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Played a pub gig with the rock band tonight.We haven't played together since April as we all have other bands and just get together every so often and boy did it show in the first half A couple of songs we've done for ages, I was convinced that I was going for F# when in fact it should've been G. We had a natter during the break and came back a different band. Played the Who track "Won't get fooled again" and I was like a dog with two boabies. For an active bass, the Precision has a really raw, dirty, old school passive tone. Especially played at full tilt into the passive input of the Hartke, lots of lovely overdrive from overdriving the preamp valve. My wife was there and she had loads of people telling her how good they thought I was. That's part of the reason why I still play in a rock band. In the wedding band most people are there to dance, get pished and request stupid songs so its nice to get compliments for doing something that I love.

The new Rush album-ha ha going to see them next year - cannae f***ing wait

Just bought tickets to Rush for next year in Glasgow. cannae f***ing wait

Killing Joke-[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBS8kpspMNA"]Love like blood[/url]

I've been playing in different bands with my drummer for about 18 years so we almost know what each other is going to play before we play it. Regardless of the timing, it always works. If you want one of my favourite examples of where the bass and drums are doing completely different things then listen to Siberian Khatru byYes

If you're set on flats then you're going to have to try some. I've tried all of them over the years and came across Rotos last for some reason. Personally, with a bass fitted with humbuckers they are the be all and end all regarding flats but with an active Fender PJ they're sh!te. I've gone back to rounds with the Fender Deluxe Precision Special Special Something thingy but with my Ibanez Doug Wimbish fitted with soapbars I still use those Roto flats. Active Ibanez basses also love Ti flats, especially on 6 stringers. Chromes on a Rick are deadly as in they can simulate arthritis within a couple of hours of playing due to the sh"te ergonomics of the bass and high tension of the strings Seriously though, I gave up on flats until I tried rotos

The three most annoying things a punter can say are, in no particular order: 1) "Can you put xxxxxx on?" - Do you see record decks? 2) "Can you sing xxxxxxxxxx?" - well our singer can but what are the rest of use meant to do? We're not a barber shop quartet (thankfully) 3) After being told that we possibly couldn't do a song because no one of us have heard of it, punter says "its easy, it goes ner ner ner ner ner".At which point our singer says "Do you want to sing it?" which usually has them doing a David Copperfield and vanishing to the toilets. My wedding band has been together now for nearly 17 years and we pride ourselves on being able to try most stuff but even our male singer might struggle with a Kate Bush Song.

Cheers buddy, that does sound promising.

Yes I have read through everything but was wondering if anyone who had used it with an active Fender found that they could use it without having to run the extra thingy to get the transmitter away from the bass. I don't want to buy one then find out that I have to buy the extra bit. Not having a cable at all is the one thing that's winning it for me between the G30 and the Stageclix.

After using a wireless system at last weekend's outdoor gig I can now see what all the fuss is about. The stageclix is my first choice as the transmitter just plugs straight into the bass but on some active basses you have to buy the lead and other thingy and attach it to your strap as it interferes. But I don't want to. I just want to plug the transmitter straight into my bass. Is anyone using it with an active Fender straight into the bass and not with the extension strap thingy? If I have to get the extra bit then I'll decide between this and the G30 or G50

Lemmy, Chris Squire, Nathan East, Flea, Sting, Mark King, Derrick Taylor, Tom Petersson and a few others that I can't think of

We did a demo about 15 years ago and the sound engineer told me that I sounded like James Finnegan who was with Hue & Cry in the 80s. Funnily enough I did get lessons with him for about a year when I was 15. Another influence that I'd completely forgotten about is Derrick Taylor who was with Roachford in the 80s as well. Such a fantastic player as well

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1343131066' post='1745692'] Read the headstock! It's called the "Jazz Bass". [/quote] Read what I wrote again The Jazzmaster guitar was originally aimed at Jazz guitarists. The Jazz bass came out as the bass version to complement it and that is why it has that name, just like the original Precision complimented the Telecaster then was updated in 1957 to be more like a bass version of the strat with the headstock change.

It was to match the Fender Jazzmaster guitar wasn't it? The guitar was initially aimed at jazz guitarists AFAIK

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1334314805' post='1614280'] IAll of this can be altered/changed outboard with amps, effects,[b] wang[/b], EQ etc... [/quote] Wang? I've always loved the Precision sound but no Precision I ever played ever sounded right to me compared to what I was looking for. It took a PJ, my current bass, with active EQ to get the Precision sound I had in my head all these years. Combined with having a Jazz width neck which I prefer means that I'm as happy as the proverbial dog with 2 wangs. The only reason I'm selling my Rickenbacker, or at least trying to.