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As long as you are getting around ‑20dBFS when you record everything should be fine. You can add more volume in the mix at a later stage whereas you can not remove distortion/clipping if you have recorded too 'hot'. This was the first hard learned lesson in my case. I find the Scarlett records my bass (and guitars) really well on the instrument input. Usually the bass just needs a touch of compression post recording and nothing else. Sansamps also work really well into the mic inputs for both guitar and bass.

Use it. If it self destructs wait until a cheap s/h 15" appears on this chapel. I replaced my done for BW with a £25 'Fender' 15" bought in this parish. It was better than before, very unscientific approach, no T/S parameters, measuring cab volume, no changing port length and/or size, just luck

You might want to check how well the speaker cones are glued to the chassis. Check of they are loose, can be lifted with up from the chassis. For about 25 years I used a Peavey bass combo (bought new) fitted with BW speaker. At the 25 year point the combo became very 'farty' in a gig. It transpired that the paper cone was no longer glued to the chassis in any serious way. It is fixable with an appropriate glue e.g. Evostik, PVA, copydex, thixofix. Do it sonner rather than later, I damaged mine terminally. Also check if the speakers have some 'foam' in the magnet as a 'dust trap'. In mine this had disintegrated with age. Equally well it could just be a loose speaker, check they are well screwed against the baffle, it could also just be a vibrating panel. Vibrating panels can be cheaply fixed with cross bracing using cut down broom handle glued in. See Bill's post https://www.talkbass.com/threads/adding-bracing-to-a-cabinet.876201/

I was extremely mortified at the time. The crack of the fingerboard as I tweaked the truss rod will not be forgotten in a long time.

You might (and it is a big might) get lucky (it will be a lot of luck) with the truss rod. Depending on how it has been installed and the type, some dual action rods can be pulled out and a new one pushed in. Try gripping the truss adjuster with some small nosed pliers and see if it will pull out. In my bass and cbg build I have tried by judicious routing to ensure the truss rod can be pulled out in the event of a breakage. A good luthier should be able to get the fingerboard off, plane the twist out (or other suitable fixes), replace the rod and re-affix the fingerboard for not too much money. Good luck with it, you have my sympathy, you might imagine how P***d I was when I broke the fingerboard on my G&L L1505 with the truss rod compressing the wood inside the neck.

Worst case scenario, get a replacement neck made. I can highly recommend Jon Shuker, there are many good luthiers about.

^ as above I seem to make most basses sound pretty much the same. Not sure what I do to them.... When I get to the volume needed to deal with play with a drummer any tone subtleties (real or perceived) with different bridges (or even £ vs £££ basses) are lost.

Just need to purchase the upgraded recordings. All the bass tracks have been digitally enhanced to himass bridge sound rather than BBOT bridge sound.

No idea how to fix it. Why not state where you are located in your sig. On this forum you have every chance that someone lives near to you and may be willing to help. At this short notice I would borrow (buy cheaply) another amp for the gig. Can you go through the pa system? if so use some form of DI box? - plenty of pedals etc about that will do this cheaply e.g. https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Behringer-BDI21-V-Tone-Bass-Preamp/6LV?origin=product-ads&gclid=CjwKCAiAxMLvBRBNEiwAKhr-nGbKu9STsEB9lf49014ynlw8pt8J4MrQ_kPzBsJNkDy3dicY3LBFxxoCXr0QAvD_BwE I always carry a Sansamp as a backup for the 'failsafe' scenario. Good luck with the gig.

I managed to get the truss rod to lift and snap the fingerboard on my G&L 5er (older single action rod, not an uncommon problem apparently). Repaired by Jon with a dual action rod, better quality fingerboard, outstandingly good stainless frets and an almost unnoticeable repair. Outstanding workmanship (better than it left the USA with) and the bill was unbelievably low.

Bought some strings from Marc. Excellent communication and rapid arrival. Thanks.

And another pedal (tuner) despatched from the Travis trove. Excellent communication, packaged to survive and rapid arrival. The B string on my 5er can now be tuned. Many thanks.

Why? I have no other words on this one.

Reading the link, Rikki must be very very good. Too good for me to be in a band with (on so many levels). One can only wish him and the band well.

Bought a pickguard from Simon, well packed and arrived quickly. All hassle free, many thanks. Deal with confidence.

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£686 GBP - bargain compared to an original Hiwatt (which I had in my youth). Hope you find the Tour 700 you are looking for.

Pretty much what I would say about my Gibson SG bass. I did fit Hipshot tuners to cure the neck dive.