Quilly

Seeing lots of great gear for sale coming into my social media feeds lately 🙈

The TE Elf and the 1*10 Cab is a great little setup. the 2*08 version might give you a slightly better sound and not much extra in terms of additional weight or awkwardness.  

On 02/01/2023 at 18:30, neepheid said:

Can we get a final scores on the doors for this thread then wrap it up?

 

I made it, albeit with a withdrawal soother gift in August courtesy of a very generous and amazing wife. I am a lucky man.

Yeah who’s the bestest tightwad ?

4 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

I'm in.

As long as maintenance doesn't count?

I'm planning on replacing the tuning rollers on a headless bass bridge, as they are a bit stiff, and I need a locking nut replaced on another bass.

I can’t imagine maintenance would not be allowed , surely it’s like getting strings or other replacement parts 

I’m flipin skint so count me in 

7 minutes ago, ezbass said:

😬

Anyone starting a 2023 thread so I can join it and fail miserably ?

1 hour ago, ossyrocks said:

ok. I've had some time with this little amp now. Whilst I love the sound of it, and its compact size, the fan noise is a bit too intrusive.

 

How loud is your fan?

 

I've had search on the net and it seems some are quieter than other according to various comments I've seen. I've also had a look at the fan itself, and it appears to be a standard thing used mostly in cooling 3D printers. There are various replacement fans available, some of which claim to be almost silent. Has anyone replaced theirs?

 

Cheers,

Rob

I only really use this amp rehearsing with a band or for gigs . The fan has a variable speed that ramps up whenever you dig in which is annoying if you pay attention to it, I guess you’re stuck with that compromise with such a small fan.  I had a first gen Orange Terror bass that was much louder however. I think for the elf it’s a compromise I’m happy enough to live with for such as small and powerful amp.

I played gigs with the LB30 and my barefaced 210. small gigs where the guitarists were only using those tiny orange things and the drummer played lightly and it was Just loud enough , sounded great to my ears but I’m realistic. It’s only a 30w amp no matter how those watts are made.

I don’t think they intended the LB30 to be a giggling amp. I just really like the tone from it at home , no annoying fan sounds. It just has a lovely tone built into it . I’m sure it would sound great in a studio.
 

One unintended bonus with this amp is that it works very well with guitar as a “platform” amp, ie it doesn’t have a big dirty gain stage  but it sounds really warm and mellow with a guitar and at 30w plenty loud for guitar as a back up amp.

I've a 2010 old model California VS (p bass) and a 2020 Basic (Stingray basically). I've owned an actual stingray and I prefer the Basic. Better balanced, not too heavy, and generally a warmer sounding bass, with more comfortable neck dimensions and overall better features. The 2010 California VS is also a great bass, my only slight fault is that the bass was a little sterile sounding to begin with. Those big polepiece pickups work great for an MM or bridge pickup, I just found that as a precision bass i wasn't able to get that punk p bass growl and it seemed a little bit too clean. I replaced the pickup with a Lollar Pbass90 and its a different beast now. I tried to get a replacement pickguard but Sandberg have washed their hands of the old model Californians. 

Overall the Sandberg basses I've owned are rock solid instruments, but be aware that sometimes they dont have the same tonal characteristics of the instruments they were based on. I know this thread was for TT4 , TM4 basses but I suspect my experiences are the same or similar across the range of instruments.  

I have that rig and my only regret is not getting the 208 cab instead of the 110.  

Due to *B* its a bit of hassle for sellers on Basschat in GB selling to me here in Ireland and that's certainly been a big help.  

On 08/11/2022 at 18:40, Merton said:

I failed months back. But I am now in a position of trying to consolidate a few things and not buy anything for 2023. Many people (for example @eude and @Quilly) have laughed at me about this proclamation. It’s probably true, if the Stoneham 100W project happens, but if it doesn’t, I am going to go the whole of 2023 without buying anything. Honest 😀

If you sell that shorty fretless surely that's worth positive gear credits ?? 

The Old models had a design problem with the output power section, they would just go pop but the fix was usually cheap, one or 2 component replacement and you were back in business. I thought they had sorted this in the new model ?  

I bought a Fender Precision 2 years ago, A Mex player, I think it cost about €750.

Worth every penny IMO, a lovely looking, sounding and playing bass...and you always have the resale value. 

I failed miserably early on in the year with A Sandberg Basic 4, later I bought the TE Elf and eventually the 1*10 cab for it. 

On the other hand I sold an Ashdown CTM100, A Mayones Jabba4 and and a Schroeder 2*15 cab so I think I balanced the books...somewhat.

I definitely intend no purchases in 2023.  

3 hours ago, Jonesy said:

Lovely bass! I think that and the buttercream are the 2 best colour options in the Player series

Yeah its a limited run in Ocean Turquoise they did a couple of years ago, not to be confused with Tidepool which is TOTALLY different 😅.

Would definitely consider a player jazz bass in buttercream, its a lovely colour. 

Playing a mex player p bass at the moment strung with la Bella flats for my acoustic band set, can’t fault it at all. Great neck , tone , playability etc. the hardware is “ok”, not amazing but I won’t be changing anything because it all works fine. Good value for money imo.

On 16/08/2022 at 11:46, blyn said:

´83 bassman 20 (all tube 18 W)

 

That's very cool 

2+2 headstocks . Used to think 4 in line or 3+1 were the only way to go . Now I really like the 2+2 headstock on my Sandberg basic with the smaller, more modern gotoh tuners. From a practical point of view it makes the bass a lot tidier and better balanced - imo 

13 minutes ago, BassAdder60 said:

Is 100w still classed as low ?? 
 

Here you go CTM100 ( new 2022 version ) 

Cool , I had one of the old ones , moved it on as it wasn’t getting much use. Great amps tho. Have they improved the EQ? That was tricky to get right .

Pbass + flats + barefaced two10 + Little Bastard. A real jamerson setup 

Question: had a problem with a faulty speaker cable , I’m afraid my valve amp was probably running with no load for a few seconds . Everything seem ok now tho. Do you think I should get the amp checked out ? Is it possible I may have damaged the OT?

Setup for cramped pub gig, note lack of pedal floor space 😂. (Listen you’re getting chorus for the whole song whether you like it or not) Great sounding rig tho .

One trip to rehearsal , love that .