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The OBP to go for is the OBP-2SK, it has the stacked bass/treble so you'd be ok with 3 controls Personally i'd prefer to have a mid control, the one on mine (OBP-3SK/PP) sounds great, i think my 2-band Warwicks cound really do with a mid-control By all accounts every Aguilar pre-amp is gonna sound sweet, just depends on wether you like 2 or 3 band eqs. If you really don't want to drill extra holes in the bass have you thought about an outboard pre-amp? The Tonehammer is basically an OBP3 in a box with extra features: [url="http://www.aguilaramp.com/products_preamps_tonehammer.htm"]http://www.aguilaramp.com/products_preamps_tonehammer.htm[/url]

It's horrible but i quite like it!

Think this has been listed and flagged up on here before... I'll have a dig about

There's usually a few "proper" brands that come up on eBay for a similar price, eg Vintage, Aria, Stagg, Westfield etc. I'd keep an eye out for something like that if i was after a project bass. I played one of the Cheetah branded basses and it was ok, same headstock as the Swift ones so i presume it was the same factory. Nothing particularly good about it but seemed like it'd last for a year or two

If you need a stacked bass/treble, mid, volume and blend then surely you'll still need to have an extra hole drilled? EDIT: Unless you can rig the volume and blend (or a vol/vol) to a stacked pot

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='703528' date='Jan 6 2010, 09:48 PM']Yeah I just don't have a silver one ATM. Do you know if the gig is going ahead on Friday?[/quote] I may have a chrome string tree knocking about if you want it?

I was moved when Rick Wright died, Floyd were a very influential band for me and i spent a lot of my musical youth engrossed in their stuff, particularly the Saurcerful/Meddle/Pompeii/Darkside era. I always liked Wright, sat there quietly coming up with the goods from album to album, dignified amidst all the bickering, should have been a bass player really!

I think they sound great and are very loud, much louder in a gig situation than the 500w Hartke head my LMII replaced. If they were normal size they'd be on equal footing with a lot of heads but certainly better than most, probably a bit cheaper too

You can get black Wilkinson machine heads from an eBay seller, i bought some for my fretless a while ago and they're very good quality: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wilkinson-black-bass-guitar-tuners-No-12-or-13_W0QQitemZ140325330591QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Guitar_Accessories?hash=item20ac0a9e9f"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wilkinson-black-bass...=item20ac0a9e9f[/url] The base plate was slightly bigger than the tuners they replaced and i only just got them to fit on the Mighty Mite neck i put them on, once they were on they were a massive improvement though

Pretty much everything i've seen is for cabinets or large heads with rounded wooden corners, the Ashdown without the extra casing is about the same size as a LMII so they would dwarf it The standard size plastic stackable corners and the guitar cab-style metal corners are very big compared to the amp I've been looking for lengths of rubber extrusion of a suitable width i could cut to size but no joy

Had a look through those and the only ones they have are the usual large plastic or metal ones for cabs. Starting to think it'll be easier to buy some plastic extrusion and attach it to the edges

A while ago i took my problematic Superfly out of it's horrid casing and have been using it quite a bit with no problems. I added some rubber feet to it but the corners are way too sharp so i'd like to fit some small rubber/plastic/metal corners to it I can't seem to find any small enough, most places just sell the standard PA cab corners which are far too big. Anybody know where i can get some? Maybe even the rail type edges like the old Hartke amps had before they cased them? Ta in advance!

I guess it depends on which head and cab, everything i've owned (Hartke and Markbass) has been great at low volumes. I use an Ashdown Superfly and a small 1x12 cab for solo practice and it sounds good If you're going to be practicing with a drummer or gigging in the near future then 2nd hand stuff is the way to go on your budget. There's nothing worse than having an amp that sounds great at home but doesn't have enough umph in a band situation It's surprising just how good old Peavey etc. gear sounds compared to new fancy gear, i saw a band last year with an old Peavey head into a no-name cab and it sounded ace

The Hartke A series are great but build quality isn't as good as the old USA Hartke stuff. I have a little A70 which is loud and sounds great, however it's had a hard life and farts and rattles a bit now I'd certainly take the Hartke over the Electric Blue which although decent enough didn't sound anywhere near as good to my ears I'd still say go for a second hand head and cab instead of a smaller new combo. Have a look at Peavey stuff for something in your price range, there's usually a few for sale on here

They're nice guitars though, worth the price it's currently at I sourced one a few years ago for a mate who wanted a guitar and wanted a Hetfield style guitar, found a mint example for about £400. Certainly better than the low-end BC Richs he'd been looking at Definitely not rare though!

Stick a thumb rest on it, i also find basses like that uncomfortable so that's what i'd do

Here's mine: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gipG6jTb1Zs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gipG6jTb1Zs[/url]

Was it a new member and did they send it recorded delivery?

Although they appear to have gone out of fashion recently i use a Schroeder 1212r in a very loud band and it's a great one cab solution. Paired with a LMII it's handled everything i've thrown at it and has more than enough low-end.

Bassists are often just looking for one or two really good sounds. With a Jazz for instance, if i need a rockier tone i'll roll the bridge pickup off slightly. For the cleaner stuff i often do the opposite. The pickups on their own are two tonal extremes, only very rarely have i used a pickup on it's own, even then i had to eq the amp differently to get back the frequencies i lost (you lose quite a bit of low end with the bridge pickup solo'd) Changing your tone so drastically would alter where the bass sits in the mix, however the plus point is that it would annoy the sound engineer!

Most people who use a bass would see it as unnecessary as you get the sounds you want from blending the pickups rather that having one on and the other off I had a pickup switch on an old Dean bass and it got in the way tbh