LukeFRC

Steed - not prose - and here's a picture that bass gear still have....

one bass I saw up for sale and wished I had bought.... and then he stopped building.... remember that lake placid blue jazz that Prose Bass made? It was modelled on someone famous' bass that I forget. That was lush. ACG über, Basslab, Ritter would all interest me not enough I actually would start saving. I like jazz basses, I like the idea of them, the sound of them - if someone could make one I liked playing live then I'ld be happy.

Worse than a soap opera! Cannae take the suspense

[quote name='Bobthedog' timestamp='1435491281' post='2809256'] Not trying to derail this thread entirely but a local festival last night had the bass on a Stingray 5H with a TC Blacksmith cab and 2 x RS410s playing classic rock from Motorhead, Black Sabath, Van Halen to Pink Floyd and he more than cut through, irrespective of his power supply. I was pleasantly surprised by his choice of bass considering the music but never got the chance to talk strings and settings. The tone was more than okay. Surely speaker sensitivity comes into play too? [/quote] Does a local festival not put the bass through the PA?

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1435472945' post='2809009'] Hmm.. I was an early Acoustic Image adopter (for the UK at least) and I recall that having the same lack of backbone that I've experienced with the other heads I've used. The TC was - IMO - dreadful (and I'm sure that uses a B&O derivative?). Markbass I've never got on with, and the only Aguilar head I've used was the AG500 which I liked immediately. but then again it has a lump'o'iron power supply even though it's class D. [/quote] Thing that gets me is that my Walkabout goes wrong and I've got the service documents and could probably repair it myself, or pay someone to do it. Couldn't do that with a RH450 could you? My old tecamp puma 1000 used a powersoft digimod module. Mind you it's odd that a £1000 bass amp is essentially their preamp stuck in front of the module and and DI the connectors you need... all retailing then for £1000. A pa amp with the same module inside costs £200 new... that's a £800 preamp?? anyway...

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1435327093' post='2807761'] It isn't - it's just having an amp that can do the amount of power you need for a full note length. With some of the optimistically specced Class D amps you might need a '900W' amp whilst a Class AB that can do its 300W continuously might have similar heft and loudness. But it isn't the Class D or Class AB thing that makes the difference, it's the power supply. The iAmp 800 was Class D with a traditional power supply. The Markbass LM2 was Class AB with an SMPS. [/quote] was wondering, what does that mean when you get to matching a amp to a cab? The trend seems to be for a couple of 1x12 and then people put a lot of power into them ... and suddenly 800w amps is the new "standard" .... and a EBS HD350 or my Walkabout doesn't put anywhere near 800w out.... what does that mean when looking at cabs? I've always presumed that with a lower power A/B amp you would end up trading low end for sensitivity. ....

[quote name='The Badderer' timestamp='1435335846' post='2807881'] thanks for the tip about the silica gel. one of the reasons for considering the ACG is that it's a single cut so the join of the body and neck is much more solid and stable. I've got a decent hard case to transport it in. It will depend a lot on what the cost of the supplement is if anything. If i'm spending over £100 I may as well just buy a Fender or Lakland out there and then bring it back or ship it back. I'll ask Alan to see if he has any tips for transporting on long haul flights as he may have some good insight. [/quote] .... buy a bass out there... for a number of reasons listed above... but also if I went to try and get into bands in a foreign culture I would be more confident they would connect with something that looks like a Fender than a single cut with a crazy preamp in it.

more than the cost of a soldering iron....

Andy just popped over and bought my B3 - great fella - I hope you enjoy it!

nope - I couldn't see ouwt about a [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Markbass CMD15P Jeff Berlin combo...[/font][/color]

errr ..... you've forgotten something?

Secondhand shop lead futile

[quote name='FlatEric' timestamp='1435042186' post='2804801'] Ooooooooooooooooh NNNNNnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnno!!!! £125!!!!!!!! I need to lie down in a dark room!! These things are like rocking horse ****!! In the UK, there can only be a very small amount of these and considering I am always on the lookout, all the time - It is years between a sighting!! Gutted isn't the word. I have one the same as shown, in a cherry burst, which cost me a LOT more than that, an awful lot more, from someone who knew what is was. Any sniff of who got lucky, I would like to know. Just hope is wasn't bought as a cheap learner, that is going to be customised!! Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear!! [/quote] found pics of yours on the blog... looks a wee bit different, two piece bridge and pups...? or just a variation on the same thing?

gumtree goes dead when the advert goes chasing a very cold lead but I think it's gone lads

it went though

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1434554012' post='2800729'] That's a [url="http://www.odysseyguitars.ca/"]Balogh Odyssey[/url]. 70s/80s hand-made Canadian thing, Flat Eric can tell you all about them, he's got two. Me, I just have GAS for one. Where is it, is it for sale, and if so, how much? I missed out on a guitar version on Edinburgh Gumtree that was up for £25. Seller thought it was cheap rubbish... Jon. [/quote] I was in northampton for £125 and but for the fact I was away on holiday.... looked a nice bass, you could tell it was fairly high build spec just from the photo

So... one for the experts this as it's got me stumped.... though I feel like I've seen it, or similar before.... what is it? (Bart pups)