Raslee

I'd be quite tempted to put some dub reggae through these and see if the speakers can handle it i'm Plymouth based if i can be added? Thanks

I reckon my limit would be around £550 ish (but i'm far from any expert on this)...nice finish on that bass.

Thick reggae sound for me generally, mostly bass @ 3 quarters all the way, mids just a little on and treble virtually off. On my bass I role my tone back 3 quarters too and if using a Jazz bass configuration then i pretty much exclusively use the neck pick up only and play close to the neck join.....although i do occasionally switch to just the bridge pick up if i am doing a some fast modern ska -Simplez. My rig does most of my onstage work anyhow, thick , phat and belly pumping sound system stylie

Being summer and all that why not chuck in a bit of reggae, Marleys Stir it up always goes down well, or Dawn Penn's No, no , no, or uptown top ranking is another classic. Failing that Hendrix's Fire, Some Chili's- Give it away is fun, James Brown Get up off that thing etc etc

FWIW i've got a 79 Ray but it has the John East Pre EB pre amp and a Nordstrand Pre EB equiv pick up, sounds exactly like my mates all original 78 Ray, not any difference to either of our ears. Paid £750 for it IRC. Great bass, has all the zing of the MM sound and the warthm of age, although the body had has a refinish. I keep thinking about stripping it back to the bare wood but a) i don't know how too & i don't know what lies beneath. Also if i were to sell it i reckon i would try for more than £750 - afterall the seller did say i got a bargain too. However if any one has got for sale any vitnage mutes or pick ups or pre amp for pre EB Stingrays please do get in touch because i would like to restore the beauty to 'kind of' all original.

Have had my SVT Pro4 for 3 weeks now and it is like a liquid silk explosion except louder, but anyhow i love it to bits. I'm now running two SVT4x10HLFs too (Bonkers) but easier to move around than the fridge, plus i prefer the hlfs as they go lower. But yeah the sVT pro 4 is a winner-i've tried many types of eq now and it has an awesome tone for pretty much any genre. After years of trailing Mark bass, Eden, Hartke, Trace Idiot, Genz Benz, crAshdown & Warwick i am finally GAS free for my main rig.........for now (and as long as my roadie drummer will carry it for me:lol: )

I guess it depends on what your rehearsing, originals or covers. I play in 3 bands and the covers band practices about once every 4-6 weeks, we just email the tunes to each other, nail it and then have a beer fuelled 4-5 hour practice a few days before a gig...with actually about 1.5 hours of playing Where as another band, essentially covers of learning the vocalists material, will practice about once every 3 weeks, without beer for this band and sounding good. On the other hand my party band that is writing original material practices every week, without beer, and seems to be going really slowly however the music is perhaps a bit more dififcult, kind of eastern ozrics gongy proggy dubby vibe thing - and we practice for about 2hrs weekly

Just bought some of these pick ups cheap off the bay to put in my Squire VMJ, has any one ever tried them? I fitted some Entwhistle g**tar pick ups for a mate a few years ago and they were a great improvement over the stock pick ups with a high output.

Had a lovely day out in Cardiff and dropped by to Cotsans to pick up an Ampeg cab. Lovely guy and held out until i had the monies to purchase this cab. Just about to try out the cab but looks in fantastic condition. Loving Cardiff by the way mate, really enjoyed a family day out there. Buyers/sellers deal in confidence. All the best, Lee

Recently sold my Eden WT550 to Laurenece. It went to a good home. Laurence is a great trustworthy guy and communications were great too. Enjoy the lovely world of Eden matey.

As it says, Sax player is too unwell, Band not willing to do it with a back up or stand in ,....gutted, nevermind they're still keen at the Globe to get us Plymouthians upto Cardiff....we'll be back

I've just bought an SVT Pro 4...absolutely loving it, weighs a ton, but worth it for the sound. I'm using it for reggae/dub and it performs marvelous and only just ticking over. Loads of options with tone and wiring - for me the perfect amp....as long as our drummer continues to carry it for me! Eden amps are nice too for warmth, but the Ampeg does my reggae sound just that little better.

Maybe worth trying a compressor also.

I realy rate the Warwick cabs, i had a 6x10 version whcih was a great cab. Having said that i have just passed on a Eden 2x10xLT which was like a rolls royce of cabs and had more bass than most 4x10's that i played. Eden heads & Eden cabs really make for killer rigs IMO.

At last a decent Ampeg...well i hope its decent, will be putting it through its paces tonight. The one i tried a couple of months back totally did it for my sound really, although i will surely miss my Eden WT550 which part funded this purchase - but for reggae the Ampeg seems to be a winner. I've a/b'd this afternoon briefly with my Eden WT800A and both sound good to me but the Ampeg seemed less muddy in the deep lows. Downside of the SVT is it weighs a ton but i was expecting that and i play with the soundest drummer who realises i am a complete weakling Anybody have much experience of the SVT 4's ?