imagination that you unquestioningly buy into all the same old banalities? It's one thing to have an image, but it's another thing entirely to be a stereotype. [/quote] Did you miss the last three words of my post? Spike Milligan writes about being instructed by Major Jumbo Jenkins on the correct etiquette for the Battery dance band: "Stand up straight, step forward smartly and play as if you were playing for King and Country." Spike replies "Yes Sir, and if I ever play a wrong note, I shall immediately think of Hitler..."