Delberthot

I was just about to post something like this - I had one of these bags for my GK 1001RB II. Given the weight of that amp these bags should be suitable for most amps

Love them or hate them the best sound I ever had out of my 1001RB was with 2 Ashdown MAG410s. I preferred them over the ABM ones plus they are cheap as chips but 37kgs each or thereabouts

What would be the point of spending all of that money on gear to get the right sound and all the practice if you don't want to be heard? I want to be heard when I am playing or I wouldn't do it

When I used flats I bought individual Chromes to be as balanced as possible plus allow me to drop the E to D. They were 45, 60, 80, 110 and were pretty much spot on tension wise from string to string. No I'm back to rounds D'addario's 165EXLs are perfect for me, even when dropping the E down to B

I played for years with someone who I thought was a great drummer. Anyway he had a midlife crisis and I've fallen out with him forever but - we got ourselves a new drummer and she has an incredible touch and feel, playing all of the parts exactly as they should be played without having to resort to hammering the hell out of her kit whilst playing far too fast which our last drummer was also notorious for. It means that I no longer have to wear ear plugs and we can have a sensible volume on stage. Everyone is happy and we can hear each other. As mentioned in a previous thread, I depped with a band where I had to have my GK 700RB II absolutely cranked through 2 Ashdown ABM410s just to be able to hear myself on stage. Really unnecessary to have to be that loud.

The place we rehearse has one in one of their rooms and I played through it on Thursday night with their SVT350. On it's own I absolutely loved it but with the whole band playing it was just rumble. Plus I couldn't get it a a decent volume level where I could hear it but it wasn't overpowering the rest of the band. I think I'll stick my my 10kg rig thanks. I can have it as loud as I need to be able to hear it on stage yet 5 feet away you can hardly hear it when the whole band are playing.

I remember depping with a really loud rock band. I had to crank my GK 700RB into 2 x Ashdown 4x10"s just to be able to hear myself on stage. It was rediculously loud and nothing less would have been enough.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1498920776' post='3327992'] If a Yamaha BB425 is too heavy a Stingray 5 is going to be even heavier. [/quote] True - exactly why I changed from a Stingray 5 to a Sterling 4 with a Hipshot so I could go down to Low B when needed

One night I actually forgot to lift my amp so the drummer let me use his Thomann own brand wedge monitor. I ran it at full whack all night and it was flawless. Very impressed, not my usual sound but perfect for getting me out of an otherwise sticky situation

I've owned a Fender Rumble 500 combo and currently own a Barefaced One10 and I wouldn't use either without PA support. Loud as they are I just don't think they can kick out enough volume for anything but the tiniest of venues to give a decent bass sound without stretching them too far. A big 4x10" or Barefaced cab with a couple of 12"s is the minimum I'd use with no PA, unless it was a tiny venue and we're not a loud band but you need a decent bass presence.

How about a secondhand EBMM Stingray 5? That'll be well within your budget for a standard model and you won't need to change the electronics. Depending on the year you can choose from ceramic or alnico pickup

Definitely the Jazz for me. the Fodera to me sounded too restrained and a tad muffled at times but then that's why we have so many to choose from because we're all different. Incidentally I've never had a sound I've liked with a Jazz bass

[quote name='only4' timestamp='1495836217' post='3307040'] I just wondered what leads a manufacturer to choose the string gauge they send their basses out with from new? Cheers [/quote] I'll take a guess at whatever gauge they can get for the lowest amount of money

[quote name='la bam' timestamp='1495401453' post='3303525'] Perfect! Cheers. Daft question do you just drill the screws into the bottom of the cab? [/quote] Most of the time I have but for anything really heavy I've removed one of the drivers to get access to the inside of the cab and used big penny washers inside to spread the load and nuts & bolts

I've only had my Sterling just over a year but the longest I have kept a bass was my Stingray 5 that I bought new in 2000 and kept for 6 years. Coincidentally both basses are/were black, black scratch plate, ceramic pickup and rosewood fretboard I have had about 120 basses in between those two ranging from amazing to dreadful and it wasn't necessarily the expensive ones that were amazing and vice versa.

