Monz

Welcome to the brotherhood I played a Hiwatt 400 and thought it was lovely... very smooth valve sound with LOADS of headroom I then played a GT200 and was blown away by it's ability to do the velvety smooth valve tone and also by rotating the DRIVE dial 3 notches you get an amazing overdriven gritty valve tone with stacks of character and headroom.... needless to say I plumbed for the Matamp You will love it

My band are playing tonight and tomorrow night in Sheffield... If you are at a loose end and your lass fancies a dance round the handbags get yourself down and be sure to come and say hello [i][b]Friday 18th[/b][/i] [b]New Barrack Tavern, Penistone Road, Sheffield[/b] Sound check 8pm On stage 9pm ish 3 sets late finish (after midnight) -- Kev's (The landlord) Birthday Bash... Will be a good night [url="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=new+barrack+Tavern,+sheffield&sll=53.786987,-1.063313&sspn=0.012981,0.038495&ie=UTF8&ll=53.409225,-1.491051&spn=0.052391,0.15398&z=13&iwloc=A"]Google Map for "New Barrack Tavern"[/url] [i][b]Saturday 19th[/b][/i] [b]The Harlequin, Nursery St, Sheffield[/b] Sound check 8pm On stage 9.15pm ish 2 sets finish around 11.30 -- Always a good crowd in here [url="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=the+harlequin,+sheffield&sll=53.409225,-1.491051&sspn=0.052391,0.15398&ie=UTF8&ll=53.389446,-1.455002&spn=0.013104,0.038495&z=15&iwloc=A"]Google map for "The Harlequin"[/url]

[quote name='Toasted' post='595570' date='Sep 11 2009, 12:16 PM']+1 ![/quote] We will have to time it so we are both together at Steve's place so you can have a play... I know it's not as loud as the mesa rig but you will still be able to hear afterwards lol

Ok here is my summarised musical history by Monz (aged 43 1/2) Started playing in brass bands when I was 9yrs old on the cornet... getting older and a rather nasty accident involving my mouth and a kerb edge saw me move down the registers through euphonium to tuba (Bb Bass) until about 3 years ago when I decided I had had enough of marching and contests and decided to pick up the electric bass. I really wish I had done it 20 years ago. 2007: Bought a warwick corvette 5, Line 6 lowdown bass combo and guitar pro software and started learning songs from the dots (sheet music). Six months later and practicing around 2 to 3 hours a night saw me on stage at a jam night with my knees clacking togeher playing "brown eyed girl" and "black magic woman" 2008: Ditched the Line 6 bought Markbass rig went for an audition with a Sheffield based covers band and got the gig learned 49 songs in 30 days (that was really hard) Did my first proper paying gig June 28th 2009: Ditched the warwick and the markbass got Musicman Stingray 5 and Matamp valve amps/cabs, still playing for the "The Call" and loving it. I don't get scared going on stage anymore, it's just really good fun, almost like going to paid rehearsals with the lads. Just joined a rock band that will be ready to gig in about 2 months (hopefully). Just in the process of forming a ska/reggae band but I reckon that will be 12 months before it's ready to do anything serious 2010: Bring it on... Hope the timeline helps

[quote name='Finbar' post='598794' date='Sep 14 2009, 10:38 PM']I don't really know what's going on with Sean to be honest. Is it worth me getting in touch with the person after Sean on the list instead, Alex? Just to keep the ball rolling...[/quote] PM'd

Wayne... Checkout Matamp if you are looking for serious all valve tone, they really are the mutts nuts and custom made for £1299 200W into 4 or 8 ohm.

I am waiting for the satin black metal grilles to arrive before I put the piccies up... still look good with the cloth grilles on but will look awesome with the metal ones on

8x10 you know it makes sense Well actually 2 x 4 x 10

Well I am only using 200W ish and the two gigs I have done with it (one of them was quite a loud one) only had me turning the volume to halfway without the gain turned up at all so I'm guessing 100 to 150W if that. That was using a single 4x10 without porting Did make me smile a lot though

Mark my words... you will need either an affinity for wasps or a lot of fly spray, they love colours with high infra-red signatures We once painted my little brothers race bike in the same colour and he always ended up sitting on his own (apart from the swarm of wasps) in the paddock waiting to go down to the start line

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='583458' date='Aug 28 2009, 12:36 PM']You told me you helped on that 2x12, you did bugger all. Can you post as an individual picture the last one with the head sat on it, [/quote] Sure thing here is one of the head on it's own [attachment=31840:25082009310.jpg] And here is one sat on the 2x12 [attachment=31841:25082009313.jpg]

[quote name='jmesa' post='583484' date='Aug 28 2009, 12:52 PM']That amp is lush!!!!111!1!1!!!!! How much are they?[/quote] I think the list is £1299 but you can talk to this guy and he lives in the real world PS just noticed you are using a 400+ ( the matamp runs clean to 200W+ and well into the mid 300s with the dials on 11)

To save uploading shed loads of pics I cobbled together a little screenshow of the 2x12 being made. I made it as small as I could and hopefully you can still see what is happening [attachment=31765:Matamp.wmv]

[quote name='beerdragon' post='581971' date='Aug 26 2009, 10:35 PM']I have one at gigs. it's called a drummer.[/quote] So let me get this right.... You let your Drummer go near your bass amp and twiddle with knobs Have you any idea how dangerous that is?

A little update... I have given in to common sense and now I'm having 2 off 4x10 sealed cabs instead of 1 8x10 sealed cab. This was decided purely on a logistical point i.e. It would be very difficult for me to manage the 8x10 on my own when loading into the house . I tried to ignore this and press on but Geoff made me see sense haha

[quote name='Toasted' post='580436' date='Aug 25 2009, 05:05 PM']Monz, are you at matamp every day?[/quote] It will have cost me more in days off work than the price of the gear lol

Here we go with live updates from MATAMP Central Here are some pics of the amp complete, but still to be fitted in the sleve... Firstly the business end [attachment=31531:25082009190.jpg] [attachment=31533:25082009191.jpg] And now the pretty side [attachment=31529:25082009183.jpg] [attachment=31530:25082009188.jpg] Just having a breather from making and covering the cabs, pics of that to follow