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[size=4]my 2 cts: it depends...[/size] [size=4]used, there is a lot of gear that really is high end, set up well and sounds and plays great available for a lot under [color=#2A2A2A][font=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif]£[/font][/color]1000[color=#2A2A2A][font=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif].[/font][/color][/size] [size=4][color=#2A2A2A][font=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif]I play bass professionally (that means that usually I get paid for gigs) and my most expensive instrument is the seibass I just bought used for a bit over £1000[/font][/color][/size]. this got all I have ever expected from a 5-string. my 4-strings have been [b]a lot[/b] cheaper, the most rare and expensive one was 1000€ but it is my main player in my band and I probably will never find a better only a more expensive one. it is more about what you do with what you have. playability is the 1st secret, tone the 2nd. on every cheap bass both can be achieved with a small investment. but without a vision even the most expensive instrument won't take you anywhere.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1324492532' post='1474954'] That's funny, I checked out Snarky Puppy the other day and they bored the sh*t out of me, all clearly very talented but it's from a very different world to Dirty Loops who thrill me. [/quote] +1

[quote name='guildbass' timestamp='1324338355' post='1473296']... if you want a 'crunch' in your tone, generate it at the front end with a valve pre-amp or something then use a big healthy power amp to simply amplify accurately whatever you've put in...Your rig will love you for it... [/quote] amen to this for a bass amp.

well, in my band I am completely happy with my boutique 103 tube powered watts (based on an old sound city slave) or if I am too lazy to carry with my acoustic image focus sa 350w. both with the same 1x12" 8Ohm cabinet. this is what I'd compare sonically and emotionally in relation from tube to digital loudness: 100 tube watts ≈ 350 digital watts if built in the same quality. and the soundquality of both is equal. of course with the same bass (4 & 5-String) and preamp.

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[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1324154491' post='1471401'] Very nice. [/quote] thank you, sir.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1324129809' post='1471112'] The Dark Star sound is not that far off the Bisonics and I'd say it was the sound that mattered most, not the looks. [/quote] here is a clip with the bridge bisonic of my 1965 guild starfire, this is what the dark stars should sound like, only a bit hotter: [url="http://snd.sc/iD9Nk0"]http://snd.sc/iD9Nk0[/url]

if you want valve sound, buy valve: +1 for dave hall if budget is a question: [url="http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/page29.html"]http://www.davehalla....uk/page29.html[/url] works also great as a preamp. if budget is no question and you need 2 tube channels with very small space: [url="http://www.testberichte.de/p/gp-lightstone-tests/tube-bass-twister-testbericht.html"]http://www.testberic...estbericht.html[/url] I use both with an acoustic image focus sa and S.A.D. custom cabinets on 4 and 5-strings and they work great.

Meshell Ndegeocello and Pino Palladino - for years James Jamerson and Bootsy Collins - even before I started to play myself Oteil Burbridge - just recently

[quote name='geoffbassist' timestamp='1323851699' post='1467660'] Acoustic image used to, but not any more. [/quote] yep, focus sa. love mine. but even if you have active basses, you might need a preamp pedal, possibly with a di-out.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1323638339' post='1465362'] [sup]No, but I wouldn't be doing those gigs after that waste of time. Bit disrespectful for pub sort of money.[/sup] [/quote] jep, neither would I. and it is completely disrespectful. [i]edit: since I've read all posts here now. I know exactly what you are talking about. you never meet more people in need of a therapy than in music "business" [/i]

SAD ([url="http://www.sad-audio.de/"]http://www.sad-audio.de/[/url]) 1/12H Bassbaby custom: 350W/8Ohm, 14,5kg, non neodym Fostex, plus Horn, 425GBP plus shipping: sounds great. fast, loud, low and defined even with a 5-string and transistor amp. I don't need more to have fun.

I'm happy with my aguilar octamizer, too.

usually only one bass and always a tubepreamp with di out, bass and rest is this: