Elfrasho

I'm 43, 6"2 and in decent shape, but I'm gubbed the morning after a gig! Dont expect it to get easier.

my first proper amp was a carslbro. not this combo but a bigger greener one. It was loud but so lifeless. Probably the worst amp I've owned.

the cost of building a pedal board from scratch mounts up very very quickly. I could only see it being a sensible option if you already had some pedals, and/or theres certain pedals you need that the multiFX just dont cover. Otherwise, a multiFX is the obvious choice in my view! The zoom stuff is greaet. I've gigged it for years although latterly I'vemoved onto a HX stomp. But, I've happily used the ms60b for the occasional gig recently when ive loaned my stomp to another band member for the set. I also dont use alot of effects, so thems60b does a grand job. It is limited though obviously. I'd 100% recommend the b3 and b3m, or even the old b9.1ut if you can find one cheap! gigged them all over the years with zero issues! the Latter has a weird 2 way control pedal that you can get quite creative with!

This seems almost too good to be true. ive registered, and just waiting for the email. Thanks for sharing!

Most of my gigs are deps these days. I wouldn't learn 30 tunes for 80 quid!

Sounds like none of you are pals so I'd just walk if I were you. even if you did sort things out, sounds like they didnt want you to be involved so who really wins. Sounds like the drummer just found people into the same things he wants and they all agreed.

Other amps I'd played at the time. My own ears decided whether it sounded rubbish or not, back in the day we could make our own mind up based on experience, we didn't need to wait until someone told us our opinion. Aye i know this is a 5 year old post but i dont think i replied!

I'll be honest... if you really need a basic and loud amp these days, i dont think you can go wrong with anything! You could get a trace elliot 1x15 combo for £100, anything ashdown will do the job. Peaveys will do it too. As you say, weight isn't a problem therefore the amps all the guys want rid of now are on the market and are dirt cheap.

Although my main setup is a stomp, I've always used zoom stuff and if i had to go back to my zoom ms60b i would be fine with it! I bet the B6 will be brill!

Another vote for a 2nd hand harley benton! Matter of biding your time and eventually one will come up!

A small 2nd hand active speaker is worth a shout! plus you get a bit more versailty! Might be a mad idea but i picked one of these up off of facebook marketplace for £30 recently: https://www.amazon.co.uk/KAM-RZ10A-Active-Speaker-Built-Black/dp/B01G7SYVNK/ref=asc_df_B01G7SYVNK?mcid=684f423ee63739b48154292e5fe4439e&th=1&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=696385059973&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3409122903263770849&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046913&hvtargid=pla-773084311572&gad_source=1 Cheap, small and extremely light and i suspect handles bass better than the very practice amps available. Obviously this is not aimed at bass players but honestly, if your bass sounds good already then what else do you really need from an amp. Doubles up as my practice guitar rig, and will be my music station for the garden when the weather arrives!

If I had 500 I'd probably look to get a 2nd hand nanyo bass collection 5 string. Great neck and the come in various models so I'd just wait till I found the right pup variation I wanted. Saying that I've just recently got a cort 5 string.. single cut. A but iut your price range but I would 100% recommend it if you can push the budget up. I would also suspect the cort ones in your range are also fantastic!

Looks lovely! As a matter of interest, the pups you took out were also Bartolini? the ones in mine are Bartolini but presumable the US versions were an upgrade? or did yours have something differently completely?

treat yourself! Thomann have it alot cheaper than anywhere else and weirdly the price i got it was 733, it then was 729, now its 725!... who knows where it stops!

I've been looking to get a 5 for a wee while then I saw a local band a few weeks ago and the bassist was playing one of these. It looked and sounded great and in fact I thought it was something a bit exotic. After a bit of googling I realised it was a cort and a very reasonable price for what you get. Got it today. First impressions is it sounds great. The string spacing feels close so will take a bit to get used to but don't think it will take long as it feels pretty comfortable. Love the look of it though. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea and it definitely wouldn't have been my cup of tea even 10 years ago, but amazing how tastes change!