tayste_2000

Ah sod it, Red headcase will be changed for black in the next few weeks and the cab will get a dusting, it is used a lot, it's just not moved a lot

Picked up two new babies at the weekend, I'm now the proud owner of Quimby's Meat DI and a Bass Modified Minimat Pro for use at home. Not taking any pictures at the moment as I'm getting the headcases changed on both and a new faceplate for the Meat preamp. But yes I have a beautiful 4w amp running into my matamp 4x6 cab at home and it's such a beautiful sound so rich and full but capable of crazy gain noises all without annoying the neighbours. Pics in the next few weeks, hell might even go down next weekend to get it done

What's a design engineer?

[quote name='ashevans09' timestamp='1361110627' post='1981139'] Matamp are great - visited the factory when I got my 410. Lovely lot, great to deal with, stuff sounds incredible and honestly for what they do they really don't charge that much. Definitely looking to add another matamp to my collection. Possibly a 2x15, who knows! [/quote] Get the cross overed 1x18, game changer with the 4x10 I'm debating selling my 8x10 to move over to this setup but then I just think, bah I'll have them both

I met some of the guys from Dragged Into Sunlight on Saturday when I was there, real nice band and real Matamp fanatics. I've tested their prototypes of the new amps using SS power sections, you guys are in for a treat in the next few months, but please don't call them about it, they aren't taking orders for them yet. The Dragged Into Sunlight GT200 is awesome, chrome front with etched out Matamp logo that glows green.

Largely it doesn't make a difference but a few boosts use GE transistors and they can have issues, not always but they can.

Just be careful on the Phat Phuk if you use Active Basses, same goes with the Tone Factor Cream Pie that's for sale at the moment, they can be a bit hit and miss. If you use passive basses then the cream pie is an awesome buy as it will do clean boost, dirty boost, overdrive and treble boost. The Juju boost also for sale is a good clean boost/overdrive I know this because I use to own all of these and it's my old ones that are for sale, apparently I have a boost fetish.

I wouldn't get a treble boost, they rarely sound nice on bass especially with SS and hybrid heads. It'll give you quite a punk tone clicking something like that in, at least in my personal opinion. A full range boost like the MXR Micro Amp or a fat boost like the Fulltone Fat Boost, Catalinbread Chili or Wren and Cuff Phat Phuk would be better. I've got a Catalinbread Chili for sale at the moment if it's of any interest.

Sorry to bump an old thread but I'm thinking of getting one for my 30th next year and want to take the time to find the model that's right for me. Is anyone open to me maybe making a trip to try their B-15? Many thanks in advance

Finally pictures For those wanting to read a bit more about it http://www.tayste.co.uk/2013/02/02/my-basses/

An update to this thread, got a blog going about my basses especially since I just picked up my 5th Overwater. Check it out here http://www.tayste.co.uk/2013/02/02/my-basses/ For those who can't read, here are the pictures.

I think for the cost of the drop head I'd like to get a vintage b-15 but that's a whole new can of worms

Just preference and I tune a minor 3rd below Low B so a nice big speaker would be a plus

Yeah I saw that and was thinking it could be perfect, I'd consider that light about as heavy as my amp head Similarly the Ampeg B100r would tick all the boxes but both are discontinued and not really in a position to act fast on it (also want to try one first)

So I've been a bit out of the game on this side, rocking the Matamp GT200 and 8x10 for the past few years but I'm looking at changing a few things largely around jamming and home practice and fancy a small (ish) light weight (ish) combo I was always wowed by the size and weight of the Mesa Boogie Walkabout (12inch version) so that might be a good starting point, but not really sure what's out there. I do think the following applies though:[list] [*]Has to be 1x15 or 1x12 [*]Going for a vintage styling to a degree [*]Has to had a tube somewhere in it or sound fairly vintagey (so no spanky clean highs and nothing with a tweeter) [*]Has to be a combo, not interested in light weight cabs and heads [/list] Just weighing up my options before I see what Matamp can do me in a combo, because weight is the concern but happy to go like 30kg or so in the combo. Over that I know exactly what I'd track down (Mesa Buster 200 1x15 Combo)