jwbassman

For size and weight you should consider the EA iAmp 200 Combo... I have one of these and it's great, superb sound and portability if you can pick up a second one you'll be doing well, there aren't many about. I'm considering selling mine at the moment to try out a pre/power amp set up for a while, but i fear it will be out of your price range as I'd need to get about £500 quid for it... they are £1300 new - I know that's a lot of cash but in my experience you always get what you pay for and in my opinion it's been great value...

[quote name='ThirteenDevils' post='2659' date='May 20 2007, 02:46 AM']anyone used either of these cabs? opinions? my 'local' bassmaker deals in both and i fancy summat small and perfectly formed! a nice 1x12! I will be running a Fretless Jazz and a 95 Warwick Fortress masterman through it powered by a Sansamp RBI pre with a Behringer Europower 1500 power amp. Cheers [/quote] I've use the EA iAmp 200 combo which has the 1x12 in it... The combo itself is fantastic, for the size and weight I would say you'd struggle to find anything better. My main gig is with a big band so supporting the rest of the band is key - 5 saxes and 8 brass, drums, piano and guitar can make quite a noise when they're all going for it... I've never had a problem in terms of either volume or sitting in the mix, so would recommend EA gear without any hesitations... I'm currently think of trying out a similar set up to what you use with a pre/power amp setup - how do you find it? I've been looking at a BBE BMAX F, not sure which power amp, but would almost certainly go for an EA cab... Cheers John

Small but perfectly formed - EA iAmp200 Combo and Overwater Progress Deluxe Fretless 5... [attachment=148:ow_ea_01.jpg] [attachment=149:ow_02.jpg]

Here seemed like a good place to put some pictures of my Overwater... [attachment=143:ow_01.jpg] [attachment=144:ow_02.jpg] [attachment=145:ow_03.jpg] [attachment=146:ow_04.jpg] [attachment=147:ow_05.jpg] Built by Chris and the guy up in Carlisle - check out [url="http://www.overwater.co.uk"]www.overwater.co.uk[/url] It's a Progress 5 Fretless Deluxe Custom 35" Scale 5 Piece Maple and Purpleheart Neck Walnut Body Ash Top and Headstock Ebony Fingerboard with Walnut lines Natural Satin finish Pickups are OW5 Soapbars with a 3 Band eq Bridge is an OWS Strung with medium gauge Overwater roundwound nickle strings Needless to say - my pride and joy

Not really a diary but just found a couple of pics from when my bass was being built, why do they always look so cool when they're work in progress? [attachment=141:ow_06.jpg] [attachment=142:ow_07.jpg] so decided to take some of it as it is now - the complete bass and 4 years of gigging later... [attachment=136:ow_01.jpg] [attachment=137:ow_02.jpg] [attachment=138:ow_03.jpg] [attachment=139:ow_04.jpg] [attachment=140:ow_05.jpg]

Hey Growse No worries - hope you manage to find something your happy with in your price range John

[quote name='BassJase' post='2280' date='May 19 2007, 04:42 PM']Its my Traben Torrent 5-String, take a look at them here; [url="http://www.trabenbass.com/"]http://www.trabenbass.com/[/url] They stopped producing the Torrent model a while ago, but i also have a Phoenix Custom and had an Array Custom (which i flogged as it wasn't as good as my Torrent.) I'm playing Donnington next month with Hawkwind, Skyclad and Utah Saints, and its going to be my main "weekend-weapon!"[/quote] Cool - thanks.. and all the best for Donnington

[quote name='urb' post='1507' date='May 18 2007, 04:54 PM']Welcome John - and guess what - I went to Falmouth Art college as well - I graduated with a 2.1 in Fine Art, Printmaking to be precise - I really ejoyed my time there - it's a lovely spot if a little out of the way - the scary thing is I graduated in 1994! So it's all a long time ago - thanks for the kind words on the MP3 I posted, glad you like it - good to see another 'jazzer' here - please post any tunes you have, would be good to hear some of your stuff as well. Cheers Mike[/quote] Hi Mike Put up mp3s this morning - check the recording section for the details... John

Must be about time to see another one then

In the middle of a posting frenzy so might as well add one here too Me gigging with the big band... just trying it make it look difficult!! [attachment=120:jwbassman_01.jpg]

[quote name='funkysimon' post='1359' date='May 18 2007, 12:48 PM']Me, at my own wedding (playing someone else's bass): At this point I hadn't worked out how to play with a wedding ring on, so there was a lot of extraneous clanking going on [/quote] Glad to see I'm not the only one to play at my own wedding!!

