Dave_the_bass

A bit of an update/further question. I'm still looking for a new amp, and I've still not made the trip to bass direct to try out any amps as the funds for purchase are still being gathered, but I think I've narrowed my choice down to one of two amps. Looking at the features I'm after I've hit upon either: A, Genz Benz GBE 750 or B, Genz Benz ShuttleMAX 9.2 I was wondering what fellow bass chatters thought of them and if anyone has done an AB comparison on them. Once again, any comments greatly appreciated. Dave

Only gig I have lined up anytime soon is The Meteors at The Hairy Dog in Derby. Saturday 11th August. I'll be the guy playing bass with the support act, Speed Kings. If any BC'ers are coming along to the gig then feel free to find me for a chat. Although we're going to be in the studio all day before the gig so I might be a little sleepy and none to chatty after we've played.

Hey guys, Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. You've all provided me with some food for thought. The budget quoted is for the head only, plan being to buy the head, use it with my 1x15, sell the 4x10 combo, use money towards new cab, sell 1x15 cab, use money towards 2nd cab. I'm glad to see that so far everyone has much love for Markbass, everything I read about them seems to suggest that if I grab the right model it'll be exactly what I want. I've been considering the MoMark as that way I can have a SS preamp for my Rock Covers band and the crunchy valve preamp for my psycho/motor-billy band. The fact that people seem to be pointing me towards GK is bizarre, they're a manufacturer that I'd discounted off the cuff as last time I was looking for an amp they were up there with Ampeg on the price stakes and as such seemed to be a waste of money. It's probably because Flea was considered to be god by sooo many people and that's what he used. So that's two potential avenues to go down. The other two options I've come up with are the Genz Benz shuttle 6.2 or the SWR Headlite. Does anyone have any opinions on these, especially the headlite as that seems like it'll have to be a buy it, try it, and if I don't like it, sell it? As for the Cabs I'm looking for, so far I'm thinking: Purple Chili Barefaced Dr Bass Vanderkley or if I get a MarkBass head I might go all poser and get markbass cabs so it looks pretty on stage! Keep sending those ideas through for me. I'm reading all posts with great interest. Cheers Dave

Hey all, First a little about me. I've been playing bass for a lot of years now, think it's about 15 years but I can't remember when I started. My first amp was a little Trace Elliot Combo (one of the early commando's I believe). My second, and current, amp is an early Ashdown MAG 250 4x10 Combo with a 1x15 extension cab which I've had for approximately 10 years. Both of my amps have been purchased because I like the tone that I could achieve with them. My current situation is that I can no longer get the sound that I'm looking for from my amp, I think I've just reached the limit of what is possible from a solid state pre-amp, so I'm looking to get myself a new bass rig. I have been looking around the interweb for possible amps to pick up and potential cabs to go with, but I figured I'd ask you guys for some opinions on what might be worth getting. And before anybody says "go to a shop and try some out", that is my plan, but my local music shops think that all a bass player needs is a 30W Laney or Marshall 1x10 combo. So once I've got a few ideas I'll take a nice day out to a music shop a little further away and try out ones that I think will be what I'm looking for. So here's a breakdown of what I'm looking for. Amp, preferably rack mountable but not essential, somewhere in the region of 500W. I'm in two bands, one of which requires a clear rich tone which I can get from my Ashdown, the other band needs more of a crunching overdriven valve tone. Before anyone suggests the Ashdown ABM 500 Rackmount, I've considered it but I don't need all of the extra toys on it and I'd like something with all of the connections, except for the Input socket, on the back. As for budget on this purchase? I've not had financial approval from the wife yet. I'd like to stay below £1500 (for insurance purposes) and the closer to £500 we can get, the more likely it is to get a financial go ahead. Thanks for any advice you can give. Dave