krispn

UK based Hudson electronics have the Broadcast "The Broadcast is a transformer coupled, discret Class-A germanium pre-amplifier based on the classic broadcast consoles of the 1960s. In the low-gain setting, the Broadcast can cover everything from sparkling clean boost through to transparent overdrive, all with a healthy dose of volume available to push your amp." Search you tube and there's Eli jack Cassidy (I'm presuming) with flats being demo'd Low gain sounds good!! I find myself in the same boat looking for just the right type of low gain with flats. The Broadcast sounds good to my ear in low gain mode

Aww FFS! I know Fender get a lot of sh*t for not doing different designs and then they do this. Fender just keep punting out P and J basses. Terrible!

Good to hear you've got it set up to suit your needs. I love the sound TK got on those recordings. Big fat tone!

I use a fender bassman 100 combo for the small gigs and its got a tilt back feature. 4ohm speaker means you get the full 100w out of the combo. Its a great sounding wee amp, used it to record an album along with its D.I. out. Sweepable mids etc so you can make its a bit more mid forward for monitoring purposes if needed. It's solidly built and has an eminemce speaker! No longer made but well worth a try if you can find one. Its this one.... [url="http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/fender-bassman-100-combo-amp"]http://www.musicians...n-100-combo-amp[/url]

Getting more of a feel for it now Mike? How's it sounding into the amp?

That's me told 😉

Just playing devils advocate but I thought power amp rigs were all about transformers and heft rather than light weight class d power sections? I'll get my coat. In saying that I'm just about to rehearse with the TTE 500 cause tonight's rehearsal room is a pain to get into so light weight wins the rig choice this time round!

The Aguilar does appeal but maybe that Oct Mini is worth a look.

At about 3:08 in this video is something i was thinking about..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI5Eg5Whu-8

[quote name='krispn' timestamp='1489914595' post='3260697'] Been interesting reading. Doing some new stuff with a guy who's got a club/jazzy background and looking at having an octave effect to recreate some of his stuff. I'll be checking out the video clips later with headphones. [/quote] Cheers Andy

Been interesting reading. Doing some new stuff with a guy who's got a club/jazzy background and looking at having an octave effect to recreate some of his stuff. I'll be checking out the video clips later with headphones.

Flats sound great on a jazz. Remember your amp has a treble control so you can dial back in the top end but flats will give you a different version on that back pick up burp.

Sounds good!!

Err I'm not suing him 😀

[u]Basses[/u] PZ5 -with flats 63 AVRI - with flats [u]Cab[/u] Tecamp M212 [u]Amp and Pre[/u] Fender MB1200 Aguilar DB680 [u]Pedal Board[/u] Basswitch using a Cali76 in the always on series fx loop FEA Photon FuzzII in the Mix fx loop with clean blend TU-2 tuner The rig sounds great and its very easy to adjust the tone on the fly to suit the on stage mix or an odd room. The 680 has a Jensen transformer on the DI which works really well. My wee pedal board gives me the ability to go direct without the rig if needed on a small gig or gear share type gigs. The live rig is great, always enough headroom, clear articulate sound and the basses feel great to play. I have a small 100w Fender combo for smaller gigs when stage volume doesn't need to be loud and it works a charm as a monitor when using PA support out front. Sometimes I'll change one bass to rounds depending on what I'm doing with certain bands but live it's 99% flats.

So sk8.... How's the little black box working out for ya?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1489577751' post='3258041'] At the risk of ruining a perfectly good witch hunt. . . . Not twice the price. If my maths is right, the TH500 at approx £819 is slightly over 30% more expensive than the TH350 at approx £600. [/quote] No witch hunt just observation.