Legion

[quote name='tombboy' post='636803' date='Oct 26 2009, 11:48 AM']Traded it for Paul's MB106HR. Stealth!! [/quote] Was secretly lusting after that - still have a Sandberg on my wish list of basses to try

He sold it? I think I might have missed something...

This thread inspired me to buy a Gramma (absolute music had an ex display one - took me 5 mins to actually find what was wrong with it). I'm intrigued how its going to sound but I've got a lot of rehearsals and 3 very different gigs in the next few weeks so I'll give it a go. If nothing else I'm hoping it will enable me to dial in a fairly consistent sound on varying stages/floors and clean up a little bit of boominess. J

[quote name='Duarte' post='619509' date='Oct 7 2009, 12:57 PM']Beautiful bass. Absolute stunner.[/quote] I'd have to echo that - perfect 'ray. Classic colour scheme, very good transitional age, and to top it off some lovely grain Nice

Maybe the link between these issues can be understood better by considering some of the rather heavy going musical theory available here: [url="http://www.truetemperament.com"]http://www.truetemperament.com[/url] Too much for my small brain though - I play my fretless by ear and dots (no lines)

[quote name='alexclaber' post='616453' date='Oct 4 2009, 01:01 PM']And without knowing the THD at those power ratings the 450W amp could actually have more power than the 600W amp and thus more headroom. (And that's not a hypothetical 'might occasionally happen' suggestion, that's one of the common factors that makes some amps sound loud for their wattage and some sound quiet). Alex[/quote] I'd like to chime in that the RH450's 450W's sound a hell of a lot louder than my AG500's 500W's did. Goes to show you cant judge these things on the figures (unless you have ALL the figures, and Alex's brain) J

[b]Barefaced - Serious about bass[/b] [attachment=33949:serious.jpg] or alternatively not [attachment=33948:IMGP0660a.jpg]

I've think I've been lucky to own good examples of the common types of Fender... Beedsters old MIA Precision (aka Kylie) *tried* The CIJ PB70-US/ASH that I bought from Japan *bought blind* My Tony Franklin fretless *bought blind* My current CS Pino Palladino *tried* All 4 of those were/are great basses - I've also owned 2 Sadowsky Metro's. I think I can only echo the same comment though - if you can "try before you buy". If I were to have paid RRP for the Pino Palladino I would have probably set unrealistic expectations for it - and you know what they say about expectations... But as it was, bought second hand from a pro player, I utterly loved it from the 2nd unplugged note I played. For £1500 it was everything I was looking for in a P bass. The problem I found with the Sadowskys is they are a very modern take on the Fender vibe. Yes the quality is great, yes they look the part, but do they sound like an old Fender. Definately not in my opinion. Getting a CS for the cost of a Metro or less sounds like a winner to me. I'd be willing to take the risk

I'd also be very interested in trying this baby out - I'm in Ipswich but willing to travel a bit to arrange a meet up (have to add that I'm a bit restricted on time due to shift work at the moment though). J

I absolutely love my RH450 - its been used for plenty of rehearsals and a couple of gigs and I'm really pleased with how its performing The built in tuner is great, the presets are awesome and the footswitch makes using them even more accessible. The DI is good quality and as Peter says, even the bag is very good for carrying the whole lot about. I'm using mine with 2 GS112's at the moment as they are nice and durable and stack vertically without any issues - although I did fit some slightly taller rubber feet to the RH450 so it clears the top handle of the cab when vertically stacked. I'd love to get the RS210/RS212 combo but I have some concerns about the durability of the finish and the fact that to get 4 ohms I'd have to drag 2 medium sized cabs about instead of 2 tiny ones. A little tip for setting up the EQ centre frequencies (as you cannot easily identify which freq its targetting) is to turn up the EQ in question to the max (EG low mid), then go into shift mode and adjust the centre freq until you hear the range of freq you wanted to target, then go back and reduce the amount you are adding/cutting to a decent level. [attachment=33334:the_rig.JPG]

[quote name='Fran Diaz' post='572615' date='Aug 18 2009, 08:59 AM']More PJ love. This is my latest addition to the family and one that is not going to ever leave it: NYC Ultra Vintage PJ4: - One piece flamed swamp ash body - Vintage tint - 8.4 lbs (3.8 kg) - Maple neck and fingerboard (some nice subtle flame on it) - killer Sadowsky tone and playability. [attachment=31062:Sadowsky...J4_front.jpg][/quote] Now I'm sure I was watching that exact PJ on ebay - fighting not to bid on it

To persuade myself not to swap my fretless towards Jsixties Ebony Stingray I thought I had better take it out and gig it again to bond some more Very messy gig, but we enjoyed ourselves anyway - and a pat on the back for Black Circles who travelled a long way to play a great set in front of nobody (except us!) [attachment=32278:38755316...ff746d_b.jpg]