Jazzjames

I bought a bass from Hugues. I am very happy with the deal we did. Deal with confidence. Thanks Hugues!

I gig my double bass all the time without even considering that it's worth more than all but the most rare of early 60s basses. It's also a lot more fragile. Fender basses are pretty solid things. They're called instruments for a reason, they're meant to be used. And you can always call the insurance company if something does happen. Just be sensible and enjoy it, that's my vibe!

[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1503116185' post='3355798'] Apart from snobbishness, this above would be the reason if reading a new piece. For learning covers, a TAB is perfectly fine because you know the rhythm and where the notes go from listening to the song. [/quote] So you can easily recognize rhythm, but not pitch? Why should one be easier than the other?

https://youtu.be/4X7qgBVnMfY Seen this? I don't like tab, except when you want to demonstrate a particular fingering pattern. Even then I prefer Chuck Rainey's method of 1A . 1A means play the note with the first finger on the A string, but you have to look at the notation to see what the note is. This note could be any fret, it is not necessarily Bb. Check it out in Rainey's "The Method".

I used to like the sound of SWR and had a couple of their amps and speakers including a Goliath III which sounded great but was about 45kg. I very much like the SWR sound in isolation. However, I recently set up two stages for a band festival and I had to sound check the bass amps that we'd provided from the music school. We had an SWR super redhead and a Markbass CMD 102p combo. The Markbass sounded much fuller and felt like it had more power on tap than the SWR. If I had looked at the schedule for where I was playing, I would have put the Markbass on my stage as it sounded a lot better to my ears. And the Markbass was far easier to move around than the heavy redhead. The redhead wasn't bad but I think the Markbass had it covered.

Just record your tunes and send them to him.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1494341968' post='3295140'] On a Squier Jaguar V? [/quote] No on a totally different bass. It's extremely mild problem, I doubt anyone would notice it, but still it would be nice to sort it out.

Let me know what the solution is, I have this problem too and I've also tried everything!

http://www.ampeg.com/products/classic/v4b/ (18kgs) Lovely sounding head. New they're around a grand, second hand, less. Not crazy loud, but a beautiful sound to my ear.

[quote name='naxos10' timestamp='1490253912' post='3263554'] How about a Genz Benz 3.0-8T its not a tilt back but that's easily solved. [/quote] The 10t was tilt back. I wouldn't go for the 8, but the 10t was a lovely sounding combo. I regret selling mine.

**The time is everyone's responsibility.** Listen to some albums that don't have drums to get your ears used to the space. My examples would be Angel Song by Kenny Wheeler (Dave Holland on bass) Beyond the Missouri Sky by Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden.

[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1488962396' post='3253215'] [color=#1D2129][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]On Monday this week I had a short notice dep call to hold down the bass on a jam session so I brought a small rig consisting of mesa boogie Walkabout head and 2x10 powerhouse cab. [/font][/color] [color=#1D2129][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Later on a band came up to do a set and had an acoustic bass guitar which I plugged into my bass rig and eq'd it so that it wasn't too loud or too bassy and turned the tweeter to it's minimum setting as I know these things seem to kick out a heft of a signal. My parting words were don't turn anything and don't blow up my cab![/font][/color] [color=#1D2129][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Anyway as their songs went on I had to keep walking back to the stage to turn down the volume then bottom end and upper mids as it sounded raspy ( he was using a pick). On the one occasion I saw him turning up the volume between songs I went over reset it below where I originally had it and stood behind him for the remainder of the set. [/font][/color] [color=#1D2129][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]I'm not going to do that again. In future any acoustic bass players will have to go through the P.A. or bring their own amp.[/font][/color] [color=#1D2129][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Any advice for me using that setup for myself in the future. Is it a good idea to use a regular bass rig for acoustic bass guitars or would I be better off with a dedicated acoustic bass guitar amp.[/font][/color] [color=#1D2129][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]As an aside at home I use my PJB Briefcase and that's ok at the volume levels I use and in theory on the right gig I could DI out from it into the P.A. but what about those in between gigs that the PJB is too small or those where there is no PA and the bass has to fill the room. Any experienced advice would be grateful.[/font][/color] [/quote] If you're not comfortable with other people playing your gear, just say they can't or let the venue know you'll need them to supply a combo or something adequate. I personally wouldn't take kindly to someone telling me not to change anything, and turning me down between songs. If their bass tone wasn't good, then that's their problem not yours, unless he asked you for an opinion of what it sounded like out front. If the acoustic bass guitar has a good pickup which doesn't feed back too readily, then it shouldn't be any problem to put through a bass rig, same rules as bass guitar and double bass apply.

Just buy a second hand one. There's always one on here sonewhere.

No directly related but oerhaps worth a thought: The B can be harder to intonate if you don't play it sympathetically. I found that (like an E on double bass) i had to work to get a clear and defined sound with the B.

I have the CL version of the Aguilar 5P-60. It's a really nice pickup- enjoy!

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1487713882' post='3242160'] Anthony Jackson. It don't get any better musically wise. [/quote] Word

If we're talking about that kind of money and they're going to make simple errors like 'there' instead of 'their', I would go elsewhere. Edit: maybe I'm being a bit harsh here. Where are you based? There's a thread on here of amp techs that people have recommended, maybe you could find an independent professional to take a look at it. It could be a lot quicker and cheaper.

I find comparing preamps only really doesn't give you a proper picture of how the amp will actually perform for their intended purpose- on a gig.

[quote name='therealting' timestamp='1487256384' post='3238422'] Why not both? Most of us have bought instruments because they look cool for one reason or another, and most of us have decided not to buy otherwise fantastic instruments because they didn't like the way they looked. What's wrong with getting a bass because you like the way it looks? Is getting a newer bass that has been reliced to look old any less honest than buying an older bass that has been refinished to look new? [/quote] True. It is nice when the instrument is visually pleasing, but the priority has to be sound and playability. The clue is in the name, it's an [i]instrument.[/i] Is getting a newer bass that has been reliced to look old less honest than an old bass that has been refinished? Simply, yes. I played a Fender custom shop Jazz relic for a couple of years and I really liked it. I bought it because it was the best Jazz in the shop, and the neck was so nice to play. The relicing didn't look fake like a lot of the non-Fender knock-offs that you see about, and the used price made the bass quite good value. But something like a reliced Sandberg, an instrument that didn't even exist 20 years ago, is stupid in my opinion.