GremlinAndy

[quote name='budget bassist' post='334459' date='Nov 22 2008, 03:23 PM']Haha i'd like to see you do that with my ashdown MAG cabs, 30KG a piece!! my rig comes to about 70kg in total, and it's not even that big! [/quote]
Well, I had an SWR rig a couple of years ago, and after humping those hunks of lead up flights of stairs, I SWORE I'd buy a lighter rig.
So I know what you mean about Small box, big weight. ...and at a none too sprightly 48 I'm not exactly built for humping the heavy gear around these days.

The only problem is I took the approach that because it's half the weight, I can get twice as much! So the net is probably similar, but I have to make more journeys to move it around. Doh. I'm a buffoon.



But that's a very LOUD buffoon.

Ooooh There's some REALLY tasty stuff out there. Loving the TecAmp stack! And The EBS must be a beastly sounding rig too. What do those cabs have in them?

The honest and slightly sickening truth is that I think my DB680 valves give a goodly amount of natural compression and I *think* I may not need it on the bass. An expensive lesson learned there, but there's no way to try before you buy with this kind of gear.
It seems to be doing a good job when switched to deliver the musical harmonics and with a bit of disto, but I love the sounds from the DB680 when plugged direct, so it's a difficult call to say if it's actually improving on my (to my taste) near perfect signal.
It's still a bit early to tell because I only used it once at rehearsal (last weekend), but It may end up in the studio rack for vocals etc... Gonna give it another go today, so I'll let you know how I get on.

Heh heh
Well ...in fairness I don't ever think I'll NEED to use the whole rig. But it's nice to know it's there if I do.
You can see just how tiny it is too. The cabs are only as high as a bass when stacked. It will all fit in my car in one go. ...And have room for other stuff too.

The new 1515L's are UNBELIEVABLY light. I can lift one, one-handed at arms length, to shoulder height briefly.

Lol Yeah, They are... Not part of the rig though.



I get such bad gas.



A couple of those Warwicks will be very familiar to you John, no?

oooof If I hadn't already bought 2 x schroeder 1515L's and a Distressor this month I'd be all over that!
It's the exact bass I'm looking for.

That Roscoe has a superb finish... love it!

It's an *interesting* bass. I think it would look great relic'd as if it was made of iron. Lot's of rusty dark browns, and bright orange bloom in the corners. Wicked!

Some porn for you (Hopefully)

The new rig. 2x21012L's + 2x1515L's (The 2 1515L's arrived today, and are yet to be heard. I'll be surprised if I can't make God tremble)



Not using the Distressor yet. Only arrived last week.
(The Missing piece from the rack is The Aguilar Agro which is in my Studio Rig at the moment. But something will have to go...).


Basses. (Modulus VJ4, SS1, Streamer ltd 87, Thumb NT4, Thumb NT5, Thumb NT4, and my old '88 Ibanez SR1000E FB)

Well.
I own a few bits which have famous connections...

A 1 unit rack fan which belonged to Mark King. (The MK stuff is like tits on pigs, there's that much of it!) also I don't think it was altogether responsible for his destinctive sound tbh.
I also own 2 x A.S.S. built, Ashdown folded horns. One was part of John Entwistles rig, the other belonged to U2's Adam Clayton. Though I have no absolute proof for either.
I bought 23k of powersoft amps, which were part of a hire rig used by ... shhh Robbie Williams. Maybe thats why it was for sale? (unclean unclean!)
An Amp rack bought of a Basschatter (who's has been on telly himself recently) sprayed with the monika "Cocteau Twins" ...I know I know, but you asked.
And finally: I won a quiz at a drum clinic YEARS ago, and the prize was a set of drum sticks used by Cozy Powell that night. But I gave then to our drummer who just used them...


Nothing quite so cool as Phil Lynotts bass. (Well, ...maybe the Entwistle cab, but then I'm not a big fan myself, so it's just another cab to me.. Plus a bass is an extension of the person, and a cab is just a box that makes a sound.)

It really is a matter of taste. And with *ANYTHING* which makes a bold statement you'll have people loving and hating, since it is hard to sit on the fence with such a striking paintjob.

It's the marmite factor.

Personally I think it looks FECKING ACE!!!

[quote name='escholl' post='321291' date='Nov 3 2008, 08:22 PM']

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Do you know, back in the day (back when you could buy these new) I absolutely DETESTED the looks of H&H... And yet here today, what 25/30 years later, and they look VERY tasty and more classic than I could have ever imagined. Thats a great looking rig you have there buddy!

OOoooof I offered £1500 back in April. And back then I knew that was unacceptibly low.
This current slump is really bad for Warwick owners. (I have 2 x NT4 Thumbs, 1 x NT5 and 2 x SS1 So no one feels it more than I do.)


BUT ...Now is the best time to speculate to accumulate! Guys if you want ever wanted a Warwick now would be a great time to buy! And this is a really desirable machine.


Andy (Bump)

I've just been catching up on the new Hartke reviews. I like the theory they seem to be using with the new amp. Get a great sound from a simple amp, give it plenty of watts and bobs your uncle. I mean I HATE Hartke stuff from my experiences of owning it. But if just half of what is being said about this is true then they have a winner. I won't buy it myself, because I just don't trust the stuff, and there are plenty of alternatives out there. But good luck to em.

