William James Easton

if anybody's got a GK rig then please bring it along if they can. They are now on my 'If i don't get made redundant in 2009 i will be buying a new amp' list or I.I.D.G.M.R.I.0.9.I.W.B.B.A.N.A. for short

good luck to yer. i really to get hacked off with 'rock stars' getting all the free gear (like they need it?). something for the working man. VIVA LA ARGHS REVOLUTION!

Thanks guys. I think Hartke is no go. I never played through a Hartke rig that i like! but to be fair i think thats more down to the cabs than the amps. (maybe that's just my narrow minded opinion) but then again very good value on them. Now Silverfox As for sound, well Jeff Ament is a man i've paid homage to. That gutsy growl but as the man says 'you don't always have to hear it but you can feel it'. He's using ampeg these days but back in the day was using SWR. Also Mike Watt, Eden user, Warm but punchy sound. So i like a deep growl bass with a bit of punch and i like to hear my the scratchyness of my fingers on the strings, nothing clean or too smooth. deep but not to deep. but not looking for a amp full of top end. and theres nowt wrong wit second hand!

So if i don't get made redundant in the new year i am going to look into getting a new (decent) amp set up. But what? I have lusted over ampeg, Eden, Aguilar, Orange, Hiwatt, Gallien - Krueger, Marshall (but only the dynamic bass rage) For starters i cant afford a valve head so thats orange and hiwatt out the widow (but i do love the simple knobs, none of this crazy 56 band eq) so i suppose thats aguilar out aswell then. Eden again seem to only do top end stuff. and marshal well i just dont see them as a bass amp! So Ampeg (BR2/1 area) and GK (400 rb) have caught my insomnia eye at the moment. can anyone give me a some plus and negative points about them? or can you suggest an alternative? Im looking at playing through a 4x10 cab (8x10 wont fit in my car) I used to own an ashdown MAG rig but never had the wow factor a bit thick and muddy i thought and i do not like trace rigs. Lucky for me i don't have certain sound so in that respect amp choice is wide open ate the mo. thers just to many choices! come on basschatters do my thinking for me! oh and i have o decent music shops near me so have to put quite a bit of research on first before i do anything.

YES! about 7 years ago in a shop in london. havent got a clue what one but one of the denmark street ones and a big one. Looked cool as feck to me back then but was heavy and (not that i had any intention of buying one) was tre expensive. Sound was a little lifeless. Defo more a nice guitar idea than bass one.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='362121' date='Dec 23 2008, 04:23 PM']I've just now noticed you have a Fender Jaguar bass. That will be why the Decade is attractive to you.[/quote] YES! for some reason this seems to be the shape that has got me buy the short and curlys and will look to purchase one or two more in this shape (how would you descibe it?). But maybe i should stop lusting after your mega wanga bass and concentrate on getting my amp future sorted!

loads.

i davise anyone not to use these cheap white plastic 4-ways. they are not worth the risk and companys are not allowed to use them in offices any more( well thats what i've been told) by a good extension reel for around 15 lizzies with RCD buiilt in. cant go wrong (i hope)

[quote name='Adrenochrome' post='330636' date='Nov 17 2008, 01:24 PM']Last time I looked at musician adverts in Leeds the emphasis was strongly on being the right age and having the right 'look' or 'image'. A Scenester's paradise! We're not all like that around here.[/quote] LOL bingo!

I was just reading the thread about decent music shops and I wasn't suprised to realise that there are no decent retailers near me. Leeds has a couple, york used to but not to sure anymore. I have to travel to doncaster to electro to try decent amps. anyhoo got me thinking about online retailers. Who do we all use? who's cheap, whos quick and who can you trust (shops not women!) Now i am not always chuffed to by things online, music shops in general are good independent retailers and we should be strive to keep them in our towns providing a much need service to us awkward musicians. Times are tough and finacial situatuions mean you have to look after number one. I used GAK in the past and stingbuster for well strings. anybody else recomend decent sites? there are so many amature dodgy looking retailers online its hard to know if you've found a bargin or are about to be ripped off. sorry if already been done rto death.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='361328' date='Dec 22 2008, 07:35 PM']Steady on! That's my bass you're talking about! [/quote] i'm so sorry, but if you will tease me!

are these desires i fell towards this bass unnatural?

[quote name='Bass Culture' post='359430' date='Dec 20 2008, 10:47 AM']Ah, Laney. Now there's something I'd not considered. British too, aren't they?[/quote] i go the rb7. bit of service needed but for practice is fine. good stuff.

[quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='354575' date='Dec 14 2008, 08:56 PM']For those traveling with only carryable gear, it's worth knowing that the venue is only an eight minute walk from Hornbeam Park railway station (Leeds-York line) and just two minutes walk from the 36 bus top (Leeds -Ripon frequent service).[/quote] 8 minutes? pah your drunk! i say its more like 7mins 30 sec

[quote name='Jim Fleeting' post='352689' date='Dec 12 2008, 01:30 PM']Hi Phil I'll be there. 15th is fine for me. As to doing something more than just attending, I'll email you some thoughts. In the meantime, of anyone has anything on any subject they'd like to hear a luthier's perspective on, put it on this forum. Cheers Jim[/quote] welcome.

[quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='352677' date='Dec 12 2008, 01:13 PM']Thanks Rusty. You have the venue, date, time, it's free entry, bar & food available. Not sure what else to add, except a description of what will happen, which er ...is currently a load of bass players bringing along their gear to show to each other! A link to the forum and, if needs be, an email address to find out more.[/quote] i'm on it.

[quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='352530' date='Dec 12 2008, 11:10 AM']OK, we now have a date ...Sunday 15th Feb 12 noon to 5PM. The Manhattan Club, Harrogate. Map etc [url="http://www.manhattanentertainments.co.uk/index.php"]on their website[/url] Rusty, can you do a poster for Rock Steady, plus anywhere else you think its worth putting one up, please?[/quote] i'll try. i dont have photoshop or anything anymore. but i'll email a couple of friends and see what i can do. Just bung me all the details to go on there. and again, good woork!

i'll give you £50 for it!

band mix is good. join my band is full of very young people into green day and slayer. oh and i should say both forming bands and band mix charge, however forming bands wont let you post email and website addresses but band mix dont stop you so you get the 'service' for free if you use your nogging! good luck.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='351783' date='Dec 11 2008, 02:12 PM']"to 'sex up' a young no tail. " Sorry, It's been a long time since I was down with da kidz....what exactly does that phrase mean? [/quote] ok aslong as you tell me what 'da kidz' is? oops and it means the songs i would put on the 'gramophone' to get the young lady i was 'courting' (along with a bottle of red) in mood for a night of beautiful sin!

in my youthful days i would of used the songs from the first half of your set (apart from the last song) to 'sex up' a young no tail.

[quote name='jono b' post='351068' date='Dec 10 2008, 06:06 PM']I recently bought a set of Prosteels (55-105 methinks), and I'm another convert. Lovely zing and better sustain than the nickels I had been using previously. I don't like the coloured ball ends though, I know it's supposed to help you identify which string it is but really, how inexperienced do you have to be to not be able to order stings by thickness without the need for individually coloured ball ends? It looks so sh*t, I'll need to get a bass with through body stringing to hide them.[/quote] i'm not keen on the colour ball ends, thats a minus.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='350941' date='Dec 10 2008, 04:09 PM']I thought you guys were with me but you're being sarcastic aren't you!!! [b]Don't you get it?? The internet is serious business![/b][/quote] excellent. i will use that in the future. thanks.

matches your floor!