uk_lefty

A mute button is an essential for me. On board compressor not really, but drive and sub harmonics I have been known to use via footswitch. I don't find tweeters douch for me. I like the idea of flip top amps, I see Ashdown have done an Origin.AL fliptop now which would be good for carting stuff about. I love a kickback Combo, my old Hartke kickback sounded fantastic and it was always tilted, same with my old GK Backline.

Fair enough in some ways... Just seems odd. I don't fully understand the Watts vs ohms thing but if you make a 200 and 500 watt head why are the cabs 400 and 600 Watts...? To give additional cover so you don't drive the speakers too hard...?

Why is the "vertical" 4x10 nearly 300 quid more than the square 4x10?

What didn't you like with the Laney... Not criticism, just curious because with you liking Orange and Ashdown I'd have thought these were up your street.

They certainly sound good and the mid preshapes and tilt make it very versatile. I'm very tempted.

I had a partner in the past who made me wait in Oxford Street M&S for an hour while she looked at the same few rows of practical underwear then as soon as I walk in to Bass Cellar or whatever its "right, you've seen it, can we go?". Amazed that lasted 8yrs. She didn't support my music which was majorly in the back seat to my sporting endeavours. She attended one game. I got to the semi final of the national cup, played alongside and against international players, got man of the match performances in games to keep my side in the tip tier of leagues in the country... And she was coerced in to attending the one game she did. All the time I was a "study widow-er" if there is such a thing, her academic pursuits dictated almost everything in our lives despite nobody getting any joy from it. Fast forward a few years... My wife however is AWESOME. When we got together I'd been in bachelor mode for a while and booted the TV to the side of the living room for a modest bass amp and a couple of basses. Hadn't been in a band for a few years. When things got serious she said to me "why have all this kit if you don't use it? You should join a band, fill your boots before we have kids..." so I joined a decent band. I have footage of my pregnant wife dancing with her parents at my 2nd or 3rd gig. She makes sure we have the option to visit Denmark Street if we are in London and has even TOLD me to buy guitars that I like (in a supportive way, meaning "you really like that style, if there aren't many about you should get it. It's your money..."). Now we have two kids I did a deal on gigs, the gig money goes in the kids savings account. They had a few good years before covid. Now for rehearsals I can't go out until we've got both kids asleep. In my main band three of the others have kids, luckily older than mine so they fully understand that sometimes I'm not going to be there to set up for gigs but I'm always on time to get the gig started. In my new venture the singer has a kid younger than my youngest, so the pair of us are often rushing to get to an 8pm rehearsal. Everyone understands and nobody is a n0b about it. Put simply, my wife is AMAZING. She is supportive and every single parcel that arrives raises a shout of "is this another guitar bit?!" She doesn't understand the constant buying and selling but she knows I won't spend money I don't have and I sell stuff to make the cash to buy new stuff.

They're brilliant, phone them up and explain what you need and why and you'll get good advice. I first found them via ebay but now deal directly with them. They were doing a deal to get 5 or 10% off your second order or something a few months back. Great for buying bits and bobs for repairs and putting Bitsas together. Have never let me down, always top service.

Have been thinking about a practice combo for a while now. I was using a Blackstar BEAM for a while which was great as it covered electric guitar too, the bass sound wasn't up to much though. I sold that a while ago to party fund other toys but am now without an electric guitar amp and without a bass amp at less than 500 Watts. I have been aware of the Peavey Vypyrs for some time, does anyone know how well these handle bass? Then yesterday I came across the Laney AH series. They're listed under keyboard amps but they're really small PAs, multi input amps than seemingly can handle anything including electric drums. Wondering if these are a good shout with an HX Stomp providing pre amp and cab sim? It could solve two problems and be good for recording... Then there's alternative brands making similar products. It wouldn't be for gigging, unless maybe used as a monitor, just home practice and recording. Would be interested in the collective experience here of people using multi instrument amps or keyboard amp/ PA monitor combos.

Bizarre indeed when it's the variances in the wood etc that you want to check out... Can't please everyone I guess. Suppose I like Wunjos approach, you buy the bass and then they ask you how you want it setting up and also offer free set ups for life. Which would be great if I was in London a lot more!

You should probably prioritise quality ear protection over a new amp. Also, what sounds like it's running out of steam in a rehearsal room when you're stood in front of it might be crushing the ribs of someone at the back of a gig...

This is surely down to EQ rather than volume? I play fingerstyle 99% of the time along with two guitarists and never gave a problem being heard. Being heard at the right pitch and at the right time, however....

Sounds like a bug to me.

I didn't realise but for the last few rehearsals one of my guitarists has been using a Hotone (is it "Hot 1" or "Hoe tone"?) Ampero One with a Head rush 1x8 speaker and sounding excellent. He is one of these who really spends time with learning his equipment and getting it to mimic whatever exact sound he's after. He's had loads of separate pedals and loads of different multi set ups, I was surprised to see him using something from the cheaper end of the market but it really did sound excellent in his capable hands.

