Ian Savage

I know someone local to you who might be selling a Marshall DBS7400...

I can 'kind of' see where he's coming from, but interesting bass players will always find their place in the mix (much as I dislike his tone and general persona, Fieldy with Korn was/is (?) a prime example of the bass not being in its stereotyped place) - I'm doing some work at the minute with a band tuned down to D standard with me playing a five-string, and yeah, a lot of the time I'm just accenting kick drums with the same note as the guitars are playing in riffs. But when I drop that low A, bowels loosen. The trick is to not over-use it.

Good to hear you're sorted!

I suppose I could be tempted by a 'proper' Stingray (even though I'm totally happy with my Vintage) but I'd not be able to relax gigging something really expensive, kinda the reason the most expensive bass I realistically aspire to is a US SUB...

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1381840609' post='2244362'] I wish I could find any of these but *smaller*.[/quote] Pedaltrain Nano, or maybe this: [url="http://www.gatorcases.com/p/16108-1422/g-mini-bone"]http://www.gatorcases.com/p/16108-1422/g-mini-bone[/url]

There's also the Diago Commuter, broadly similar: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/300926328766?lpid=83&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=83&ff19=0"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/300926328766?lpid=83&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=83&ff19=0[/url]

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1381697517' post='2242608'] Haven't got flash player on my ipad, so I don't know anything about this thread ( [/quote] Couple of blokes tying their bandmate's Precision to the back of a car and driving it down the road, then peeing on it. Not great

Hmmm...I don't generally care about the state of my instruments as long as they play well and hold their tuning, but that just smacks of w***erishness.

I really can't see an extra centimetre or so making enough of a difference tone-wise to make it worth cutting a new scratchplate Personally I actually prefer having a little more 'play' in the strings for fingerpicking, even if it's minimal - the pickup's big enough that if it REALLY bugs you just move your hand down it...

21st fret to centre of the pickup on my Vintage is 160mm, probably not enough to make much of a difference...

I can't be the only one who read the thread title as 'Pirates didn't play bass' and opened it immediately? :/

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1381131615' post='2234579'] I hope this comes out. I've attached a file from WinISD with three plots of a Kappalite in three boxes. [snip] [/quote] Really interesting to see Phil, thanks for that!

[quote name='Greggo' timestamp='1381145177' post='2234845'] Is that when playing over the pickup? [/quote] Is there anywhere else to fingerpick a Stingray-type?

I've never measured it but in terms of 'feel' when A/Bing my VS96 with a SUB fingerpicking on the Vintage seemed a little looser with the same gauge strings, so I'd take from that that the pickup IS a little further forward - shall be intrigued to find out for definite though!

I found the Danelectro Wasabi overdrive very usable on bass, the 'blend' control to mix the distortion with the clean signal's proper useful. The 'boost' function less so, but I guess if you wanted to do an OTT solo or something it might come in handy. Definitely less than £40 used, I think they're about that new.

Got a works do in Moseley early that evening, might drift down afterwards!