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Bump. Do we have any basschatters coming for a chat and good music.

Does anyone know if Alex Bass is a member?

I really like Dave's gear but it does look like it was knocked up in a garden shed.

I thought the same, the valves would be better placed inside the unit. Does look cool though.

Checkout this valve preamp / Di. http://basspre.com/ Has anyone heard or tried one ?

Short notice..... Im playing at [b]The Troubadour [/b]( London ) this Thursday 4th october with my Dramatic Pop group [b]The Wrong'uns[/b]. [url="http://www.troubadour.co.uk/"]http://www.troubadour.co.uk/[/url] It would be great to see any Basschatter at the gig, just come and say hello. [attachment=119889:wrongness2.jpg] The link below is a Remix of our song [b]Rothko[/b] that will appear very soon in S.O.S ( sound on sound ) magazine. [url="http://www.cambridge-mt.com/MiscDownloadables/WrongUnsDraft3.wav"]http://www.cambridge...ngUnsDraft3.wav[/url] Hope to see you at the gig.

The polytune is the best followed by the Boss TU 2 or 3.

Can you up load a few pictures.

Spend a little more and you could have a beautiful Shuker that is in the for sale section. It's my old bass and if you are looking for a six string that will last, it's the one.

Are you going to offer to make it for fellow basschatters ?

I've not had any problems with my Ampeg, must of got a good one. Just come back form a four hour rehearsal using the two cabs and the sound was fantatsic. Punchy, loud and with great drive.

I've not heard your GK amp but I bought the ampeg head a few weeks back. I've had class D amps before, the SWR and Genz and found them to be too clean with no soul. I then went back to good old linear amps with all the weight problems but with a better sound. Now my back is getting old and tired so I was forced to take a second look at class D amps. I tried the Ampeg thinking I would hate it as I have never been a fan of Ampeg except the mighty SVT. The sound is very transparent without the sterile sound I found with the SWR and Genz. It has a warm punchy sound. If you drive the input into clipping it does not sound very natural , it breaks up like a broken drive unit. Best to use an out board effects unit if you want it to distort. I really like the compressor as it works well and has a sound I really like. At high settings it allows a lot of the start of the note through and then clamps it down, it's not transparent but has bags of character. The eg is good. It seems to do very little until turned passed the 3 o'clock position then comes in very strong. I boost the bass to 3 o'clock, mid frequency set to 800hz with a little boost and top set flat. Perfect for a P bass. For a jazz I just punch in the bass and top boost switches which adds bass and top with a lower mid frequency cut. I was also very impressed by the 1x15 portaflex cabs, these sealed cabs partner the amp really well. They have a similar sound that compliments each other. Warm with punch. Now for the good bit.... Cost. I can't believe the cost of the amp and cabs, around £350 each. I have owned very high end and expensive kit from glockenklang and the excellent Warwick Helborg rig and find the Ampeg to punch well above its weight in both sound and cost. I'm very impressed.

+1 for Jon's craftsmanship. A real top bloke.

Haven't tried the go light cabs so can't comment on sound. The Marcus cab is sealed to give a punch mid focused sound with a little less bass. I personally like sealed cabs, that is why I use the new Ampeg portaflex cabs. They give a tight focused sound with no bass boom.

We have the same set up at the rehearsal studio. I prefer to just use the 4x10 mag cab because adding the 15 just muds up the sound. The best sound I found is use two 15 cabs or two 4x10's. I'm going to say the usual basschat advice ..... Do not mix cabs and stick to two of the same.

l very briefly had a G II cab, fantastic deep punchy sound BuT weighed a ton. Had to get rid of it within a month because of the weight. It was a two man lift at every gig.