EmmettC

[quote name='JakeBrownBass' timestamp='1340928897' post='1711768'] Obviously i'm a big EBS fan, so if you've come from the HD350 i can't recommend the Reidmar enough. Thats exactly the transition i've made. [/quote] I definitely will go down the reidmar route once I've sold the Markbass, but luckily I still have the HD350 and Proline, I don't think I'll ever let that rig go.

I had my first gig with my Markbass 2X10 combo tonight, and in some respects it was just as expected, but overall I feel a bit disappointed. It was loud enough, it's angled up so I get to hear it perfectly without being too loud, and most importantly it was small, and light enough to lift with one hand. Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of the tone, it just sounds very Mid-y, there's plenty of low end, and the highs were ok, but maybe lacking for some real brightness, but I just couldn't get rid of the honkyness. The backstory.......my last amp was an SWR 350 workingmans head and 4x10 cab, it was great I had it for years and I replaced it with an EBS HD350 and a Pro-line 4x10, which is even better,in fact I don't think I've ever played through a better rig, ever. However, I joined a function band about 3 months ago, and the EBS rig is a bit too big, physically (the volume knob makes it the perfect amp for any occasion), and I and (more importantly) my band-mates were getting sick of lugging it in and out of venues 3 times week. I decided I needed a small amp, preferably a combo so my band-mates couldn't forget the head if I wasn't around while the van was being loaded, but one loud enough for a decent size gig. I read everything I could, but, living in Edinburgh, I didn't actually try anything, and from what I read, I narrowed it down to a reidmar or a markbass. The Markbass won, by being cheap on ebay and being a combo, but I was wrong, so wrong. The sound isn't bad, in fact one of the guitar players loved it, but I couldn't make my Stingray sound like itself, or at least how it sounds through an EBS and an SWR. So....do EBS and SWR colour your sound in a way I like, or does the Markbass colour it in a way I don't, which is a truer representation of the sound of the Bass?

That looks great so far, it's good to see spare parts going to good use.

This is why my Ray5 is still my main bass, I play weddings and different keys are easier. Neither is right or wrong though.

Hmmmm, I'm still torn. My main bass is a stingray 5, but I still love my P bass, and I have serious gas for a Jazz with a P neck. In my original band the low notes are handy, and even though only a low D is really necessary it's nice to have the extra range as alot of our songs are in D. It's my function band that makes me unsure which is best......we have a few singers and depending who's on a particular gig the keys can change gig to gig, I find a 4 string easier to play so it might be easier to transpose on a 4, but I keep using my 5 because I find it easier to learn a song and just move the position around as needed and this is definitely easier on a 5. It also gives me the option of lowering the key instead of going higher, and I definitely wouldn't want to use a drop-D on a last minute key change, but a 4 is definitely more fun to play because it feels natural..............

I'd love on of these, in fact if I ever go back to playing 4 string I'll get one and get a normal Jazz control plate and scratch-plate arrangement for it. It would look less Hoppusy then too.

[quote name='JakeBrownBass' timestamp='1339743168' post='1693491'] Hmm, this entire story is one persons word against the other. I don't think we can dismiss what Americano is saying just because the OP is a member here. If they have issues that they still need to sort out, they should do it. Just not on a public forum where it's going to end up like a playground fight. [/quote] +1

I think you're a lucky one voodoosnake, I still have my favourite bass ever, my '72 Precision. My problem is that I need 5 strings for one of my bands, and I really like having a low B, so my ideal bass would be a '72 P, with 5 strings.......even a modern Precision 5 just doesn't do it, I don't like the low Bs. I like my SR5, and my G&L5, but they're just not the same.........I fear I'll never have what I want. I'll guess I'll just have to keep buying more basses.

I was looking for a small cab recently, and today a Markbass 2x10 combo arrived, the 1x15 will arrive next week. It will look great beside the EBS rig I needed the small cab for............how many amps is enough?

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) [i]Higher and Higher[/i], after years of playing this repetitive simple line it still intrigues me how well it works.

How come when someone else is selling something I want it's gone before I get a chance to buy it, but when I'm selling something no one wants it????

we usually put drums, guitar and bass down before vocals, I quite often have to change my bass line after the vocals are done so I don't clash with the vocal melody. Guitars usually keep strumming away in D (he loosens up his fattest wire a bit and it changes it to D).

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1339142056' post='1684160'] Put your bass down. Listen to what the rest of the instruments are doing paying particular attention to the drums and vocals. Sing the bass line (in your head if your actual singing's not very good). Now pick up your bass and play what you've been singing. [/quote] +1 This also stops you just playing the same patterns over every song.

To be honest, if I was in the audience, the vocals would make me leave before the bass started. And once everybody had gone home he might aswell enjoy himself.

We start with a River Deep, Misirlou, Wipeout medley usually gets them going, that's after the first dance, whic is often rubbish, but tomorrow it's It Must Be Love, which will be fun.

That's looking great, I really like the burst, looking forward to seeing it finished

I have a 2 MM pups in my .....errrrr MM, and they can both run as single coils, not a perfect Jazz bass sound, but pretty close, sounds great for my use anyway. Using a coil tap gives me more options too, so worth checking out imo

this one?

possibly a Tanglewood Rebel

I have on in my Stingray and it's amazing, I'd use one in any bass.