UncleMeat

[quote name='amnesia' post='1201386' date='Apr 16 2011, 12:31 AM']Following this thread... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=130601"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=130601[/url] ...I bought a Sansamp DI from Sam. A couple of PM's and a phone call was all that was needed to complete the trade. Money sent...unit shipped and recieved in a couple of working days. Packed so well I could have played football with it - and looking better than the photos showed if I'm honest - and the photos didn't look bad! Cheers Sam...I am chuffed to bits with my rig having used it in anger for the first time tonight [/quote] Thanks a lot, glad you are enjoying the pedal

I sold him a Sansamp Bass Driver, he paid by transfer, couldn't have been quicker. Great communication, lovely bloke. Thanks a lot.

[quote name='UncleMeat' post='1182113' date='Mar 30 2011, 01:01 PM']There have been problems recently with getting them from Leo Quan in the US, according to shops/sites I've talked to. I don't know the reason, whether its distro or whatever. Hopefully supply to UK will improve soon.[/quote] Which would explain the price increase on Ebay too.

[quote name='Doctor J' post='1180963' date='Mar 29 2011, 04:09 PM']Search for Badass II rather than Badass 11[/quote] There have been problems recently with getting them from Leo Quan in the US, according to shops/sites I've talked to. I don't know the reason, whether its distro or whatever. Hopefully supply to UK will improve soon.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1176467' date='Mar 25 2011, 08:08 PM']Light is better though, If it sounds exactlty like a big rig and has every feature of a big rig yet is lighter that makes it better, Fact. The only problem some people have is finding a lightweight amp they like as much as their big amps, once you have I cant see anyone going back unless they score a massive tour with a stage crew to take it around for them. I think a massive portion of wanting a big amp is for visual effect on stage or just as a penis extension. Anyone doing big live shows will be using other forms of monitoring with the bass on a DI, The dog and duck doesnt require an Ampeg 8x10 as its usually too loud and sees most of the punters to the next none music venue IME. Part of the issue with small heads is they were designed as versatile portable heads for ease of transport but now they have become too good and in no mans land, Any comments I see on here now after trying and hearing enough comparisons of these amps about lack of power or bottom end I know to be shizzle from people who havent tried them or only tried them with small cabs. For instance someone said the Genz 6.0 had no power a while ago compared to their (Cant remember what but class A) amp with a 4x10 cabinet after trying one in BassDirect, When probed (ooh Err) it turns out they tried it with a 1x12 cab, How is that a fair comparison? If they had took their own 4x10 with them to try it through they may of had a very different opinion![/quote] I don't agree that light is 'better', it's just 'lighter'. If weight is a problem then lighter is better, but for me it just isn't one of the criteria on my list - and for the record I don't have roadies, and do tour pretty regularly. I agree with pretty much everything else you say though. You are spot on about comparisons - that's why trying an SWR Headlite through my speakers would give me a direct comparison to my amp, and would love a chance to do just that. I have tried Markbass and Genz, can't comment on the sound of TC and others directly as I haven't tried them myself. I was genuinely unimpressed with both, and that was through bigger cabs rather than little 1x12 etc. As for the 'penis effect' there is definitely some truth in that, although for me big cabs mean the sound is up by my ears where I can hear it over the drummer as opposed to just feel it through the floor. Most of the gigs I do are loud gigs. When I play with a female singer songwriter I use a Redhead 2x10 combo. That's not exactly lightweight either - although it does strap rather nicely to a sack barrow. You made no comment as to the build quality of these things though, and for me that would be an issue. Can they be knocked about on tour without damage? The ones I have seen/heard first hand certainly wouldn't take any kind of beating. I'm thinking in terms of a Transit full of gear and a band that sleeps and lives on that gear for three weeks at a time. For my purposes I haven't heard a lightweight amp that sounded better than what I already have, or that was built anywhere near as solidly. But I haven't played through them all.

<TEARING SOUND> Ouch! I've done my back! Now I can't drive the heavy car, satisfy the heavy woman or lift my heavy amp. FOR SALE Lots of great sounding bass gear that's really heavy. WANTED One of them fancy new amps the size of a pack of crisps. This might be me in a few years time. If it is you all have licence to 'tell me so'.

[quote name='4 candles' post='1175250' date='Mar 24 2011, 09:15 PM']light is better. fact[/quote] There are no 'facts' - unless you're a politician. Certainly not when it comes to music. Light is better - Your opinion. Heavy? If it sounds good, so what, man-up and get it moved - My opinion. If I like the sound I care not how much it weighs. Weight is not a criteria by which I judge audio equipment - because it's audio equipment, not aeroplane components. I load my own gear. I'm not that big, and I'm not that young either. Although I have not tried it all I have yet to be blown away by the light-weight amps I have tried. Markbass left me cold and feels like it was made of Lego. GenzBenz Shuttle has got loads of buttons on but was still uberboring in it's soulless efficiency. These amps are 'impressive' but there is nothing exciting about them or their sound, and I am not a 'vintage gear purist' either. I would be curious to try the SWR Headlite, as I love my old SWR gear, and that would be a good a/b test for me. Heard really good things about the TC stuff too, but in my mind, why have some set top box looking plastic digital thing that sounds like a big amp when you could have a big amp? Oh yeah, it's lighter... but are we trying to fly this thing across the Atlantic on a litre of fuel or play a bass through it? I realise that I am in the minority but if it's heavy then it may just be built really well and be able to take a pounding on the road for years. Take your MB/TC/GB that you can fit in the palm of your hand and drop it on the floor from gut height. Does it still work? Even if you don't ever drop it, will it still work and sound good in 25-30 years or will it be redundant like your iPod? Having said all this, I am super keen to have a go on some Barefaced cabs as they are supposed to be brilliant and very sensitive (which would be good for getting the most out of an old tube amp), but I really couldn't care less how easy they are to move! While opinion-ating I have remembered that I'm moving to London soon - an amp that I can fit in my boxers and a cab that will balance on my head might be pretty handy on the tube... But, if anything I am going the other way - in the market for an old tube amp this year - the bigger the better. A match with a Barefaced could be the ultimate compromise. Final thought - when I was at school getting a 'D' wasn't good enough. I'm not convinced that a 'D' is good enough now either. I like big cars, big women and big amps. And big tends to mean heavy.