paulflan0151

Hi, Has anybody had any experience with matamp? I'm thinking of getting a valve amp and these look pritty good.

Hi Guys, Dont know if this has been covered as I haven't read all the comments but the wood of the bass is a major factor IMO. I'm starting a guitar workshop myself so have done a lot of research into these matters. What I have gathered is that wood, construction and pick-ups/EQ have the main inflence on a basses sound. It's the middle section of the guitar that makes the sound, the edges (horns etc) dont. Generally speaking softer woods, like mohogany create a softer, deeper tone. Harder woods, maple for example are brighter and have more attack. Ofcourse you can mix the woods to get a bespoke sound. A good combo of wood is mohog body, maple top, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard. you get body and warmth from the mohogany, attack from the maple. maple is strong for the neck and the rosewood is strong and dureable for the fingerboard. it's also not too bright. Then you gotta pick construction. Bolt is brighter, glue-in is similar but not as bright. then pick-ups etc etc. Hope this can help.

thanks for the reply guys. So dan, you think I'm better off getting a UK made cab? I'll check out barefaced, chili, laney etc. thanks for the advice.

looks like the postage for a 2x12 cab would be 115 GBP. That just leaves the tax and duty. the cab is £240. thats £355 + taxes etc so i'm looking at about £450. Considering a berg, genz or mark bass 2x12 will set me back around £850 is seems like a steal, It's just a big leap to take without being able to test em out. aNy opinions welcome.

[url="http://www.avatarspeakers.com/s"]http://www.avatarspeakers.com/s[/url] Hi, Has anyone out in the UK bass world had any experience with these cabs? The prices seem too good to be true.