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Sorry for the delay in responding but I had a nightmare week with the rh450 not working, TC have been great (I knew they would) and as from tomorrow I will be using the rh450 and rs210. The compression and tubetone seem a god send. Honest to god, this amp just lets me feel like I am good at what I'm doing and I feel like I am adding something to the 3d-ness of the sound. I'm blown away to be honest. I had a Genz for a few days thanks to a local bass player and it's not for me, compared to how the rh450 seems to just make me sound good. So thanks to you all for showing interest. I am going to try moving this forward by, 1) Improving the transcriptions by more headphone checking. (there are no tabs / guitar pro out there). 2) Nailing my parts by ensuring they are in my head and can therefore play them with a click track. 3) Get a series of lessons sorted out. 4) Try and get my bass sorted out so I can use right hand damping. 5) get the rh450 at much higher volume levels soon. and maybe start looking for a drummer My move to bass was started as a temporary project, but I'm starting to really enjoy the instrument in my hand. I have always been an indie kid, so simple music has always tweeked my brain, and playing some simple bass lines is really giving me reward. Woz.

Thanks guys for all you comments, I appreciate the time. I'm not used to getting supportive input, so congrats to the forum for having cool dudes around. Kelso mentioned space and weight has been added by others comments. So on bass lines I have been struggling on (at home loud volume) I have added space and followed the advice of trbboy and at least allowed the snare to breathe and lock onto the bass drum. This has gotten a few dodgy basslines sounding much better and more supportive of the whole song. I have gotten a decent set of headphones as suggested and I certainly have been doing mixes between guitar runs and bass lines. I'm using headphones soley now when trying to transcribe. Nugget and Musky, the right hand damping has been frustrating me. My steinberger has a drop level which is on the E string side and prevents me getting my hand into a damping position, when I have dropped the string the lever is then behind the bridge and I play much better and feel loads more confident. Massive design fault on the DB bridges. I am tring to get a left hand bridge so I can have a lever out of the way. I think my damping technique on guitar was my only talent. Musky asks "what went wrong" when I played loud. First off although I can dig the bass lines out to backing tracks, I can not play many with a click track or simple drum track, so I think I don't know them as well as I thought. So as from this week I am practising with only a click and not to the songs. It was suggested by bass tractor that the high volume may have resulted in me treating the bass lightly, I think this is spot on. I have always had a heavy action and like to dig in. Silddx mentioned using compression to help control the dynamics at the higher volume which I think the rh450 is going to help with.

Thanks Kelso. I'm not a quiter so I'll be banging on with this. As we are doing songs from a particular artist I am just copying their bass lines, but your comment about less is more is making me wonder if I'm "hearing" notes when I'm transcribing the stuff that aren't actually there. At the moment I am just completing drum tracks on computer so I want have chance to play with a drummer for a while. Hopefully when we get round to that I'll be more confident. Still hoping for a north west bass player to demo a loud rig for me. Thanks.

Hello all. Just thought i'd write a quick introduction and hopefully find some help. Although I had a bass for a few years when I was young I never got to grips with it and soon went onto guitar. I played mainly indie music while young and just noodled ever since. I was approached by a great guitarist to get a project up and running which involves me switching to bass. As i have always been a fan of this guitarist a switch to bass to do a project with him was a no-brainer. I have always been pretty good at transcribing stuff and as the music he wants to play isn't that hard it has been quite easy to sort out the bass lines, with a bit of help. I have sold a lot of my vintage Japanese guitar collection to fund a spending spree. Up to now I have bought a vintage Rickenbacker and had that set up, a Steinberger headless ( as a messing around bass and and looking to add a musicman sub 4. Amp-wise I have got a GK mb210 which I am using at the moment but have a tc rh450 arriving soon and looking for a GB streamliner. Hopefully out of these 3 I'll be able to work out what works best. So I am playing at home at the moment along with the tracks and sounding OK. But when I tried to play at high volume in a rehearsal room (alone) I was freaked out. I felt no authority in my playing at all, couldn't find a sound and quickly packed up and went home, tail between the legs. I will be meeting up with the guitarist in a couple of weeks to play through some stuff at a rehearsal room and at the moment I am not feeling good about it. So any help will be greatly appreciated. Advice on how to tighten up my bass lines. How to approach playing at volume. If there is a bass player in the north west who could let me hear a rig at volume I'd really appreciate it. Cheers. Woz.

Hello all, please help me sort out a rig, my head is spinning. I played bass when young but shifted to guitar after a few years. Nothing serious just home recording and jamming. I have a chance to join a project I'm really keen to get into. I have been asked to go on bass by a guitarist I have absolute respect for. I have gone for a vintage rickenbacker 4001 which is about to be set up and sorted out, this was an easy choice as the covesr we will do were done with a ricky bass. Amp choice is killing me. Due to health problems the arrival of lightweight bass gear is a god send for me but when ever I see a demo it is like everyone has had a Mark King brain wash. We will mainly be sorting out a set of Killing Joke songs, initially from the early years and then adding later songs. I would like one head that can get me fat indie-rock bass tones but also handle the more gritty low B string stuff [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7WPI4TJImo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7WPI4TJImo[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL_U5GSUBpw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL_U5GSUBpw[/url] I had thought of getting TC gear as I always liked them, then Gallien Krueger, then etc etc, I aint got a clue. I can't make mistakes here. Any help advice greatly appreciated.

Hi, newbie here. I tried to get one of these deals from various UK suppliers towards the end of the promotion but got no help at all. After trying one out at a rehearsal room I really want this rig but funds won't stretch and I don't want to buy any other make now. I've always used tc gear in the past but lost touch and never thought I'd be able to play on tc bass gear. I have a project starting next month which a rig was for. So if anyone purchased one of these 2 cab rigs and wants to sell it at a fair price (based on the promotion price) I would be very grateful. I will travel anywhere in the UK to pay and collect. If anyone knows of a supplier still doing the free cab deal please let me know. Thanks.