Minininjarob

Looking at porn pulls your back out? Well whatever floats your boat. 😂

Not sure why it would make you gay? A guitarist though - ewwww. 😂

Just a pretty standard industrial unit tbh. Might have been a workshop before? No water goes down there.

Dammit he’s got a GK 2001RB with a big GK cab too. I’m going to his unit. I’ve decided.

I am fearful of opening any more texts from him now. 😳

A friend of mine owns a back line hire company and keeps sending me pics of their bass gear. Which I can’t afford nor need but I will be going to play though some of their kit soon I hope. This is some of the SVT bass stuff he has. I know his dad used to work for Sugden amplifiers BITD IIRC and he is very good with electronics so together they have been able to keep them in great working order. He has GK and TC gear to hire out too. I am thinking it might be not good to go and play though it as I reckon nothing else will quite sound the same - but I have to, don’t I? (I won’t post the name of his company as not sure if it’s allowed? If I can I will do, any guidance?)

I just found out that the bassist from Huey Lewis and the News used a thumb pick - I might give one a go - has anyone else tried one with a bass??

Which is double the budget I quoted. Thanks.

Still looking despite mine now working. A friend of mine made a cab himself which sounds amazing so I’m going to speak to him to see if I can do the same. Now mine is working I can take my time to find what I want.

Thanks will check them out.

No it hasn’t. Weirdly I just took it apart and checked the connections again and it’s working again fine.

The Ashdown combo sound I wasn't enthralled by when I tested them but their customer service reputation really draws them to me if I’m being honest. No point in using something amazing if it never works.

Thanks. I was looking at one of the Fender Rumble heads, but was worried the increased wattage may be too much for my GK if used as a cab only. It’s a 1x12, not sure on the watt/ohm situation. I loved the Rumble sound on their combos and was going to buy one until I found the GK second hand. I’m the same as you I would prefer to buy new, I will probably go to a couple of shops to test out what they have tomorrow.

I’ve only ever had one amp, this one, so am open to anything. The GK stuff is really expensive too, new and used. Thanks for being the only person to try and help with what I asked for though!

Thanks - I will ask but they are a long way from me.

It’s the amp. I studied electronics and i can’t figure out what’s up with it. All the components I can test seem ok and all the connectors are ok, continuity seem ok. No idea what’s up.

Can’t seem to find anywhere in West Yorks that will look at it.

My GK combo, which I love, an MB112mk2, appears to have bitten the dust - I can’t seem to fix it (I do know electronics a bit and I can’t see anything wrong with it) which is annoying for a £600 combo. i want to get a new amp but would probably prefer a separate head and cab. But it’s a minefield and I don’t have the luxury to swap things around if what I buy doesn’t sound right. I’m thinking a 2x10 cab with an amp in the 500w range would be a good step up from what I have now but still be compact enough for use at home but be good for the sort of gig I hope to do one day. Play with a pick mainly rock/punk stuff. Needs to be relatively lightweight as it’ll get moved often. I was hoping to sell my combo to go towards the new setup but it looks like a no-go now so I maybe have £500 to spend on it all. Ideas?

I did think that but I’ve no idea what the spec of the speaker is and I’m wanting to go around 500w next and I don’t think the 1x12 combo speaker will handle anywhere new that (it’s £200 currently) I’ve tried to fix my amp but it’s beyond me an ok struggling to find anyone who can fix it. Not great for a £600 combo.

My GK amp has broken and I might be buying one of the Fender Rumbles - not sure on just a head or one of the combos. They have a great sound.

it’s mainly cos we have a lot of rotas and people tend to be on multiples of them, if you’re not careful you can never be in a service as a member of the congregation. It helps with swaps and extra services too. We have multiple “bands” who always play together which helps a lot with consistency. We generally have drums/2x guitar/bass/piano/2x brass every week, sometimes adding a synth player, extra brass or violin depending on the week. Plus 6x BVs and choir once a month. I’m learning to play all sorts of music, would like to be in a band myself, don’t want to limit myself.

We started with very little. Just the kit the musicians owned in a small room. God really blessed us over the years, music is really something we have developed quite a lot. We have 4 bass players at the moment but could do with one or two more as we don’t like people to be on all the time so they can be in the congregation themselves sometimes. Spread a bit thin at the moment as we are providing some musician support to a church in Bradford - so wonderful going there, a small place but with a great heart. We had a couple of bassists move onto other things which was a shame as we lost a couple of really good ones. I’m a beginner but I’m practising with the person who is playing on a Sunday to try and learn the songs myself. Definitely hard work but hopefully worth it. The IEMS- we were having issues with a very noisy stage in our last building and when we moved into this new one we decided we wanted a completely clear stage - we do hire the auditorium out so being able to clear it completely is a lot quicker and easier with no amps or monitors on stage. I suppose it was easier to covert to IEMs for us as we had a custom install put in so could design it from the ground up. The lead guitar normally has an amp in a separate room which is mic’ed up but the bassist runs through a DI box or preamp. I suppose it was a lot of money to install it all but it means we can hire it out for big Christian and non Christian concerts so it does make some money back.

Seems like he is keen and wants to secure it. He is the one trusting you if he’s sent it F&F as he can’t get it back. I’d always insist on cash on collection when he comes to pick it up. You could always send the money back as F&F if it falls through.