The Dark Lord

I was in a rehearsal room last week which had an Ampeg B2R going through a Trace Elliot 1x15 cab. Happy days. Using my USA Standard Jazz - I got a great sound. This week, I used the same rig - but with my passive, double soap bar Warwick Streamer. Man it was terrible. Plink, plonky no balls stuff. Nothing I could do with the amp could get a good tone. I improved things, a fraction, by using one of the guitar cabs as an extension cab. Still terrible. The I remembered that I had my TC Electronic RH450 in the boot of my car outside. Wonderful. There is such a range of tones that I was able to dial in what my bandmates called "a big meaty bass sound". After the first bit of the rehearsal - i was thinking of ditching the Warwick on ebay. Then, with the RH450 - it was fine again. The bass is a great player, light, with a great neck - but very weak sounding, so needs a good, versatile amp to get the best out of it.

Any chance you can post a sound clip on here ..... so that we can all give an opinion? You might find this thread helpful .... depends what you like. I think my white Precision is the best sounding bass ever made ..... but others would disagree. It's a stock USA P Bass. Whereas the Black P Bass in the clip has a P/J config and Seymour Duncans in it. Still sounds good, but a lot more aggressive sounding. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/163461-precision-vs-jazz-vs-warwick-vs-other-precision/page__hl__vs%20warwick%20jazz"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/163461-precision-vs-jazz-vs-warwick-vs-other-precision/page__hl__vs%20warwick%20jazz[/url]

Hmmmmm. So changing the finish, changes the sound. That's a very interesting observation. Thank you.

Their cabs are good.

I like come together, but it is a very often played pub band song. I'd rather do something slightly different. Maybe one of their earlier ones.

Maybe they realise that Epiphones are good enough to stand on their own feet now. They make some nice guitars and basses.

The technique of the player in the video was alright

It was plenty loud. Never really used it at more than 3. I bought it all new - hence how I was able to get Marshall to repair under warranty. Bought it all in 2009 I think. The lead connector on the cab became intermittent. When they fixed it, it was solid as a rock. One of the speaker leads on the cab became loose - both solid as a rock when it was returned. Also the combo developed a rattle - which was put down to a loose valve socket. When I played live I played bi-amped with this rig, so if anything blew, I'd be covered. Nothing actually failed more than once - bit three failures in one year put me off it a bit.

I also had the MB4210 - with the MBC115 extension cab. In either config - was loud. Sounded very nice with the extension. I actually had the 450 watt head, the 2x10 combo and the 1x15 cab which I used as a stack. All of them had to be returned to Marshall for repairs - although Marshall did turn them around very quickly. Very loud and great sound - not so reliable.

Fretless is cool. Had a Warwick Fortress One, that I bought through here, for about a year or so. Just played it like a fretted bass - but kept on the move where I could. Was fine - was also unlined - sounded great.

Popular these Beatles !

My PA has a feedback suppressor so we put the PA behind us - so we get to hear exactly wot the audience hears. Not possible on bigger stages on bigger venues - but fine for the normal sized pubs we play in.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1332626483' post='1591005'] with 24 frets? [/quote] Oops. Missed that bit.

[quote name='njr911' timestamp='1332626415' post='1591003'] While my guitar gently weeps. You need a Clapton esque guitarist to rip it up though [/quote] I like that one - but I did say simple, up tempo and punchy.

If you mean you'll end up with £500 to £600 in a few months - then that should - if you shop around - get you a US Precision.

[quote name='Jack Cahalane' timestamp='1332624228' post='1590966'] Eh? I can't tell if you like it or not [/quote] Well I like it. Check this cover out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tPZVsNTTJw

Looks better than it did originally. The big question for me is ...... has it altered the sound in any way?

[quote name='Ben Jamin' timestamp='1326669055' post='1500372'] Please tell me that's real!? I've just noticed Proguitarshop have started uploading some demos of some new Ekos - I didn't know they still made them but they sound pretty good to me [/quote] Oh ....... I would play one of these. Deffo.

[quote name='Cyrene' timestamp='1325952040' post='1490297'] [/quote] This is a good pic.

Get back is certainly one I had in mind.

Works well, but doesn't seem to have a menu for looking at the posts I've been involved in "My Content" - or am I missing something?