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Now that sounds like a good bargain (shame that one's collection only from Essex). I'm quite keen on the idea of a separate head/cab now. A while ago I did think about getting a head only and using it to shape the tone before pumping it into my Guitar Rig interface. And a separate head and cab would be lighter if I took two trips to the car and back

I've had a read through the 17 pages of the lightweight cabs thread... phew! And yeah, lightweight usually means very expensive. I did manage to pull out this gem: Gallien Kruegar MB112 - 200w (hit or miss as to whether it's loud enough) and 13kg and £250 new. Ticks all the boxes if it's loud enough. I've been convinced to favour buying second-hand off BC though so will be keeping an eye out for something.

At the moment it's just for practice and I've no idea what type of venues we may (or may not) play yet. I'm pretty sure I actually gigged back in the 90s with a 30w Laney Linebacker (I think it was) and it competed with the drummer, guitarist and keyboard player quite well. Only really went into the PA for a Battle of the Bands thing in a much larger venue. (If anyone's from Preston, most gigs were upstairs at the Adelphi pub and the BotB was at The Mill.) Trying the 15w and the borrowed 100w would at the very least let me hear what 15w and 100w sound like

Some good advice as always I've always fancied a Trace Elliot amp but weight is an issue. I'm a weedy chap and will have to lug it in and out of a Lancer saloon. I'll pop over to the lightweight amps thread and have a read-up I think.

Ha, well would you believe it. A few days after posting this I stumbled across a drummer and guitarist practising at a pub and may be joining them to see how it turns out. Gonna try my little Laney RB1 (15w!) to see how it copes but I can borrow a Laney Linebacker 100w amp if needed. I'll take it from there and see what I end up needing! Got my eye on a few EB-180s on Ebay but saw this for £229 new which is a bargain: [url="http://www.kennysmusic.co.uk/backline/bass-amps/ashdown-electric-blue-12180-bass-combo.html"]http://www.kennysmusic.co.uk/backline/bass-amps/ashdown-electric-blue-12180-bass-combo.html[/url].

Overall, some very nice sounds. The volume on the P only using the pick is huge. My P pup is quite a beast (on my Overwater Contemporary J) too. I can hear a distinct difference between the J, P and JP tracks. The JP sounds are my favourite out of the lot. Check the height of the A string, it may just be a little too high from the pickups. My E string is around 0.5 - 1mm slightly too low after my last setup and the volume difference is noticeable. Not by much and I can compensate easily on the E string - perhaps less so if it were my A string. I should do a test of mine too to compare my active bass with your passive.

Dammit I want a bongo now.

Have a peek at [url="http://www.vGuitarLessons.com"]http://www.vGuitarLessons.com[/url]. It starts with the very basics (i.e. tuning your guitar) but might be an ok place to start.

It helped that I went to college with Steve who used to be the manager in the Metro Centre store but I'm sure I only mentioned that after I'd bought the bass. Good chaps tho. Bought a ukulele from them and got a good discount (it's a black flying V one, sad but also quite cool at the same time).

DV247 have the MiBass combos listed but no pics or prices as yet. Here's the one I'm interested in (depending on price of course): [url="http://www.dv247.com/guitars/ashdown-mi12-bass-guitar-speaker-cabinet--96832"]http://www.dv247.com/guitars/ashdown-mi12-bass-guitar-speaker-cabinet--96832[/url]

I've played pretty much every bass in PMT in Bristol and the only comment I got from the staff was to say that I should ask them to get the basses down off the wall for me in case I bash one. I thought this was a fair comment. Mind you, I must have tried about £5k worth of basses before they said this! JG Windows in Newcastle were good. I tried a few basses in there and asked if I could try the Fender American Jazz. I told them it was out of my budget but I wanted to try it for comparison and they were. I bought my Dean in Windows in Metro Centre and the guy was great. I told him I'd not played in 17 years so he let me get a feel for some basses then played a few for me so I could get an idea of their sound. Telling a potential customer that they can't try any more basses is like Amazon only letting you look at 3 products before kicking you off the site because they want to save bandwidth. It sucks and they don't deserve your sale.

Mine was an Aria Pro II ZZB Deluxe that my parents bought me second hand when I was 16. It was an explorer shape and looked awesome. Not quite so awesome when it was being held by a skinny 16 year old with sensible hair and glasses.

Cheers guys. Worst case scenario is that I get a decent jam out of it so all good!

Just been for a beer after work with my bro and his missus in a pub 5 mins walk from my house. Sat in the beer garden and heard a band practising in the room at the back but I could only hear drums and a guitar. I'd been saying to my bro that I should pop in a see if they need a bassist and eventually I did just that. Turns out that they'd been saying earlier that they needed a bass player! So, I may end up doing some practice sessions at least. It'll be the first time playing in a band in nearly 18 years for me so I hope it works out . At the very least we'll have a couple of practise sessions (which would be nice) even if it doesn't work out. Funny how things work out eh?

Cheers guys, I hoped that I'd get some sensible advice, I'll definitely wait. I'd love a MarkBass setup for the weight of them so best get saving just in case I need one.

Someone please de-GAS me... I'm constantly looking around for a decent head/cab or combo but I really don't think I need one. I'm not gigging, I'm not in a band and I primarily record stuff using a Guitar Rig Session interface and Guitar Rig amp software. Somehow I just feel like I need an amp. I do have a 15w practice amp which is fine for noodling around on but I'd never be able to do a band practice or gig with it (if I ever did start playing live). I've got my eye on an Ashdown EB12-180 and was thinking of buying new so that's around £270 or so. Ideally I'd trade in my Bass Collection SB315 for one (with some cash, depending on trade-in value). Trouble is, without actually being in a band or gigging I have no idea of my requirements. Best to leave it until I know what I need?

Sounds like a great idea, I'd be up for having a go.

That was pretty cool. It wouldn't have been quite the same watching someone do that with Absynth!

Nice looking bass. Pic 3 is great

My Bass Collection 5-string is strung E-C and I had a new brass nut custom made to cater for the E-C gauge (100 - 30 I think it is). However I don't think that doing this solves the weak tone on the high C, the bass is simply set up properly for the string gauge. My high C is a bit weak compared to the other strings but nothing I've considered to be an issue. One caveat here is that I actually rarely play the fiver and even when I do I tend not to stray up to the C much anyway.

What threw me off is that the two eq pots and the pan all have centre indents.

Oh, and as this is a random thread, SteveO - I've actually been to Honefoss which I noticed you're from (apologies for missing the accents off that). I've got a few mates who live there.