EBS_freak

What sort of finish are looking for? Poly/nitro? Solid, burst?

Hey Matt, how's the tours going - quite a cool set of gigs last year! As for keeping it small, have you tried using a small power amp off the back off your sans amp - like a swr amplite? Or if you are digging the EBS sound, get a microbass2 into an amplite. Keep one of your cabs (they are 4 ohm so you can get the full whack out of the swr), job done. Russ

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='1099209' date='Jan 22 2011, 11:39 PM']No one is denying that Doddy, yet the left hand does very little if not damping that G on and off... and yeah the rhythm abilities are noted but still... all my ear hears is doof doof doo doo doof doooo dooof in G, I want a bit more for the money. [/quote] Why? It's perfection!

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1106694' date='Jan 28 2011, 08:39 PM']Because it's ugly enough already.[/quote] he he...!

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1106587' date='Jan 28 2011, 07:04 PM']It's not normal pva. You clamp it up good and tight and the glue joint actually goes harder than the wood.[/quote] Exactly... it's all down to clamping it tightly and leaving it long enough to actually bond.

Titebond should see you nicely. Just remember to clamp it up firmly.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1106573' date='Jan 28 2011, 06:47 PM']Gorgeous...[/quote] Indeed!

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1105787' date='Jan 28 2011, 01:14 AM']From my experience shuttle 6.0 and EBS 650 are chalk and cheese and I cant see the 9.0 sounding much different to the 6.0. Neither are right or wrong but very different animals the Genz appears to be able to produce a more natural sound almost to the point some don't like it, you can't really say something has a gb tone like you can most others including EBS for me I would rather colour it myself or add a little bit of drive to taste hence what rig I now use in my sig. Try them out I'd say is the only way.[/quote] Have to disagree - and it depends on what you consider "a natural sound". Get the EBS on a scope and the EBS without the character switch engaged, you shall see that the TD and HD stuff has a completely flat response with a natural roll off on the sub bass to ensure the amp maximises what it can do with the power (no point making your speakers work for something you can't hear). It's pretty honest in delivering out what you get in. It has much father reaching EQ than other amps meaning you can really get those top frequencies out. It is this that most people mistake as a shaped EQ - combined with the EBS cabs, with a very wide reaching tweeter, this can be reproduced live. Other amps shelve the top end response and other cabs don't have the wider reaching tweeter. It's all down to want you want... but remember, you can take away super highs but you can't add them! As for fans, the TD650 has quite a beefy one yes (but not something I would describe as "noisy"), but not so for the HD350 . People commenting on the fans are repeating hearsay that they've read... the HD350 is silent. The character switch gives you the "instant Marcus" scooped sound with extended highs and lows. As for the Genz, Shuttle 6 surpesses deep bass more than the Shuttle 9 again - to keep the available power for the more useful frequencies. It kinda makes me laugh when you see certain bass cabs boasting extended lows when using a Shuttle 6... because the frequencies aren't there in the first place. Ah well... Of course, as soon as you add a cab, things change again - each cab has a different response so will influence your tone again. Again, mix in a valve, things change again. If you find the HD350 warm, then great - because most people see EBS as quite "sterile". The biggest difference you'll see in these two amps are a ) the price new (although HD350s can be got for a bargain s/h) b ) the power stage. Big transformers deliver their power differently to class D amps - but you'll only notice this at loud volumes, playing lower frequencies or where there are high transients. c) the size... afterall, the HD350 is pretty light... the TD650 not so much so.

Those frets aren't on the piss... ...these are! [url="http://www.truetemperament.com/site/index.php"]http://www.truetemperament.com/site/index.php[/url]

[quote name='Rich' post='1103368' date='Jan 26 2011, 11:30 AM']Don't blame me if you end up ordering a Spitfire or Rumour though. [/quote] Yeah, I seem to do that every time I go in!

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='1102321' date='Jan 25 2011, 04:35 PM']It is mate. Blown away. Trying to learn to play softly so I can keep the action this low and not get lots of rattle as I'm a heavy player... but finding the benfits of low action and a gentle touch. Love it. Now onto the fretless 6 [/quote] Fretless 6 GB? This year? Ha ha...!

