Chrisbassboy5

Any suggestion Olof good ‘old’ amps to look for?

Hi All,

I’m wanting a 300w max for bass guitar playing in a windband. I see these for £100 off with PMT, any good or go for older bass amp with change, 2nd hand?

Was looking at old Ashton or Peavey or treat myself to this??

any comments or ownership feedback appreciated. 
 

cheers Chris

Any thoughts on the Ashdown OriginAL C112-300, just been handed £300 and a shop has one who’s should be £500 for £300! Killer deal, reviews show it as a great amp… or go for older Ashdown Mag and keep the change, or perhaps Peavey TKO or similar as posted here? 

Cheers mate. Only gig once in a while so no robs. Great suggestion for an amp, will look. Cheers mate. Chris

Ta mate

Cheers Loz! Will check Ebay..

Hi All, 

just after a decent to 150/200+W bass speaker for small band use. Used to have a Peavey TKO 115, which worked well but sadly sold a while ago and wished I hadn’t.

I don’t want to spend a fortune but wonder if there are any old amps that might suit, might be old and heavy but not a problem as gigs few and far between for now.. 

Any support appreciated as wonder what to perhaps look for.. cheers!

Chris

H Folks, after ages of looking for the string box they came in I have discovered that they are.. Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Flatwound JF345, .043 to 0.136. 5 string..
 

seems they live forever. Need to change them at all or not?

cheers, 

chris

1 minute ago, Bolo said:

On these threads, nobody asks what sound you're after or what music you play. People just want their preferences validated I guess.

 

I'm no different but I'll give a little background at least.

I play thrash metal, use steel round wound strings and change them every year when I give my bass a good clean, oil the fretboard and change the 9v batteries in the preamp. I use Dr Strings DDT heavies.

 

Iron Maiden's Steve Harris changes his flats before every gig apparently. 

Cool mate, as a past professional tuba player I love a deep rich bass tone with little treble so these work for me.. 

Just now, Nail Soup said:

Just remember the old bass players adage:

If you like a zing - fits new strings. If you like it mellow - leave them, fellow !

 

(Ok I might have made that up!)

Awesome… learning all the time. Cheers mate!

1 hour ago, EssentialTension said:

If you are going to change the strings, then many people here will volunteer to take the old ones off your hands.

 

But the usual advice from flatwound users is don't change them.

Incredible to not have to change them, why the hell don’t others do the same? Guess cos of the sound they want although so much more expensive in the long run to do that eh?..

59 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

I change my strings regularly, once in 1984 then again in 2004 😁

Omfg!

1 hour ago, hooky_lowdown said:

Folks who like super bright round wounds are the ones who change strings most regularly, flatwounds if wiped down now and again, or never if you thats your thing can just let it be. Flatwounds get better with age!

When played double bass we wiped down with old aftershave as it dries quick, what would you suggest?

Just now, Reggaebass said:

They are really great strings, if you’re happy with flatwounds , don’t change them 

Will look for the box and update, loft visit tomorrow! Watch this space…

16 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Imo, flats get better with with time and mellow nicely, I never change mine unless I sell the bass and then I take them off and fit them to the new one 🙂

Played upright/double bass so hate the cheese grater strings most put on. 

15 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Imo, flats get better with with time and mellow nicely, I never change mine unless I sell the bass and then I take them off and fit them to the new one 🙂

Lol, jeez. Unbelievable as you hear all the time about the need to change strings regularly….

1 minute ago, Reggaebass said:

What strings are they 🙂

Did have the packet but misplaced  just now.. are the Thomastic Infeld. 

Wow, the B string sounded a bit deader than the others hence the post. cheers all. Lot of £ to replace so hesitant to do on a 5 unless necessary. Believe the string make are pukka so should also last longer.. 

1 minute ago, naxos10 said:

With flats you will probably never need to replace them😁

Really? Really surprised, why would that be?

Hi All, 

I have an Ibanez SR655NTF and have a 5 string set of expensive flat round bass strings (Thomastic-Infeld roundwound jazz). I have played the bass for a few times in 3 years, never gigged (bedroom practice for a few mins only, maybe 10 mins ocassionally. The strings were £80 quid so reluctant to replace unless necessary? This might be a ‘how long is a piece of string’ question but should I replace them as I want to play more now.

what should I be looking at to see if they are dead?

The strings were top of the range ones and reputed to last a few years before replacement…. I’m stuck. Any advice appreciated. 
 

cheers Chris

I've tried the SBL trial twice and frankly wasn't impressed.

I feel it's best to drift inbetween Talking Bass, Derec Bennet, Luke from Become a Bassist and Bass Buzz. I also waych SBL but only the free stuff.

I was sick of getting spammed by SBL for free reign across YT now. 

Free is good for me for the moment.... regards, Chris

On 24/05/2020 at 18:25, Barking Spiders said:

I find Scott an affable bloke and easy to watch. I like his chatty approach and find he's good at explaining techniques etc. But not being a pro I'm not bothered about a bass education as such. At 50 I know what I like and like what I know. I primarily like playing slap and fingerstyle funk bass with a lump or two of reggae and disco thrown in.  So I won't be shelling out any moolah on Player's Path.  It's probably a good idea for younger newbies and intermediates wanting to go pro but for old lags I'd say hold onto your dosh. After checking out many online bass teachers, for my money Mark Smith's Talking Bass is the best for me, esp for his slap lessons. Don't get me wrong, there are some very good guys from the US and other countries but I connect more easily with Mark's Leeds accent and his explanations are crisp and easy to follow.

I really like Bass Buzz, like here the explanation and practical applications for free are really, really awesome..  interesting banana!

Bass Buzz is awesome, his explanation and music offerings for scales as shown here knock SBL into the dust, no money changing hands either..Sorry Scott.. 

47 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

Stick with it.

I have the humbucker version with the licenced Barts and it's lovely.  If it is of any help, I found that doing chromatic scales at first position helped a lot with string crossovers and generally getting used to the low B.  I then found that I was enjoying my four stringers a bit more as they were more open spaced.

I don't like doing drop tunings as a rule so it's good to have the five for those brass rich Northern Soul numbers.

Best of luck with it.

Cheers Spondon, will definitely persevere I think as its an awesome bass, just need to ensure I don't play any other for a bit. Cheers Mate. and others who have commented. Regards, Chris

11mm!