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I've been using mine for just over the last year now and have considered buying the 200w version as some smaller gigs I struggle to get the volume low enough while still getting a good sound, that's how loud they are. I have the input gain at 2 and the main volume at 3.5 and that's also with all of the EQ set at it's lowest point and then turning up from there to suit the room. I thought it sounded good with my Yamaha BB1025 but with the Stingray it's absolutely incredible. [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/20150718_202306_zpstvamlu0g.jpg.html"][/url]

I thought the first one was fantastic the way all the different managers operated, especially Peter Grant. I watched the second one last night which was also pretty good but it confirmed to me that I really don't like any of Mark Ronson's work. Also, this is the first time I have heard him speak - has he had a stroke in the past? I thought the Heroes bit was really good. I thought the bass sound was fantastic and not what I expected then it was covered in all sorts of weird noises that sounded mostly terrible on their own but put them all together and it sounds amazing.

I use the least amount of strings I can get away with in whatever band I'm playing in at the time. This is currently 5 but up until this time last year it was a 4 for a few years. In the past my main bass has had 4, 5, 6, 8 or 12 strings depending on the band.

Last gig I went to was Duran Duran. Absolutely fantastic. Supported by Seal who should've been headlining himself. He too was top class. Some turn to drugs, some to drink - Seal has obviously been in the gym for the last 20 years. Fantastic band he had as well. Next gig should've been Motorhead tomorrow night But, I am going to see ZZ Top at the Academy in Birmingham in June. One of the last of the bands I have on my bucket list still to see. It's a 5 hour drive each way but I didn't think I'd get the chance to see them and I likely never will again.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1452245466' post='2947915'] The problem IMO with all the people mentioned as the new inspirations for bass players is that they seem to have zero impact beyond the world of other bass players. Coupled with the fact that the majority of their music has all the style and class of elevator muzak or a second rate porno movie soundtrack, it's little wonder that their audience is entirely composed of other musicians as the technical playing aspect is the only thing of value. [/quote] Big Red X - straight to the point as usual but my thoughts exactly. They say that the only people who find body builders attractive are other body builders. This is what I wanted to say in my own post.

My FSR Precision had a faulty preamp so I went the full monty and got the EMG pickups and 3 band EQ. Through a big rig like the hartke LH1000, Laney 115 & 410 it was thunderous and not remotely sterile like people say they can be. Lots of dirt

I love this song. I usually use it when sound checking but then again I love octaves. Anything with octaves is good for me whether it be the simplest Roger Waters bass line or the most difficult Bernard Edwards one. I learnt to play octaves from a combination of the Dark Side of the Moon and Nathan East's instructional video back when he had a beard and hair

The 1975 sound a bit like Walk The Moon to me. I don't think they have much to offer other than nostalgia but then I can be very critical. I love Peter Gabriel's music. Some of my favourites are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0GcqYGv1AA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1bMpke0yVs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY42nrt_nIc

I still keep expecting Lem to say something. He was such a big part of my life I remember depping with a wedding band and the main man told me that I played just like a rock bass player. Being a funk player I was disdturbed. I tried to Play Kiled By Death the entire night

I would like to put a fresh set of eyes on this and say that I don't think that any one of these people mentioned will be the next generation of favourite bass players. I remember buying bass player magazine in the 90s and seeing Victor Wooten and BIlly Sheehan on every second advert - they have never inspired me to play differently I always remember a big advert with a guy with a bunch of basses - it was Michael Anthony from Van Halen. I like his singing, he played a Musicman Sterling and some Yamaha basses My favourite songs were those that were in the charts when I was first starting out but listening to the charts now there's no discernable bass.. It's all been muffled into background noise so that we can hear the autotune. I ended up listening to tunes that were out in the 70s & 80s and that's never really changed much as there's not been much IMO to trump it. I regard 1993 as one of the best years for pop music where we had Lenny Kravitz "Are You Gonna Go My Way", Peter Gabriel "Steam", Duran Duran "Ordinary World, Faith No More "I'm Easy", Charles & Eddie "Would I lie To You" and more: Check it out [url="http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1993.shtml"]here[/url] Check it out, there was some diabolical dirge but even the worst song there was better than most of what we have had this century so far. Sax is just a rehashed Lionel Ritchie song and Hello by Adele is just plain miserable. it's actually depressing and I think that Flea, love him or hate him, will be the most popular bass player for a while to come as he's been the most commercially available bass player. Ask anyone outside of this forum and they will have a hard time telling you who Jaco Pastorius, Larry Graham, James Jamerson, Hadien Something, even Billy Gould are unless you are really into a type of music or a specific band. Long gone are the times when bands were encouraged to flourish and develop their song writing capabilites. It's now or nothing and if you're not on the strictly X-factor on ice big brother in the jungle "I'm not a celebrity" bandwagon then you're not going to be remembered for anything. Welcome to the 21st century where everything is disposable. Celebrity means that you know someone famous or have been on another TV program not having done anyting to warrant being famous yourself. It's all over folks so enjoy being in your post apocalyptical shoegazy punk melancholy fusion freeform jazz rock pop ensemble while it lasts

