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Ah, yes... I should of said....

A 2U rack bag would be fine... but I do not have the rack ears as I bought my SA450 without them, and with a set of rack ears costing the same as the rack bag I was looking for other options... That does still work out cheaper than the MarkBass bag though so is currently the best option!

I am happy to just have a case and bag I just take it out of/put it back into for transportation and storage though... its no big stress to do so.

Hi guys,

can anyone recommend a decent am case or amp bag for my MArkBass SA450 head.

I am trying to avoid paying £90 odd quid for the Markbass one, as much as I would love it...

I would prefer a bag over a flight/brief case style bt will consider anything that people have some experience and success with. I have tried all the local shops for a standard padded messenger style bag, but have not found one that is large enough for the head...

Shep

Cheers for the words of advice. I do use lots of effects, but not too much overdrive and distortion... and I never 'push' my amp... As of yet I have never had my gain or volume past 50%. I like a nice clean, smooth tone.

Cheers again for the guidance!

[quote name='CHRISDABASS' post='616862' date='Oct 4 2009, 08:19 PM']For me it's gotta be playing on every track of Texas based band The Secret Handshake's new record!! I've been a fan for ages so being asked to do it and getting paid for it is just awesome!! That along with the fact that there's thousands of people out there in the world enjoying that CD, millions of plays on myspace and knowing that even roger sadowsky took the time to check my tracks out (he loved it) really makes me proud of it! [/quote]

I saw them not too long ago supporting Bring me the Horizon at Rock city... very off support choice given the pop-esque live sound of The Secret Handshake, but all of the emo kids loved it. Actually Bring me the Horizon were crap anyway so Secret Handshake was prob the highlight of the night!

No live bass though..!? Was just drums and vocals live with backing track, which I thought was a shame.

Mine was finishing my debut album back in 2001 and holding the finished product in my hands. Seemed like a dream at the time. Then 2 months later seeing it in independent music stores and a 'selected' 30 HMV stores. Reading the 4K review in Kerrang magazine and thinking we'd made it.

Lowest point, was 3 months later when HMV sent 90% of the stock back as unsold as our management deal (if thats what you call it) had done no promotion and shortly after the band fell apart... The high was pretty good though :-).

The other was 2 years ago, with a reformed 3 piece version of the same band, playing main stage Nottingham Rock City, the venue I had seen all my fav artists on whilst supporting 'Reuben'. Great gig. We called it a day after that... quit while your ahead and all that. I remember walking out onto the stage thinking 'I've seen Mike Patton walk this same walk onto the stage'... I felt like the coolest dude in the world for 45 mins.

Shep

If only this was the 8ohm version! I have a MarkBass 6 x 10 I'm looking to down grade to pair of these in 8ohm... dammit!

Have a bump though!

Cheers bud... thats the answer I wanted to hear ;-)

I have a question that I don't think has been covered!!!

I am running a MarkBass SA450, which runs 300W into 8OHMS and 500W into 4OHMS

Its well know that you want your speakers to be able handle more than your amp can give to allow a little headroom... but if you have two speakers.... do you add the Wattage together, or treat them as separate...

I want to use some portable cabs for on the go gigging.

I am planning on getting my hands on some MarkBass Traveler cabs in the near future two of these will run at 400W, 8OHMS each. Therefore my amp will be putting a 4 OHMS load into them (8ohm + 8ohm = 4ohm), meaning 500W...

So Am I likely to cause damage to the speakers, or is the combined wattage of 800W enough to take the 500W @ 4 ohm...

cheers

Never.

If Overwater can post it to me all set up and it be the best playing bass I have ever used straight out of the box then that's good enough for me! I've never had an issue and I agree that detuning and effectivley putting it in a state that it was never meant to be in can hardly be doing it any good.

Agreed... For that kind of money you really can't go wrong. I saw an SA450 go for £370 last month on eBay... I almost bought it as a spare! If you have the money, now is the time to buy!

[quote name='jake_tenfloors' post='642035' date='Oct 31 2009, 05:29 PM']i'm gonna say, compression, subharmonic processor are the two main things going on there.[/quote]

+1 on that... definitely the subharmonic... I think thats a staple part of his recording tone for Make Yourself & Morning View

I have an SA450 and love it, great tone, and the most amazing sounding solid state amp I have ever used in my life. Having tried most of the MarkBass options, its by far the best IMO and I would choose it over its more expensive alternatives as well.