I've been using D'addarios for years - mainly flats but have changed to rounds again. I've been using EXL165 on my Sterling and they are pretty bright and the smoothest roundwound string I've ever used - I've lost count of the number of wasted strings over the years trying to find "my ones" I changed my strings in the middle of December during the Christmas gigs and only changed them again last week. I could've got more out of them but wanted to give the bass a good clean, wax and lemon oil the fretboard.

I was having a lot of shoulder trouble towards the end of 2014 so I bought a proper wide neoprene strap and changed my Stingray 5 for a Sterling 4 and added hipshot ultralites. Also, as been said before, move around as much as you can as this shifts the weight from one part of your body to another. I have also found that relatively light weight training with dumbells has helped my posture and I don't get the usual pains that I had been suffering from. As you get older (I'm only 41 but have been playing for 29 years) you have to do as much as you can to make sure that bits don't start seizing up or falling off Everything I gig with combined weighs less than the lightweight 15" cab from my previous rig in this picture [URL=http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC03676_zps285a8a04.jpg.html][IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/DSC03676_zps285a8a04.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1492964710' post='3284448'] I understand going the DI route for gigs, but surely these little cabs have very little throw and sound quality has to suffer when you're up against a busy drummer. [/quote] My bass goes out front to the PA so I don't need a huge powerful cab or cabs like I used to. I find that the One10 has a pretty short throw so that I can have it at ear level as loud as I need but if I step 5 feet away from it, it isn't overpowering the rest of the stage which makes it perfect for me. I stand right next to my drummer and I have both volumes at 3 with the active pad switch engaged - it's really loud! If I went back to the kind of band I was in before with no pa support then I would definitely have big cabs again.

I've done more than my fair share of drunk posting, in fact I started the Drunk Thread whilst completely trousered I'd also like to add my name to [b][u]not[/u][/b] receiving a calendar of member's members please

I didn't like the 1001RB as I felt I had to really crank it to the get the GK sound. The 700RB was perfect for everything I did with PA or not.

I paid £90 to see Jerry Lee Lewis but that was Jerry Lee Lewis, Albert Lee, James Burton and a whole evening of music with minimal breaks in between and I was 4 rows from the front

[quote name='Al Heeley' timestamp='1489358132' post='3256385'] Any advice on where to buy in UK? I can only find Allparts touting a ridiculous £115. Ebay only listing US outlets with £15 - £18 shipping plus same for import duty. I need BT2 for japanese Geddy Lee Sig JB. [/quote] I got mine from Best Bass Gear in the US - fast, free delivery and no extra charges - although that might be the luck of the draw

I buy whatever sounds good to me and what I need - active or passive, 4, 5, 6, 8 or 12 strings, fretted or fretless At the moment it's the Musicman Sterling I've had for just coming up to a year at the end of this month. I rarely touch the EQ on the bass now and usually use the controls on the amp to suit the room. When I bought it the first thing I did was fit a new Duracell battery. It still has the same battery in it 11 and a half months later so it's hardly an inconvenience having to change it. I also carry a spare and a battery tester.

I briefly owned the GK combo but felt that it wasn't going to be anywhere near as powerful for what I needed. More recently I bought the One10 and have been gas free since - except for selling the MB200 in this picture and going for the MB500. The tophat option is great if you want to use it as a monitor at ear level. Fits in a cajon bag and weighs about 10kgs in total. A far cry from the 46kg Trace 4x12" that I used not that long ago [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/14089238_186834378388756_330157803568661876_n_zpsouj6rnhg.jpg.html"][/url]

My first bass was a Marlin Slammer and the chrome on the bridge peeled off it. Never ever have I ever heard or experienced this on any musical instrument other than that one. My first proper amp was a Peavey TNT160 which lasted to the end of my first pub gig in1992/3 before being replaced the following weekend with a Trace 7210 Combo. The Peavey just couldn't keep up with the rest of the band and that was a small pub and it was on beer crates. Both combos weighed the same as a small bungalow