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[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1334073344' post='1610524'] I should have said that i found that i need more cone area than amp power, my single Neo 110 isn't enough for a live gig and the 9.0 has enough power to drive the cabs to the volume i need on stage. [/quote]

Hmm. Not good news. Let us know how you get on.

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1334065603' post='1610339'] I found that i needed more headroom and not more power. [/quote] ?

[quote name='shizznit' timestamp='1334059821' post='1610233'] I might have an issue with my Reidmar. At loud volumes it's cutting out when I slap...as if it was hitting a limiter. It has only started to happen over the past couple of weeks. Even when the compressor/limiter control is off it still happens. Has anyone come across this yet? It could be that I am pushing the amp to its full capability, but it's a concern nonetheless. [/quote] Whats your settings looking like when this happens?

Good luck to you! Who knows, this could be the start of something great for you!

You can't really comment on the colouration of a head unless you tried the two heads through the same cabs. The cabs colour the tone more than you would think. I'm guessing that you use your GB with the EBS Neos (going by your sig) and at a guess you tried the Reidmar through some classic cabs. Those two sets of cabs, sound wildly different. Anyway, let us know how you get on when you can A/B the heads side by side at home through the same cabs.

I'd pretty much forgotten about this! Glad that people are still finding it useful.

Interesting bass at [url="http://andybaxterbass.com/details.php?id=278"]http://andybaxterbass.com/details.php?id=278[/url] - featuring the original circuit which has evolved into today's preamp... things were a bit more simple back then!

Buckeye This one has a lovely inscription on the backplate too... And a lovely wooden fascia to the headstock...

New walnut Rumour... matching back plates...

New Spitfire, LEDs... nice.

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[quote name='eude' timestamp='1332416690' post='1587908'] I'm not sure the scale length is the only way to achieve a good low B, both my current basses and have 33" scale length and the low B on both is fantastic, in fact it wipes the floor with other low B's I've tried on basses I won't name here, ranging from 34" to 36" in scale length. The additional length of course plays a part, and is obviously the [i]easy[/i] way to get a good low B, but a super stiff stable neck and body construction, plus some additional luthier voodoo can get you there too. Eude [/quote] Indeed - I don't disagree with this. Theres as much in the stiffness of the neck and the ability of the pickups and preamp to transfer the vibrations into a solid sounding B. Good pickups and preamp, solid contruction, luthier voodoo [i]then[/i] you get a good B. Scale length only serves to add a sprinking on top of a good solid B already. Of course, one persons idea of a good sounding low B and another's is always open for debate. The Dingwall low B has never been a selling point for me... as I simply think there are better out there without the fanned frets... but thats not to say the Dingwall B isn't good...

Always get killer Bs from my GB Rumour and Spitfires (35" scale), if you aren't looking for custom made jobbies though, in my experience, Lakland and Roscoe 35" scale basses rule. (I'd still go for a GB though... ) As for Dingwalls, the bottom end is great - but I've found no better than the above mentioned brands... but I find the volume balance between strings on a Dingwall not equally matched (despite the Dingwall sales blurb). Like everything, test, test and test again... let your ears be the judge. For easiest resale, Stingray... but be prepared to lose nearly 40-50% of your purchase price (assuming you are buying new).

[quote name='Gunsfreddy2003' timestamp='1332398597' post='1587645'] Yeah pretty tempted by this on the jazz. TBH I am not really sure that the switch is necessary as once you have the East sound why would you ever want to go back to passive? [/quote] Never had a battery go mid gig? It's a get out of jail free switch.

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Gallistrings.

A little bit of silicon (yes, the stuff you seal sinks with) will keep things held in place...

Woah. Just looking at the artists roster compared to their glory days...

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1331302642' post='1571061'] It looks suspiciously like a digital mixer with a computer game GUI and some Line 6 modelling circuitry added... [/quote] Ha ha

Any pro chooses to use that and I'll eat my hat.

Its not the slapping that really ticks me off. It's the foul creatures that drop their guts when you are watching a demonstration. I don't know about slap but nothing assaults your senses more than a well timed noxious fart.

Anyway, back to Status.

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1331227262' post='1569899'] Case in point, this sounds awful. Like a butter tub strung with rubber bands, all floppy with no sparkle, no punch, in fact nothing really to speak of. Beige bass tone, if you will. I'm still waiting to hear or play a GB that sounds great! Mark has used many basses that sounded 10x better. That said, I've never known anyone to comment on how much they loved the Ohne Filter sound, even though it's often mentioned as a low point in terms of his tone (and the band itself). [/quote] Stay off the drugs kids. Contents of my wallet say that you haven't even played one.