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Simple answer is put your combo on top of your 2x10 & see if you like the sound (& if there is any difference to what you hear). If you like the sound of your combo, swap your 2x10 for another 1x15.

Not sure if it's in with what you're looking for, but i good grooves are what you're after then try some Miloopa.

Standing in the middle of the river Spey with a fishing rod perhaps?

Where Black is a good colour for killing a lot of colours, certain colours will overpower it (such as green, which is a hard colour to get rid of) & also black is a crap undercoat unless you're painting the thing black*. Best primer colours are Grey which will kill all colours in a few thin coats or if you're going for yellow, gold or orange - Maroon (red led to be exact, but not sure if that's what you want to spray your bass with). Google what sort of paint you're priming over & find out what's fine with it. I tend to find that as long as there's no wax or oil on the surface then you should be fine (again, do check before commencing). *Edited to say, the OP does want a black bass, I'd still prime in grey & then finish in black.

[quote name='Ancient Mariner' timestamp='1323808256' post='1467435'] I do have a great Les Paul (and have been privileged to play a few) but it was made by Tokai as a non-export model. [/quote] My guitarist collects Fenders (he has about 30 of them) & also has a few other nice instruments from Gibson (including a Hummingbird & a Dove), but his main guitars he uses in the band are a Fender Tele & a Les Paul made by..... Tokai. Gets a brilliant sound out of it too!

My singer uses a Godin Synth access guitar into a Roland GK20 & then a Microkorg (or sometimes a Yamaha SY?) & gets some brilliant sounds. I've considered going down the synth route a few times, but for now I want to see how I can manipulate the sound via pedals.

As Pete Academy would say, "Not worth more than £50".

While out one morning in the park, a jogger found a brand new tennis ball, and seeing no one around it might belong to, he slipped it into the pocket of his shorts. Later, on his way home, he stopped at the pedestrian crossing, waiting for the lights to change. A blonde girl standing next to him eyed the large bulge in his shorts. "What's that?" she asked, her eyes gleaming with lust. "Tennis ball," came the breathless reply. "Oh," said the blonde sympathetically, "that must be painful.... I had tennis elbow once."

Personally think a combo can be as good as the amp/cab of the same, as long as you don't mind being stuck with both parts (which I don't). However, I don't know that I'd go with an Ampeg combo as recent QA seems pretty poor.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1323684047' post='1465636'] My signal chain is: Bass -> Pedal FX loop send -> TU-2 -> OC-2 - > CoPilot FX Orbit -> ME-50B -> Slicer -> BEF -> FX loop return -> Amp I'm only using the standard BEF so: Frequency - 9 o'clock Sweep Range - 10 o'clock Speed - 1 o'clock Still messing around with it though. Si 3 [/quote] Wait a minute!!!! Do you use the FX send/return on your amp or is it a looper pedal to save a bit of tap dancing?

AFAIK the traveller cabs are smaller & therefore possibly not as much low end beefiness?

Does having tinnitus & a bad back give you an Ampeg rig? If so, where can I pick mine up from.

I've got an OC-3 (off Shep last month) & mainly use it in "OC-2" mode, hough occasionally I'll put it into "Drive" mode which adds some drive (weird that). I tried an OC-2 a few years ago, but it was gone when I went back for it. Can't compare how they sound as I've never tried side by side I am happy with the OC-3 though & once it's gone hrought the Moogs, it's pretty Phat synth sounding

Be wary of using fruit or veg oil on your wood, such as lemon oil or olive oil as there's a chance that it could perish over a period of time (how long that time is, I do not know. But googled oiling fretboards a few years back & there's a split on using lemon oil).

It depends on the budget. GK, SWR, Ashdown & a few others make some decent combos for not a lot of money. I would say look in the "for sale" section on here.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1323439695' post='1463419'] There are girls who will do satisfaction in a lot less time than that [/quote]

Should do the job. I'd speak to Alex & see what cab would suit you best. He does a 30 day satisfaction.

From what I've heard, a Super 12 on it's own would probably be more than enough. Question is, does your TE head kick out enough to power it?

It's an acapella group from New York called Sonos. You should check out their album Sonosings. I like the way their version sounds more dark & less jolly. Other than my bass, there's no instruments beside vocals on there.

Try your 1x15 on it's own. Do you like it? Adding another will give you more of the same but with more volume.

It is trying to get into the feeling of the piece that's the trickiest part. THere's a version on Youtube that's played by a guy in a suit with no shoes on & plays it at a consistent speed & whereas technically good, has no feeling as it's just a barrage of semi quavers (crushed crisps?) that you could set a metronome to. The Mrs gets a little sick of hearing it after the 8th play through though! I finish work at 2 today, so I might just spend the afternoon with my bass.

Cheers Jake, that feedback is much appreciated & shall work on your points to improve my playing. My source for the music was t'interweb, so I dare say I've been given a few wrong notes. I do have the original piece on CD, so will pay a little more attention to it. The final note on the run at 57 secs was written as an A & then goes to the Bb (which I did find a little unusual, but listened to other versions on Youtube & they did the same). I'll try it in C this afternoon & with those changes. I'll also have a listen to Pablo Casals version. Soundwise, I agree. It's came out way too punchy & staccato sounding. I just plugged straight into the mac & recorded in GB & played through the iMac's speakers (I did listen back on headphones). I'll keep working on it. Cheers.

I'm playing it in D. The original is in G.

I tried recording this with video a couple of nights ago & kept making mistakes (silly ones at that) & ended up doing [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/162069-i-want-you-back/"]"I want you back"[/url] instead. So now I proudly (or embarrassingly) present a fine audio recording of me playing the 1st 1/2 of Bach's Cello Suite 1 Prelude... [url="http://soundcloud.com/bassg/cello-suite-1-prelude-a"]Here![/url] I know there's a couple of dodgy notes in there, but any feedback is welcome.

I'd go & have a lookski in the "Amps for sale" section on here. You'll get much more for your £300 or so.