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I use one of [url="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00N1I4A1I/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1"]these[/url] for my one. I have my cab, MB500 and wireless unit all velcroed together and they all go in the bag together This was it when I briefly had the MB200 which is now for sale but am now using the MB500 [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/14089238_186834378388756_330157803568661876_n_zpsouj6rnhg.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/14089238_186834378388756_330157803568661876_n_zpsouj6rnhg.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

I had an LH1000 and gigged it with Laney 4x10" & 1x15" cabs. I liked the fact that on that one it had a balance so I could direct more to the 4x10" which I sat underneath the 15" as it produced more bottom end. Anyway I was able to get the valve to overdrive on that with my Precision with EMGs. It sounded incredible but the amp on it's own weighed more than my current entire setup, including my bass. I was going to hold off and buy the TX600 but going by this review I'm glad I went with the MB500 instead

I had one of these and although 35kgs is about the same as a 4x10" from the same era it's awkward to carry more than anything else.

That's to give you extra honk from the neverties position pickup

If it's a one piece graphite bass then that will make it a Stealth? I nearly ordered a 6 string headless and fretless Stealth a few years ago

Yeah unless it's a super hot bass and badly distorting then passive is fine. My Sterling is hot enough for me to need to activate the pad switch/button on both MB200 & MB500 amps but there's plenty of volume in both amps, even with the pad selected.

I had a caramel BB1025 and it was much much better in the flesh than the awful reddy colour it looks like on every website. Fantastic basses with super hot output and the best precision bass I've ever owned bar none

After having had only ZZ Top in June I'm now going to see Living Colour & Glenn Hughes in November in one of the oddest double gigs I'll have been to followed by Roachford on 4th December then the Chilis on 8th December and Status Quo on 20th December. After losing Lemmy last year I'm trying to see as many bands as I can that I know are either retiring or are likely to soon.

The one thing wedding venues very rarely disclose but are meant to from day 1 is if they have a noise limiter. A band turning up on the night to be met by a hotel manager telling them that there is a noise limiter and anything over xdB will trip it is far too late IMO and have every right to refuse to play. Few will but the threat of this is enough to make most venues more accommodating. We've all spent a lot of money on our gear and we'd like to have the opportunity to say no if we're asked to play a venue with a limiter. Valve amps really don't like being switched off before they've had the chance to cool down and regardless of damage or not I like to decide when I switch my amp off. There is a venue near us and I only found out it had one when I read about it in the local paper. It was set at 85db which is close to the level of a domestic dishwasher. We played our quietest set ever and the audience loved us as we managed to get through the entire night without tripping it. A band who played there the week after us who I had depped with in the past ripped the microphone out of the ceiling and cut the wires to the traffic lights. They won't be playing any venues in my area any time soon and I'm glad I wasn't playing with them at the time. We're fortunate enough that we're busy so we can politely refuse the ones with sound limiters most of the time. It's not about playing as loudly as you can, it's about being able to play at a volume to suit the venue, not a neighbour 2 miles away.

Not so much don't like but currently of no use to me are Chris Squier and Geddy's sounds. Somehow I don't think they'd fit in with a wedding/function band.

You're always going to get venues where the sound of the band has either been the last thing thought about or not at all. I've played places with big dome ceilings, 85dB sound limiters, marquees and so on and you do get places from time to time where the sound is going to be no good regardless of where you play. That was part of the idea I had about getting a small cab that I could raise to ear level. That way I don't need to be so loud and because it's right next to me it's not affected as much by the surroundings. You're already at a disadvantage if your cab sits low on the floor as the vocals can tend to bleed back from the pa and other musicians around you can mask the true sound of your cab making you think it sounds garbage but if you stick your ear near it, it still sounds good. Our guitarist carries one of those Sansamp flyrigs for venues where the sound isn't the best and uses a monitor in front of him instead of his usual Fender combo.

Like most people on the forum I am self taught so when I began playing I used just my index finger on my right hand and played everything on the E string using my thumb over the top of the neck to fret the notes. The left hand thing came easily enough playing with the rest of my fingers but for years I only used one finger on my right hand. I found that just by making a conscious effort to introduce the second finger when playing along with tunes it did eventually develop. I still favour using just my index finger but for some things it's nigh on impossible to use one finger. The important and difficult thing I found thing when learning to use two fingers is to try to get the attack identical on both fingers but it just takes time

My band went through a phase with a drummer that we'd all played together with for the best part of 20 years. We always thought he was good but he was too loud and played everything too fast and towards the end tried to control the band, tried to cause us all to fall out and ultimately became a liability. He was that childish that he threw away a 20 year friendship and unfriended me on Facebook before he had left the band We are now in a position where we have an absolutely amazing female drummer that I both love and admire as a person and a player. She has great timing, can play at a volume to suit the venue, just a very fluid and smooth player and we're all now performing at our best and loving it. Without a doubt I am the happiest I have ever been in a band since I got my first bass at Christmas in 1987 Life is too short to muck around with people you're not getting on with in one way or another. I would try organising auditions, maybe outwith your area to see if you can find someone else before your current drummer gets wind of it. Or you could confront your drummer. Years ago Roger Daltry was almost out of the Who and had been due to be replaced with Boz Burrell but he got his act together and the rest is history

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1472675727' post='3123257'] Exactly... defret and turn up to jazz jams with it [/quote] I did have a defretted one but decided to sell as the first fret position may as well have been in the next town it was so far away I take it the reason this one has a scratchplate is that it has been routed for the Stingray pickups? Mine had the standard soapbars with the staggered poles [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC06311%20Large_zpsh68xv6db.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/DSC06311%20Large_zpsh68xv6db.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC06325%20Large_zpsbpaxsduj.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/DSC06325%20Large_zpsbpaxsduj.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='darkandrew' timestamp='1472513949' post='3121793'] When I picked up the Sterling, I had a little play with the previous owner's Stingray and comparing the two, side by side with the same amp, etc I found I prefered the sound of the Sterling. Don't get me wrong, the Stingray sounded nice and I found its neck very playable but it was just a little too polite for me. I got the impression that I would really have to dig into the Stingray to get any sort of aggression out of it whereas with the Sterling it was much easier, and as I play with quite a light touch, this suited me better. [/quote] Exactly my thoughts. I can't actually remember how many Stingrays I've had but I felt that I always had to try too hard to get the Stingray growl but with the Sterling, even with flats, it's right there whenever I need it