JPJ

Looking around for a lighterweight amp head for smaller gigs and rehearsals, I've been looking at the Orange Terror Bass series.

In the specs on the Orange site, it mentions an impedence switch (4/8ohms). Does this allow the the amp to put its full rated output into an 8ohm load?

Sorry for the dumb question, but if it does, this could be the answer to my prayers!

I guess it depends on the band your in. If your in a tribute then I'd say you'd better learn every note and nuance of the original bass line. If your in a general covers band, it's probably enough to know the main shape of the line and augment this with your own interpretation.

In my experience, on stage it's better to simplify than over complicate parts. Stay true to the original version and you won't get too many complaints.

No dimensions, but I remember my old Fender Jazz DLX V ('96 anniversary model with all five tuners in a line) had a narrow nut width compared to my other 5 stringers

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(Any idea what you'd replace it with? I'd imagine its not something that can be easily replicated)
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Thanks for that, and there lies my problem. I love this amp but by god she's a big girl if you know what I mean!

I'm hearing good reports of the Genz Benz Streamliner 900, and really liked the sound of a GK Fusion 550 (but worry that this might be a little underpowered). In truth, I'll probably end up keeping her and just spending more time at the gym until I can lift her on to my cabs on my own lol

Let me know if your interested in a straight sale on the Streamliner

Anybody got a feeling for how much my SWR SM1500 is worth in today's market?

She's a serious piece of pro kit and one of the first in the UK. I'm the second owner having bought her on here from BGTAndy. She's housed in a shock mounted flight case.

Sounds-wise, she is my tonal nirvana, and I'm only contemplating selling her due to her weight and my advancing years!

Agree with the other members, second hand is the way to go, especially as there are some great bargains around at the moment.

As an aside, wow how far have the BassCentre fallen?

Ooh the Jack Bruce looks canny, I could defo fancy a fretless one of them :-)

You'll get lots of +1's from the North Eastern contingent for BassDoc Howard, who whilst being a living legend in these parts, is also a thoroughly nice bloke as well.

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Downsizing... DOWNSIZING! Has that eye op' affected your back?
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No heavy lifting allowed!

I might just look for a 4ohm cab for those smaller gigs and keep the SWR head and Goliaths for the bigger gigs & rallies as I love the tone (and volume lol)

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It never made it into production.

The 550 is a briliant amp though, personally I wouldn't buy it just for the valve pre-amp, I'd rather go for the 2001RB (I think the 2001RB has a good warm tone and even break up without sounding harsh, they also sound very similar), but if you want the memory banks between the different patches then it does the trick and sounds stunning.
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Cheers for that.

Amazing that, I wonder what Soundslive would do if I ordered one off their website!

Thanks for the info.

I'm seriously thinking of downsizing the 'rig of doom' and having heard the Fusion 550 in action and being impressed by the authority of the tone, I was wondering whether any Basschatter's had anything to say about the Fusion 1050?

I've got the exact same bass but fretless and I can honestly say these have the nicest necks I've played. Have a bump on me for a piece of early 80's beauty

I'm fairly new to the whole db thing, but my Stagg EUB sounds great (to my ears anyway) through my PJB Briefcase. I know that the Briefcase might be a bit out of your price range but I'd certainly recommend you give one a go before you part with any money

What a simply brilliant idea! Looks much neater than my 'folded duster' solution, and with two teenage girls in the house I'm sure I wont have to look too far to find a donor hair slide

Just to throw my two'penneth, I'd try a stand before you buy one. Reading the manual for my PJB Briefcase and trying out a few 'home' tests, it appears that PJB gear needs to live on the floor (my Briefcase looses its bottom end when placed on a coffee table, Mrs JPJ lost her marbles when I placed the Briefcase on said coffee table ). I also know of a couple of local lads who stand their cabs on empty flightcases and then wonder why they have uncontrolable amounts of bass boom.

Yep mine arrived today too. Neatly folder in a plastic bag inside a jiffy bag envelope. Nice quality, good embroidering, will be worn at next weeks gig as I don't think it'll look right with my Stetson at tonight's gig :-)

I'd be so tempted to pair that with an 8x8 cab recovered in the same livery for an optical illusion stack

Seriously though, that looks so much better than the stock Terror bass heads that I cant believe Orange arnt doing a similar option.

Well done, lovely to see something original

Excellent, but if I could play as well as that I'd definately smile more

Wow thats excellent! That's got me looking at the terror bass in a whole new light. Have you been able to source any orange tolex to cover it and how are you getting access to the DI?

[quote name='MikeBass' post='1372682' date='Sep 13 2011, 11:29 PM']cheers Kev,
good to meet you and thanks again - bass sounds awesome!!![/quote]

Good to meet you too, pleased your happy and she's gone to a good home

Thanks for the info guys, now on eBay [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120777227649"]here[/url]

[quote name='supabock' post='1371034' date='Sep 12 2011, 08:24 PM']What an absolutely interesting bass so in reality, how does it sound, do you have any clips we can all have a listen to??[/quote]


and what is the scale length?

[quote name='TomKent' post='1370570' date='Sep 12 2011, 03:33 PM']Bump! Ono please, need this gone![/quote]

My offer still stands

Now sold and with her new owner, thanks Mikebass, top bloke