I'm playing through an EA iAmp 200 at the moment - by far the most portable and punchy amp I've ever owned - use to have a trace 1x15 combo and 2x10 extension - to big and heavy - also had a small trace combo, can't remeber the model, small but really heavy... The EA stuff is not exactly cheap but it is an awesome package - I'm currently thinking about changing my set up to a pre/power amp and cab so might be selling the EA if your interested... I'd need to clear about £500 for it though - it's in very good condition and sounds great, done everything I've ever asked of it, they are £1300 new and very limited availability in this country as far as I know only available from [url="http://www.overwater.co.uk"]Overwater[/url]

All the dates can be found here [url="http://www.swingshiftbigband.co.uk"]www.swingshiftbigband.co.uk[/url] Highlights will be the Southport Jazz Fesitval Gig with Liane Carroll - early next month Cheers John

Hey Well, here goes - uploaded a couple of full mp3s of me playing with band... [url="http://www.swingshiftbigband.co.uk/mp3s/splanky.mp3"]splanky[/url] [url="http://www.swingshiftbigband.co.uk/mp3s/basiecallySpeaking.mp3"]basiecally speaking[/url] if you're interested more about the band can be found here... [url="http://www.swingshiftbigband.co.uk"]www.swingshiftbigband.co.uk[/url] and a couple of the small band (My Blue Seven - Miles Davis Tribute kinda band) [url="http://www.swingshiftbigband.co.uk/mp3s/soWhat.mp3"]so what[/url] [url="http://www.swingshiftbigband.co.uk/mp3s/flamencoSketches.mp3"]flamenco sketches[/url] again more on this can be found here... [url="http://myblueseven.co.uk"]www.myblueseven.co.uk[/url] Great credit for all these recordings needs to go guy and girls in the bands a fantastic group of musicians and friends - I thank you all I'm really happy with the bass - both the sound and most of the playing, particularly on the My Blue Seven tracks... Feedback - more than welcome Cheers John

Hi guys - I'm thinking about changing my EA iAmp 200 combo into a pre/power amp setup... Currently the EA is a great hi-fi sounding setup and very light and compact to boot, which is ideal as I have a stack of PA gear to transport most of the time too. I'm liking the idea of a valve pre amp but wouldn't know where to start, my main gig is with a bigband, I play a fretless 5 (don't even own a fretted bass although this may change if I can get some cash together) so most of the time guess I'm looking for a woody sound but with enough punch to drive the rest if the band forward and the ability to get a more modern sound for some of the funkier and contemporary charts we also have in the pad. Any experiences, thoughts on the pre/power v combo set up much appreciated... i've been reading up on the BBE BMAX F, but I really know nothing about preamps... help! Cheers John

Like I said sounded great - the closest I guess I come to that for solo exposure would be the arrangement our keyboard player did of Three Views of a Secret - opens up with a bass solo... no pressure then! We've gigged it a couple of times and it's a great chart to play, even if I was a little worried at first... I'm giggin' with the big band on Sunday night - really looking forward to it... following a great rehearsal last weekend - it's a good programme with some real tricky stuff, a couple of Goodwin arrangement, Jazz Police and High Maintenance and some more commercial material, we've got a D Day gig coming up and whilst we're not in the habit of playing much Miller stuff we do have a couple of his more obscure arrangements which sound suitably cheesy and will keep the older element of the audience entertained... If I don't remember, remind me to post a track of the band so you get a feel for the sort of stuff I do.

Welcome, enter, even come in... I guess it's a case of the more the merrier Cheers John

I'll second that - only registered yesterday, or was that this morning, it was very early/late depending on your point of view and already feel like part of the furniture

Welcome - glad you're on board

[quote name='BassJase' post='1042' date='May 18 2007, 12:17 AM']A lovely me; At Rehearsals; [/quote] Hi mate - what's the bass you're playing in top photo?... looks really cool...

I was always taught 'right or wrong play it strong' if you make it sound confident the crowd will believe it is right anyways ... give it to them!

Shaping up nicely - there's something really special about seeing your bass come together like that - nice one, looking forward to seeing the end result.

[quote name='Merton' post='1576' date='May 18 2007, 04:44 PM']Yes. Cracking basses![/quote] Good, so I'm not the only one who thinks so