Andy

On returning to bass after a 10 year break I decided to buy a Hartke HA7000. No matter what I did I couldn't get a good sound from it. (Through a Son Of Bertha and a Goliath Jr cabs) It always sounded very unpleasant to my ears...
I'm sure some people don't mind the sound they get, but I HATED it, like no other amp I ever owned. I can't comment on the reliability, as I didn't keep it long enough, but I would NEVER buy Hartke again based on my experiences.

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='328884' date='Nov 14 2008, 09:26 AM']That's exactly the thing we're trying to get away from Andy. We've been using a rig comprising 3x Peavey 2600 power amps, a crossover, reverb unit, MD player (+the light controllers) - in a Gator roller case that took 3 of us to lift out of a van - powering 2x Wharfedale LX18MBs, 2x Wharfedale LX15Bs and 2x Wharfedale LX15s and run with an Allen and Heath GL2400 24 channel desk, most of which we sold off through the classifieds on this site as it was far too much for our needs.
The best part of 8kW is overkill for most of the gigs we do, which really only require a vocal PA these days, so we were looking for a pair of compact, quality powered 12s and had heard a lot of good things about RCF. They fit our criteria well too - fairly powerful for the application we need, plus with Neo drivers and Class D amps, they only weigh 18kg, and I believe RCF are still manufacturing in Italy (not that I think there is anything wrong with Chinese stuff - I have a Chinese made Ashdown ABM and an Epiphone Valve Junior and neither has ever given me any grief).
Our thoughts are that if we ever require a full on system, we can hire one in with an engineer and add it to our fee if necessary. There is also room to expand our system with a pair of powered subs if necessary.

So whilst it might be a good system, it's no longer the sort of thing we're looking for.[/quote]


Aye I understand. You wanna scale back... I thought you were looking for a budget first PA. Apologies. I bought a lot of new stuff from Thomman myself, but later found it cheaper locally, so I can't recommend them...

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='328887' date='Nov 14 2008, 09:30 AM']PA's prob the one thing I wouldn't buy used from Ebay - you don't know where it's been/how hard it's been thrashed.

One thing I defo wouldn't buy is a secondhand mic. A singer in my last band bought used SM58s from Ebay. Imagine the germs in those. Eurgh. [/quote]

What an odd thing to say. A cab is only a recone away from being like new IMO. Admittedly amps are a different matter, but those I'd buy new anyway.
The one thing *I* wouldn't buy in a PA is the plastic cabs... (would you buy a plastic bass cab?) but each to his own.

However ...I'm stuck in the 80's, so I prefer the big back-breakingly heavy blue cabs

Sennheiser HD215? Hmmm Might have to give them a try. I need to buy 3 or 4 lots of cans for our rehearsal room.

[quote name='Chopthebass' post='327922' date='Nov 12 2008, 08:29 PM']We have a complete PA system available in 4 gigs time. All going cheap. Two Mackie M1400i amps, subs, Peavey tops, crossover, FX, mixer, case, leads....[/quote]


Sounds ok, price dependant buddy. A ready made solution. Maybe you should enquire how much Chop wants...

Andy

Hi Damo! How's things buddy? He's in Edinburgh (see 'From' in his member description). Doh!

Now get back to work you monkey! (LOL)



Andy

Well it *is* said that these sound as good as a DB680. But that's a *bit* rich for my blood. ...Especially in the week I bought an Empirical Labs Distressor.

Good luck mate. It would make a fantastic back up/fallback pre in my rig. If someone doesn't snap this up by the end of the month (my next payday) I'll get back to you and talk turkey.

Andy

Did someone sneak in through the (PM) backdoor on this? Dang there's protocols to observe here guys....

E-bay.
Seriously if you aren't in a hurry, you'll get much better/more from your money, by buying used. Just bide your time and research the kit you actually want.
There's used PA gear on the "squatjuice" forums too.

Conversely if you want overpriced chinese crapola, but with the security of a two year warranty go to your local Noisecontrol.
They will have something which will function and suit your needs, hopefully.

Hope that helps in some way.
Andy

I use Warwick EMP's While I can't compare them with Elixirs, as I haven't tried them, I *can* compare them with the Warwick black labels I used to swear by.
From the box they are slightly less bright, but only very slightly less so. However the pay off comes from the longevity.
I reckon a set of Black Labels last me about 6 to 8 hours of punctuated playing before becoming deader than I like... However the EMPs, ...well I haven't changed them yet after, I guess, 20 or 25 hours. I dunno how much longer they'll go on, but they already paid for themsleves over the Black labels.

[quote name='funkyaz77' post='321999' date='Nov 4 2008, 05:47 PM']QSC 2402 + Aguilar DB659 for sale, Owned for 8 months and everything works fine the only reason I am selling is because I want a all in one amp head and don't want 2 units. I might keep the Aguilar because its such a fine unit with twin tube preamp!

The QSC 2402 is rated at 2400w at 4ohms! dual channel and is so quiet!!

I can split both I am open to offers but am looking for £350 for the QSC as it is the QSC 2402 PLX the new design!

Look forward to hearing from you! Both items are and have been rack cased!

Take it easy and speak to you soon [/quote]


I'd be interested to know what you want for the 659. I'm mightily tempted by that.