bigevilman

I'm not too fuss about reaching the same volume levels, as most gig's my amp doesn't get past half way. Also, we've just upgraded to a 3-speaker-a-side Fein PA, with a couple of QSC poweramps, so i'll be DI'ing out of my sansamp through the PA. I just want something that will be loud enough to be a decent monitor, but have some great tone for smaller gigs if i decide not to DI. I still think a 610 will be too big, probs biggest size would a 410.

After excessive amounts of grief off my band mates whining about having to lift my cab about when loading the van to gig, I've decided that after Xmas, i'm going to get shot of my gorgeous 70's svt 810, and get something that will stop the band complaining, and still give me a decent sound! I've heard a lot of decent things about aguilar, although haven't seen many rigs about. Was hoping there was going to one of the music shops at bass day selling some, but to my dismay, no . I saw someone playing through a pair of GS112's, a solo bassist playing to a backing track, and he had a nice sound. I know the DB112s are meant to have better mids than the GS's but is that the only difference? What are the 412's like? What kind of sound can I expect from mark bass 410's? Does any one else have any ideas for me?

Just literally got in now, nice long 3 1/2 hour car ride, but was worth it Had to miss nathan east :/ bit gutting, but was nice to find a load of bass gear and see the calibre of people who called themselves 'hobbie' bassists Ok...so I thought I'd give a couple of surprises and disappointments of my experience today.... [u]Surprises:-[/u] Enfield basses and their super 8 pickups, and the range of tones available A Spear jazz bass hybrid, with a J-pickup, a set of P pups AND a musicman block - the neck on it was so thin and easily to play, yet it didnt feel like a £225 bass - May be a future purchase as a practice bass. Nigel Clutterbuck at the rotosound stand....WOW The friendliness of everyone! [u]Disappointments[/u] Lack of Aguilar gear about :/ fink i only saw one artist with a aguilar stack, and it wasn't any of the products i was interested in! The lack of sound control....I know its not that big, and theres a lot of instruments playing, but it was a constant noise war, and there was no like sound boothing....if that makes sense :S The amount of slap bass/ the lack of fingerstyle funk...it felt like a competition to see who could do the most percussive mutes in a minute! Every 5 mins I heard portrait of tracy! Not a disappointment, more of a growing boredom of it haha Overall though, a good £20 spent! Came away with some new strings and a renewed sense to practice shitloads! hahaha PS. I think a drunken MB1 was chatting to my friend for a good 20mins haha

Yeah well I expected that much! Just had to respray the wheel arches on transit van, took a while to make the arches look the same shade as the rest of the van. I'm planning to do the paint job over the Xmas break from uni when I'm back at my grandfolks. Being the well worked people that they are, they've got themselves a massive garage to do DIY in, so the right environment for it. Aye I saw the mock-up of what your fenderbird will look like, colour looks gorgeous. Keep me posted

Sound mint dude Keep us posted on the outcome!

Been contemplating whether or not to invest in a new 'old' bass to replace my MIM as my main gigging bass. After searching around basschat & ebay for about a month, it hit me that for the price I'm looking at spending, it'd just be as easy to build my own! So today, while I should of been doing dissertation work for university (any excuse not to do it!), I've been researching various parts and finishes that would interest me. I've always been a fan of the block inlay. There's something about it that just screams 'IMMENSE!' to me . I'm currently gigging in a blues-rock covers band called 'Castles Made Of Sand' (after the hendrix experience song), so after that vintage 60's sound. Obviously alot of the sound came from Noel's Sunn amps and Billys superlead. [attachment=36415:jimi_hen..._70_301a.jpg] This is a prime example of what I'm looking to get at the end of the project. Time scale-wise I'll be looking to hopefully finish this by February, with having the majority of work done over the xmas period. Here's my current idea's for parts:- Body - 3 tone sunburst finish alder body Neck - Maple Neck, relic finish, block inlays - maybe a mighty mite, or blackpoole relic series? Pickups - Wizard 64's Electronics - vintage electronics plate Bridge - Badass II (more sustain) Scratchplate - Fender '62 Jazz Scratchplate 4 ply tortoise shell Winders - Hipshot machine heads I'm not sure whether to buy a pre-finished body or to attempt to sunburst a plain one myself? It'd probably be more fun doing one myself but not sure whether my spraying skills are upto scratch! Leave us some feedback to what you think, and I'll keep you guys updated! Joe

Im trying to advance as a player, and have recently listening to funk such as jamiroquai and james brown. I know my basic scales and whatever, and can play basic slap bass, but I wondering how I should go about advancing in that style? Is there any chord structures of finger techniques you guys can recommend? Or shall I just practice songs by funk artists? Joe