badboy1984

musicman basses usually sounds bad and sucks when i play them at home but in band rehearsal and gigging purpose it sound so so much better and it cuts in very nicely as well.

i would personally pick the Musicman SUB any day over the sterling by musicman because the Musicman SUB is a proper musicman bass but just a lower model compare to their famous stingray version etc. Is just like Fender MIM which is a proper Fender compare to Fender Squier.

Have anyone tried those Redwood Acoustic bass that sells in Dawsons? It seems pretty fair price and it uses Fishman preamp as well (altho is not high end preamp).

I was looking into this amp yesterday in the store, it wasn't expensive and the size is good. Looking to get this and a matched 1x12 cab as well. I'm downsizing my GK rig atm lol

thats the plan, going to a music shop next week since i'm off work for the whole week. PMT in manchester have ampeg, ashdown and orange stuff to try. The Ampeg portflex is very interesting and seems like something i'm after, specially that 1x15 for doing New Wave stuff

Also looking at the Ampeg Portaflex 15 and 2x10 cab plus the PF-350 or 500 head. Head and cab cost around £700 which i only add a little bit of money if my rig sells.

For budget i will defo have to sell my whole rig or trade for the new rig. I play in a 3 piece band mainly and we play New Wave rock. Volume wise i would say we not playing very loud, when i use my GK combo i never have to turn pass 9 o'clock on both input and output (maybe i use active bass). We mainly do gigs for events and occasionally as support band where the bass will go through the house PA and the amp will be use as stage monitor. I use to own a Little Mark 250 which i kinda regret selling. Looking into either a Markbass, Orange and the small GK amp mention above. Cab wise something i can carry with 2 hand will do lol. The GK combo is almost impossible to carry in 2 hand and walk (i'm skinny and not muscle guy).

I'm start to thinking about downsizing my bass rig, something that i can easily transport on my own without breaking my back etc. Consider i have to carry up and down the stair and into my car etc. I use to own a full ampeg rig but thats too heavy and big so i down size it to a GK 700RB ii 2x10 bass combo and a SWR workingmans 1x15 cab but i mainly use the combo more for gigs but i no where use the full power of the combo as i often been told to turn down. The sound on the GK is good but is too bloody heavy to carry that on my own etc. Thinking about 1 cab and 1 head for my rig and i can always DI my bass or mic the cab for bigger venue. Something that can keep the volume on stage as monitor. Any recommendation?

[b]Musicman Stingray 4 with 3 band EQ:[/b] Bass feels good, nice balance and pleasant to play with. Sounded great live with lots of tone control and cuts in the mix nicely for the music i play. Record at home using this bass and the result had been fantastic. Only problem with this bass is when playing alone at home it sounded thin and trebly and lack balls. So this pretty much is a gigging bass. [b]Fender classic 60 Jazz bass with J-Retro preamp:[/b] The bass feels light, nice slim neck and balance well. The most comfortable bass out of my collection. Variety of tone control available thanks to the J-Retro and jazz setup. I always get good tone alone or in live performance. This is also my gigging bass. I swap between this and the stingray depend on the song or the band i with. [b]Fender standard Precision bass:[/b] The bass felt alright, standard precision stuff. The thing i like about this bass is passive and not much control apart from volume and tone so i just need to plug and go without messing around with EQ. Only down side with this bass is it lack control sometimes on the bass. So i like this bass for practice and backup for live performance. Strug it with flatwound so i can play some old school stuff.