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  1. Beedster
    I'd play both sets on both basses and see which I prefer, there's plenty of characteristics of each instrument over and above the board material that could affect that decision.
  2. Beedster
    Great bass, gigged it many times in lieu of DB
  3. Beedster
    Might be an OK 70's Fender, but certainly not all original (e.g., neck worn/neck binding unworn etc). At the price it would have to be a magical instrument to tempt anyone seriously, and even so there's always going to be problems should you need to sell it down the line.
  4. Beedster
    Nice one mate, what an outstanding offer. I really hope I'm not stealing your thunder if I offer to throw in a nice loaded J-Bass body if it's going to a decent cause.
  5. Beedster
    Now that’s marketing
  6. Beedster
    I’d have the neck back in a heartbeat frankly, it’s 100% quality and 100% unique. Quality build you put together there mate. Chris
  7. Beedster
    It is a stunning neck, if I hadn't learned to love bigger necks on an fretless, this would still have been at my place! As suggested, the neck alone cost more than Graham is asking for the whole bass. It's also quite surprising how much easier blocks make playing a fretless on stage.
  8. Beedster
    Indeed, that was a very nice bass. One of those where the tone seems to come from the wood as well as the PUPs
  9. Beedster
    Yes, the Walkabout is a special amp, it's going to be really interesting to see how the newbie measures up
  10. Beedster
    Tone wise they're more similar than I'd expected, but it's soooooo easy to dial in a lovely low-mid-PBass-with-flats tone on the Walkabout, the Prodigy EQ seems pretty crude by comparison, and I'm not a great fan of the 'voice' idea either. I wouldn't say the Prodigy is more aggressively voiced, it certainly seemed a little more pronounced at the top end. Having said this, the Prodigy is a pretty amazing piece of engineering, and given it doesn't weigh a whole lot more than the Walkabout, and has the same footprint pretty much, it's one hell of a 250w all-tube amp (and it has the switchable 125w option also).
  11. Beedster
    Having just picked up a Prodigy, and having A/B'd it with my Walkabout, I would love to see the lovechild of those two amps, there's the magic of the Walkabout tone circuit, and those lovely Prodigy power tubes
  12. Beedster
    You should hang on to that Jay
  13. Beedster
    Thanks both, no issue with the drivers being diagonally aligned with one another then? Cheers Chris
  14. Beedster
    Interested to know peoples' thoughts on this arrangement of two 2x10s?
  15. Beedster
    Thanks for the responses guys, I A/B'd my two Mesa 2x10s with a few heads yesterday and, to my ears (and that's the key thing here I think), there was a loss of bass when stacked vertically. I'm guessing it was simply an increase in mids/highs plus the fact that these were hitting me at closer to ear level than I'm used to (I'm mostly using just the one cab on the floor). However, the upside was that I could really hear differences between heads that I perhaps might not have done using conventional horizontal layout. Main thing I learned yesterday? I miss my SVT. Ludicrously heavy, and a complete pain to rehearse and gig with, but nothing makes bass sound better. Might not be all that safe on top of a vertically stacked rig though
  16. Beedster
    Having done a bit of playing around with my two 2x10s, I’m interested in people’s preferences, experience, and thoughts. For example, is bass response enhanced when they’re in classic 4x10 formation? Cheers Chris
  17. Beedster
    You're all fired, I'm bringing back Big Beef Chief as head moderator
  18. Beedster
    Outright ownership of Basschat apparently
  19. Beedster
    Yep, iPhone
  20. Beedster
    Hi mate, no it was about 11.00 this morning, but it did mention Google, I didn;t spend much time checking, just shut it down quick
  21. Beedster
    I've had that as well
  22. Beedster
    I've used the recent B-15 reissue - essentially the same head as this albeit rated a little lower watts-wise - with DB and it sounded fantastic. I posted about it somewhere on the site, I'll see if I can find it. Either way, the combination of that lovely tubey bounce and the natural dynamics of the DB was pretty special.
  23. Beedster
    Spot on mate. I'm currently playing with a very loud drummer, and I thought I'd use the Mesa Walkabout rather than this. It turns out that there is not a whole lot of difference, at least not as much as I'd expected, so have opted for a Mesa Prodigy, which is a monster of a unit. So I have too many amps! This Ampeg is not a monster, but it's tonally perfect; there is a simplicity and no-nonsense vibe about it that I much prefer over my bigger amps. There's part of me that thinks I should sell the Walkabout and keep this, which I have to admit I more leaning towards as time goes on. The advantage with the Walkabout is a more versatile tone circuit, but hey, I play passive Precisions with flatwounds, there's not a whole lot of places to go tone-wise
  24. Beedster
    Natural finish always works well with denim I find
  25. Beedster
    Can I take the pickguard and thumb rest Walshy? Cheers Chris
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