[quote name='alanbass1' post='1101381' date='Jan 24 2011, 09:06 PM']I would go for ceramic's over neo - especially on a 1x12 as they are so portable.[/quote] I tend to agree although you should audition both to see what magnet type you prefer - of course, not all speakers and manufacturers sound the same so it depends upon how much you want to go into it all. The weight saving in cabs is more down to what the cab is made out of rather than the speaker itself!

Is it still love Chris?? More pics of basses at the new for sale section at [url="http://www.gbguitars.co.uk/gb_sales.asp"]http://www.gbguitars.co.uk/gb_sales.asp[/url]

[quote name='Prime_BASS' post='1100011' date='Jan 23 2011, 07:47 PM']I got confused at some point. There is either compact, midget or midget T. Either way they will no doubt be lighter, louder and cheaper than most.[/quote] Did you not bother to read the original post?

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='1100405' date='Jan 24 2011, 08:05 AM']Lol. Dude that guy was a fool!!! [/quote] Not if he wanted a white bass! Ah well, one day, if it ever goes for a refin, a pleasant surprise will be had!

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='1099464' date='Jan 23 2011, 11:28 AM']No worries, let me know. How does it play… Wow. I actually feel like I've become a better bass player over night. Sounds a bit OTT I know but the change in how fluent I play on the bass is unreal. The neck has Bernies signature 'glass' like feel, which if you haven't felt it sounds like a gimmick, but seriously the back of the neck is so smooth you could slip off it. I think it may be the fact that the bridge is truly 19mm rather than 18.5mm which many basses advertised as 19mm end up being. That tiny change means 3mm over all the strings width and just gives enough room for accurate popping and fretting. It also have the updated preamp (version4 I think) which is fairly recent and OH MY GOD… as if GB's didn't go high enough already! I've only had her a day and I'll wait a while then do a review, but at present I don't think I've played a bass like it. Its a very strange feeling. What I will say is that it's certainly a step forwards from even my last GB, which everyone used to say was the nicest they'd played… [/quote] Bernie let me on one of his secrets on how to get that feel and what you need to use. Did it on my Status neck and not only does the neck now feel amazing it looks far better... so much so, that I'm going to have to do the whole neck (e.g. the front and back of headstock). That satin graphite look looks so much classier than the sticky high gloss look. I've got a jazz bass body in at the sprayshop - can't wait to get that back and all assembled now - gonna be a killer jam night bass. Preamp 4 is just out with new sound-to-light unit - Dick just completed them. Guessing that my new bass will be first to have the both units fitted simultaneously. The neck on your 6 is great - its more along the flatter profile that I like as opposed to the one that was on your 5. Profiles are a peculiar thing though... for every guy who likes the flatter profile, there is somebody who wants the chunkier one! My favourite playing GB is - ...which happens to play and sound identical to my Spitfire 5. So yeah, GBs are like nothing else out there right? Weirdly they let you do stuff you thought you could never play and can't play on any other bass...?

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='1098766' date='Jan 22 2011, 03:56 PM']The extra touches Bernie's put in are stunning.[/quote] The signature dent? Haha, just joking!

[quote name='machinehead' post='1098044' date='Jan 21 2011, 08:08 PM']No matter what way you look at it, the Barefaced cabs all have higher specification, more expensive, and superior performing drivers than any others. The cabinets are properly engineered too. Unless you prefer the sound of inferior drivers breaking up (which is great on guitar amps) and some bass players do like that sound, that should be a big factor in your choosing process. However, you only have to read a few threads on basschat to see that most player buy cabs based on looks. (Cue replies denying this) Frank.[/quote] IYO

[quote name='headofire' post='1098521' date='Jan 22 2011, 11:52 AM'][url="http://217.64.194.186/products.php?lingua=en&cat=2&vedi=142"]http://217.64.194.186/products.php?lingua=...=2&vedi=142[/url] Marco before Markbass first product was a 2x12 the musicman audiphile. They make 2 2x12's in their range im afraid your mistaken. This one of theirs is the best i've heard. large cab but mighty mighty big sounding[/quote] Guess the OP was refering to the Standard range.