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Mine is a Profile Silhouette P-Bass copy, I still have it. They were an export brand, made in Japan and often sold in Australia. This belonged to my ex-girlfriend who gifted it to me. It is really excellent. I put in a Seymour Duncan quarter pounder about 10 years ago. A machine head broke so I replaced it, everything else is original. I have it strung with flats at the moment.

I have an Axe FX III and a Kemper. I tend to use the Kemper for bass as it has a built in 600w power amp. The Axe FX is excellent though.

It is usually messier... or tidier.

^^^ Jesus.

Yup, I do a fair bit of session work on bass and guitar and it is good to have options. Have the Helix floorboard and Fractal FX8 also.

No Neve actually. The Neve looking thing is a Phoenix DRS-1R. It is sort of Neve like, but I actually prefer them to 1073's, bigger bottom end- great for bass and kick drum. The ViPre is amazing, I've had that here since 2004.

I have a bit:

Bespoke 000-style acoustic guitar. Stika spruce soundboard. Rosewood back & sides. Mahogany neck. Maple binding. Oh, and I built it.

I'm not getting burned again, I still have a genuine Rolf Harris wobble board from the '82 tour.

Another vote for thefretboard.co.uk Great place.

Cheers Dan.

Hi folks, I joined the forum ages ago when I was looking for some bass gear and never introduced myself. I think I know a few of you from TheFretboard forum anyway. I'm an Australian living in Oxfordshire. I play bass, guitar, drums & mandola and I build acoustic guitars. I'm mostly a rock and fusion type of player. I've also done a fair bit of work as a producer/engineer- mostly commercial pop/rock stuff, some ads, some voice overs. Current bass gear is: Musicman Stingray 2EQ, Profile P Bass, Mark Bass CMD102, Fractal FX8, Fractal Axe FX, Matrix power amp. Cheers, James [attachment=227961:14352135_1603100393323228_5755049402399774764_o.jpg] [attachment=227962:14352192_1603100389989895_4622248429700859102_o.jpg]

Thanks Lozz- I went and tried one out and bought it. I reckon it will be fine for the gigs I do and it sound great for home practice. Also came home with one of these:

Hi Lw. Thanks for the response. I'll take a look at the options you list above ^^^ cheers.

Hi folks, Long time lurker looking for a bit of help. I'm a guitarist who is working on getting some bass chops and gigs- I have one gig in a couple of weeks time which could turn into a couple more. Function band kinda stuff, some rock, pop and a bit of funk mostly. I'm looking for a suggestion about what to do regarding a gig worthy amp that I can also practice with at home. I currently use my Axe FX 2 (using the SV model) into some studio monitors but I'd like something that is bass specific- and gig worthy. I'd considered just buying a bass cab (Vanderkley 4x10 or 2x12 are currently winning) to pair with a Matrix power amp (I already own this) and use the Axe FX for gigs, but for home practice the Matrix amp has a fan that runs all the time that is distracting- it also means I am moving the Axe FX around, rather than leaving it in my studio rack. So I'm now looking at combo's- the Mark Bass CMD102P seems to be a common choice. Can you suggest something else that I should check out around the same sort of money- under a grand. I'd rather not have to pair the combo with another cab to get over a drummer- if I need to do that then I'll probably go for a cab, use the Matrix power amp now and look at replacing it down the line with a dedicated bass amp head. I guess my questions are- will the Mark Bass combo get over a decently loud drummer (pop/rock, not metal)? Would I be better off with a 4x10 or 2x12 cab, and looking at getting a dedicated bass head when funds allow? Cheers.