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Wattage isn't necessarily volume, as I said - Markbass, Ashdown and the Trace Elliot rigs I've owned were all 300 Watts. The Markbass with an extension cab is louder than the Trace and Ashdown setups by a flying mile! In fact the 300 watt Markbass is easily on a par with most 500 watt amps volume wise, and the smooth and syrupy midrange punches through the mix extremely well! Ashdown ABM series do sound great though, quite a dark and wooly sound. Never had any problems with any of my amps, they were all well kept and maintained properly. I guess I got lucky with the quality of them all too! Reliability of my Markbass has been absolutely fine, seems a very solid and roadworthy amp, very rugged feel about it. Give all the amps a try back to back, then try picking them up and see which one works for you. At the end of the day, personal taste will be the decider! All the best of luck =]
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Have a look at Billy Sheehan's signature Yamaha Attitude II bass! It's passive too! Be careful when deciding on a bass with active/passive switching basses. Some circuits still drain your battery even when running on passive mode, go for a true bypass to avoid it. You can have that modification put in if needs be!
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Having been the proud owner of both brands, I currently use Markbass! The Ashdown sounded great, I'm not saying it wasn't a brilliant amp, but the Markbass has some serious punch and cuts through the mix great. I have the 2x10 wedge combo that kicks back at a 45 degree angle so you can hear it better onstage - it works an absolute treat! And nobody else on stage complains that you're too loud either, it just projects the sound in the right direction. You have the option of not leaning it back also, just helps for preference! I had an Ashdown MAG 210 combo before, and it weighed a noticeable amount more than the Markbass. If you suffer from back problems, I would advise against it, maybe go for a separate head and cab of whichever amp you decide on. I was a little iffy about spending £700 on a 2x10, but after trying it out, I had to have it! Both amps had exactly the same speaker layout, 2x10 and a tweeter. Both were also 300 watts. While the ashdown had a very wooly sound, the Markbass's two filters make it possible to get from the most oldskool bass tone, right up to the deep and mid-scooped Ampeg SVT type sound. The Markbass has a LOT of cojones for such a small and light amp, yes I'm preaching about it because it's served me well! After lugging around a Trace Elliot stack for two years, it made me appreciate the noise to weight ratio! A great all-round tone is to have the VPF (Variable Preshape Filter - midscoop) on nearly full, then dial in some VLE (Vintage Loudspeaker Emulator - almost like a passive tone roll off) until it softens the sound a little. I haven't struggled to get any kind of tone out of the Markbass, it's incredibly versatile. All in all, the Markbass delivered more volume, punch, tonal diversity and a damn cool colour scheme! That's from my experiences anyway, hope it can be of some use!
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Thanks for the replies guys! Nick that's quite a relief to hear! I'm working on it every day, and am gradually feeling it coming together. It'll be a while before I can read using that technique, but hopefully in years to come... Garrison's technique has been great, and certainly makes faster runs a lot more comfortable. I can't groove with it yet though! Mike, your 4 finger groove video was excellent! Found it very helpful and a lot of killer lines in there =D Keep those ramp pictures coming!
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Go with Markbass, it's equally brightly coloured! I play through the 210 combo, 300 watts and it's so loud for its size and weight. Sounds brilliant too! Very versatile little amp. Disclaimer: I'm not an endorsee! I can dream though...
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[quote name='josh3184' post='418841' date='Feb 24 2009, 10:26 PM']probably being thick here but what on earth are these techniques you're on aboot?[/quote] Here's Matt Garrison's technique: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7tIfOHruZA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7tIfOHruZA[/url] And here's a list of youtube videos to Gary Willis' instructional video "Progressive Bassics" [url="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=Gary+Willis+Progressive+Bassics&aq=f"]http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type...assics&aq=f[/url] Enjoy!
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Wow, those are some great looking basses! I didn't have to radius the one on my Yamaha, it's practically flat. How did you guys radius the ramps? I can't find a radiusing block in 400mm... I'm not the most skilled at judging by eye is the main problem, otherwise sandpaper would do me fine!
