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TheoC

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  1. Thanks for the links @Jack ! The Wharfedale + TC BAM is the rig I'm going for as I just heard back from the eBay dealer and the Laney combo has been sold. Thanks for your input on the TC BAM, the website has a B-Stock one but I'm sure it'll just be cosmetic damage, so oh well. I think I'll get around to ordering either the cab or head over the next few days, as long as I get aid soon. Thanks again for all the help!
  2. Seems like a good bargain at £89 then!
  3. Thank you all for the help, it's really appreciated. Just as an update; I haven't heard back from the eBay seller yet, so if they don't get back to me before December I think I'm going to go with the Wharfedale alongside a cheapish head. @JakeBrownBass Yeah, I thought it would be something like that, it says "Ex-Demo Factory Direct" which was a little off putting but going by your experience it seems like it should be alright. The amp heads I was looking at were; an Albion ABH-180H - https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/albion-abh180h-180-watt-hybrid-bass-head A Behringer Ultrabass BX2000H - https://www.thomann.de/gb/behringer_ultrabass_bx2000h_b_stock.htm A tc electronic BAM200 - https://www.thomann.de/gb/tc_electronic_bam200.htm Would these be suitable for a gig? @BassBunny That would be awesome, 27kg does seem kinda heavy though, but I doubt I would be carrying it around for ages. If it was nearer to me then I think that would be the one I went for.
  4. That's sorta what I thought, it may have been that the truss rod had been tightened as far as it could go (wouldn't allow me to tighten it further, initially thought it was the wood of the neck or the string tension causing resistance but it might have been maxed out) so I'm going to try adjusting it both ways now there isn't any string tension. Another initial thought after i had to get a new neck was just to turn the old one into some wall art hahah, still may end up doing that if it doesn't work out
  5. I'm going to start off by saying this is just an idea, haven't experimented with it.... yet. So I have a spare 4 string P-Bass style neck lying around from a Boston P-Bass that I got for £35, I switched the neck due to the old one being very bowed (Not sure if the truss rod was broken, think it may be, I'll find out for sure when I get back from work). I was zoned out staring at this bass neck when I had the idea of turning it into a Hagstrom H8 style 8 string as I've always enjoyed the idea of them, plus it could work well with my bands sound (Post Punk/New Wave) Would a conversion like this be possible (If the truss rod is still working)?
  6. I couldn't find the Ashdown amps on that music stores page, but i did have a look on eBay and found a Laney HCM160b Hardcore Max combo listed for £60 (Excluding Postage). The reviews of this seem mixed, mostly positive, but I figure at £60 it should be worth it. I think I'm going to contact the seller to find out about postage then think about it until I get paid.
  7. That pedal seems like it would cover all my bases (Or should I say "basses") I might end up getting it and even if i end up not liking it for some reason then it'll be useful to use as a jumping off point for fine tuning my rig. I'll have a look at the online shop for the local store and see what Ashdown amps they have, or if they have other bass amps
  8. @Teebs @Lozz196 @EliasMooseblaster Thank you all for the responses, I think a local(ish) music shop has a fair few Ashdown amps that I could check out, the prices in that shop are normally really good so that may be my best bet. Depending on how that goes I might decide to get a combo alongside a cheap Preamp/DI pedal just in case the venue has a decent PA, seems like that would cover most fronts. As for the kinda sound I would be going for, my band has a sort of Post Punk/New Wave inspired, so main inspirations would be Peter Hook, Simon Gallup (Or Robert Smith for the Bass VI sound) although that being said, I would like to incorporate some of my other, more Punk inspirations, i.e, Matt Freeman, Mike Dirnt. I know the bass of these genres has a similar mid range punch I would be looking to get an almost atmospheric New Wave sound. I also tend to change the tone between songs (which probably isn't the smartest for establishing a sound, but if i had the same tone for all the songs it would sound muddy for a few of them) Again, thank you all for your help!
  9. This is my second post so I'm really not sure how to start it off so I'll just jump right in. I'm looking for a decent, but cheap, gigging amp as my band are just about ready to start gigging (Hopefully). The amps i have currently are just for the bedroom practice kinda level, they are a Marlin Bass 15 and a Gear4Music 25 Watt (Both combos). I'm very inexperienced when it comes to amps, but what I've gathered from looking at other threads is that I should be aiming to get a head and a cab rather than a combo. A thread i looked at talked about the Peavey Headliner 210, this seems like a decent option but I'm a student so if possible I would rather spend a little less, I'm also not sure about the longevity of gigging, which is another reason I wouldn't want to break the bank, so I began looking around and found a Wharfedale WHB210, which is a 2x10 200W cab with an 8 Ohm impedance (not sure if any of this is decent for gigging), the price is at £89 which seems as good a price as I could get for something like this, at least that's what t seems like. Does anyone have experience with this cab? If so, what are your thoughts on it as a introduction to gigging amps? Does anyone have any other cheap cab recommendations? No matter what cab i get I'm guessing I'll still need a head, so what budget options are best? Will I need anything else? A PA? A DI? I'm really unsure about all this so any help is beyond appreciated! If you need any more information about anything then just ask! Apologies for terrible formatting, I'm new to forums. Thanks for reading/helping! Side Note: I'm hoping to get a Bass VI in the future (The Revelation RJT-60B), I'm not sure if this would change what amp would work best or not
  10. I own one of these models. I got it last September at a local(ish) music store, it cost £180 but had been modified with a Fender neck so i felt it was worth it seeing that Fender necks alone cost about £100 at least. It plays beautifully, the pickup is more versatile than most, especially if you max out the Mid because it gets super crunchy and sorta overdriven. As for the rarity, mine is the only on I've ever seen, which I feel is due to both people not wanting to part with them and because so few were made.
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