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[quote name='molan' post='423966' date='Mar 3 2009, 10:56 AM']I gigged with mine on Saturday. Vaguely amusing little story from the interval of the gig when a bass player in the audience started talking to me. He told me had a newish Fender USA Jazz. I mentioned that whilst I liked the good old J bass I'd only ever owned one Fender and that was an old '70's Musicmaster. He then proceeded to go through a long speech about how great Fenders were and took great pains to explain that if a US Standard was a bit expensive for me then I should consider the Mex basses as they were such great quality. I'm fairly sure that because I was using a tiny Benz Shuttle for amplification at the gig he thought I was a bit of a bass man on the cheap and that the MTD must have been some cheapo Korean thing. I asked what he thought of my bass and he said it looked pretty. I said that it was a USA MTD and that he should try one if he got a chance.He said he'd look out for them in a fairly offhand way and I then casually mentioned that they were excellent but quite expensive - about £3K new but if he shopped around he might be lucky enough to find a used one for somewhere around the £2K mark. . . His jaw dropped and and his mouth gaped open for ages - he then completely stuttered over his words for a minute or two and then quietly shuffled away, lol. N.B. I really do like Fender J basses & I would never normally have tried to pull any sort of 'one-upmanship' trick like this (not least because the price of something may not be a true reflection of value & it's all subjective anyway) but he was very condescending in the way he was talking to me so I couldn't resist [/quote] Haha, had it coming And yeah that's one of the reasons I'm loving the MTD, as it's not really one of the mainstream brands it doesn't attract too much of the bad, "expensive gear therefore twat" attention. More the kind of "oooh that's pretty, let's talk bass" attention. How did the girl perform at your gig? What band you in? Might try and make it to a gig

[quote name='urb' post='420037' date='Feb 26 2009, 12:59 PM']MTDs are beautiful basses - love that one Ash - really gorgeous. They are so well proportioned too - really pleasing on the eye - as I am sure they are on the ear too... my fretless custom was based on the Tobias classic body shape and that was one of the nicest ever - but I think Mr MTD managed to update his style perfectly... great bass - I'm sure you are a very happy bunny right now. My new sei jazz has a lovely chunk of ash for the body and a maple neck... yum! How's she settling in? Mike[/quote] Really well thanks, had my first gig with her on Wednesday. Cut through like an absolute bullet with a lot of rumble , I was extremely happy . The B on it is just insane . I now just need to get over my extreme fear of taking it to gigs in case it gets scratched! haha.

I would honestly say Ampeg heads sound best with ampeg cabs, but if you're after something else maybe go for a mesa, i've heard some nice tones from an SVT through a Mesa powerhouse and they're also rated at a higher wattage IIRC. Don't go for epifani with an ampeg though. Not good news.

Nice! I'm liking I would so love to do this some day...I might pester you with a PM at some point

[quote name='BossHog' post='397672' date='Feb 2 2009, 11:10 AM']DB 750...Perfect.[/quote] The man speaks sense

That looks like an absolute beast , nice one!

niiiiiiiice

+1 to much of what's been said...aesthetically I've always loved an all same brand stack though... edit because original post made close to no sense

[quote name='Mikey R' post='393604' date='Jan 28 2009, 12:57 PM']Nice! That walnut is just so good, its making me hungry. How are you getting on with the ash neck? Any different to maple or, say, wenge? Can you feel the grain under your thumb? [/quote] Yep, can definitely feel the grain, it's nice, makes it feel more natural somehow. As for differences, feel wise I'd say it feels less...slick...than maple but in a good way. For me maple has sometimes had a tendency to get a little sticky or slidy, and it really doesn't feel like it with ash. It's a different feel, but I'd say better . Can't comment on wenge, never played it! It's checking in for a full set up on the 9th February (it lost the set up slightly in transit)

Hey there, Being the sad and dozy sod that I am I've been wandering around various forums and came across the info that an all valve head puts out the same wattage at any ohmage. So, that considered, were you to run a cab with an all valve head, is there any particular benefit in going for an 8ohm cab over a 4 ohm cab? Ta! Ash

[quote name='rOB' post='393975' date='Jan 28 2009, 07:33 PM']Thanks guys, this will be my first time recording in a studio so I'm not all that sure what to expect. I've got my parts well practiced and the band is pretty tight so hopefully I'll get my parts down in 2 or 3 takes. Anything else I should be aware of going in? all advice, good/bad experiences welcome.[/quote] Bad experience? Producer saying "I'll be back in a minute", comes back a little while later stoned off his face and so is pretty much useless for a bit. We were paying by the hour too. Grr. Advice wise, other than having your part down well I'd just say relax. You can get into this mentality of absolutely obsessing over not screwing up while your playing, and while you're worrying about messing up you don't concentrate and end up throwing the take anyway. So yeah, relax Also be willing to play with your tone, what might work live might not work in the studio. All I can really think of for the time being... Best of luck, post a link when it's all finished Edit for spelling

That will end up being an absolute beauty to record on...it looks so comfortable!

Woo! Can't wait to see it

Hmm the superglue trick does work (i believe Stevie Ray Vaughn used to do this) , though i'll be honest if you're playing for twelve hours straight every day that is some hardcore sh*t right there! Best suggestion - don't f*** up and get the takes done quickly!

Oh m'lord I love it, it was worth every penny , and it's so versatile! You can get a lovely range of tones from it. It's built like a sh*t brickhouse. Oh god I love I love I love Hmm....how about an Oxfordshire MTD players club? all...two of us