Aha. So you're obviously pleased with it. Do you know of you have access to the older Boss multi effect presets for bass units, on the unit itself or via the Web?

Has anyone on BC got one of these yet? I've read the whole thread, lots of talk on number of effects and specifics and some reviews, but what I really want to know is... Can I import somehow the presets from the old Boss GT10B? They were awesome and I'm missing those on my Helix stomp, which is a great bit of kit but there was a whole gamut of excellent cleaner tone presets on the old GT10B that I would love to have right now in a much smaller box without having to programme it myself.

If I was right handed that would be an image of heaven for me.

Buying online I guess. You can make an AliExpress China fake special look like the real deal in pictures but its not until its in your hands that you'd notice it's good for nothing other than hanging on a wall to look at.

Here's an oddity... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ken-Bebensee-Lefty-Strings-Fretless-Base-4741-/174812815240?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

The Way You Make Me Feel by MJ is my current song to learn. Easy to play just got to not let my hand cramp up by playing the same pattern over and over and over and over and over... Then a full and back to the same pattern over and over and over...

For anyone thinking of buying a Stomp... I sold off a Zoom G7.1ut electric guitar multi, a zoom 502 or whatever it is acoustic multi, and a Boss GT10B thinking the Stomp would replace them all. And largely it has. I didn't want to go back to my pedal board days of worrying what would work nicely with what else, what if I buy a flanger only for that song to never make it on the set list... Etc. The Stomp was to be my single box solution. Well.... Here's my pedal board now... Ignore the TC Helicon, that's a vocal fx unit that's there purely for sharing the power source and portability. But in addition to the Stomp I've employed an external tuner so I can use more buttons on the Stomp, an external 2 button footswitch so I can use the Stomp buttons to control effects and the external to scroll through presets, an external bass wah because using an expression pedal (not pictured) with the Stomp just isn't as good, an external power supply to power everything except the Stomp. In addition to the Stomp there's probably close to £150-200 of other stuff, board and cables included (TC not included) , required for me to get what I need out of it. Still, it's cheaper than buying individual fx and finding they don't play nicely together or they introduce shed loads of noise, or they don't sound like the demo, etc.

I've had an absolutely shocking experience with DPD. Bass went missing in their system, customer services don't have the same info as other departments, nobody cares or wants to help you, package turned up a month later to the recipient (who'd already had a refund off me through Reverb and I'd instructed DPD to return to sender) looking like it had been savagely beaten. No compensation whatsoever was given, not even the cost of delivery. I used APC to get it back and they were great and they I sure instruments. But weirdly next time I wanted to send a bass they said the package was too big and wouldn't do it! Just avoid third party agents to buy the service through. If anything goes wrong they just shrug their shoulders, plus the courier won't help you because their contract is with the agent, not you.

Stop it! 😋

Hipshot D tuners. Had one on a jazz bass for playing a few songs so when the jazz got traded in against a Stingray the Stingray got one! I'd want a Badass bridge on a jazz bass. I loved the extra zing I got from mine (please don't pile on telling me I'm imagining it, if I am then great, if I'm not, Greater still). Bartolini jazz pups. I butchered some into a Mex jazz I had, two bridge sized pups in to the same bass because it was a 90s Mex jazz with the same size route for each. Gave a really nice sophisticated sound to the bass. I've got a gig recording where I play a Sire V7 most the time and the Bart loaded jazz for one or two numbers and there is a difference I can notice at least and I find it very pleasing. I'm LOVING the DiMarzio model P pickup in my bitsa. It is classic P bass. So much so that I'm thinking of getting rid of my jazz and replacing with a P, though I've already got that in my Bitsa... Kiogon wiring looms. I've got one in my Kramer fretless, it has simply "turbo charged" the most budget bass I have. The bass has sentimental value and I still gig it, now with this mod it sounds amazing even with the stock cheap pups. I have a Kiogon loom in my Aria SB Elite too, its brought a new dimension to that bass and gives an extra coil switching option that the original never had. I've also got a Kiogon loom in my Bitsa, easy install and workings, powerful output, essential item!

Burns on ebay.. I have now learned my lesson. I DO NOT have the skill, tools or time to restore a vintage guitar. So I will not be bidding! Still, looks lovely. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BURNS-BALDWIN-VISTASONIC-BASS-LEFT-HANDED-/154527983370?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

Yes, almost like "Tuner" being an effect block... But without taking a block up, that could work for me if it could be done like that so you can bring it in and out, move it around.... You could also only put it on 1 out of 5 patches for a guitarist so they aren't constantly, constantly tuning between each song.