Soledad

Might be a bit out of fashion, maybe weighs a bit more than a GR 410 - but what an absolute cracker for the price of a pair of boots.

The CD-in on front has a nice retro air!
Bargain of the month👍

3 hours ago, pete.young said:

I use mine mostly with double bass

I imagine that will sound very good. I tried plugging an electro-acoustic guitar into it, sounds very good indeed. I think the small speakers and clean amp make it a good solution for quite a few instruments.

2 hours ago, Dan Dare said:

Stop it, all of you.

Your fault I got the 6b, so what goes around.

Bought a minter from Munchies here about 4 weeks ago. I already use a 6B cab (with GB 900 head) and I am partial to the PJB approach.

I'd felt these things were getting passed around a bit - see one for sale, few months it's up for sale again. So what's it all about?

This isn't a proper review so not in reviews section - just a quick impressions thing.
I seriously love this combo. Very small, quite a lump (about 13Kg I think) and sounds fabulous. The reputation is 'hi-fi' and I suppose that is a fair indication of what you get.

I leave the EQ flat almost always - I may well use the L/F to correct for boomy rooms say, but apart from that either the Precision Special (PJ) straight in and all tone shaping on the bass, or the fretless through my board to use the Sansamp for mid shaping and a touch of drive, plus the chorus on subtle settings.

I don't really bother with the compression, it's a fairly basic 3:1 limiter. So for me this is a swith on, set a level above the max I'll need (about 12 o'clock) and do everything at the bass (or pedalboard and bass for the fretless).

How's it sound, I mean what's this 'hi-fi' thing? Well, I know exactly what my PJ sounds like straight into the desk and back through decent monitors. That is what it sounds like, I mean exactly that.

It is not loud. It's seriously OTT for home practice. It's loud enough for acoustic/unplugged type stuff. Couldn't balance to most drummers so that's out.
Fortunately I do get involved in a fair bit of acoustic so it has a purpose for me.

Discontinued now and replaced with cheaper variants, but the Briefcase feels, looks and sounds every dollar. 

Do you need one? No. Do you want one? Depends. But I bloody love it - an absolute definite keeper.

5 hours ago, skidder652003 said:

I have a faith Saturn 12 string. It's a thing of beauty.

Is that the big one, I mean a size up from the Venus I have? Must say the Venus is big enough for me (grand auditorium they call it, almost a dreadnought but with tighter waste). Your 12 should sound amazing, the trebles on mine are really something, they seem very good at makling them good at that.

Update anyway - it has responded very well to playing in. Lower frequencies were dull and quiet from new - but it keeps improving, mainly the bass harmonics that give the lower strings some warmth and ring. I've played some silly-money acoustics recently: Collings, Bourgois, Froggy Bottom (£8ks worth) Lowden etc. Not mine, just people I know. Must say they are variously a bit better - but not a lot better, and we're talking about the Faith price plus one nought!!

Anyway, it's a better guitar than I am a player, so that'll do.

Strings: anyone playing acoustics? Someone told me to try Newtones (handmade Yorkshire so that's OK), about £9 a set. Really like them, bright enough but fabulous full mids. Recommend. (Don't expect next day delivery - I think he makes them when it's raining or he's mislaid his hat. 3 weeks for mine).

Welcome!! Intrigued by a 6er in a funk soul band, but then I grew up with Bootsie et al so I know little of these new things😃

Seems there's an overstock of bass players in Kent, never realised so many of us - something to do with keeping the bottom end of the country nailed down.

58 minutes ago, JottoSW1 said:

I'd like that, to go with my AH 500x

Will PM you later.

OK, let me know.

Let's assume it's now gone.

15 hours ago, pete.young said:

Be an interesting banjo that would fit in this banjo case:

I bet that's flying out.

From The Bass Centre in its proper Wapping home. Around '88 - 90 I think but someone here may know exactly.

1 hour ago, sirmuppet said:

'm up in Scotland. I'll have it checked out again. The strings are new and TBH I don't normally play D'addario. So I may pick up a set of Ernie Balls for when I need to restring, just in case it's the strings. 

I'd place a hefty bet it isn't the strings, provided you are finding all 4 are somewhat sharp at say 5 or 7 frets. Uniform wrongness doesn't happen. Also D'Addario are good anyway.

Stumped ! You say in OP you hear the flat/sharp when playing so the high resolution of the tuner isn't presenting the problem. I have found guitar or bass 'techs' are a mixed lot, but a reputed maker / luthier may get inside the issue.

Keep us posted.