Cab wise I have a Markbass 6 x 10 (106HF), which sounds absolutely stunningly crystal clear and the SA450 drives it beautifully. Its stunningly loud, the amp volume rarely gets over 25% even in a loud band situation. The cab is costly however, and slightly large for my needs, so am interested in looking at the smaller cab options out there, maybe a 4 x 10 or a 2 x 10 and a 1 x 15. Id take the 106HF over any 8 x 10 alternatives on the market though, for the fact its about half the weight of them alone!

Always good to have a spare though... Or for a wall of speakers in a really bad music video ;-)

If you decide to part with both cabs and would like a 106HF to look sexy next to your 106HR let me know :-)

Shep

I have the same problem with the Bongo... I play an Overwater and whenever I play a Bongo I think 'its not as nice as my Overwater'... yet the though of a Bongo 6 is so exciting I come over all funny!

[quote name='FLoydElgar' post='628713' date='Oct 17 2009, 12:46 PM']Nice man post a couple of pics and the spec
Thanks,
Floyd[/quote]

Sorry for the late reply. I think most have seen mine already but here goes...

Overwater Evolution 5 string
Fretted 35" scale

Body: White Ash with Wenge top plate (with matching headstock, pick up covers AND 12th fret marker)
Neck: 3 piece Maple with a Maple board (side dots, but only the Wenge Marker on the 12th)
Hardware: Black - Hipshot style (with moveable saddles for string spacing)
Electronics: OW BMT 3 band preamp and OW5 pickups (wood covers)
Strings: OW Medium weight Nickels

Pics from Overwater...




Pics under a more natural light by me...





:-)

Awesome... love it, and I usually avoid Red like the plague!

Already planning my second OW and each new one I see makes me realise why I wouldn't pay for anything else

Taken for a completely different forum for a thread title 'weapon of choice', but I like the way the light falls...

Not sure which I prefer.. The Overwater for the SPR...

[quote name='~tl' post='636629' date='Oct 26 2009, 12:33 AM']You could always go for FretFX:

[url="https://fretfx.com/"]https://fretfx.com/[/url]

They're LED markers that don't require any permanent modification of the instrument. I believe a few people here have used them...[/quote]


Never seen these before!

Im interested though... anyone here with experience?

Do they come off again without ripping the lacquer off? I assume they are stuck via adhesive...

Anyone got a set they want to part with?

Active Bass EQ flat, set the tone on the amp (Slight boost on the bottom end and high mids), then play.

I tweek the Bass EQ on the fly if it gets lost in the mix, but always have the flat settings to easily fall back to to get the tone as I intended.

Nice, I used to have a 5 of this, exactly the same finish as well. Was my gig bass for years. Amazing quality for what they are worth!

Cheers to everyone that's been down to visit the last few Saturdays. The response has been awesome and to my count I have now met 13 Bass Chatters! :-) I also now seem to be getting a roaring trade in bass set ups with 4 happy customer s in the last week... :-)

The last Washburn 5 string went this morning, played beautiful and were trying to sell through the old stock so some chap picked it up for £299... Bargain.

I shall not be there next week as I have a job interview, having been told I am
out of a job in 4 weeks (from my actual job not the Drum Centre)... ;-(. I shall be back the week after though!

Cheers chaps

I personally think it's great, and is my number 1 overdrive.

The overdrive function matches you amp volume and has just enough dirt to offer a fat crunchy sound. The fuzz is not as good as some I have heard but does a reasonably aggressive rock fuzz... Very good for what it costs though. As already mentioned, if it's more a fuzz your after go for a muff.

If you have any reason to be near Nottingham, your more than welcome to come try it out

Shep

... And it looks cool :-)

[quote name='cheddatom' post='631093' date='Oct 20 2009, 09:18 AM']Why would you not just add an extra footswitch to the pedal? Just wondering.[/quote]

The remote overrides the toggle switch, but when the remote is removed, control returns to the toggle and the pedal functions as normal. My understanding is that adding another switch to the existing pedal would of made the toggle switch redundant and also been tricky given the placement of the circuit board inside without transfering it all to a larger box.

In fairness I really liked the idea I being able to unplug the remote and still have an original pedal still as well :-)

I think it's fantastic mate. The overdrive setting matches itself to your amp volume automatically which is great and the fuzz is actually quite aggressive (but I use it as a fat overdrive). Honestly one of my fav overdrives. It really seems to compliment my amp sound.