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DOH!!! You can get a footswitch you know??!! [quote name='thedontcarebear' post='569226' date='Aug 14 2009, 04:55 PM']I turned my new one on earlier and there was no sound! But after a few seconds of calm thinking, I remembered that there is a mute on it, haha. Sounds cool so far, looking forward to using it at a practice.[/quote]

Hi Rachel, I have been using my AG500SC with an Epifani UL210 for a few years now and have been really happy with it - I would say that it is quite an honest sounding amp and does not colour your sound too much at all. My Epifani cab runs at 8 ohms so effectively I have been running at 250w and I have never found it underpowered even in some big pubs. A while ago I bought a 1x15" 8 ohm cab to get the full 500w and to be fair it did not make much difference - certainly did not sound noticeably louder. I tested the amp with Aggie cabs when I bought it but for me the Epi cabs sounded much better just a deeper tone if that makes sense? Mark [quote name='fenderiko' post='568759' date='Aug 14 2009, 10:42 AM']Hi All , any Aguilar users out there ? Im thinking of purchasing an aguilar ag500 and not 100% as for what cab/s to go with it ? how did you find the aguilar on gigs ? did the 500w was enough for a big gig ? how reliable was it ? what cab did you use to get the most efficient power of the amp ( would love to hear your AG experience cheers Rachel[/quote]

Problem solved - trip to Brighton needed asap! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='565436' date='Aug 10 2009, 09:41 PM']You'll have a PM... when I've written it![/quote]

A question for all GB Rumour or Spitfire owners - has anyone suffered from a distorted tone when you crank the bass control up to full on the bass? I have noticed that if I have the bass control on 3/4 to full I get a really nasty farting/distorted tone! I have found this through my rig but also through Mark Bass and Gallien Kruger amps that have been supplied as back line at some festivals that I have played at recently. If you dig in a bit on the strings it gets even worse! I have changed the batteries too and it has not made any difference at all. Any help/advice from other GB users would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Mark

See they don't look that bad after all do they? Knew I should have gone with a maple board - my Rumour would be classed as rare too then!! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='555980' date='Jul 30 2009, 11:03 AM']A quite rare one... through neck with maple board...[/quote]

I think that we have all gone through this scenario over recent years! I had a couple of years away from music and when I came back to playing the bass again the whole amp situation had changed completely and there were suddenly loads of new manufacturers that I had never heard before and everyone was talking about neo cabs and bass rigs that you could carry around with your little finger! At that time I still had trace elliott GP12SMX pre-amp, power amp and 2x10 and 1x15 cabs so lightweight and mobile I was not. I never had an issue with my "existing sound" but did not enjoy lugging the gear around anymore so decided to go for it and change all the gear. Like you I went through everything, SWR, EBS and a few big name others but just kept coming away from rehearsals having spent more time knob twiddling and bent down in front of my cab trying to pin point exactly what is was that I hated about my sound now rather than actually enjoying the music that we were making! My solution to the problem was to go to a shop that had nearly everything that I had read or heard bass players talking about and try them out for myself. A day in London was required and after visiting the Bass Centre and then The Bass Gallery I had been able to try just about every combination of gear that I wanted to. Has to be said here that the Bass Gallery were by far the most helpful and poor Martin was dragging out cabs and heads from everywhere. All the Bass Centre wanted to do was flog me Mark Bass gear. To get to the point I opted at that point to go for an Aguilar AG500SC and an Epifani UL210 which together on the day just beat the hell out of everything that I heard and that is why I bought it. To my ear most neo cabs are a bit soul-less and empty sounding but the Epi cab has the depth that I used to get from my bigger/heavier cabs but weighs nothing. I also found that 2x12 cabs just sounded muddy and shapeless. Again these are just my opinions and experiences other have raved about EBS 2x12's but I would never use one. Having got to this point I have resisted most temptations and stuck with my lightweight set up and been really happy with it. Of course I still read reviews in BGM or comments on here and get some GAS but I think that is normal. I has been thinking a lot recently about the Mark Bass stuff again as they seem quite inventive with their product range but I played a festival on Friday night and the supplied back line was a Mark Bass combo and I just could not get "my sound" out of it. With my current set up I have the amp EQ flat and I think that honestly most of my sound is really coming from my GB bass but having tried that on Friday through the Mark Bass I now know that that is not the case! The GB, Aggie head and Epi cab all work together and give me a sound that I love and that enables me to enjoy the music that I am making! Once you get to this stage you can then start worrying about your effects pedals - anyone know a good envelope filter Hope that might help you a bit! [quote name='Mr.T' post='558231' date='Aug 2 2009, 02:26 AM']I have just got in from a gig at a venue I have played many times. My sound was absolute crap.... and I am p*ssed off.... Not something that I do very often! It dawned on me when driving home, how much money I have spent on gear since deciding to go 'lightweight' at the end of last year. When I used Trace gear, which I did for 20 years, I rarely had to do much more than a little tweak here and there. For the past 7 or 8 months, I seem to have done nothing but twist EQ controls.... trying to get a decent sound. Am I alone in this? Do I have to go back to a heavy rig to get a sound that is consistant from week to week? Has anyone else had a similar journey?[/quote]