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Tried a Sei, balanced great, sounded amazing and had a slimmer neck than the Status basses I've tried! It felt a bit lighter too, the graphite can weigh a bit... But it sounds killer! =D
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Personally I couldn't afford a Fodera, they look amazing though! At the same time, Hadrien Feraud owns a Beez Elite 5 custom built to the specs of his Burner 5 which he plays more often. He gets a similarly great sound out of both basses because of technique and the VLE filter on the Markbass amp! The price difference between the two basses is comfortably £5000, probably more. I see him playing his burner over anything else, and the guy has flawless technique, tone and makes any bass he plays sound great. To the Anthony Jackson signature, AJ sounds great on any bass too! He uses technique to get different tones rather than two pickups. If you really want to go nuts getting a good tone, replace the pickups and circuit, or use a Boss GT10-B. It's a cheaper way to create the tone you've always been after! Sticking a Schack circuit in my Ibanez SR506 turned it into a whole new monster...
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Here's a pic taken in a band practise in my basement some time ago! Not a close up of the bass, but that is the exact bass being sold... It's the one on the left! The other two are guitars... That's just light glare, the white on the bass. Better photos coming Thursday night, around 10pm! -
Hey all, I'm looking to sell a bass I bought a while back as a fan of Dream Theater, and now am in need of money as a student. It's the only 6 string bass I own that hasn't been tampered with or modified with anything that could reduce the value of it, this bass has all original parts. I'm asking for £600 for the bass and the hard case it will include. Read on for more info. I'm putting the bass on ebay this weekend as I can't afford to keep it sadly. It's been sitting in a case since about early 2008 and not seen daylight since I got my TRB 6P, my main bass. Playing mostly jazzy lighter music nowadays, I don't need the humbuckers and punchy deep tone the Myung bass has. While it's served me well, it's in excellent condition with one or two very minor cosmetic scratches on the back of the bass, no playing flaws, no dead frets etc. Features: -35" scale, nice tight B string! -Slim neck profile, very comfortable to play with natural wood finish on the back for no resistance in shifting like on a glossed neck. -3 band EQ -Two humbuckers -Gold coloured hardware -Ruby Red finish (can see natural wood through and looks classy!) -Ebony Fretboard -Cool "Infinity" Inlay! -Two Truss Rods The bass will include a hard case, which does have one of the corner protectors missing, but still works fine! I already have two other flight cases and need the space more than anything. String spacing is great, I think around 17mm so not too tight for those thinking of switching from a 4 string as I did. Great all round tone, it certainly worked for John Myung! The fretboard inlay is eye candy too, looks the part on stage. The bass only saw around maybe 9 gigs, when it was straight out of the case, and straight back into the case after. I wouldn't ever play this bass at a gig where it might get knocked or anything. It has been my pride and joy for a while, and I don't want to see it go. Tuning stability is fantastic, a real solid 6-bolt neck joint, intonation never needs adjusting and I'm fussy about tuning! Todd Johnson plays one of these basses in his older videos, before getting his signature bass. It sounded great in that jazz scenario as well as rock, sessions I was called for (theatre work, local gigs). Once again, it's an all-round great bass which I have held onto for as long as I could, but am getting a little short on cash now as a student and my bass collection is shrinking gradually. This is a bass I didn't want to let go of. Please PM me for any other details you wish to know. Collection available from Guildford (near London) or Cheltenham (Gloucestershire). I want to avoid postage if possible at the risk of the bass being damaged in transit, though I'm not ruling out postage altogether. Will deliver within a 50 mile range of either of the two towns, but petrol will need to be covered for me. I will do a final set up the bass before selling just so it'll serve the next owner well for a long time. I'll take a couple of pictures of this bass when I go back home for the weekend and stick them up Friday. Here's what the bass looks like, picture not taken by me. [url="http://www.fides.dti.ne.jp/~ritsuo/lesson/picture/RBX-JM_1.JPG"]http://www.fides.dti.ne.jp/~ritsuo/lesson/...re/RBX-JM_1.JPG[/url]
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Hey all, wondered if any of you have made the switch to use Willis' fingerstyle technique. I recently decided to change to do this as playing a 6 string caused all sorts of problems with muting with regular fingerstyle! How long has it taken you to get the technique to feel totally natural and do it without thinking? I'm still in the early stages of it and trying to relax while doing it! Any advice would be great =]