Muzz

Thank Gawd for that - no-one's had a clue about various items of oriental cheapo for months on here...

As long as it is what it says it is...it's a bargain. The serial's right, but there's need to be a lot more than that to back it up.

If you've got a Streamliner and a Barefaced S12 cab, you've already got (arguably, as all things are on here) a very very good, small, light solution there already. You'll be compromising in at least one way from where you are, IMHO. If your driver is weight and size, you might save a couple of pounds on a smaller head, or possibly ten on the cab, but I really don't see the point (your cabs has wheels?) If you've a bad back, you might be better off putting funds and effort into a lighter bass. A couple of pounds there is much more noticeable - my Dingwall's 7.5lbs, and I can really tell if I use a heavier bass for any length of time.

I'd agree with Lozz - set the amp flat (if it's a Streamliner then that's NOT with all knobs at 12) and try the tone sweep on the bass again.

Love Francis, been to several house concerts and whenever he's in town, I'm there. Will check this out, thanks.

I've got a U-Retro in my LaklanDingwallbird. Or should that be EastLaklanDingwallbird? Pics to follow, before anyone says owt...

[quote name='AntLockyer' timestamp='1382299023' post='2250416'] Very tricky. Something versatile probably. Maybe a BB2024x but then again I'd like a fender CS [/quote] Oooh, maybe a sunburst maple-boarded 2024X. That'd be nice, too.

It's the f**king self-satisfied nodding that I can't be doing with...

The Boschma stuff is great, definitely the best I've used: if I ever needed a rack again, that'd be what I'd get.

I'd be on the phone to Sheldon Dingwall for an ABII 4-string with a Birdseye maple board.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1382262764' post='2249733'] For a fretted bass, does it matter? So long as the wood holds the frets securely (and these days a lot of luthiers glue the frets in place) it should be fine. Unless you use very light strings with a "death grip" fretting technique the strings never touch the fingerboard. [/quote] You're surely not suggesting a rosewood board will sound the same as a maple board, are you? Round here? I'll start the car...

I've had an MPulse and a Walkabout, both very nice, good rock tones, too. Neither of them beat the Streamliner for me (IMHO, YMMV, etc, etc) but they get plenty of love around here, and rightly so. They'd be my second choice amp (and first choice'big amp'), tho I wouldn't pay new prices for either; they can occasionally be had around the £400-500 mark secondhand, and you'll always be able to shift one on if it isn't to your taste.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1381415103' post='2238749'] To answer the question... I'm as likely to repeatedly listen to the clip in the OP as I am to a Victor Wooten solo performance. [/quote]

Couldn't get past the smug nodding myself...

[quote name='Leon Transaxle' timestamp='1381016420' post='2233522'] My first bass - a Satellite short scale bass. Sunburst, and a slidey switch for each microphonic pick up. Much like this one in fact although I don't remember an ashtray. [/quote] Yep, that was my first bass, too. Good job I never had an amp to play it through, really... Went through a couple more Satellites and Hondos, then went for bust, saved up for a couple of years and bought a brand new Jetglo 4001. Dream bass, I was made up with it, and I was king of the world and Geddy Lee at the same time. It was only when I borrowed a Yamaha BB3000 I realised how poor it actually was.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1381218015' post='2235792'] Good way to view it. That sums up Schroeder cabs for me pretty well, on their own they sound middy and nasally, yet put them in the mix and they just have so much presence it`s amazing. [/quote] Yep, spot on: if I'd have tried my Schroeder in a shop I probably wouldn't have bought it. Superb cab in a band setting, though.

I run the bass boosted on mine (mids and treble flat), but that's into my Schroeder, and works nicely with the low-mid bump of the cab.

As you've only got one cab, and a smallish/light one at that, an even cheaper route is a couple of 18in x 18in pieces of acoustic foam (the zigzag stuff) put together, which will do everything a Gramma Pad will do, for a fraction of the cost. I've been using this method under my Schroeder for years now, works a treat. If you really want to, you could always lash the money out on a Gramma Pad later...

Yeah, I hadn't realised that, and I like the look of the Babicz. The Schaller 3D's a cracking bridge, too - no sharp edges under heel of hand with that one...

My Streamliner suits my Schroeder's low mid bump a treat. A case of opposites complimenting.