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Karl Your sig says "Aguilar GS112 - IT'S HERE! AT LAST! AND I LOVE IT!", obviously you should try before you buy, but it's my opinon you should get another one and love them even more! Gigged again last night and didn't let me down. It's a pity you don't live closer, you could've popped along to a gig or rehearsal of mine and checked out my rig. However, one of my bands is based in Leicester and rehearses just off the M69\M1 junction if that helps, although I won't be rehearsing again until I return from the US at the end of May.

I use a GS112 and a GS112NT along with a MB SA450 and they work great. I had a gig last night in a pretty big hall and it held it's own - I placed the NT on the floor of the stage and the 112 on a table closer to ear height and the sound was great with plenty of bottom end.

I would add that I only have two 1x12 cabs and am confident that they pretty much do as good a job as any other larger setup for a venue where bass through the PA is not required. It's actually surprised me how powerful the cabs are and I don't think I would ever go back to something like a 1x15 and 4x10 because there's no need.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='472884' date='Apr 26 2009, 07:42 PM']I know that a year or two ago I was chasing my own tail trying to get the sound I wanted from a bunch of amps/cabs and unfortunately I didn't have the sense to settle on one amp and then find the cabs to match I just kept swapping out amp/cab/amp/cab and I was getting no further forward. Each time I seemed to find that something wasn't quite hitting the spot I seemed to change the wrong bit of equipment... it didn't help that I was also going through a purge of basses that I had collected and didn't even keep that one factor constant; harsh and expensive lesson learned. [/quote] I had a similar problem but it was fun at the time. Graeme, a second 1x12 cab will certainly help. I sometimes make do with one at rehearsals but always take both to gigs and it does help fill out the bottom a little more. It sound like you're playing reasonably large venues so front of house is covered by the PA? To me that means your rig is effectively just on stage monitoring so I wouldn't have a problem asking the sound guy to put some bass through the monitors - I like to move around the stage.

[quote name='karenon' post='467732' date='Apr 20 2009, 06:38 PM']I got my Sterling during a trip to Toronto last year. £580 brand new. Definitively lighter on the shoulder than the Stingray I sold off to pay for this one. Seems like the preamp is tuned a bit up on this one, as it definitively is louder and with more deep end than my old Stingray and other Sterlings/Rays I tested (it also burns batteries quite a bit faster). I totally agree with the chap doing the rewiew. Great neck and very comfortable all around. Good looking too. I bought it to get some relief from my old Streamer, as that one gets a little bit too demanding sometimes (I have to practice to keep up my technique, or else it reveals what a lazy sod I am). The MM is a bit more forgiving, as it delivers that good old MM growl, and a little bit more ordinary sound with the selector in the back position. Great bass. Love it.[/quote] That's a great looking guitar! Legion had the HH version of that one when I went to see him and it was awesome.

Wow, looks like Kris has been pretty busy. Sold Kris my Aphex Punch Factory and he paid me soooo fast and was very understanding about the Easter Holiday getting in my way.

Thanks folks, great to deals with you.

It's well worth doing, I have several modded XBOX consoles (hard and soft modded ones) and it's not just games they're great for. I use them for XBOX Media Centre to listen to music, watch pretty much any video format, connect to BBC iplayer, Youtube. Also have some pretty cool emulators.

Peter +1 to the last few replies as I'm sure we've all been in this situation. Before you call it a day I think you should at least tentatively test the water with the other guys just to see if there's a chance they might want to start afresh. If not, I'm sure you'll find that there are gigging bands in your area looking for a committed bassist. Get yourself well known, go to some jam nights and do some networking and advertise, advertise, advertise. Definitely recommend Partysounds and also Musofinder and Gumtree. Believe it or not, there really are people out there with professional attitudes towards being in a working band, just keep looking.

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='460391' date='Apr 12 2009, 10:10 AM']There's a guy on ebay called Dazbootman who makes them to order and ships from the States. He's got a clear one [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Clear-Plexiglass-Fender-Jazz-Bass-5-String-Pickguard_W0QQitemZ220390458335QQihZ012QQcategoryZ41424QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1713.m153.l1262"]HERE[/url] but the £ against the $ dollar means they're expensive at the mo. [/quote] +1 for Dazbootman in terms of quality - I have two stunning MM Sterling pickguards from him. Due to the £v$, I'm sure there must be some cheaper alternatives in the UK at the moment.