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To my Ear's the Puma is too Modern/Hi-Fi sounding, It's EQ isn't in the right place for me Boosting Low's seem to boost freq's just beneath where it feel like you want them to so your getting a boomy/muddy sound rather than a deep full warm low sound and the lo Mid is too punchy not low enough. The only thing I love about it is how light it is, it sit's in one seat in a car and has wheel's on so it can be rolled. I also just don't have the space at home for a massive cab or 8x10 fridge I hope I can get about £750 for the Puma S/H if I'm buyin used gear I will likely not be able to afford to spend much more than that however if I'm buying new I could probably speend more and put some on a CC or HF

We're working with a Producer called [url="http://www.myspace.com/tomrobertknott"]Tom Knott[/url] in there at the moment (he used to work out of Manchester but moved back down this way a few years ago, also play's with I Am Kloot). When we started in there I only had a Behringer ultrabass that I was using as a back up for gigs as one of the speakers on the tecamp had blown so I just used what they had already been set up for me, although pretty excited to see such a nice vintage looking piece of kit there I wondered if something that small would be aggressive enough but in a iso room on it's own cooking some tubes it sounded awesome (PM me for some private links to early non release pre-mixes). I'm just not sure it would be loud enough for practice/gigging with a band and need something that would stay clean when competting with a drummer. Also it was pretty weighty and currently living in a first floor flat I just can't face carrying heavey stuff back up the stairs after practices and gigs? I was wondering how close [size=4]something [/size]like the Genz Benz Streamliner or Ampeg PF-500 heads would get me to that sound and what cab's would be best to pair them with? Mr Foxen I may have to pop my head into your den when we're next at the Studio?

Really lucky to get to use a Ampeg B-15 (I believe) in Jim Barr's (of portishead and the blessing) studio 'j&j' on and off over the last few weeks as I've been tracking with my band 'Empty Pools' and I've totally fallen in love with that bass sound (played both jazz and precision on it). I can't imagine ever wanting to sound like anything else on record (I play through allot of fuzzes and OD's switching between clean and dirty sounds). I currently have a tecamp 212 puma combo but would prefer something head and cab, compactish (have to fit two guitar combo's and drum kit in two normal cars, much louder(drummers and all that) what will get me closest to that sound for not too much money don't mind S/H either for trade price of my combo or not too much more

How does the sound of GS412 compare to some of the Barefaced Cab's?

What sort of difference in sound should I expect between the Aguilar and using the Isobaric Orange cabes (10 and 12 together)

Having been lusting after a new amp/cab for far too long and having been mightly impresed with the Orange Bass Terror's performance in the music shop test. It was to great glee that I saw the backline for a local festival gig my band had been booked for (fear of fiction, Bristol) included an Orange Bass Terror and Aguilar 4x12 (not knowing these cab's by name for some reason I had imagine a overly wide guitar cab being in place) Much to my lust when I arrived and saw the well built tall beauty that was a GS412 sitting up on stage I'm not ashamed to say I was more than alittle aroused. The soundcheck and ensuing gig was awesome. Having developed a bad habit of never asking for anything during a soundcheck and so alwasy only ever hearing spill from the rest of the band on this gig I did not care as I delighted in hearing every sweet not that issued from my bass (apart from the increasingly annoying hiss/hum generated by the combo of a corvid fuzz and aguilar octave pedal). Having got used to the neccesity of boosting mid on the OBT to get a flatish sound this amp is really happening for me know and through this cab it sounded simply awesome. Vintage, warm, round and proud bass tone. Following a small tour last weekend supporting Menomena also using a BT this time into a ampeg SVT-15E I believe (great sound listen off stage but not placed in a helpfull place to hear when playing support) I'm definlty sold on the Bass Terror as my must purchased soon amp. Unfortunatly I will not have the room (either in my flat or in my band mates two cars that provide our gig transport) to look at pairing it with a Aguilar GS 412 any time soon. :-( Any hot tips on smaller cabs that will get me close to that sound.

Is this the Farida FJB-6, it's shame if they are that good that you can only get them in Red or White, neither of which appeal to me and FJB-20’s seem to be going above £300 now even S/H Also the G&L shape doesn't hit the spot for me either I tend to favour tobacco sunburst, black or darker coloured basses I already have a mexican P&J so I’m just looking for pure J setup at the moment. I'd probably look to upgrade the pup's ony any cheap bass but not to interested in doing hardware upgrades unless absolutely necessary so the Squire CV's look liked they would pip the VM's . Interested in the Tokai (sounds too good to be true) would like to hear more about those particularly where I could pick one up keep the idea's coming

We're talking tone and quality, names don't bother me at all I want to not spend too much but get a instrument that can stay with me for some time Let here your thoughts

Before buying a pedal it really is worth expermineting with the Parametric side of the EQ on this amp as the main differece the VT will make is added compressiong and some complex EQing all of which should be able to be done with the available controls of the stacato (spectra comp and EQing) The RH450 which this amp was based on was meant to be able to achieve sounds similar to a SVT so I would supprised if it couldn't get close

I'd avoid Ashdown, i see they get a fair bit of love on here but I can only assosiate them with muddy and boomy bass sounds Before I saw the light and was a guitarist everytime I went to a gig and got annoyed that the bass was boomy, unclear and muddy sounding if i looked at what amp the bassist was using without fail it was a Ashdown. From touring rock bands in thousand seater venues to pub bands and church pands using combo's with little or no PA support I can't think Ashdown without think horrible useless bass tone. just my opinion though

I only gig one of each I do have a no name Frettless Jazz bass sat at Home I barely ever play I do have a few 6 string guitars sitting around also

Do the staccato heads allow you to shift the center frequencies of the tone control's like they do on the RH450, in which case have a play about with the mid and treble frequencies to see if you can find a boost similar to the SVT Might be worth checking out what freq's the tone stack on your SVT hits and try and get it close to that on the TC

I tried a El Grande a few weeks ago in Hot Rox and didn't do much for me found it difficult to set to a sound i liked although I was playing it througha guitar amp so not ideal. I'm not a great DiYer I've still got a bunch of guitar overdrive clones that I've not boxed cos they didn't work great so I'm gonna stear away from trying that again and am happy to put some money the way of the interesting UK builders that have popped up over the last few years I'm gonna ahve to check out the Ruiner when I get home I'll admit I'm a bit Boss/Behriner phobic not a great fan of their buffer's to be honest