The last string I snapped was a B on Warwick Thumb 5 in 2008 because it wasn't tapered. Quick check with the Bass Centre and I had a tapered Elites 135 guage string on its way. Before that it must have been about 1998

Playing in a wedding/function band my main bass is a Musicman Stingray 5 string with a Yamaha BB1025 being my backup. I also have a Yamaha BB425 to practice in the house with and a Lindo 4 string fretless to remind me why I never want to buy an expensive fretless to gig with ever again

Bought Andy's SR5 over the holidays. Everything went incredibly smoothly and I received it very quickly and exactly as described. Top banana

I played for years in a band with a drummer that could not control his volume and tended to overplay all of the time so I began wearing ear plugs to every gig as having a large china symbal battered right next to my left ear wasn't my idea of fun or going home with ringing in my ears. Thankfully I am now in the position of playing with a drummer who can control her volume and now only wear one ear plug in my left ear not fully in to slightly attenuate the high frequencies from the symbals. I am now enjoying things more and not having to crank the top end to hear myself clearly with the ear plugs in and the stage volume is at a sensible level now that we can all turn back down again. I actually have the opposite problem to most of having a fantastic guitarist right next to me who plays too quietly and it's only when he kicks in the boost for solos that I can hear him properly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOs4vsthLD0 I lost my train of thought earlier today and, em, something, help?

I've found that this is the case with a number of tutors. I've been trying to find a decent vocal teacher but no one has got back to me. I have absolutely no idea how I know what I do or how to transfer it to someone else or I would've gone down that path years ago as I am completely self taught and just played along to everything when I was young. There are no decent bass teachers in my area that I know of that aren't just guitarists who think that bass is an easy version of guitar and therefore easy to teach.

10 years ago I began the revolving door of basses. In the beginning was a 2000 Musicman Stingray 5 followed by about 120 other basses - Fenders,. Warwicks, Modulus, Aria, Yamaha, Ibanez, Rickenbacker, Warmoth, 4, 5, 6, 8 & 12 strings, fretless, fretted, acoustic, semi acoustic, and so on. Some were sold before they were gigged, some were sold before I got them and some made a gig or 2. Some of the more expensive ones were the most disapppointing. At one point I was taking 2 basses worth £4000+ to pub gigs. Last night I played the 2002 Stingray 5 I bought from Andy Dye at a Hogmanay gig and I felt like I was home again. My mate Mick the guitarist kept turning round all night. He told me at the end of the night it was because it sounded so good.

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I bet Phil Taylor, Lemmy and Scott Weiland are having a right old knees up right now So hard to believe that 3 outstanding musicians have gone this year. I was a huge STP fan. Found them on "The Word" in about 1993. It's all gone tits for arse this year

On Christmas day I was treated to a Snark Tuner and Herco plectrums which are two very small but very necessary things. Tomorrow (technically today) I'll be treated to a Stingray 5 string and a Line6 G30 courtesy of Andydye and Guitarguitar

I lost my wallet in the middle of Falkirk sometime in 1994. If anyone has any information regarding the whereabouts then please send it to: Old Pink, Care of the Funny Farm, Chalfont Oh yes, it was a brown one if that helps

I've been in and out of thread a few times today not knowing what to say. I first saw Lemmy in that episode of the Young Ones "Bambi". Since then me and my brother have been to see Motorhead loads of times. We were both sad and disappointed when the last tour was postponed then cancelled but had tickets to next month's show in Glasgow and were looking forward to seeing the big man in action again. It takes a lot to get me going but I'm genuinely upset at this. It was inevitable and we both knew that this was likely to be the last tour but for it to happen so quickly was a complete shock. I shall be wearing my Motorhead wristband at the new year's eve gig and the Star Wars tattoo I had planned for early next year might become a Motorhead one.

I bypassed getting the holder for the G30 as I couldn't find the exact one for it. I have mine zip tied to my strap at the bottom part of the unit but velcroed around the top where battery compartment is. You really can't go wrong at £118.

Since the day I started playing I've only ever used guitar combos in the house. Means I can play at a reasonable volume without annoying the neighbours. I've been using the same 40w Meridian combo for a good 10 years now. Plenty of volume and doesn't annoy the neighbours but then I only ever play in the house to learn new stuff. It obviously doesn't sound the same as playing through a proper bass amp