Dave_the_bass

3 basses. Although 1 rarely gets played (it was my first and is living out it's retirement in a padded cell after playing too many punk gigs), 1 is up for sale as it has pretty much never been used (see the for sale thread), 1 gets used for gigs/practice/rehearsals. 1 head 0 cabs. Still getting cash together to get the new cabs, but seeing as though I've not long since joined a newly formed band and the rehearsal space provides cab in with the hourly rate, there's not much of a rush.

If you're in Leeds/York then you could do worse than looking at gear4music. The guys who work at the shop are nice enough, not a patch on Mark at bass direct, but friendly and helpful none the less. If there's something on the website site you want to try out then it's worth giving them a call to check that they've got it in the shop as a lot of their stock is stored in an off site warehouse, but they can usually get it over to the store for the following day. As for your choice of Genz Benz contour, I'm a massive fan of all things Genz although I haven't tried the contours. As has already been said, the for sale section on here is a great place to pick up great gear that's been well looked after, and for a good price too.

Right, the Shuttlemax 12.2 is now in my possession. I've taken a bit of a drive today to see Mark at bass direct buy the head. I was rather blown away by the pair of Berg HD210s that I was playing through so they are a very serious consideration. The tone was almost perfect for me with the amp eq just about flat. So, anyone know of others that are similar to the bergs that might be worth me checking out?

Well okay it is! Okay boys and girls of the basschat world, I'm not looking for a definitive answer, I'm looking for inspiration. I recently sold my beloved Genz Benz rig, hope you're loving it as much as I did bramleyapple because I wasn't in a band and didn't really have the space to store it. As always seems to happen, I got home from delivering the amp to find myself in a band, D'oh! I have decided on my head and will hopefully be getting it in the next week or two. I've opted to go for a Genz Benz Shuttlemax 12.2. So here's where you lovely folks come in to inspire me with cab ideas. What I'm looking for is a multi cab, flexible solution that's good for some really nice deep rumbling lows (Drop D tuning rather than Low with nice mellow, smooth mids for playing lead bass melodies in the more ballad anthemic songs. If it can do crisp highs it would be a bonus but not essential. So we're looking for either four 8ohm cabs or two 4ohm cabs, 2x600W @ 4 ohms power amps to play with. I'm not in a rush to get the cabs as the rehearsal room provides cabs and storage space is still going to be an issue for the next 3-6 months. As such I'm going to say that this is a "money no object" situation although don't discount the cheaper solutions. Weight and size are a factor as our rehearsal room is on the 4th floor of a building with no lift and I want to be able to carry my full rig by myself. An example for weight reference, I have an old Ashdown 4x10 combo that I would deem to buy a comfortable carry. So come on people, inspire me in to giving someone some money for the rig I'll never want to part with. Cheers Dave

Just taken a road trip to drop my Genz Benz rig off with Mark. The man is an absolute pleasure to deal with and his wife makes a great cup of coffee. If he wants to buy your gear then you can be confident that it will be a smooth transaction.

I personally love the GBE750 through the 610 cab. But in all seriousness, being able to set the solid state amp too give a nice clear punchy attack, then set the valve amp to give a warm crunch, and run them both simultaneously gives the most flexibility I have ever come across in a bass amp. Can't really comment on TC stuff as I've never used any.