police squad

interesting list of stuff here,
I started in 1981 with
Tempest SG shaped bass. (same as a Kay)
2 years later and late 70's Fender Musicmaster
6 months later, Manson Explorer bass,
then in 1986 traded that for an Aria SB-R150
then when I started gigging hard they came and went,
Vox white shadow fretless
another aria, with P & J p/ups
Gibson EB0
late 70s P bass, maple board
mid 70s P bass, rosewood board
Hamer Scarab
Hohner steinberger copy
Washburn B-2A
Guild B301
Jaydee Mark King
Rick 4001
'62 P bass
'62 re-issue P bass
'75 P bass, which I bought in 1990 and am still gigging with
(this shows you the time line
Status 4000
another Manson explorer with an abelone tiger inlaid into it
another Jap P bass
that was it till about 2000,
all I had was the 75 P bass

then came,
Fender P bass Lyte
Musicman SUB
Fender Sting bass
Hofner contempory violin bass
fender jazz bass special
Fender japan, 70's reissue maple board fretless
squier Jazz stripped back to wood and oiled (to look like Stings old jazz)
retrovibe rv4 *icken*acker copy. (sold just 2 weeks ago)

I think that's it.
I'm in a Police tribute band, hence the fretless and Sting bass.

my number 1 is still my 75. Used it last night. an incredible bass.

I wish I had pictures of them all

lanterns is a horror John, luckily haven't played there for years.
I figure these cabs are cheap enough and if I don't get on with them I'm sure I can move them on easily enough.

fingers crossed they'll do what I want.
We're starting to DI the bass on nearly all the gigs now.
I think you'll love the pa John. The bass sounded great thru it at the frenchman on thursday (with police tribute)

just a quick update.
Decideded against the mark traveller cabs as too many people say they are bottom end lite.
decided that I needed to try the club series, then remembered my local music shop had a s/h 1x15 std mark.
went there to have a look/listen.
he also had a club 115.
how much Dave? I asked.
£250 each cab.

so obviously I bought them both.
got a gig tonight depping for some friends, so I'll try my hartke ha3500 through them.
order my ampeg PF500 next week.
now looking for club 2x10

[quote name='StraightSix' timestamp='1333634594' post='1604593']
Let's reverse the question - why do you thing mixing speaker sizes is good...?
[/quote]

always done it in the past with good results.
I'm not an anorak when it comes to my bass sound but some of the best sounds I've heard at my level, (I'm a pub and club player) have been with 15s and 10s.
I find 15s too middley sounding and 10s lack a little thump.
I'm trying to get the best of both worlds without back breaking consequences.

Help!!!

don't we mix 10s and 15s anymore.

what's changed and when,
(I've obviously spent too long playing guitars)

JT, yes, ampeg into mark bass. It did sound incredible and you've met my wife, she's got short arms so we want the smaller cabs , that way she can lift them about on her own.

I thought the mix of the 2 sizes is good.
please, more info

just a quick update.
I wanted to try the pf500 and the MB500 side by side through mark cabs.
I did.
ampeg wins hands down on tone.
it's a little heavier, but that sound really suits my playing.
I once recoreded a promotional track for my amp company (I used to make valve guitars amps with a friend of mine)
with Chris Tsangarides (Gary moore, malmsteen, judas priest and anyone in between) and he plugged my trusty old P bass into
an ampeg valve di box. Every since then I've wanted to go Ampeg.

It's appears the best price for the cabs is Thomann.
115 TP and 210TP
cheers chaps

Sold,

yee haw

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1333023170' post='1596282']
This happens a lot chief - the secret is a competitive price and very short listing, so you're done before someone wakes up to it.
[/quote]

yeah I guessed that now.
I'll see how it goes

not on fleabay,
tha bastards have pulled the ad, apparently the american company says it infringes their IP.
It's not like I'm trying to con anybody with a twohundred quid guitar is it.

It's not a fake either.
it's a genuine retrovibe RV4 in white

[u]price reduced to £195[/u]

thankyou kindly.
now on fleabay...

will take a sensible offer.
it's a cracking bass

cool, it's Teggy's birthday gig.
there's so much gear out there.
it's almost fun updating gear, haven't done it for ages

ah ok, scrub that.
I was looking at an obviously old GK web page.
it's just the mb500.
it was a great sounding amp.
definately interested in one of these,
I'd like to try the ampeg PF500 too.
trip to GAK coming up shortly methinks

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1332584492' post='1590243']
Well I`ve got the GK MB500, had it since December last year, and do 3 hour rehearsals, 2 hour gigs, and not had a problem with it. Apparently there were issues with the previous incarnation, the MB2 - 500, but these are reported to have been addressed with the new MB500.

Had an Orange Terror - great amp, really loud, dial in some great break up, or massive driven filth, but the eq isn`t the most versatile.

Had a TC Electronics Classic 450. Great amp. On-board compressor is great, and the Tubetone control allows anything from crystal clean when off, through valve-type breakup, to pure driven filth.

Had an Ampeg PF500. Tonally, my fave out of the lot, but it wasn`t right for one of my bands. Little bit heavier than the others, though still fits in an over-shoulder bag easily. Nice on-board compressor.

For pure versatility, out of the above I`d choose the TC Classic 450.
For personal preference on tone, the Ampeg.
But I`ve gone GK as it fits my punk covers band the best, and it`s half the size and weight of a laptop, so fits in my leads box.

I was advised to try the Genz Benz Streamliner 600. That too is meant to be very versatile. Genz get a lot of love on here, got to be worth checking out.
[/quote]


Lozz, how do I know that's it's a mk3 MB500. Gak have the mb500 for £415

what do you use JT?

hey chaps, this is all useful stuff.
glad the cabs have some love

As the title says.
I'm fairly set on mark bass traveller 2x10 and 1x15
but its the amp head.
A while back I tried a gallien Kruger head. small and very light with drive knob, which let you dial in a lovely edge.
I love the edge you can get on valve ampegs.
I read about this GK and just read reliability issues.

so, where next.
Orange bass terror? Mark bass little rocker, some sort of Genz Benz?

I don't want to use any outboard pedals, just my bass, amp and cab.

I gig in a police tribute band and do a few deps. But also my other pub actually has my wife playing bass and I play guitar, hence the reason we want to go lightweight. It's for when she goes out depping.

For the past 10 years we've been using Hartke HA3500 and 4x10 or 1x15 cabs and we've been very happy.

But I'm just about to blow 3K on a lightweight QSC PA system and lightening the bass gear is next.
If I could reduced the weight of my guitar cab i would but as of yet I've not tried.

your thoughts and comments are appreciated

they're a great band. It was great fun depping with them. I love all that Bruce Foxton stuff

[b]bump for the weekend[/b]

could be interested in the highway if its got a rosewood board
what colour was it (did all the paint rub off)

[i]bump if no one minds.[/i]

Or Nearest Offer if you're interested?

Hi John

cheers Wayne,
I'm also in a million other bands too.

I don't really do FB. I have a page but ignore it!!
what basses you selling?