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I've just gone through a similar quandry I was in a fantastic rock band. We played a few weddings during the year as well but I got talking to a group of guys I had known for years The short story is that we decided to get together to form a new wedding/function band. I'd have loved to have stayed in both bands but the wedding band is just far too busy and it wouldn't be fair on the rock band to dictate when I was free. Otherwise I'd have stayed in both bands

I'm in the process of setting up my Yamaha BB425 properly but the one thing I have noticed is that even with the string height adjusted, the saddles are still pretty high resulting in a huge break angle for the strings I've installed shims on basses before but only when the saddles have bottomed out before reaching the desired string height- is it possible to put the shim in the neck pocket at the end nearest the headstock to bring the angle back slightly so that I can drop the saddles? Would this have any adverse affect on the bass other than I would notice a slight gap between the neck and the pocket?

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I'd agree. I normally use 45s but when using flats I always go for 40s. The Chromes are higher tension but I find I can drop the action a fair bit with them and play a bit lighter.

[quote name='Rodders' timestamp='1423162793' post='2681685'] I Want You Back - Jackson 5. The notes you can get down pretty quickly, but the feel is much harder to get when it comes to playing it with a band. [/quote] This is one of the few songs that I've gone on Youtube and watched someone play along to it to get the notes. Another song I have just learned is Footloose played by one of my all time favourite bass players, Nathan East. I had played it for years but no where near the original and I wanted to learn it properly with the new band I have recently joined so I found the Youtube video below. If you go to the guy's website he has even transcribed it so I was able to read the part rather than keep stopping and starting the clip to get the correct notes. [media]http://youtu.be/-QCJAvmJITc[/media] This is undoubtably the most difficult bass line I have ever had to play just because it is a relentless barrage of notes and one fumble has you galloping up diarrhea drive without a saddle

Thanks for the tips. The problem is that I have EMGs fitted to the bass and the pots that come with it with the push fit cables are quite a bit bigger than standard

I recently bought a new scratchplate for my Precision so that it has 3 holes instead of the 4 the original one came with. It's a perfect fit except the blend pot which is where the output jack normally lives won't fit inside the control cavity. What's the best way to enlarge the cavity to make it fit? I don't want to go to the expense of buying a router for such a small job as I'd never use it again. I had thought about a rasp and file set but don't want to trash the bass

The Fender Rumble 500 combo is only 16.5kgs and I picked mine up at GAK. They pricematched a German website so I got mine for £425. Also has a speaker out for running another cab

I thought that this was going to be a thread about a new Ashdown product that changed into something else Like an amp that turned into a sheep or a mammoth

It's quite hard to get used to but I sleep on my side with my arms straight kind of like a seal for want of a better description (as I found having my arms bent for long periods can aggrevate it). I still move during the night and get the numbness but I just stick my arm out of the bed pointing to the floor and make fists and it soon eases off. I came across [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTxQqu9USC4#t=178"]these exercises[/url] and they seem to help when it starts to bother me. Plus I can do them when at work sat at my desk. I drink a lot of water, use low sodium salt and take multivitamins + iron and a cod liver oil capsule daily I badly want to avoid the surgery as it's 6 weeks where you can't do anything with that particular hand and from what I've heard from others and read, it's no guarantee that it won't come back.

Not me but our singer was playing the other week and someone came up and said "I thought you were really good and I've got a lot wrong with me"

I've [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/line-6-xd-v30l-digital-wireless-beltpack-system-with-lavalier-microphone/41310"]just[/url] spotted this which looks like a G30/50 transmitter with a different receiver Would this work with bass just by getting a jack to TRS cable? They're doing them at GAK for £99 compared to £129 for the G30

I've never seen a blueburst Fender before but you get them on the cheap copies found in Crack Generator

I didn't like the 1001RB as much as the 700RB. I found I couldn't get the 1001 loud enough without overpowering everything else to get the proper GK growl that I could with the 700

I got my Epiphone Thunderbird because there was very little taper in the neck, similar to a Rick. They may have changed it but the standard one had a Precision width nut and the Goth had a Jazz width nut. I can't remember what the neck on the Epi Les Paul was like. Good thing about those basses is if you don't like the sound you can fire EMG soapbars straight in. There's no room for a battery so it would need to be the HZs which I had in my Thunderbird and they worked very well

