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Silly I know but have you checked your leads and Battery (if active).

[quote name='dood' post='564183' date='Aug 9 2009, 03:16 PM']Hey mate! ;o) - Wow!! It's funny isn't it? Sometimes you find great tone in what would seem an unlikely configuration! - I absolutely love this little guitar combo over where my band writes material. It's a little Marshall box with a 8" speaker.. but set to distort a bit it sounds GREAT with my basses. I want it! lol I wouldn't mind seeing what it sounded like miked up. Talk about a short cut to gnarly bass tone ;o) Hope you are keepin' well n' everything![/quote] Hello Dood I was expecting mush but got good clean tone up to earth shattering (in my house..oh dear), it did break up a bit with the superbass but not much. I suppose the combination of the EMG's and preamp plus the Eminence speakers helped. Im gonna try my superlead with linked channels, now that is a brute, and I bet I'll get clean up to (oh my God Ive broke the windows) level. Im torn between selling them both purely because of their unwieldy size and weight. Cant help imagining how they would sound on top of an SWR Bigfoot though..imagine two bigfoot 2's with a JCM 800 atop each..a stereo rig !! The Tobias is still singing and the defret has been beautifully done with boxwood blanks. Hows your band doing?

This week I jacked in the 3 piece rnb band I was in, feeling the need to do something a bit more creative. Looking at the rig I had been using my thoughts turned to selling up and buying new stuff in. Today I set up my 2x10 and 1x12 Bagend spec homebuilds with one of my two Marshall JCM 800 MK2's. Plugging in my Tobias Sixxer that I had recently defretted I thought..nah its gonna sound crap. Flip me was I wrong ! Oodles of valve tone and low b tightness. The only drawback is that it looks odd and is heavy as hell. Im confused now cos I was thinking of selling both and going for a nice standalone 2x12 to go with the MB lm2. Sorry peeps just thinking out loud ,has anyone had a similar experience ?

Im in the process of having my Tobias 6 done cant wait !

Check out Eric Czar on youtube (6string fretless bass)....plays with Joe Bonamassa.

Im 56 and have two jcm 800's and a 4x12 that I shift between 3 and 4 gigs a week. Get a trolley my friend.

That is freaking awesome ! Needs a more manly name tho, something like Blowtorch or Stellar deathray !

Same here but anything specific I can help with just ask.

Its a place to keep yer sandwiches.

I boil and change them every 3 gigs. I use Rotosound RB40 nickel on stainless mediums (even though they wont give me an endorsement).

My Tokai went into my luthier for a setup. He had a Gibson Thunderbird there also. He told me that the Tokai was better made than than the Gibson. Mine plays nice and I have no complaints. Ive never compared it to an Epiphone but during my internet travels it seems that the Epiphone Goth is good bangs for the buck. Played a Gibson in Hartnolls Plymouth and fell totally in love. Lightweight with action and sounds to die for. Cetera has an old Epiphone Goth that I was going to buy for a Fenderbird project but sadly I had to shoot through due to home strife. Why not give him a buzz. All the best on your quest.

Hmmmm.... Gibson EB3 (60's) Gibson Thunderbird 'Fenderbird' Stingray Yamaha Attitude

[quote name='jc15973' post='522011' date='Jun 23 2009, 08:05 PM']Hi all, After a quick browse of the forum, it seems very active so thought I'd join in. Just starting our with the Bass. (couple of months now) Based in Bristol (UK) Could do with a lesson or two to check I'm going in the right direction. ( don't want to get bad habits etc.) Any tuition in the Bristol area, south side, would be good.[/quote] Hey jc welcome to BC ! Im a baldy old backstard living in Weston super mare and would be happy to give you some time. Where abouts in Bristol do you live?

Check out Trip Wamsley he used to be a student of Michaels.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='514220' date='Jun 15 2009, 02:22 PM']Isn't that Uncle Fester and Gomez Adams? Waiting for a light bulb moment?[/quote] ROFLMAO.....I'll have you know thats a solar panel mate. We may look a trifle eccentric but we still got it goin on! As to his bass, its beaten to buggery. I had a good look but cant remember the name on the headstock.