I'm intrigued ! Seems nut is good, relief is good, tuning accuracy (open) good, good on 12th. Sharp in lower range, flat above 12th.
I don't think there are many things this could be. I have known strings stretch over time (very small amount but enough to produce intonation issues). The string core doesn't stretch in a uniform way so on some frets it may be a tads flat, others a tads sharp. But the idea all 4 strings are uniformly off says it isn't the strings.
The only other way I could possibly imagine is the actual frets are wrong... surely not, but you've eliminated everything else.
Don't know where you are but I'd probably take it to a good maker/luthier for a check-over. Down my way that would be Martin at Bass Gallery (maker of the excellent Sei).
I'm interested, let us know if and how you resolve this.

Top man - Just bought my TC BH550 - no messin', fast payment ahead of shipping, all smooth and good. Excellent BC member. Thanks Dave

1 hour ago, Daz39 said:

EHX Epitome, if no one’s mentioned it.

Combines reverb, chorus, flanger and octaver.

Damn - that looks good!! Would need to know it sounds good too, but a fretless dream in a single box. I'll investigate further - thanks for tip.

@Boodang - tone you describe is probably v close to what I am chasing - not too much of anything and a kind of analogue warmth (I know, not one analogue wave in sight). I'm going to have a play with the B1-4, at the price it will surely be limited but I'm looking for small amounts of effect, might get me close.
Otherwise back to my pedal board and add a pedal or two. I do like the TC chorus toneprint - wonder what the 3rd Dimension chorus is like.

A very complete BH550: 3 way foot pedal (mute, toneprint 1 in/out; tp2 in/out), USB to connect to TC site for toneprints, TC gigbag, mains lead.

A really well-spec'd compact head with onboard tuner, toneprints, aux in, headphone out etc.
Used it a while with a GK410 8ohm - abundantly loud and a great sound (P+rounds).
Rated 550 watts, I expect that's into 4ohm, TC site is unclear... but it has plenty of power anyway.

Will ship UK at cost.

9 hours ago, Al Krow said:

Another +1 for the Zoom B1-4: it will give you a very decent chorus and phaser.

Dawn patrol on Reverb found me a mint used B1-Four, fifty quid free shipping. A few bob more than a set of flats... worth a go.
I've been using my TC 550 with the 2 toneprint channels in - I do like their chorus and 2nd print is phaser at the moment (although you can only use one print at a time), but don't like the amp. So I'll pass that on. Report back on the B1. May take a while, the manual is a big read.

9 hours ago, Nail Soup said:

I've been listening to a few  songs from Rhiannon Giddens

Yep, found her by accident when I was watching Abby / the spoon lady. Fretless banjo indeed...!!
If you like a bit of rootsy, 'The Spoon Lady' is well worth a minute or so. Lady? - I reckon she's a former poster girl for moonshine.

5 hours ago, Daz39 said:

The Chowny Bass-mosphere!

Found it, thanks. Thing is I have chorus (Boss) and reverb/delay pedal (Harley Benton but surprisingly OK I thought) so I need to add octaver - and ideally that lot in one box. Don't think the Chowny does octaver trick?

Thanks for all the info / help. My Ashdown days are behind me @uk_lefty! Fairly invested in PJB with the Genz head, might be diverted by a GR 210 but trying to resist for now.

@ezbass - Tech21 Bass Fly - looks promising, bit complicated looking and it isn't pretty but if it does what I want I could manage!

@pete.young Zoom B1 Four or MS60B - they look pretty good, both available. If either is good for chorus + phaser I could add an octaver maybe?
But then I am some way there going the pedal-board route (Boss chorus). I'd quite like to get away from complex signal paths, lots of jack leads etc.

I'm thinking the B1 Four sounds closest - can it give me decent octaver? Any users of B1 Four or MS-60B, user experiences please??

I'm no expert on effects, have a few pedals on a board. I'm interested in a single unit effects solution for my fretless - I don't need to model various amps etc, but just want chorus, octave, maybe phaser - so combined effects rather than modelling - seen a bit about Pod Go and a lot said about Helix but I'm not sure either is really right for what I want. Or am I better off with a few pedals on a board? I already have a Boss Chorus and a SansAmp with the para-mids so I may be part way there - but a single box may be cleaner, better...?

Would appreciate users' insights.

15 hours ago, andybassdoyle said:

also has great taste in hotels btw

😂

Bought Paul's PJB Briefcase - truly is mint, excellent and very happy. Quick easy deal, handover very smooth. Highly recommended forum member.

Top trading - 5star forum member. Bought my very fine GB cab, paid way in advance, handover super-smooth. Thanks Andy - highly recommended to everyone.

Have one, gigged it often, bloody love it. Push the input gain til the valvy sound comes in - best head I've had in years, maybe ever. Well, actually there was that time in....

11 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said:

The drum head was knackered so I've ordered a slice of goat, like wot I dun on the olde one.

There's something charmingly pre industrial revolution about this thread.