When I did one to a knackered Hondo II Rick copy I used a Kahler bridge as it can be adjusted a million ways to get the string spacing correct. What I did for the nut was to buy one with the grooves just slightly marked out. I began with cutting the outer B & G strings using the grooves that were already there, put the A bang in the middle then cut the E & D strings in between those

Ah that explains why I didn't recognise him then. I didn't think that anyone over the age of about 17 listened to Radio 1

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1422177667' post='2669406'] Yes, to me GK have a very crisp, hard-hitting sort of thud to them, an edgy sort of sound, whereas the Fender Rumble are a warmer, richer sound, more of a rounded sound. [/quote] I think it depends how you eq them as well as the bass you are using. If the Rumble had sounded as you described then I would've sent it back but so far I'm finding it to be [u][i][b]very[/b][/i][/u] punchy and clear with a great low end

I had a 4000 years ago. great looking bass but really missed having the neck pickup. I don't fully understand what they mean by "enhanced with a 3.1 mm wider neck" They are also doing it in Midnight Blue so I may have found another contender my 40th birthday bass for August

If I read it correctly it has a wireless system built in. Woo

I've just bought a Fender Rumble 500 which is coming in at 16.56kgs but you probably don't need this much power - the Rumble 200 is still coming in at £373. I got GAK to pricematch a German site and got the 500 for £425 so it's only £50 more than the 200. Soundslive currently have an ex-display 200 for £339

They're made in Indonesia. The way I think it happened from what I read was that Fender bought Genz Benz, closed the company down in 2013 and in 2014 they released the new Rumble range using GB technology. Check out the Rumble thread on Talkbs. Obviously many fanboys on there and a brief mention that I was getting one resulted in a membership number (yippee) but lots of useful info. It's too early to tell from tonight's gig and especially since I'm using a different bass to normal with roundwound strings but the sound was big and punchy. The guys in the band and the sound engineer commented on how good it sounded. It's also very loud for a combo, especially one coming in under 17kgs. It also coped incredibly well with the low B with no tailing off in volume or even hint of distortion the lower down I played

I've just bought a Fender Rumble 500. This was coming from a Hartke LH1000, Laney NX410 & 115 I will be using it for the first time tonight at a gig with pa support and tomorrow night at one without. I will be using the Laney cab as well tomorrow to get me more speaker surface area. I will be using the Yamaha so it'll be interesting to see how it handles the low B. I'll try and leave a first impressions review on Saturday if I remember.

[quote] [b][u]Bass player wanted[/u][/b] Big Tuna is a well-established, Edinburgh/Fife-based rock covers band with regular pub, club and wedding gigs. We are a group of 40-somethings with day job careers. We love performing but also balance this with a family life and other interests, playing 2-3 gigs/month mainly around east central Scotland. We are now looking to recruit an experienced bassist. Any backing vocal abilities, while not essential, would be an additional asset. In addition to having professional standard bass, amp and associated equipment you [u]must[/u] have your own transport as we play throughout the Central Belt of Scotland (and sometimes beyond.) It is essential that you are a team player and someone who enjoys playing great rock classics and contemporary rock/indie tunes. You can find out more about this by checking out our current set list on our website: [url="http://www.bigtuna.co.uk"]www.bigtuna.co.uk[/url] We are all professional and dedicated but very much a part time band so if you are looking to be a full time musician we are NOT for you. Our goal is to find a reliable, like-minded and competent bassist who loves to play great music live with the added bonus of picking up some spare cash on the side when doing so. If that sounds like you please feel free to get in touch. [b]For further details please contact Bill on 07974 720669[/b] [url="http://www.bigtuna.co.uk"][b]www.bigtuna.co.uk[/b][/url] [/quote] This is the rock band I am currently gigging with and if it wasn't for the opportunity to get together with musicians that I have played with since my late teens then I would not be leaving this band. They are a great group of guys, easy going, no egos and enjoy what they are doing (as do I) I would ideally have liked to keep playing in both bands but the band I have now joined is booked fully for the wedding season. Please contact the drummer, Bill, on the number above if you are interested