dannybuoy

Open D in Drop D. Or open B on a 5er!

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Never returned a bass to them, only pedals... But returns are free and no questions asked, even to Germany.

Al, if you're playing oldies you should definitely check out the TH500 and D800. The overdrive on the Tonehammer sounds a lot like the dirty bass sounds on the old Motown records. You could of course keep your Markbass and get the same result from a pedal!

Looks like an SR model but not sure which one, probably discontinued. Closest I could find was an SR300 but it's not identical!

Use gixen.com to snipe it, submitting the maximum you are willing to pay 3 seconds before the end... Or there's the eBay mobile app!

Ibanez TMB30 (30") or GSRM20B (28.6")? Definitely worth a trip to Bass Direct as suggested, they have the Chowny in stock as well as a bunch of Maruszczyks that you won't find anywhere else. http://bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Short_Scale_Bass_Guitars.html

If you like the PJ sound and are dead set on short scales, try out one of the newish Fender Mustang PJs! I tried one of those Jags in a shop and was very impressed with it for the price. But if you can’t get it to sound good acoustically for whatever reason, I wouldn’t bother trying to upgrade the pickups.

I have the A4 Ultra and I love it. It weighs about 9.5lbs, I find it perfectly manageable. Definitely worth getting the newer Ultra with the magnetic pickup, I wouldn’t have liked it anywhere as much as I do if it only had the Piezo. Fit and finish is perfection, even the action is set bang on, which I feared due to having a non adjustable bridge. I noticed Wunjos in London have a 5er in store, although that won’t help you much being in Dorset unless you happen to be going there any time soon! These will tell you pretty much all you need to know: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zYPr3vMpNc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q2ru-mXTg8

What is your current bass? Overtones and deadness on the E could be fixed by a new set of strings, especially if the existing one doesn’t have enough break angle over the nut and bridge, or if a slight twist was introduced along its length when tightening up.

I noticed no lack of top end bite whatsoever when I demoed a Two10, although I did not try the BB2 to compare.

What kind of stuff will you be playing? The TH is my weapon of choice for a blues, old school funk and soul sound with a P and flats... But the VT sounds better for more in your face rock tones, such as a P with rounds!

I've had great results putting analog octave after fuzz too, so try that way also. That way you get clean octave under your fuzz, and it didn't negatively affect tracking when I tried it with a Big Muff and OC-2 many moons ago. In fact I thought it sounded better that way!

I say Two10 for the following reasons: - You would likely need 2 speakers to get enough volume, and one Two10 is cheaper than two One10s. - You get the most low end by putting the Two10 horizontally. But if you did the same arrangement with two One10s, you lose out on the trickery that the Two10 uses to low pass one of the drivers to reduce interference in the midrange, supposedly increasing dispersion and making your sound more even around the room. - The Two10 can be carried with one hand, two One10s needs two hands! Handy if you want to do one trip from the car. On the other hand, two One10s would be a lot easier over longer distances.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1507290292' post='3384527'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Light weight + low price - no point commenting as it won't happen.[/font][/color] [/quote] There are quite a few light weight + low price cabs about - but many of them are also light in power handling and/or tone!

You might even prefer the Two10 sound, especially if you use distortion - tighter in the lows and a bit more presence up top without going into the higher treble frequencies that the BB2 delivers. But yeah, Alex is the man to ask!

I wasn't so enamoured with the B3K / B7K at first either, until I tried one at minimum gain in the mix. This way it only gives a noticeable growl when you dig in, and the baked in EQ curve is just perfect to provide a nice tight bass boost without excessive boom, leave plenty of space for the frequencies of distorted guitars, yet still cut through with those aggressive high mids. Now I'm a convert! In still wouldn't pay that much for their cabs though, even though they are buy far the best looking cabs l have ever seen looks-wise!

[quote name='geoham' timestamp='1507233205' post='3384173'] Could be interested... for me an IM with details and I may suggest it to the wife! [/quote] It needs a new jack socket that I've bought but not yet fitted. I'll give you a shout once I've fixed it up!

I'll wait until they're 300 new then sell for 200 Yeah if I recall, there is a filter + octave setting on the BSW. Just buy all the octavers, Al.

I put the Octabvre on the board for last night's jam... Considering I'm using it to fill out a layered octave down rather than as a synth effect, I'm now looking at the Aggie, EBS and the T16 v2. Aggie with its top jacks would slide in as a direct replacement! £225 for one of those 3Leafs though?! I paid about £160 for mine new last year. Agreed that the BSW has a killer octave down too, cheap as chips to boot.

Sushi body? Sounds a bit fishy to me. 🐟

I’m going to be downsizing my collection soon if you fancy a good deal on a Yamaha RBX270F...

I have a 500W 4x10 in my house! You can always just stick with one gigging amp and simply turn it down at him e. I would only look at a separate practice amp if you didn’t have room for it and were going to keep your large amp in storage, or if your main amp had a really noisy fan that could not be tamed, or, you just fancy another amp of course! Just don’t be scared off thinking you can’t use a big rig at home. Do you have another amp already? Do you gig or rehearse that might need a powerful amp? If just wanting something for home use, or low volume practice, I would look at a Markbass 801 or PJB Cub / Double Four at exotic end, or a Roland Cube, Fender Rumble or Line6 Studio 110 at the more affordable end. But there are tons of options in that price range!

Just to piddle on a couple of suggestions so far - the EHX has no aux in, and the PX4D is very noisy.

Dood - another way to hide that sharp attack of the octave up without sacrificing overall brightness is to fade in the attack slightly, something you can do with the POG2 and the new Mooer Tender Pro and Mk2 octavers.