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    Sweetwater just did a huge bass DI shootout

    I know this is an old thread but I think I need a DI for recording purposes, though my Audient interface has a (supposedly decent) JFET DI. Does anyone have experience with that vs a dedicated DI? But what I really want to do is record a DI signal and an amp at the same time, so one of these DIs...
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    Gig last night ruined me.

    Agreed. It's got to be the 751. I heard a small duo at an outdoor/patio tavern set up. It was an acoustic guitar player/singer and the bass player was using a Geddy Lee sig jazz bass and an Aguilar 750ish something through 2 1x12 cabs...best tone I've ever heard. And I'm a (converted) P bass...
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    Longtime TalkBass member irjason passed away

    Sad to read this. :( My condolences.
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    Did you ever attempt to play Upright Bass -- how did it go?

    Yes. This summer. A friend of mine plays upright bass in a folk group. It was neat to try, but after a while made some serious blisters on my picking fingers...maybe because we were jamming with electric guitar and drums and I felt the need to pluck harder even though the bass was amplified (in...
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    Re-evaluating my amplification situation

    I don't have any experience playing through big rigs so take this with a grain of salt, but I went amp shopping and played through several of the class D Fender Rumble combos of all sizes hoping I could get a decent sound on the cheap...and they all didn't cut it. Not even close. Then I tried a...
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    SOLD Fender Pino Palladino Custom Shop Precision Pbass

    I have one of these - excellent Bass, so whatever you have your eye on must be pretty incredible.
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    Mesa M3/M6

    OK thanks all. Looks like I will be leaning towards the M3 and a 212 cab. I'll try others, but it's looking like an M3. Now to get the band going...
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    Mesa M3/M6

    well yeah, I do need to try some other amps. The AG I heard was with a Jazz. I now play a P with flats and rolled back tone. I'd like to hear what that sounds like in a DB 750/751. I should try the orange terror, genz, and GK also. I did try the SVT Pro 7 and instantly didn't like it. I didn't...
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    Mesa M3/M6

    would the mesa 212 cab be considered a big cab or efficient enough? I know it sure sounded loud enough in the store. I only had the master on 8 or 9:00 position with the gain at noon. I didn't dare try it any louder than that. I already thought I was calling enough attention to myself.
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    Mesa M3/M6

    I did also play with the different settings on the M6- the mid shaping. I found it to be versatile, but I don't need versatile (at least I don't think I do) just one really good sound. Once I find it I don't change it. And the fewer knobs to mess with the better. To me the M3 sounded better...
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    Mesa M3/M6

    I am going to start playing in a band again, so I need a bass rig that will be loud enough. I have a vintage ampeg b25b that sounds great, but at 50 watts it's hardly enough. In the last band I was using an old borrowed Peavy KB300 keyboard amp with a 15 in it, and as corny as that sounds it...