LewisK1975

With the top speaker closer to ear level, regardless of volume, I prefer standing in front of 2 anyway, it's much more 'rewarding' to the players ear than one. 10ft away there probably wouldn't be much difference, but on an average pub / club gig I'm never usually further than 5ft away from the amp.. Here's a pic from last weekend - love the way the lights have made my head go purple! Must've had an itchy lug'ole at the time too! [attachment=200952:lew neath.JPG]

I've always fancied an ASAT bass - do they qualify as single cuts? [attachment=200877:Capture.JPG]

Or is this nicer? [attachment=200819:my_custom_sandberg.jpg]

Just been messing with the configurator on the Sandberg site and noticed you can now, on a 5-string, have a 35in scale with a maple fingerboard! you couldn't previously - this is what I made, nice!: [attachment=200818:my_custom_sandberg4.jpg]

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1442320452' post='2865999'] A Zoom MS-60B could do tuner and compressor duty... Have you tried the "Taste" control on the Puma? [/quote] I have found the taste control quite useful as a quick way of taking out room 'boom' - without the sansamp though, it didn't get me anywhere near where I wanted to be.... I'm finding the PUMA's eq generally much more suited to eq'ing for the room rather than sound shaping. I don't know guys - I think after years of using trace and then ashdown stuff - neutral / flat sounds just don't do it for me - therefore feeding my Barefaced super compacts with a PUMA was never really going to work for me was it . Might even be better off sticking with my pedal board, DI'ing to the Desk from the Sansamp and using in ears!

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1442317314' post='2865967'] There was one on the Facebook Bass Players market yesterday. [/quote] [quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1442318022' post='2865979'] This one, not mine, logistics to be worked out between you and seller. You may need to scroll down quite a bit, it moves fast on that page [url="https://www.facebook.com/groups/689090051102626/"]https://www.facebook...89090051102626/[/url] [/quote] Thanks Chaps - I'll cast by beady eye!

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1442314919' post='2865934'] Is your pedalboard bigger than this? If not, it clearly doesn't need downsizing! [/quote] Haha Alex - True! I've only got 6 pedals so I don't know what I'm worried about really!

Thanks for taking the time to reply gents. All food for thought! Also gotta find an RH750 to try out too. There is a s/h one in Bass direct, but it looks like their only selling the complete rig of amp+2 cabs at the moment, maybe i'll drop 'em a line and see if they'll consider splitting the rig.. Bassman7755 is correct I'd be looking to drop at least the Sansamp, Tu-3, and MXR comp. I'd still need some kind of board though, coz I have the billy sheehan EBS pedal which I do really like..hmmmm

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1441978686' post='2863485'] Makes sense - the RH750 is a nice amp, and easily capable of doing all you`re after. Jennie Innie posted a clip of her sound on here - think she called it shock and awe - and it was great. If a search doesn`t find it maybe message her, see if she can help out on tracking it down. [/quote] Cheers I'll have a lookie! [quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1441979080' post='2863489'] The only thing I can thing of is that the compressor might not be in the right place in the signal chain for you if it is in the amp. [/quote] I hadn't considered that to be honest so thanks! at the moment it's last but one before the sansamp - should see if I can find a block layout of the RH750 and see how it differs...

Trouble is - as long as there are people who will pay silly money for guitars, there will be people who will ask silly money! I'd love to get my mitts on a '59 P, but would I pay £8k+ for one? Not under normal circumstances, but with a lottery win under my belt, probably!!!

[quote name='Huge Hands' timestamp='1441973656' post='2863394'] I personally feel like I have found my holy grail of rigs now [/quote] Righto . I think its fairly safe to say as both Bass players, and men, we are never truly happy LOL!

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1441964837' post='2863264'] I would be looking at the basses for sale forum here. [/quote] This too!

