Muzz

I only subscribe to one YouTuber's output, and it's Rick's. His breakdown of More Than A Feeling is worth it for that alone...

If you're (not) buying a new Fireglo 4003 from PMT, you're missing out on having a hole in your finances £3,349 deep... Have you seen those two Rickesque basses Jon made a few years ago? Just a thought... 🙂

'How much more black could this be? And the answer is 'None. None more black.''

Yeah, despite all that, I've always favoured front ports...probably cognitive bias...mind you, I've never been that squeezed up against a back wall... 😐🙂

No problem - cone diameter is no real indicator - of much, to be honest; it's more down to cab design - I've had/got twelves with much more low end than a lot of fifteens in the past...it's the rating of the driver that really matters, and 120w will be a bit of a weak spot when paired with a 400w cab...the 15 in that cab might be rated higher than 120w from the combo, but it's hard to say, and even then it's not likely to be in the 102HF ballpark...

Very sensible if you can't try before you buy; a returns policy can save you from a costly mistake (I sent a brand new 4003W back the day after I got it for a full refund from GAK)... The only place I'd buy without trying is from Jon Shuker, and that's only because I've had several basses from him before, so he knows what I like (and importantly, so do I). I'm awaiting a P from him at the moment, funnily enough...

Maybe not that (80hz having a wavelength of 14ft, so it's not that), I forget the precise details and I can't find the exact post, but it was Bill Fitzmaurice who mentioned it; a few inches from a wall is all that's needed to negate any effect, ports being omnidirectional and all that...

Our drummist is also a recording engineer who's been honing his skills while stuck in lockdown - at our first rehearsal last week he took my (Post-EQ (Stomp)) DI into the PA (with a HP set at about 70Hz), then I cut nearly all the bass out of my small onstage monitoring combo, and it sounded really, really good; no boom, no mud. He was then able to EQ for the room from the desk (OK, iPad). This is all on a very small scale, of course, but it illustrates Bill's point - just replicating stage sound to PA can cause problems in the bottom end without some clever adjustment...

If both cabs are 8 ohms, then the amp won't blow up, how it will sound is another matter entirely. The second cab will be taking much more than its thermal wattage rating (if it's rated to match a 120w amp) from the LM III, so it'll be the weak link, and you might easily drive it too hard. The general consensus of thinking towards a second cab is 'another the same as the first', so the best two-cab solution would be a pair of 102HFs... I ran a LM III for a good while with a 104HR, which was plenty volume-wise, and not too bad a lift for a 410 (it's a fair bit smaller/lighter than the HF)...depends on your approach to weight/size...

Might look nice with some chrome pickup covers - I got mine (and the surrounds) for my Shukerbird from crazyparts.de, not sure about sizes, tho; you'd have to have a delve and a measure...

IIRC, someone who knows much more about these things told me a while ago on here that the wall thing would only be an issue if you were verrry close (like, inches) from the wall - down to the wavelength of the lower notes...

I had a go of the Jackson Minion in a spare few minutes in PMT yesterday...great fun, and for the money, a good bass. The looks won't be to everyone's tastes, I know, but it's very cute...

A slight aside, but funnily enough, I had a few minutes to stray into PMT Manchester on my way to our data centres this morning, and they have a 4003W on the wall, the same bass (sic) I paid £1599 for in 2014. It's priced at £2999. Still cheaper than the Fireglow next to it at £3349...

My favourite has always been Earth And Wind For Hire...

Aaaaaand tomorrow's gig's been cancelled; apparently two staff tested positive...

‘All the cast have a musical background but don’t actually play the instruments that we end up playing on the show,’ reveals Anjana. ‘I play acoustic but had never played electric before, which was a nice parallel with Amina’s journey. Juliette plays guitar but had never played drums. Faith and Sarah are both incredible singers, but never played guitar and bass.' That'd explain it...

If you shift the strap button to the top forward neck plate bolt (or just put it into the body at the square end of the neck pocket) you'll find the dive/reach gets better. There's some flop-forward, but hey, that's rock'n roll... 😀 You can see mine here - it's a good way forward, because I've got the deepest/stoooopidest neck pocket (and most pointless top six frets) in Christendom, but the principle's the same:

I'm firmly in the 'Give it space' camp. Oh, and if it sounds rubbish, glare at the guitarist...

In our Acoustic-y Trio incarnation, we've been known to perpetrate Galway Girl on occasion. I've struggled with anything convincing bass-wise for this for an embarrassingly long time (I even posted a plea for help somewhere on here years ago); it just won't seem to stick in my head, I'm always inverting the Gs and frickin Ds...and I'm always a fraction late on the As. It's even more annoying because it's a three (OK, four) chord song, it's hardly Teen Town... 😐

Gave it a go last night, not for me; the miming-playing was better than Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love video, but that was about it. Other than than, didn't crack a smile. After about 20 minutes, my Beloved on the other end of the sofa said 'Is this a comedy?', and I had to agree... Still, it'd be an odd world if we all liked the same thing, etc... 😐🙂

The face on the Criss-alike... 😁

You spelled 'avoid' wrong... 😐

Yeah, one of the great revelations for me was that I'm basically a 'split-coil pickup in the P-position and John East EQ' Boy...all my keeper basses, from the Shukerbird to the actual Shukers, even to the Dingwall, are basically this... 🙂 ...I've also found out I'm as shallow as a puddle when it comes to some things, hence the 'no Jazzes, no matter how marvellous' prejudice... 😐🙂

I had a 79 4001 Jetglow (Geddy fantasist, obv...with a side order of Bruce Foxton) which was a big 'it's either this or a party' birthday present in 1980, and my first 'proper' bass. I loved it at the time, and when it came to a big birthday a few years ago, I had some money to splash out on an indulgence bass. It was one of the Walnut/maple ones (4003W), and all other considerations aside (the body ridge, the pickup cover, the daft bridge), with my eyes closed, it wasn't a £1600 bass (I note they're £2400 now...) - the nut was cut too high, there were dead spots on the neck, it wasn't resonant or 'alive'. It looked absolutely fantastic, but the thing didn't play or feel any better than some £200 basses I've played. The sound was a disappointment, too; thin and reedy, no umph to it. I could possibly have persevered, taken it to a luthier maybe, re-jigged my amp EQ, and all that, but after spending a good chunk of money I would've felt like a mug. I'd definitely try before you buy, maybe I got a Friday Afternoon bass, but someone passed it through QC...even with a good one (and I'm sure there are some), those ergonomics haven't changed in the intervening years, but my tolerance of them had...

You might think you're cool, but you'll never be more iconic than a particular mic stand... Or an amp...