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I initially did it because I play in a heavy rock band and the guitarists are tuned really low, initially I just tuned down too, but I didn't like the feel of the floppy strings. I got a used Yamaha bb405 fairly cheap to see if I could manage it, it took about 6 months to get used to it fully, and another 6 months to feel comfortable going from 4 to 5 string. I now mostly use 5 string, for lots of reasons. I like the extra range, but mainly because I play in a wedding band and dep in a few other bands, and it's much easier to transpose on a 5 string, especially if it's in E and needs to go down a little. Everything you can do on a 4 string can be done on a 5, but the 5 can do a little more.

Overwater are a lot more than tanglewood. They make really beautiful handmade basses, they have been around for about 30 years and are really highly regarded. They do, or did, have a range of factory made basses made by tanglewood, it was a way of bringing their designs to another market, apparently they were great basses too.

They do always have great stuff, I remember they had a MM bongo there a few years ago, and a lovely red Fender Jazz V I really wanted. It could well be a commission sale, and I'm sure if I had the money to buy it they would be happy to change the strings for me.

I played a gorgeous 5 string Overwater in Live Music today, my first time playing one and I was really impressed, though for close to £1700 they could do with putting some new strings on. Based on the shape, I think it was a perception. It's way out of my budget at the moment, but worth a look for anyone who is on the lookout for something nice. I hope I can afford something like this soon, but I would be more likely to go with their jazz bass 5, anyone know how the compare to the perception?

It certainly seems loud enough, I gig with a wedding band and we have a reasonably big pa, so it's mostly for personal monitoring. I might look for a 1x15 cab at some stage for my industrial band, but I'm certainly happy for now.

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1394485281' post='2391905'] A few years back, need to find a more recent one, but I always seem to be hiding behind someone [/quote] I have so many photos of my headstock and sometimes my hand, but I'm always hiding behind someone in the band.

Roland UK don't know anything about a new me50b or equivalent, but the GT10B seems to have disappeared from their stocklist, so it might be getting an update soon, or it might just be out of stock for a while. The zoom B9.1UT is worth trying, though I stuck with the me50b for ease of use in a wedding band.

Just bought a Gallien Krueger combo off Ross, exactly as described, nice and easy to deal with. Cheers Ross.

I just picked up a Gallien Krueger 700RBii 2x10 combo off rosco (of this parish) this morning. Great guy to deal with by the way. First impressions are great, I've been struggling for years to find a reasonable size gigging combo that I like, and finally I think it's here. My main, and definitely favourite, rig is my EBS hd350 and Proline 4x10, but it's a bit of a handful and not always easy to hear in small venues when it's pointing at my ankles and I'm right beside it. I tried a Markbass 2x10 combo, but I just didn't like the sound. The kickback function was great though and I actually considered trying to mount my EBS head into it, but probably wisely traded it for a TC Electronics bg250. I loved the bg250 combo, but it just didn't seeem like it would last prolonged gigging, the cover was marked after one trip in the van with the rest of the gear, and it wasn't quite giving me a punchy enough sound. So it often stayed at home in favour of the EBS even for smaller gigs. The GK is pretty big, but it has little wheels, and it's much smaller than the EBS. It has a kicks back like a monitor, and I guess most importantly it sounds great. So far I've just left the eq flat, given it a little contour and some tweeter and it sounds great. Typically I don't have a gig I can use it for a couple of weeks, but I can definitely see it being used really regularly. Anyone else using one of these?

I'll have a look at it tomorrow morning and I'll let you know what I find. Thanks for the help.

I'm just finished sound check for tonight's gig and the tweeter on my cab is starting to blow. It's cracking and distorting with any little volume, I recognise it, because it happened 2 years ago too. I play in a fairly busy wedding/function band with the EBS cab and an EBS HD350, but we have a big pa, so it's never particularly loud and the tweeter is usually at about half volume. Am I very unlucky, or is there something I'm doing that's shortening the life of them, or do I just have to factor in a new tweeter every few years to have such a lovely sound. Is it possible the crossover is faulty and sending too much low end to the tweeter? It cost about £150 or so last time, is there any other cheaper tweeters that will fit? Or a cheaper source for the genuine EBS one? Thanks for any help.