Kiwi

Don't forget there ARE alternatives to Genz Benz too But alternatives that are difficult to try out in the UK perhaps.

I'm wondering how do Hevos and Genz Benz compare?

Looks great when I turn my monitor on its side!

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='191518' date='May 4 2008, 12:13 PM']£410 with over a week to go![/quote] Might as well buy one new at that price and have better peace of mind.

[quote name='Huge Hands' post='191310' date='May 3 2008, 06:57 PM']I'm still wondering if it's a sensitivity issue. If the S1 is, as people have suggested, a parallel to series switch, then maybe one position is too sensitive for the preamp?[/quote] It could be an impedance issue. Installing a preamp with input buffers could help maybe? Chat to John East too on his BC affiliates forum.

just got in from a gig at a hotel just outside Haslemere. Crowd appeared to be mostly irish and many styles of dancing were observed. Some were even recognisable. Then as we went back to our dressing room to cool off and stock up on fluids the crowd decided they'd have a go at providing their own entertainment and before we knew it they'd started up on our singers mics themselves and borrowed some of our percussionists tambourines. Our percussionist confiscated them all in case they got broken and then distracted them by singing a sad jewish song in hebrew just to chill them out. Sound man wasn't in a good mood because a group of girls had been individually bugging him all night to let them sing a jazz song and while we were offstage, they were using our PA without asking first. We didn't know the song ourselves then it turns out neither did the girls! We let them have about 8 or 10 drunken Irish classics while we packed up around them and then the sound man switched off the PA so we could case it and load it up. After belting out "Rose of Tralee" unamplified, the crowd started to disperse and we could get on with the load up. I took the V8 and EBS 212Neo along with the Smith and Cutlass II. Percussionist loves me bringing the EBS cab so I'm looking forward to seeing how it works with one of the Genz Benz Shuttle heads at some point.

[quote name='jwbassman' post='191127' date='May 3 2008, 11:00 AM']No worries - do you know what the S1 does on a Fender P Bass?[/quote] I was told by a sales person it would make me grow bigger breasts, have smoother blemish-free skin, remove cellulite, help me lose 10kg, make me look good in a little black dress and endow me with an overwhelming sense of well being.

[quote name='crez5150' post='191188' date='May 3 2008, 12:58 PM']The new T-bass P****s all over the Lodestone[/quote] and there's a story connecting both so I've heard. But back OT

Blimey, I should really add mine to this too. Paul was the mystery buyer of one of my instruments, lovely chap and apparently still a happy customer which is all I could hope for.

[quote name='jwbassman' post='191111' date='May 3 2008, 10:28 AM']Thanks CK but no - that thread is about getting into doing theatre work - I have a specific problem with the gig I'm currently doing - just wondered if any of the more technically minded out there had a good suggestions that might help resolve the issues discribed above... Thanks anyway...[/quote] Bugger, sorry for not reading your post more thoroughly. I should know better.

[quote name='steve-norris' post='191057' date='May 3 2008, 08:28 AM']Did you actually try the shuttle 6? all the reviews have been very positive but it would be nice to hear an opinion from closer to home.[/quote] No, they're not due in for a couple of weeks according to Mark. However the preamp/eq section in the NeoPak is apparently almost identical (and thats the main thing for me with hybrid heads).

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=17227"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=17227[/url] Is this likely to be of any help?

Thats Number 5!

[quote name='Buzz' post='190893' date='May 2 2008, 10:09 PM']Shh, if they read this, they'll probably start full scale production in a week on tuesday. Stop giving them ideas to expand their current range of essentially 5 instruments.[/quote] And charge maybe £2500 a bass because all the scratches and dents have been lovingly hand crafted using an original New York yellow cab driven carefully and precisely by one of Fenders master craftsmen? Workmanship and attention to detail like that doesn't come cheap.

[quote name='poptart' post='190904' date='May 2 2008, 10:25 PM']On the way Steve - I suggest you come and try the Shuttles against the MB LMII and F1 as there are subtle yet distinct differences. Ask CrazyKiwi - we have spent a couple of hours with a LMII, F1 and a Genz Benz Neo Pak that I believe will sound similar to the Shutlle and has the same eq, tone pre-sets etc. It most most enlightening :-) Let me know if I can help you further. Mark[/quote] We did. I was impressed with all the amps we tried through a Berg 4x10 neo. The F1 and Little Mark didn't show any of that characteristic rubber bandyness that I've come to expect from MarkBass (perhaps because I've only ever tried combos and heads with their cabs in the past). The F1 in particular was a marvel. Quite warm sounding and all from such a tiny package. Great for any player who plays one or two basses at the most and doesn't want to be bothered with a lot of knob twiddling. However I liked the Genz Benz NeoPak 3.0, particularly because it was the first hybrid head I've ever tried where the sound WASN'T scooped. My Smith sounded firm, punchy and clean, everything I had been looking for in a solid state head. However it didn't sound as aggressively biting in the treble as my GK combo. I personally preferred the firmer, focussed sound of the Genz Benz over the Mark Bass but would prefer something in a smaller package. So once the Shuttles come in, I'll be back up there with my EBS cab. The sound of the Berg IP 3x10 cab was remarkably sweet as well. Not brittle at all. Although my first impressions were that it wasn't aggressive enough for live use in my band, I'm still not going to write it off yet. Maybe I'll bring my Lexicon MPXG2 too and see how it deals with a solid state preamp.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='190868' date='May 2 2008, 09:19 PM']Its not his bass! If something is broken into 14 peices, glued back together with missing bits replaced, and laminated all over, its a different instrument! Bass Player magazine will tell you that construction and materials used make a big difference to tone, but, as if my miracle "Jaco's Bass" has been ran over by a taxi and not changed a bit. These fella should have been handed a bass blindfolded and not told what it is. I'm not so sure they'd be saying the same thing.[/quote] I wonder if Fender will be releasing a limited edition custom shop version of the post repair bass? Complete with replicated splits and original identical tyre marks?

[quote name='Rich' post='190423' date='May 2 2008, 12:32 PM']That's what was so great about the Bass Centre (RIP) back in the Wapping glory days of the late 80s... you'd wander in there and a guy would approach you and the first thing he'd say after 'hello' was "Is there anything you'd like to try?". That's [i]try[/i], not buy. It was always kid/sweetshop time in there. I remember going in there once and telling him what I wanted from a bass... he sat me down at a Trace amp, pointed me at the free coffee m/c, and then brought me [i]fifteen [/i]different basses to try, gave me all the time I wanted, and never once prodded me for a decision or showed any sign of impatience... ahhh man, those were the days... [/quote] That was the time when they had no competition as well.

and where do you both work again?

[quote name='The Burpster' post='190269' date='May 2 2008, 08:48 AM']I know for a fact that Ped would hate my swampy PRS as it sounds dull and definatly not twangy, but I love that sound![/quote] Michael Manring's PRS hardly sounded swampy on his first album. What have you done to it Bob?

[quote name='finnbass' post='190214' date='May 2 2008, 02:20 AM']Looked more like a mugging to me...[/quote] Only "a mugging"? I don't think you're spinning hard enough.

I don't have a lot of patience for cheap basses that sound crap but I can be impressed by a cheap bass that sounds good. However I'm not sure a cheap bass would persuade me to permenantly stop playing Smiths/Celinders etc. I got all my basses primarily because of the sounds they make and resale values were excellent. Meant the risk of losing money because of depreciation if I sold up was minimised as much as possible. I'm certainly not brand loyal, and that I'm considering changing my boutique-y Smiths for a homegrown Shuker or two at some point could speak for itself I guess.