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I like the idea on the preset EQ points, adding the Old School filter, flat and scooped tone. From the description that's similar to their Marcus Miller signature amps.
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Interesting. I saw an ACDC tribute where Angus and Bon were dressed the part but the bassist looked like he'd just finished his shift driving a lorry for John Smiths. It has to be all or nothing otherwise the bass player which let's face it is not the focus of an ACDC tribute became a massive distraction. My covers/ functions band has a dress code even for pub gigs. I've got an 80s band starting up and I've been picking up 80s style clothes, a few 80s basses and even a Trace Elliot amp... Who will really care that my Aria is from 1984....?
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Badges! We don't need no stinking badges!
uk_lefty replied to Newfoundfreedom's topic in General Discussion
Me too, was easy to see if someone was a new member or not, which matters when you're getting enquiries about stuff for sale. I'm finding the new layout hard to navigate and it melts my head a bit all the different forum subsections combined but I understand that it's at the mercy of the host software developers so we need to just get used to it, which won't take long, hopefully! -
Thanks, looking for specific recommendations though.
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I stumbled upon a great deal for a Trace 2x10 combo in immaculate condition the other day and just could not resist. I love the Trace sound and I have an 80s band starting up that could be promising, and have played my Washburn-Status through a Trace at rehearsals and loved it. I have been toying with the idea of a hybrid valve amp recently too. Then this opportunity fell in to my lap, a Trace 122H GP12. It has all the usual bells and whistles plus a button to engage the valve drive and a rotary control for this. I've not seen this before on their 2x10s. I'd love to have a single amp solution for both my bands: a function band that needs a traditional P bass type sound for the first set and something more up front for a more danceable second set, then my 80s band with lots of 80s pop type tones that the Trace will be perfect for. Obviously this is going to be heavier than a very heavy thing, so I'm thinking of committing a crime against nature and having the head and cab separated so I could use lightweight cabs with the head. I'll try it with my Rootmaster 1x15 and 2x10 but ideally I want something lightweight that will give me a deep and punchy sound... 1x15, 4x10, not sure. Looking for recommendations please, not premium cost like Vanderkley and Barefaced, something a bit more mainstream budget wise (Hartke? Ashdown ABM? The TC 4x10 that Andertons are knocking out for 249?).
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My thoughts too. No tube, but tube emulation says Rootmaster to me. The Laney looks great but the Ashdown are lightweight and have lightweight cabs with more options. Going from tube to FET on the Laney is like footswitching the Rootmaster drive. Without having both in the same room obviously its hard to compare but knowing the specs now I'm less keen on trying the Laney.
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Can't you just sit your bass amp right next to the drummer?
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That was Freddy Mercury's hoover and cleaning kit... Freddie was cropped put because it got two hot for him in the second half and he got rid of the wig, fake boobs and crop top and looked very odd in drag only from the waist down! Jim Morris on was a shambles on the other side of the stage trying to play guitar and Bruce Forsyth was on drums!
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The Rootmaster stuff is great. Running the 1x15 combo with another 1x15 cab will give you a very deep, monstrous tone. I used to use the RM500 head with two 1x15 cabs. I stupidly sold one of the cabs then found myself lacking something at a big function gig and got myself a Rootmaster 2x10. I'd prefer another 1x15 though. Second hand Ashdown cabs are great value but you'd likely have to go and collect them which sounds like it's not a great option for you right now. Playing through two Ashdown 1x15s looks good too, I think!
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I'd not played an instrument since the recorder at primary school. Unless you count being given a knackered electronic keyboard and some sheet music and being told "learn that in two weeks" as my music "lessons" at senior school. I basically had no clue and was trying to work it out from myself by getting learn guitar books out from my local library and trying to play my friends' electric guitars upside down. Luckily the shop had a few lefty basses in.
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I had a Tanglewood Nevada, a sunburst P bass copy. It was left handed, though I thought it wasn't logical to have the deepest note at the top and was toying with getting a right hander. I'm glad I didn't. I learned on that bass slowly out of two books, one of which had the play along cd until I started playing with a band. I was 17, the guitarist 20 and the drummer 25. They were both experienced gigging musos. The guitarist was a bit of a legend from his early teens and had played gigs all over the country with his previous band which split in two, the bassist and singer going one way and he and the drummer going the other and recruiting me. I took along my Tanglewood and played with them for a year, eventually on my 18th persuading my parents to chip in 1/3 each and 1/3 from me to get my fretless 5 string Kramer. Massively ambitious at the time but that again helped take my playing up a notch. I traded in the Tanglewood as it was just sat doing nothing. I think I traded it against either a Zoom BFX 708 or a Marshall Bass State 150. I can't remember which exactly. The Kramer is still with me and still gets the occasional gig. The Tanglewood wouldn't have stood a chance. It was OK to learn on but light years behind the Kramer, which in itself isn't the best quality bass. The only photos of the Tanglewood are at my Mums house, so here's the Kramer almost 20 years ago, and again around 3 or 4 years ago...
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The second hand prices of fender japan basses are soaring. I'd only relic and do irreversible mods to one of the common easy to get 62 reissues, not a PB70US or something like that, personally.
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The most hilariously bad song I have heard
uk_lefty replied to shoulderpet's topic in General Discussion
I don't believe anything can be worse than this... -
SWR Goliath II 4x10 cab 8 ohm - SOLD
uk_lefty replied to tomthebass's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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Yeah that is quite annoying. I like their reviews but more for the playing than the products. At least its not all 300mph slap. Because of the randomness of it all though you can't really compare stuff. I think the German guys are the best for reviews, Bass the Word is it? I've been looking a lot at amps recently and was watching their review of the Markbass Marcus Miller stuff. They were not impressed with that at all, underwhelmed probably the best word for it.
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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.
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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...?
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Why is the "vertical" 4x10 nearly 300 quid more than the square 4x10?
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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.
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They certainly sound good and the mid preshapes and tilt make it very versatile. I'm very tempted.
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Do you have a supportive partner and is it important?
uk_lefty replied to Cat Burrito's topic in General Discussion
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.
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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.
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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!