leschirons

Owned 2 Status basses, a 4 and a 6er, both headed. Usual Hyperactive electronics. I was in a function band at the time and managed to cover everything from Chic to Deep Purple with them. Great basses, great build quality and not just a slapper's delight (although they do excell at that if you want. If you love the weight of your Jack, try to find an old headed energy (not the energy artiste) Cheap as chips for what they are and weigh nothing.

I would go for a head that takes 2 cabs and delivers full power into 4 ohms simply down to the reason that 8 ohm cabs are plentyfull and, with more choice, you get cheaper prices. I used to use my Eden 500 head bridged with one 4x10 8ohm cab to achieve full power but most amps don't have that option. My only other alternative would have been to buy two 4 ohm cabs and that would have cost a fortune.

There was no mute on the front of my Eden WT500. I just used to connect the Tuner out to the "In on the tuner and that was it. Only problem is, most tuners, if they are battery powered, will be switched on when the jack is inserted even if the tuner is in the off position so you could drain batteries if you leave it connected for a whole gig. The tuner out on the Edens works great for putting another signal to a second rig for a bi-amp set-up. I used to take the signal to a second Eden (CXC300 2x12) to get the desired bottom end sound and then use the main rig (4x10s) for the middle and top end.

I bought a secondhand Zoom 507B (or something like that) for about £15 off Ebay. That has loads of synth patches on it. I managed to find one that captured the Ghostbusters sound pretty well.

Just bought a secondhand MAG 400 off another BCer and to be honest, it sounds great and it feels solid and well made.

I think it's an ampere charging meter from a 1954 Austin Healey

I understand the plan at Markbass was to actually make an amp that gives you the sound of your bass when all controls are neutral. I don't touch mine, just the VPF. Any other tweeks are on the bass. (And I can lift it, heaven)

A mate of mine has the 100 watt 1 x 15 version of that and it weighs a f***ing ton. Pick it up in the shop before you pay for it. Sounds great though. May be worth checking out the lightweight Genz Benz stuff. Bass Direct had some really good deals on those and then just pick up a 2x10 or a 1x15.

I gig with a Markbass 103H and had no backup but I've just bought an Ashdown 2x10 redface off of Nancy Johnson on BC (nice bloke) to use at a little regular music club gig and will now take that as a spare to larger gigs although I don't expect any breakdowns with the Markbass.

[quote name='Jase' post='441455' date='Mar 22 2009, 01:36 AM']That it does.[/quote] You must be as sad as me posting at that time of the morning.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='441932' date='Mar 22 2009, 08:15 PM']If you have lost interest in playing music why not start a Prog Rock band ? [/quote] Ooooh bitchy, put the claws away.

Here's mine. I think it looks pretty cool.

My main bass is a 5 string as it suits me but in your situation, I make you right. If I use my 4 string jazz, I only ever use the G string for pops when slapping. If I play "notes" on the G, it usually gets drowned in the mix anyway around the 3rd to 7th frets but then, that is the nature of a Jazz bass.

Stopped using PMT years ago. I used to live close by to the original in Southend when Simon and Terry used to actually serve in the shop. Me and my mates had spent over £12,000 in the shop up until then. I bought a new Fender USA jazz 5 and was told that I had to pay an extra £90 for the Fender hard case. When I checked the Fender website. It was listed as an "outfit" including the hard case. I raised the point and they agreed, after a row, that maybe they'd been hasty in asking for the extra and offered me a non Fender case FOC. I declined and never went back. (Nor did my mates)

Looks great, well done and, what a coincidence, Travis Perkins are just putting the finishing touches on my first signature bass.

Don't buy it. They're absolute sh*te. I don't really know that, I'm just trying to help.

[quote name='William James Easton' post='432876' date='Mar 12 2009, 09:01 PM']i cant find anyone else. bassists are easy to find coz basses are easy to play! [/quote] Hmm, easy to play? That's alright then. For a moment, there I thought it was hard when trying to nail that Stanley Clarke number. Don't give up, just look for others to play with. Your two mates aren't the only two other musicians in the country and if your thinking of packing it in just because of that, then maybe it wasn't that much of a passion in the first place. Playing in a pub band can still be fullfilling. 75% of it for me was the crack with the other guys in the band NOT, just the songs. You can always stick the odd original in the set if it's good enough. That's the real acid test in a pub normally associated with covers bands.

Fwee Wodderwick

Had this problem myself and it took a while to get out of bad habits. Now I keep my fore-arm and wrist on the same plane and the pain has gone.

Check out MarloweDK on Youtube. Ignore the smug look like he's thinking about what he's going to buy at Tescos that afternoon.

In the current climate, there is no need to put up with bad service or product quality and, as an "ex" employer of staff, I would want to know which of my staff are f***ing up my business. I fugure that you'd be helping out the owner by telling him what's happened and why it's cost him a sale. However, if you then accept the bass or cab at a discount, it's sort of going back on your principles as you obviously wanted "unmarked brand new" gear in the first place.