New Amp or new Bass

[Twincam]

My amp is kaput however i can get lone of another one for as long as i like. But i really want a new bass a Hofner in the cavern spec. There's nothing wrong with the p bass im using currently but you know what its like.
I plan on ordering today

What should i do?.

On another note im thinking about ordering from dv247.com ive never ordered from there before are they a good company to deal with?.

[gary mac]

I think I would feel uncomfortable taking advantage of someones generosity and then spending money on a bass purchase. So for me it would have to be purchase a new amp.

Not the reply you want to hear I guess but you did ask.

[Grangur]

I agree with Gary. If I were lending you an amp I'd say nice things like, "no rush, keep it as long as you need". But if you then bought a new bass it would sour things.

[Norris]

+1 on the sentiments so far. Essentials come before dreams and don't abuse someone else's charity.

[lojo]

I agree with the above

Plus the longer you keep the amp the more chance if it getting dinged or having issues whilst you are responsible for it

[theyellowcar]

Yep. New amp every time.

[HowieBass]

You won't thank me but I'm another one to vote for the new amp - and new amps/combos can still be exciting to buy! In my case it was a really good investment because I realised that the old rig I'd been playing through hadn't been letting me hear my basses properly... I went from an old heavy solid state (Class A?) head with a sealed 2x12" cab to a new Class D combo using a 2x10" and tweeter configuration - the difference was like night and day!

[CamdenRob]

Has anyone mentioned that you should maybe get an amp instead?

[Painy]

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Has anyone mentioned that you should maybe get an amp instead?
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I think they may have done in post 3?

[Norris]

Having sorted that, the OP asked for opinions on gv247. I have none having never dealt with them. Anyone that has? ...

Edit: I'd suggest checking the for sale forum. There is some cracking gear on there

Edited November 27, 2014 by Norris

[Twincam]

Yeah one thing to mention the amp i would be loaning is technically mine. Its my old amp that i sort of give to a friend when he was playing bass, which he doesn't anymore. But i like to keep it there for when i go round.

Anyhow i was sensible and taken the advice and bought an amp. Found a slightly older model for half the price of the new model at a crack converters. It better be ok. Anyhow saved a few bob.

[Norris]

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1417088549' post='2616918']
Found a slightly older model for half the price of the new model at a crack converters. It better be ok. Anyhow saved a few bob.
[/quote]

It's probably worth using some of the bob you've saved to get it serviced. Glad you made the right call

[taunton-hobbit]

Ok, let's bring this to the party - around a million years ago I lent my (then) stepdaughter and her bloke (who I disliked intensely), the deposit on a new house ('cos they were skint') - two days later my (now) Ex-wife tells me that the cuddlesome twosome had paid the deposit for their new house (with my money) and were booking a holiday in Jamaica.........Buy the bloody amp.
Edit - I note that you made (in my eyes) the right call - well done.

New Edit - v v v Just don't get me started, I don't care to add up exactly how much that marriage really cost, but it was enough to put me off matrimony for life..............

Edited November 27, 2014 by taunton-hobbit

[paul_5]

Sounds like obtaining money by deception there, taunton-hobbit...

[ratman]

I can't believe nobody's said it yet, but why not get both?

[Dan Dare]

I got the impression funds didn't stretch that far.

[White Cloud]

I would have bought the bass!

[Raslee]

Buy an amp off here, cheap, then save for the Hofner -simple

[clauster]

I have bought through DV247 before. A very positive experience.

[Guest BeardyBob]

100% would've been bass

maybe that's why I'm poor & have no friends?

[police squad]

+1 for DV247.

[Twincam]

Well looks like its the bass making the odd noises and not my old amp. So i should of bought the bass ah well i shall do in the new year.

[HowieBass]

Damn that's bad news when you said your old amp was 'kaput' I'd assumed that was for definite rather than you were hearing odd noises when playing your P bass. Rather than rush out again and buy another bass can you tell us what you're hearing because there's really not that much can go wrong with a pickup and a couple of pots. Also, have you checked the guitar cable for damage?

[Twincam]

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1417265852' post='2618690']
Damn that's bad news when you said your old amp was 'kaput' I'd assumed that was for definite rather than you were hearing odd noises when playing your P bass. Rather than rush out again and buy another bass can you tell us what you're hearing because there's really not that much can go wrong with a pickup and a couple of pots. Also, have you checked the guitar cable for damage?
[/quote]

Im getting a fizzing type noise that comes on with the bloom of the note. I tried another cable zero difference. The same bass seemed fine last weekend when ran through another amp although i didn't fully test it, as we had to keep the noise down also there was a guitar playing. So i assumed the amp was on its way out and since the amp in question is a 1987 carlsbro cobra combo i was all too happy to replace it with anything, not that it was a bad amp before just such a dull tone.

Could it be room acoustics?. Or maybe the fender medium gauge flatwounds i have noticed they really shake the bass and there is a odd overtone there unamped. Maybe that tone is coming through the amp?.

I don't have anything to record the sound on. The new amp isn't amplifying the noise nearly as much but definitely still there.