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[quote name='ergon' post='87060' date='Nov 11 2007, 11:25 PM']i think i'm gonna be beaten to those T.E cabs anyway cos it will take me more than a month to earn enough dough! i had heard that behringer cabs are good but need reassuring, wont blow up is allways a good sign! would it be usable if i used a combo amp as a head like for example my Roland cube?[/quote] That depends on the amp. Some have outputs for extension speakers but check what it says on the back of the amp, and make sure the impedances match.

[quote name='ergon' post='87044' date='Nov 11 2007, 10:55 PM']i was going to by a trace elliot cab but it has come to my attention that i am too poor instead i would like to go for this instead the Behringer ultra bass BA410 i will of course be buying a head of some sort but i haven't decided what yet, anybody got one/ used one? if so tell me whats good and bad please and if it's terrible whats an allternative thats affordable (around the same price of this kit on GAK) [url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/behringer-ba-410/66593"]Behringer BA 410[/url][/quote] You'll get mixed reviews on Behringer stuff but for what it's worth my BA4X10 has never let me down sounds great and so far has refused to blow up. I also use an Epifani 2X10cab with it (or instead of for small gigs) and there is no marked difference between the two in terms of quality. And yes I've used TE and a whole host of other stuff down through the years and wouldn't swap my BA4X10 for any of it. Oh - I bought mine through GAK, as they were by far the cheapest, but by Jimminy were they slow delivering. It got here in the end though.

OK. My name = mud. Here goes. The big pile of orange rings carefully separated from their swing tops and left out to be gazed at lovingly before putting somewhere safe have been mysteriously 'vanished' from our house. A handful survived thanks to my untidiness (which apparently is something to do with the strange disappearance of the rest) (I name no names here for my own safety) so a few lucky readers will still get some but the big give away is now much more limited.

Drummer friend of mine gave me an old drumcase to use for leads and stuff. Opened it up and there must have been a hundred grolsch strap locks in there. He was utterly baffled as I danced around the room. I'm gonna save a pair and a spare pair for each of my basses but this is Basschat so a SAE gets you a pair. PM me for details.

[quote name='Mr Fudge' post='82991' date='Nov 3 2007, 01:38 AM']smashing people run the place and sort the sound etc....[/quote] Must have changed hands since I played there then. Mind you that was a couple of years ago now.

[quote name='bassicinstinct' post='82805' date='Nov 2 2007, 05:32 PM']Another update today. [/quote] You ever get down to the West Country?

[quote name='paul, the' post='82516' date='Nov 1 2007, 11:39 PM']There was a Kay case in the vintage music shop in Bath. I don't think it was for sale but the figure £350 is popping into my head for some reason. It was pink with yellow stripes (I think) though.[/quote] If it was Rare & Vintage or however they style themselves it wouldn't surprise me if they tried to sell a tennis racket with broken strings for £2000

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Dave is a really genuine, helpful and friendly guy and his work is of a very high standard. I like to play with my equipment facing the wrong way just to show off the cables he's made for me. Top, top bloke.

Well I received my Nautilus today and have to say that it is an excellent looking piece o0f kit. If I'm honest a little bit of wee came out when I opened it. It's gorgeous.

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='79271' date='Oct 25 2007, 11:27 AM']What? £150 for one of those sh*tey black cases? Christ I think I'm going to sell that one then and buy a Hiscox and something nice with the profits! That Westone is long gone now[/quote] Ah - I come to the conclusion that I misrepresented myself - I meant the guitar. Apologies.

Excellent to do business with and firmly intend so to do again.

[quote name='Stan_da_man' post='80837' date='Oct 29 2007, 05:49 PM']In my experience, Shine basses have been great VFM.[/quote] Thanks for the review - this is the 6er I've been toying with getting, and I have a great guitar tech just up the road who I swear could raise the dead and make them sing in tune.

[quote name='grosa' post='80608' date='Oct 29 2007, 12:27 AM']the man has a very valid point[/quote] Unless of course the only thing cheap about them is easily upgraded...

[quote name='phatmonkey' post='80433' date='Oct 28 2007, 04:35 PM']Hopefully fixed[/quote] Thanks Phatty!

[quote name='thumbo' post='80251' date='Oct 27 2007, 10:13 PM']I'm trying to think of other things that have been invented and not changed much at all because they were just great to begin with... having no luck...[/quote] Apart from the wheel, I know what you mean!

[quote name='paul, the' post='79941' date='Oct 26 2007, 08:24 PM']Does anyone know if the V-Amp or V-Amp pro is able to produce the same/similar effect to the BDi 21? Ta, paul.[/quote] I use the Vamp pro but haven't used the Bdi so not sure but the vamp does loads so I can't imagine there's much it won't do.

[quote name='johnny dissident' post='79684' date='Oct 26 2007, 09:52 AM']Morning All, LECHLADE calling, I didn't realise there were that many fellow groove machines so close by,........must get out more. Cheers Johnny D[/quote] Nice part of the world - I worked in Northleach for a while.

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='79256' date='Oct 25 2007, 10:00 AM']What? 150? What? *Holds heart, then head, then heart again, then sits down* I don't think that's an original case - I had an original Westone case with mine which was a brown tolex and plywood job,[/quote] You are quite correct sir. And yes £150 - you heard me correctly sir. Your case is much nicer. I need a 2 and 3 to complete my collection. So lock your doors.

[quote name='Mrs Tinman' post='79257' date='Oct 25 2007, 10:01 AM']Hi jhk and welcome and t'was me chatting away in 'Off Topic' that upset a couple of forum members so I'm sorry but it's my fault that no-one's posts in 'Off Topic' are counted [/quote] Yeah Mrs Tinman - it's all your fault.

[quote name='Baseballfan1456' post='79194' date='Oct 25 2007, 01:51 AM']EDIT: Maybe I should've been more specific...i'm not exactly in a band, it's more like just me and my friend (he's a guitarist) and I don't really know any drummers that I can work with...[/quote] Jay - even more important to focus on rhythm with the occasional 'flourish' as it were. If there's just you and a guitar then you are the whole rhythm section!! You could do some harmony stuff with your mate, if he's playing a riff ask him to show you it slowly and pick out some of the notes from his riff, that can sound really cool, but only as I say as a flourish, if both of you are off noodling a thousand notes a minute, well it might be fun to do but will sound baffling. Ah what the hell - if it's fun to do do it.

[quote name='Breakfast' post='79154' date='Oct 24 2007, 11:38 PM']I listen out for fragments of melody from other instruments I can steal and integrate with the bass line without them clashing with what everyone else is doing.[/quote] I did this recently lifting melody of the doo-be-doo vocal part which repeats at the end of the song and anticipating it by a couple of bars - not only does it sound lush but, by getting it in first, in the unlikely event of anyone noticing they might think the vocalist is copying me!!

[quote name='The_D' post='79189' date='Oct 25 2007, 01:31 AM']+1 I'd pay £20 for the case! Looks like they fit nice [/quote] You and I both too far away to collect though. If the bass went for say 70 'twould be worth buying for the case then reselling - these can fetch anything up to 150.

[quote name='queenofthedepths' post='79084' date='Oct 24 2007, 08:37 PM']Ahaha thank you - do off topic posts really not count? How strange...[/quote] I could be wrong but I seem to remember that when this site opened there was, ahem, healthy competition to advance up the greasy pole (no one will ever catch the Dude - natch!) and I believe the mods decided that bass related stuff is what counts. My memory is like the rest of my faculties however and advancing years have taken their toll so I could well have made all that up.

Beat me to it! And with a much better reply.