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Does it still say "SVT" on it?

I've only had 2 basses & still got both of them. First one was a Vox Standard which I bought in late '83 for £145 as I got sick of playing basslines on my guitar & the second is my Ibanez SR1000 which I purchased @ May '90 for £699. I've been happy with both of them, tho the Vox hasn't been played much since I got the Ibby & is now in bits & being defretted (by myself ). I was looking at 5 stringers & tried a Rockbass Corvette in Reverb, Glasgow & was shocked at the poor build quality.

There's nothing wrong with plugging your bass directly (with or without pedals) into the mic/line input on the iMac, I do it all the time. OK it won't give you great studio quality results, but for laying down ideas it does the job with decent results. I do have a USB mixer to hand that I haven't plugged into the iMac yet, but shall try it next week sometime & compare (I'll post two clips, one thru the mixer & one thru the mic/line input).

Nice one. I was listening to this song the other day & thinking "I wouldn't mind learning that sometime". I might actually do it now!

I'm considering recovering my combo with some cool looking tolex too as I don't like the fluffy customisation that my cats have done to it.

[quote name='charic' post='980218' date='Oct 7 2010, 09:16 AM']Okie doke, Riddle me this Having got the first rs210 (will be getting the rh450 in the near future) I've found that it is a little wobbly on end. Now I suspect two of these would be even MORE unstable... How do YOU combat this? (eventually ill have 2 x 210 ) GAS GAS GAS[/quote] Heavy duty velcro & only play venues with carpeted floors or carry a Gramma Pad around too.

I'm gonna get a good look at this site later. Thanks for that.

An easy one that goes down well is West Nashville Boogie by Steve Earle. Good opener to warm the band up & get past any nerves & the chords are E (for 1 1/2 bars) G, A. Ice Cream Man by Van Halen is a pretty easy song too (just make guitarist do a solo to his ability tho to save embarrassment). Take Me To The River by Talking Heads (or Al Green if you prefer). Break On Through by The Doors. Shy Boy by Talas, has a nice bass solo for you to learn. Lean On Me by Bill Withers, just for a singalong & the cool wee bass bit during "Just call on me brother, if you need a hand".

So the answer to your question is "yes maybe, but I doubt it".

You'll get a fairly decent recording going straight into the line in on your macbook/imac. I have an interface but often find myself plugging the bass into my pedals & then straight outta them into the imac (mainly due to lazyitis tho). Have a listen to my moogerfooger reviews in the effects reviews section on here to get an idea of sound quality using this & recording on Garageband. Reaper is a better bit of software & is a free download.

Good question, but one I don't believe could actually be answered. I know many manufacturers will make 4 & 8 ohm versions of cabs, but don't know of any that make 2 identical amps that run at the different loads to test your theory. The wattage of the cab doesn't really get taken into account, just as long as it can handle what it's being asked to draw.

Here's a better demo.

Classic. On a serious note, there's many midi drum pads available that can be linked to a cheap/dear sampler.

What about a splitter pedal & on the line to the guitar amp you could insert a pog (or similar), set to play an octave up & a 5th or 7th up as well with no original signal? This way, there's no bass going to the Marshall & it's also a different sound.

I'd suggest an octave pedal set to octave up (or down if you want to play higher up the neck) & maybe add a bass distorton/overdrive if you still want some dirt.

Are you worried incase you take all the strings off & it warps the neck? I know some acoustic guitars are suspect to this. Taking them all off shouldn't affect your bass' neck, but if you wanna play it safe, change one at a time. Changing strings should have no effect on the warranty as I'm sure there's players who replace the strings with flats as soon as they get a new bass.

I'm gonna suggest (surprise surprise) a Markbass combo. Light, loud & ticks all your boxes. I spent ages looking for a combo & ended up with the 2x10 but the 1x12 may be a more portable option for her.

I changed from DR peacocks to TI Jazz flats & there was no noticeable change in volume. It might be the Roto's tho.

Guitarist that "think" they can play bass (not to be confused with guitarists that can play bass).

I can't remember what that site was called. As BottomEndian says tho, EHX do have god vids. Also YouTube is good for finding demos of just about any pedal you could think of.

I saw a list of effects somewhere, will try & find it & post a link for you.

I'll chuck the Markbass combos into the mix. I've never had any trouble being heard, usually the opposite.

You do realise you could pop 2 of those 15" cabs under your 4x10 & run the lot off your amp*. * provided both 15s are 8 ohm & your 4x10 is 4 ohm.

Planning on selling the 4 ohm & building up a collection of 8ohm cabs?

I think you should play about & see what position you like it in. Putting it somewhere that you wouldn't expect might surprise you.