Hi folks,
I've been lurking on this forum for a year or so, and since I now want to buy something from another member I thought it'd be polite to introduce myself first...
I am a software developer currently living in Norfolk, England; I'm originally from Wellington, New Zealand. I play bass in my friend's new band the [url="http://www.littleredkings.com"]Little Red Kings[/url] and I also play electric guitar and synthesisers. Well, actually my day job takes up most of my time and I barely get time to practise my bass with the band let alone play anything else, but that's modern life for you.
My bass is a ~2004 MIJ '62 re-issue Fender Jazz Bass that I bought on eBay. Someone has attempted to "relic" it, although I think the effect is more "distressing" than "distressed". Nice guitar, though. Since then (with the aid of excellent local luthier David Roper) I've installed a Gotoh bridge, new Catswhisker pickups, a Sadowsky pre-amp, an internally-mounted GK-2B hex pickup and a built-in Orange Squeezer clone. OK, in fact only the bridge & pickups are in so far, although all the internal cavities have been routed & shielded, due to the aforementioned lack of time... So at the moment it just has the pickups wired to a volume pot. Only one (fairly bright) tone, but it's a nice one.
Now that the prospect of actually gigging is approaching, I'm thinking about my own amplification. So far I've bought a Trace Elliot 2x10 cabinet, and now I'm looking for a nice, small, not-too-expensive, fairly loud amp to drive it. The Gallien Krueger MB200 looks like a good contender. I don't think the budget will stretch to an Orange Bass Terror, unfortunately. I just want to be loud enough for band practice and for small gigs; hopefully anything larger will have a PA I can DI into. Or I buy another 200W cab of some sort. Any advice or suggestions would be most appreciated.
Once I've finished the mods to my bass I'll post a link to some photos on my website. But don't hold your breath...
Cheers,
John :^P