Muzz

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr6Qgzw5nbU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr6Qgzw5nbU[/url]

Hmmm, I've had the opposite experience - I've found the B really did just get in the way, and I never, ever needed it for anything I was playing - I have a Detuner to drop the D, and that's all I need. If you love the B and, like Grangur, you'd miss it, then yeah, ditch the 4s and go for it. EDIT I meant to say, in a same-but-opposite-way, I shifted the 5 on because I wasn't playing it, and it had no sentimental value to me.

Anyone who thinks playing those covers to that standard is easy, or some sort of cop-out, should give it a go. It's a lot more than learning the dots, tabs and parts - I know some very good musicians who have perpetrated some of the worst covers I've heard. I play in an originals band and I also play covers, and the originals stuff is much, much easier: for starters, you have nothing to measure up against. Covers, very good covers as in the OP, sound easy till you try, but then that's more or less a definition of someone who's very good at what they do - they make it sound easy.

Great clip, thanks Clarky. That's some bassline for £24...

It looks a bit like my Gran's old sewing basket. In a good way, obv...

Yeah, you could get a pencil into that neck pocket gap. That means it's probably a genuine late 70s Fender...

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1382643768' post='2255027'] I would love it if this sort of thing ended up on radio one. [/quote] Yep, I never listen to Radio 1. All very talented, etc, but, for me, deeply irritating music.

warmoth.com is my favourite idle-time bass-porn site, love faffing about with the build options. I had warmoth Explorer bass, and the quality of fit and finish was exemplary. One day I'm gonna sort out a nice light PJ...

Thank Gawd for that - no-one's had a clue about various items of oriental cheapo for months on here...

As long as it is what it says it is...it's a bargain. The serial's right, but there's need to be a lot more than that to back it up.

If you've got a Streamliner and a Barefaced S12 cab, you've already got (arguably, as all things are on here) a very very good, small, light solution there already. You'll be compromising in at least one way from where you are, IMHO. If your driver is weight and size, you might save a couple of pounds on a smaller head, or possibly ten on the cab, but I really don't see the point (your cabs has wheels?) If you've a bad back, you might be better off putting funds and effort into a lighter bass. A couple of pounds there is much more noticeable - my Dingwall's 7.5lbs, and I can really tell if I use a heavier bass for any length of time.

I'd agree with Lozz - set the amp flat (if it's a Streamliner then that's NOT with all knobs at 12) and try the tone sweep on the bass again.

Love Francis, been to several house concerts and whenever he's in town, I'm there. Will check this out, thanks.

I've got a U-Retro in my LaklanDingwallbird. Or should that be EastLaklanDingwallbird? Pics to follow, before anyone says owt...

[quote name='AntLockyer' timestamp='1382299023' post='2250416'] Very tricky. Something versatile probably. Maybe a BB2024x but then again I'd like a fender CS [/quote] Oooh, maybe a sunburst maple-boarded 2024X. That'd be nice, too.

It's the f**king self-satisfied nodding that I can't be doing with...

The Boschma stuff is great, definitely the best I've used: if I ever needed a rack again, that'd be what I'd get.

I'd be on the phone to Sheldon Dingwall for an ABII 4-string with a Birdseye maple board.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1382262764' post='2249733'] For a fretted bass, does it matter? So long as the wood holds the frets securely (and these days a lot of luthiers glue the frets in place) it should be fine. Unless you use very light strings with a "death grip" fretting technique the strings never touch the fingerboard. [/quote] You're surely not suggesting a rosewood board will sound the same as a maple board, are you? Round here? I'll start the car...