trent900 Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Hi all at basschat, Just come across this forum and can't believe I've never seen it before. Looks like a sterling service. Anyhoo: my name's Jon, I'm 24, and I'm from Derby. I've been playing bass for about 8 years now, I think I eventually nagged my Dad into getting me a £100 starter kit and never looked back. Not my first instrument though - I've been playing a variety of wind instruments for nearly 20 years. Still, at the moment bass has priority. Gear: needs upgrading, I'll get to that in a minute. I have a Tobias Toby Pro V which I bought for the looks and which turned out to play rather well too. I love it, and I don't want to change if I can avoid it! I'm still really in the realm of practice combos: I have a Hartke Kickback 15 which does me well enough for practicing at home, and a Torque T2001EB which I bought while still in my 'must get more watts!!!' teenage years, and which sits gathering dust in a cupboard. Style: you could probably call me 'conservative' I much prefer getting into a really good groove using just root and 5th if necessary to flying about all over the fretboard and leaving the poor drummer at a loss. This has the upshot that my right hand has good-ish technique but my left leaves a bit to be desired. Still. I like playing rock, funk, hip-hop, some metal though I'm not very good at it, and I often get roped into playing Sinatra songs. 95% of my playing is fingers, the rest slap and pick, both of which need work. I like a rich, growling, punchy finger sound and sort of 'bang and pop' rather than 'twang' for the slap. To illustrate: on stage I often pluck hard enough to get the bass's on-board electrics to start to clip - because I like that slightly square sound. Do shout up if this is bad practice and there's a better way! So that's me. Now to my problem: my Hartke is a nice little amp but I'm getting roped into more and more gigs and I need something that will hold its own in a full practice and make up a proper backline. Between now and Christmas I've got maybe £1200 to get a stack for this purpose: any suggestions? New/secondhand? I've always lusted after a Gallien-Krueger so at the moment I'm thinking of a 1001RBII or waiting for the new Fusion 550. Given what I've said above does that make sense? I know nothing about cabs though - can anyone help? Please ask any questions. Sorry this is such a damned essay. Jon PS. The Torque T2001EB mentioned above - it's not great, but it works fine. If anyone wants it for a good home please shout up and you can have it, otherwise I'll probably donate to a school if they want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 hi jon and welcome I have a GK RB700 combo which I gig regularly with at weddings, birthday parties etc. Its bloody loud but if I ever need extra oomph (say for when we're playing to crowds larger than about 250) then I have a 2x10RBH cab to fit on it as well. Its probably a good amp for your toby because its quite aggressive in the mids so will make it sound punchy. The basses I play are a little scooped sounding so things tend to even out a bit. I guess you could look at getting a set of EMG humbuckers for your bass as well if you fancied a cleaner and even punchier sound. What I like most about the combo is that I can set it up as a wedge point directly up at me so usually I hear myself pretty good. I think they're pretty good value second hand and sometimes they come up on the forum for sale. A number of members use the GK 1001RB you mentioned with lightweight neo cabs like the Epifani 310UL. Again, keep your eyes peeled, they sometimes come up. In fact I believe Platypus is selling his Epi 1x15 UL at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_ferret Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Evening and welcome. Your money goes a lot further second hand and there is usually a quality selection advertised on here. If you are buying new then GK has a good rep on here unlike some stuff thats a bit marmite or of variable mileage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Torque T2001EB eh? first person iv met who's owned a torque T series amp other than myself! iv progressed onto trace elliot now though id be happy to give the torque a home though if its no use to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul, the Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Welcome to the forum, Jon. There's an [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=18301"]Epifani 310UL[/url] in the fs section on BC if you're looking for something a bit swish. Cheers for the generous intro and best of luck with the gear search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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