Anybody else done this? Thinking about changing my Tecamp PUMA for something like the TC RH750 so I can lose my tuner pedal, compressor pedal and possibly others too, I use a sansamp para driver at the end of the board for tone shaping and a bit of grit. My PUMA is set totally flat, so only really functioning as a power amp and DI - I've heard the RH750 has a more 'rock n roll' tone signature anyway and it also has the 'tube tone' feature so could possibly fill the gap left by the sansamp..

NICE! Lovely as it is tho, with a Delano MM pickup between the reverse P and the Bridge, you'd seriously have something special there!!

Yep with £500 ish budget just get a Fender. Not sure where you are but if you're near any of the larger guitar stores like a PMT, Guitar Guitar etc, try a few and find one you like. No two basses are 100% the same!

Friend of mine had one of the 60's CV squiers, like this one: - [attachment=200442:Capture.JPG] Got to say it was excellent. And I have a very nice '78 P, and a sunburst Roadworn.

+1 for Tecamp PUMA - definitely the most transparent sounding amp I've played through - I use it set flat through Barefaced supercompacts and it's perfect for receiving a pedal board. It's been said that the EQ on the PUMAs is better suited for room correction rather than sound shaping, and I'd tend to agree with that. I understand you have a very set idea about what you want, but when you are asking for recommendations, personally I think you need to be open minded about people's responses, as we are all only able to recommend based on our own experience of what WE consider may be suitable for you.

[quote name='Ed_S' timestamp='1441663186' post='2860783'] The Beyerdynamic Opus 89 was a good female lead mic. Sadly it's discontinued, but the Beyerdynamic TG V71d seems to be their current take on the same idea so might be worth a look. [/quote] Our lead singer (female) uses an older Beyerdynamic, not sure of the exact model, but I can confirm, as I run the desk for us, that it is a 'Hot' mic. Trim/gain level a good bit below the other 2 vocal mics we use (SM58 and AKG D5)..

Lot of love on here for the GK mb fusion amps - they do both vintage tones and modern tones. Don't have one myself - just going from what I read on here... Although maybe you are looking more upmarket than that..

[quote name='Tech21NYC' timestamp='1441807231' post='2861934'] Because our SansAmp products are emulating a vintage tube amp in its entirety they tend to work best in front of an amp that is set for a more flat response. You can also use the Blend control to give you more of your amp's inherent tone if desired. [/quote] This is about right for me - my Tecamp PUMA & Barefaced super compact(s) setup yields a very flat response and I run the Para driver into the front of the amp and set all amp controls at 12 o'clock - great sound to my ears!!

Just another thing to consider - have you tried the Sansamp Para Driver? It's like the Bass driver but has a semi parametric mid control, which I find awesome - I use it at the end of my board into the regular input but the amp (Tecamp PUMA 500, very transparent) is set totally flat, so kind of just functioning as a power amp.. Picked mine up for around £100 s/h - def worth a look I'd say. I do also own the BDI21 and def missed the ability to control the mids.

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1441576687' post='2860051'] There's a pretty high chance that your OBC410 contains 8 ohm speakers wired series/parallel, in which case changing the wiring to parallel/parallel will make it a 2 ohm cab, and so SVT friendly. Very simple change, easily reversible. [/quote] A few years ago, I did exactly that to an Ashdown 4x10 to run it with an Ampeg B5-r head which could go down to 2ohms.

The blue stripe around the outside of the body looks amazing! I personally just can't get used to seeing a scratchplate on a Warwick. But hey, I'm old!

Saw youtube rig rundown video recently of Doug Wimbish singing the praises of the DOD FX25 unit - would be cheap as chips if you could find one (and like the sound!).........

I had a similar issue when I got my Tecamp PUMA and paired it up with my BF super compacts. Treble control on the amp was out of the range for the cab (no tweeter) so I was lacking top end. Ended up with the Sansamp Para Driver (similar to the bass driver, but also has a semi-parametric mid control) at the end of my effects chain immediately before the amp. Brought out the top end at just the right point for the cabs.