I never knew that! Now I know why it is so good! Killer slap player, killer fretless player - what a git!! Mark [quote name='lowdown' post='556810' date='Jul 31 2009, 09:07 AM']+1...a very lyrical solo indeed. That player my friend was a very young Marcus Miller. Marcus never seems to get much of a mention for his fretless playing [F.O.R] But his fretless playing is up there for sure. Garry[/quote]

+ 1 for that - Tribes is still one of my all time favourite albums and I have loved it since I first heard it in 1993! Timeless. One of my favourite bass solos is in a track called Friends & Strangers by Dave Grusin. It is a fretless player (don't know who) but just a lovely solo. Would love to be able to play like that one day!! [quote name='bubinga5' post='556659' date='Jul 30 2009, 10:46 PM']Do you have a favorite bass solo...? Mine without doubt is this... Randy 'Hope' Taylor on Incognito's Tribes Vibes and Scribes.. A track called Magnetic Ocean...Just wonderful, amazing bass playing!!!! This is why i love RHT..If you ever want to hear different dynamics in someones playing this is it..from lovely melodic lines to more aggressive digging in.. You need to hear it through headphones to get the best from this.. The solo is from 2.40 onwards... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upydbZNtR4s"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upydbZNtR4s[/url][/quote]

Now that is just pure class!! [quote name='bubinga5' post='551154' date='Jul 25 2009, 02:58 PM']wanted to share this...masterclass in funk.. you know the drill. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUBn6i7HDHk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUBn6i7HDHk[/url][/quote]

Here are a few that you MUST have a look at! EBS Bass IQ - Think they are about £150 new. Chunk Systems Agent00 Funk Mark II - £250 ish. Listen to the sound clips here: [url="http://www.chunksystems.com/a00f2.htm#sounds"]http://www.chunksystems.com/a00f2.htm#sounds[/url] Mu-Tron III vintage pedal and the father of all filters - £350 upwards Mu-Tron III + this is the re-issue version and produces a good sound. (Mine is for sale in the Effects forum) Subdecay Prometheus - £220 I think. Not tried one but heard very good things about them. I have tried the Q-Tron, FX25B and Maxon AF9. Many rave about them but for me they just did not cut it!! Hope that helps? Mark [quote name='JBassist' post='546368' date='Jul 21 2009, 01:09 PM']any help will be apprecited[/quote]

Yeah that is a better shot - it is a work of art alright and so unique. Spoke to the man this week and MUST get down to get the Rumour tweaked a bit as it should have been done after 6 weeks and that was April!! Always worried when I walk in the shop just what I may end up spending!!!!! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='543829' date='Jul 18 2009, 10:17 AM']Maybe a better shot?[/quote]

How did you get on with the Mu-tron in the end? Just realised never saw anymore posts to this thread! Mark [quote name='Shaggy' post='285899' date='Sep 17 2008, 02:22 PM']Will do Mark, although TBH I've got nothing to compare it to![/quote]

Derek Nash is the sax player - have never seen them with a flute player! [quote name='urb' post='538815' date='Jul 12 2009, 09:17 PM']As far as I know Winston is PTB's main bassist - I keep hearing great things about him - but try and see them live sometime - Gareth Lockrane the flautist who leads the band is a badass - he's also on the last James Taylor Quartet album 'New World', and rather excellent it is too. M[/quote]

Sage advice there and I will printing this off and circulating to my fellow band members! Do you work in marketing by any chance! [quote name='silddx' post='538679' date='Jul 12 2009, 06:24 PM']That's a very difficult question to answer because there are no rules, no perfect answers. Only you and your band know what you want to say, what your vision is, what sort of band, music, etc., etc. Most of it is down to your own personal self image and how it relates to the band, and what the other members feel bout themselves in the band context. It's all in the prep, clothes, hair, location, lighting. The photographer should not have to make any decisions for you, they should simply be committing your vision to posterity using their expertise. Just don't use lighting that looks like a passport photo like in the OP's pics. Often, black and white pics with plenty of shadow can say a lot more that complex lighting. The OP's photographer probably shoots food and sofas for a living judging by the lighting choices. Are you a "band" like the Beatles, or do you have a clear leader like Van Halen? I think a few good general rules are that you don't have to be good looking, just looking good. Let the person in the band with the most "personality" not one with the most "creativity" lead the shoot, and especially the prep. Look like a team, not a bunch of friends from the pub. Think about the lifestyle you want to sell and do the old trick of dressing for where you want to be, not for where you are. Signed bands wearing jeans and tees and just-woke-up-hair will have had that image crafted in most cases, it's still their "uniform". A lot of people don't have a strong sense of these things and need to be led, they probably won't like it so it can cause as many arguments as musical direction. I could go on but I don't know if it would help.[/quote]