LukeFRC

ok... so I'll ask you... Currently got a Walkabout and Scout cab. Most my playing is direct into a PA and IEM- so something amp modelling would actually be useful. Tempted to get a B3 or B3n... so the Walkabout is really only for the odd gig, and I guess home practice. It fits in the back of my golf nicely too. If I sold the Walkabout and picked up a FRFR powered cab - would I miss the simplicity of having a nice valvey sounding bass amp? I guess the other thing I'm thinking about is not getting a B3 but doing my own DIY pedals based on what I think I would like... (compressor, SVT-type effect*, cab"sim", transformer based DI**) * For something almost as warm sounding as the Walkabout. It won't be but can try? **Mainly as one of the nicest sounds I had was the Warwick Hellborg preamp, which I generally had the EQ off on.. so a kinda similar thing to that...

see at that sort of prices I'm starting to think about selling my amp...

Bass cabs yes, too a degree - PA cabs I think I am more interested in how flat the response is and how quickly they introduce distortion as the volume increases... cheap PA stuff can easily 'sound' loud that's what distortion does. Good stuff can be very loud without the distortion

I am not a PA nut but I have used very little equipment as nasty sounding as that Bose system. I really do think the Markbass system must sound better than that. As an aside it feels a bit off for Bill to told to "go start another thread" by someone with a commercial relationship with the product being discussed. Seems a bit rude.

make yourself one, start a build thread on here... its only going to be a hobby to begin with but you'll get to learn your trade... then while you're learning do your research and work out a) what folk want to pay for and what they don't and b) what your speciality/brand will be. Do you want to offer a range of high end instruments, but a lot of Fender-type a-la Shuker or Overwater, or do you want to do some amazing tops like Alpher (good social media marketing), or what? Different markets for different approaches. I was going to put you forward as an example of someone who tried the 'budget' range idea. FWIW some of the standard series basses you made looked amazing. I don't think you damaged your brand but probably were spending time on something that wasn't helping you build the brand you wanted. The mindset of someone who wants an ACG Uber bass is probably very different to someone who wants a standard series.

Wait... you were considering selling it and didn't tell me? How far down the list am I?

Wait... you were considering selling it and didn't tell me? How far down the list am I?

I used to play at a church, and I had my Warwick Streamer with active MEC pickups through a Ashdown ABM stack... One day the head had gone for a service so we were back with the Trace Elliot 7 band combo - and the bass tone was incredible - so so clean and 80's it sounded like something off some record of 80's pop. This also was the worst sound I could possibly imagine ever and I spent a fair amount of money of effects pedals, new pickups and preamps it try and get me away from that sound!! Horses for courses.

that's where I thought this thread might be heading too! Uke sounds fun - it's good to have a change, and we don't have to try and convince you to keep one of your basses, so that's good too! If it's not fun stop for a bit, the ACGs will still be there for you. Rita too unless @warwickhunt has his way. The Bass Collection and Sandberg will sell if you want too. (I think I spied your Bass Collection for sales at a pretty low price somewhere else on the internet?) and all the other bumpf too if you wanted. (got a gig bag for sale? I need one and passing next month) but at the end of the day it's just stuff isn't it? Probably life is simpler with less stuff but if you can afford too you could just leave it all in a cupboard for the next 20 years and you know what - that would be alright. If you focus away from stuff and more towards making music, you're still doing that with the Uke, and it sound fun.

Aye - apart from when it comes to that ACG!

Fixed it for you

Trace elliot....

What's the silver box?

That is a really useful post - thanks! i heard reports that the spectra comp is quite noisy - compared to the Zoom is it? How much of the complex features in the spectracomp do you get into using?

Musicman seem to one of the few makes where the quality (or perceived quality) doesn't seem to have changed much over the year. The guys who know seem to suggest late 80s and late 90s ones are good ... but that doesn't seem to massively get reflected in the prices I've seen. that's a good thing I guess

How easy are they to set up?

I think that's what's a push and a pull factor to another B3 - give me one of the amp models and I'm happy (Aguilar I think or SVT) and I don't want to fiddle - the good thing is the pedal has that - the bad thing is it has so much more

Does the hd500x have much in the way of bass specific amps? On the list I can only see the B15 and bassman and it seems more guitar oriented than the B3

A couple of the 112 up for sale in the marketplace at the mo...

I've had the Pod XT live thing and a Zoom B3. I seriously fell out with the Pod when I managed to save over a patch without any warning 5 min before a set. I preferred the sound quality of the B3- the Pod seemed more processed/less natural sounding. I think you mentioned that in the other thread, I already been reading the manual! The Tech 21 Qstrip also looks interesting if going for a similar super clean input stage. into desk via your standard orchid DI box. Can sound amazing or shocking depending on who is behind the desk. This morning sounded good, this afternoon we had some kind of super scooped metal bass tone going on not seen the spectracomp - looks amazing... does it sound good?