danbowskill

Has anyone else experienced pedals that sound crud when practicing low level but when cranked they sing? I was gifted a T rex bass juice for my b day, when played at home I thought it was a proper stinker carp distortion......but after a full on band practice i was blown away! Such a awesome dirt tone

Cool. Where did you buy it from?? And what colour? ....... think I'll be getting the black. Please let us know your thoughts when it lands 🙂

Hopefully soon. I get the feeling basstheworld are fairly honest in their reviews from the many I have watched

I never really looked at Cort basses before, assumed most were cheap budget types..... but these look awesome for the price. I'd have one over a sire Any day I think. Hipshot ultralights, barts , markbass pre Plus.....a roasted maple neck( lush ) all just over £500 Think I'll be trying one after rebate

There is a non pro svt2 for 799 and a pro around 1200 on eBay atm , I've seen them sell around 7-800 on here in the past. And around 350-450 for the 610.... I suffer the weight of my ampeg 6x10 as I love it 😉 I guess 1200 is a good guestimate

Going from ampeg to orange takes a lot of adjusting for sound imo . I had a svt cl and went to a orange ad200 ( same eq as terror) and absolutely hated the way the eq worked, no matter what I did it was very muddy in comparison.

Bar all the past reliability issues of the previous models( apparently all great now).....the Ampeg 7 pro is supposed to get as close as to SVT 2 as can be . Thoman have them at a fantastic price atm. There is a lengthy thread here https://www.talkbass.com/threads/ampeg-svt-7-pro-club.901448/ Thinking of trying myself

That looks beautiful 🙂 what's the volume like on it? could it cut it with a loud rock band with a 6x10 cab? im quite intreuged by these heads

the same (sweet spot)setting i always use on the VT, makes any amp great

One of them kitchen sponges with the green pad on works an absolute treat as well for thinning the gloss on a neck

I thought it might be nice to have a thread for people to look at cost cutting tips when it comes to bass maintenance, accessories, gigging logistics, storage,stage care and any other thing that makes life easier 🙂 If we can put just 1 tip per post it would help scrolling through easier.

It would be quite good to start a thread for bass hacks on budget? Wish I knew loads.

Be great to see what Yamaha bring to the table, would love to see a 200w svt

When I first got my CL head I had the eq all at 12 and was very underwhelmed, after playing with the eq and ( as mentioned above) playing in a band context I understood why it's the classic. Maybe a lot of negative comments ( only talking about the valve heads mind) are from people who have tried the head on their own and not with a band?

As a lot of you I try to do most of the set up and repair work myself on a bass ,especially set up as to an extent its quiet personal to your playing style(bar neck relief, levelling ) I use roto rounds strings and they scratch the hell out of frets. I've tried the different grit fret rubbers that you can get which are ok but take a lot of time and work........but one of these fits the bill perfect https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-nail-buffer-4-in-1/p/0348223....ideal for getting scratches out and buffing back to looking new without taking Much meat off of the frets, £1.20 as well 🙂