Rayman
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Like most people, I always have a spare, that never leaves its case. I haven’t broken a string in decades. To be honest, now I’m making the move to tiny class D amps, I’m more likely to carry a spare one of those than anything else. I’ve had more trouble with amps than basses over the years.
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Nice….. I have my eye on one too. The burrs on the scratch plate is common with these, don’t know why, but it’s an easy fix. Great little basses once they’re tarted up a little.
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Apart from the backdrop falling down halfway through the gig…… 😆 Yeah, Schecter Model Ts are awesome. I had 3…. That black and white one was really nice.
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Our guitarist has the lead version. It was one of Hugh Mansons early guitars. Mike had it custom made by Hugh in a black/white diagonal paint job and it’s been his main guitar ever since….. that was around 40yrs ago I think…. This picture was 10yrs ago….. I miss those Schecter Model Ts I was using then.
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Would you send a new bass back that had this damage?
Rayman replied to markbunney's topic in General Discussion
Yeah having looked closely at the pictures, all three of those anomalies look like blemishes/faults in the grain of the wood. Naturally occurring, but should not be present on a new instrument without serious discounts. You’ve done the right thing -
NBD - 1978 Yamaha BB1200 (and I'm definitely done for the year now!)
Rayman replied to neepheid's topic in Bass Guitars
Awesome, really awesome basses those early BBs, I've had a few over the years. I had a beautiful BB3000S that I've regret selling many times over. -
Would you send a new bass back that had this damage?
Rayman replied to markbunney's topic in General Discussion
You have absolutely every right to send it back yep... Would I have sent it back..... probably not from what I see in the pictures. If it was a sizeable scratch in the finish I would, or a sizeable ding, but from what I see there, I'd have probably ignored it. You're right though, it should be perfect from new. -
Great basses the M series, very versatile
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Looks like an absolute banger, nice design features, build looks decent and it sounds good? Win.
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We’re only doing bars and pubs these days, the big venues are behind us, so this should do the trick….. but yeah, upgrading next year is always an option
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Yes, I had that exact rig. About 10 years ago, bought it new from Promenade Music In Blackpool. I sold my beloved Ashdown EVO2 stack to buy it. I regretted it soon after. The Markbass was a beautiful thing, light, great build quality etc…… but my “grunt” had gone. I hated the sound and sold it all a few months later.
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Again…. this is a temporary rig, until I get the time and money to get what I want.
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I went with this for now…..
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Yeah agreed, I’m pulling out of the sale. I’ve been messaging the seller since this morning with no response, asking exactly what it is. I should have asked before bidding I guess.
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I’m an idiot I was looking at 2 1x12 cabs… probably where the confusion was
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I said 12 didn’t I ? 🤦🏻♂️
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The current owner is a bass player, and has been using it as such…. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225915593444?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=5905WYyDTje&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=dWKZrj9xQ8u&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
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I’ve had combos since the 80s. So all this watts and ohms shizzle is new to me, all I ever thought about was how loud it was. Big and loud was always the requirement. To be honest I’ve always been sceptical about tiny amps and speakers. It’s illogical to me…. everything has always been big and heavy.
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So as the head is 500W, is it likely to damage a 350 rated cab? According to reviews, what TC claim is 500 is probably more like 400 in reality with this unit. It’s all mumbo jumbo to me to be honest
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Well I’ve gone for a modest D class to start with, the reviews are good, and it’s small, so it ticks all the boxes for now.
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Me neither….. hopefully it’ll work. It wasn’t expensive at all, but then this is a cheap temporary set up.
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So as I’m in a rush, and I wanted something for the next gig, I’ve gone for a temporary measure. A used TC BQ500 and a Peavey 2x12 4ohm 350W cab. I understand that the TC output is probably realistically closer to 400W anyway. So that’ll do as a temporary setup, but the search for a proper rig will continue in the New Year
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Oh right….. please do tell us your findings
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I’m not quite there yet lol…. and only a couple of years ago during lockdown I was solo lifting washing machines into the back of a van. Couldn’t do that now. I’ve seen a tiny 500W TC BQ class D head…. my only experience of TC is that I’ve blown two of them to bits…. but it’s small and powerful…. plugged into a 2x12 it might work
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I’ll be interested in your findings in a live situation.
