longtimefred

lol i do play rather hard but the standard slinkys usually lasted 3/5 months before going off so i know compared to a lot of you guys they dont last me very long but this was a joke! right pain in the arse when trying to tour on a budget!

cheers guys, i have sent a winging letter to EB, i would like to hear something back before i sod them off for good and change brands as i have used slinkys for years.

cheers man i think i will. I have never had a pack die as quickly as these have.

like the title says really! I spent out £30 on a pack of these after hearing some good reports as i really like the standard slinkys. I am 2 dates into my band's autumn tour and they are dead! I have played them for no longer than 2 hours and they sound as dead as a very dead person. These things sounded great out the pack, had a good amount of girth on them but that lasted 30 minutes. I do wipe clean my strings after playing as i do go through them rather quickly but nothing like this. Totally gutted as i have another 10 dates to do and very limited budget that i dont want to waste on rip off marketing crap stings. Absolutely useless!!!!

[quote name='bigsmokebass' timestamp='1347369423' post='1799856'] Oh mahn! £200 or so? ("(-.-) BSB [/quote] yup, and that was just the power valves.

i loved my VBA400, it was a pure beast! I would have kept it but i couldnt afford to re valve the bugger. 8 x 6550's was just too much man! lol.

Sandberg use Delano as stock pups as far as i remember. I opted for Haussel pickups when i ordered my bass as they are a bit more "vintage" voiced. bit more growl.

yeah i waited 4 months for mine. was worth it! Unless you can find one that a dealer has that you like the look of. There are usually a few knocking around.

just to add to the crowd, my PM4 (TM4) is incredible. I will never sell mine as i know it was hand made just for me. Everything on the bass just works perfectly. buy one!

and me! just ordered a Protec gig bag from Mark and within the hour i had an e mail saying thanks for the order and this will be shipped today. I could have bought the same bag for £20 cheaper on Thomann but id rather give my money to independent British businesses. Wish i could afford to buy more stuff lol.

yup, i use the para driver DI as a pre - preamp as well. (prefer this to the bassdriver as its got the mid range dial). Just gives me more options before the signal hits my amp.

i'd ban cover bands....

[quote name='drthirkenstein' timestamp='1345559797' post='1778837'] hi nerds! Just so you know I still have my 810 for sale. I am in Leeds and I have a van, let me know if anyone wants it. [email protected] bye PS my matamp 412 + 215 bass rig is better than yours [/quote] i love it that your van company is called Far Beyond Driven. nicely named after such a baddass album

good lad, big amps - big sound!

get a clear perspex guard! that would look cool and protect some of the painting.

doh have just seen this! will get a pic of mine uploaded tonight cant not share the love.

these Matamp green 4x10s are just the best aint they! I proper want another one.

christ Quimby that Meat DI sounds good and that was when it wasnt working properly. Im very VERY interested in hearing this running properly. I cant figure out how you are running it with your rig. Are you plugging into that then from that into the GT200? Doing that does it give you an extra load of pre amp to use, gain etc. What bonus's does it give you compared to just the GT? Also, PM me if you dont want to tell but how much was it? I might be very tempted to run one along side my V4 instead of the sansamp. Will

my thinking is that if its a band that have made the radio 1 playlist on a frequent basis, its usually toss. Maroon 5 joined that list very quickly with their recent stuff.