jwbassman

Started on trombone, graduated quickly to bass trombone, started playing bass guitar (some 16 years ago now) quickly moved to fretless 5... Also play a few chords on keys, likewise on guitar and recently started playing drums (just for fun) - something I've always wanted to do However, main instrument these days is bass and always will be - still playing trombone but only the odd bits and pieces (doesn't really work too well after 12 months in the box!) It's good to make some noise, what ever your weapon of choice

Talking of mini rigs - i've just put together my first... Preamp - BBE Bmax T (modded and with 5751 valve - thanks Dave) Power amp - Alesis RA300 (at the moment - subject to change) Epifani UL112 - (Bought from kjb - thanks Kevin) Sounds great to me and an easy lift - the cab is so light and the 3U shallow rack is very manageable *mental note to self must post some pictures Until now I've used a variety of combos - carlsbro, peavy, trace (with 2x10 extension). EA iAmp200 and sound wise this little set up is a good if not better than all of them. The EA was easily the most portable but not by much. Mini rigs.. they're the future

I bought into the Epifani sound (from kjb on here) a few weeks ago when putting together my new rig - must say that so far I'm very impressed... I'm 'only' using a UL112 but it sounds great... been jamming with it over the weekend but really looking forward to next weeks rehersal to try it out properly in a band setting. By way of comparison I've been using an EA iAmp 200 combo with the wizzy 1x12 for several years now and the Epifani is certainly as good if not better that the EA - (bettter is clearly objective) they're different in as much as the Epifani seems a bit fuller and warmer, less hi-fi than the EA in my opinion. Would like to try a bigger Epifani maybe a 310 or something but for the gigs I do I couldn't justify it and there's hardly room in the car as it is (I also look after the PA too)... Very happy with my purchase - thanks again Kevin

hardcase every time for me - gig bags just don't give me the confidence that my bass will always be ok... stick it in a case - no worries

Dave's the man... Modded my BBE Bmax T and put together a set of cables for my new rig, good price and great service - Had a good chat with him re power amps too. Cheers Dave, many thanks for you help and advice...

I can see why She's lovely...

Looking goooooooood... thoes pups look awesome

[quote name='Paul_C' post='65908' date='Sep 26 2007, 03:04 PM'][/quote] Fantastic, it's not tab it's something altogether more entertaining - the rest of the band need to see this, I'm tempted to put it in an arrangement and see if they notice, see how good their sight reading is

LOL - you guys...

I thought so too - think I was driving home from work when the auction ended, probably a good job otherwise I would have been tempted to put a bid on it looked lovely as well...

Must admit I was tempted by this one too... went in the end for £562 + 20 p+p - but not to me... Did anyone on here get it?

Superb

Looks great - if I wasn't looking for a new car right now I'd be tempted

Hi urb There's nothing quiet like getting a bass built for you - may it bring you many years of happiness... Looking great, good choice re the fingerboard - sure it will sound amazing

Thanks for the reminder... but still running the DRs at the moment - probably due for a change another month or so. as and when I get round to trying them out I'll post again... cheers John

Spoke to Laurence last week and they still haven't arrived - I'm still waiting to get the nod to go and try one out...

[quote name='dood' post='61174' date='Sep 16 2007, 02:22 PM']PM'd you. It's probably the person you are sending to has disabled their messenger in their own control panel.[/quote] Hi Dan Got your PM, it must just be me

If it's only me that's cool - was just wondering if anyone else was having the same problems...

Hi guys Are the PMs working properly? Had a couple of strange things happen - an error message that said the user PM were blocked so I couldn't send and others that I've been expecting replies to and haven't received anything even though the users have been online making other posts - did they get my PM?... Cheers John

+1 for a bit of birdland... will you need to sight read anything on the audition?

the important thing to remeber here is that you know how important you are - you don't need to make a song and dance about it and niether does anyone else...

Drummers for the aforementioned reasons... Good Rhythm Guitarists - where are they - in my experience they all want to play lead... The guitarist I do most stuff with these days is a self confessed lead player - he also happens to be the best rhythm player I know, but would sooner play lead... ego's

[quote name='Stewart' post='58460' date='Sep 10 2007, 10:04 PM']I was particularly unimpressed with the Alesis (just 'limp' somehow) and Behringer (warm and wooly)[/quote] I've got a pair of the Alesis Monitor Ones Mk2 Passive and the RA300 Power Amp in my home setup - they sound great to me, very clear and good separation, handles the bass really well - much better than what I had previous but I guess it's all realtive, compared to what I was using anything was going to be an improvement! That said I did a fair bit of reading up on all the various make and models and these seemed to a very solid performer and great value too...