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This one pretty much sums it up for me: Surine Regency X 6-string Warmoth Jazz/Gecko 4-string Benavente Vortex 6-string fretless Listerud Totem 7-string (now gone, alas)

After I started using the Roland V-Bass, I go DI both live and in the studio. Great sound, no hassle. No, really. I'm very happy with it.

I prefer passive in most cases. The passive ones are always transformer based - they have to be, as far as I understand it - and are thus isolated from the other side. It makes things easier when trying to solve ground loops and such. The active ones aren't usually transformer based, probably the more expensive ones are, but in the cheap class I definetly would choose a transformer based passive one in most cases. Like the Countryman DI or the small Whirlwind ones.

[b][url="http://www.accugroove.com/"]AccuGroove[/url][/b] ought to be mentioned. Very good sound, quite light wheight, rather expensive. I own a pair of Tri-112L cabs which I've done a bit of touring with, and I am even more pleased with them now, having experienced their unfailing good sound in a variety of venues. The Tri-112L cab is a three way system, with one 12" woofer, a 6" midrange driver, and two 1" textile dome tweeters. 8 ohm. Don't remember power handling, think it was 400 W or thereabout. Specs are on the [url="http://www.accugroove.com/"]web page[/url], you know. Lots of other cabs too. [url="http://hallgeir.no/bass/bassrig/photos1/photos1-Pages/Image1.html"][/url]

If you're after vintage [u]tone[/u], a modern bass with a properly fitted GK pickup and a Roland V-Bass will do. I know because I use such a system myself. (although I don't have [u]extensive[/u] experience with real vintage instruments.) I quite often use the vintage P model for the occations when that sound is fitting, which is quite often, actually. It also does the Rickenbacker sound, which I like, and vintage Jazz and Hofner, which I don't use all that often, being partial to the more rock-oriented tones. Perhaps sometime this summer, some afternoon when the weather is bad and I've nothing to do, I'll record some sound samples of these V-Bass models and post them on my web page..... so you can judge for yourself, eh?

Wow! Very cool. I remember seeing the fingerboard with the inlay earlier, good to see some progress. I think the Bee design is fabulous. And the cartoon-style rabbit inlay goes well with it. Love the woods, too.

Thanks! I wish I had written down what bass models I used for the various tracks. It's not always easy to hear - on some tunes the bass is a bit buried in the mix (mostly on the softer songs). I remember using the upright model on the track "Where I long to be", but it isn't easy to tell by listening to it.... The upright model sounds great though. Perhaps I ought to record some sound clips of the V-Bass alone.....

We were in the studio just after Easter holiday, and [url="http://hallgeir.no/bass/ansgar/ags-cd/"]here are some sound clips from the finished CD[/url]. Not very much - four clips about a minute long each. (the last clip is from a track by the Arc Singers from New Orleans) I used my Benavente fretless 6 and Surine fretted 6 through the Roland V-Bass for all tracks. Worked great.