Veils

I've used Warwick basses in the past - as you can see from the av and I offloaded that to fund my Sandberg endorsement. Sandberg produce wonderful instruments, but already in the contact I have had with Warwick they have been far more approachable. To answer the question about the bass, I have pretty much free reign over what bass I have. Obviously I am not at the stage where I get it for completely free so it is up to me really what I want. But I already know I am going for a 5 string Streamer Stage I, and I would get it in Nirvana Black, but Darryl from Profane has exactly the same bass, and he filled in for me while I had a brief break from the band recently and he would probably think I am going to start stalking him so I am thinking maybe green......guess I will just have to see in the flesh what they look like!

Fortunately I have joined a band which has a bit of a rep before things have even kicked off, probably due to the bands of the previous members. I decided yesterday that I may as well chance my arm at chasing up some endorsements, after all I have been endorsed through a band with much less clobber. So I decided to email Warwick.........low and behold I have been accepted!!!! I have to travel to Germany to go and meet the guys at their HQ, play on some gear and then have me a nice shiny new bass and maybe an amp too!!! I really cannot believe my luck!!!

I reckon they are likely to be pretty similar in feel and build quality to Sandbergs, if this is the case, buy one

Ya I spotted the Clovers a lil while back and was interested straight away. They look real nice and Delano pups are just the bomb [=

As I am sure a few people on this forum will have seen before, I totally rave about Sandberg basses. Despite a big fall out with the guys at Synergy Distribution regarding a former endorsement, I have decided to go a bit crazy and take out a big loan to treat myself to a new bass. Now when I initially had this idea a few weeks ago, there would have been no competition for a Cali JM5, but I went into a shop and had a bash on a Spector Euro LX 5 and for the price I was totally blown away by the sound, feel and ease of which I could play it despite being so hung over I was shaking like a leaf, made the shop reek of booze and had to wear my aviators indoors. The specific Spector I am looking at is for sale on this forum and has a Schack eq fitted, so I guess I want to know peoples opinions on that as well as Spectors in general. The Sandberg it is going up against is this one - [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/sandberg_california_jm5_mn_bb.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/sandberg_california_jm5_mn_bb.htm[/url] I already know what to expect from this bass and know it is gorgeous Oh what should I do?! If anyone has alternatives my budget is about a grand........

Sound Control in Salford might have a few decent ones or maybe Music Ground on Oxford Road. Aside from that I don't really know where to suggest.

Many thanks, will give it a whirl and see what the outcome is and then report back

I have just bought one of the slightly older SVT3 heads from a very pleasant young chappy on this forum. Now on receiving said amp, I plugged it in to find that it was VERY quiet. Having the volume and gain on half and the eq volume on pretty much full gave me sufficient volume to play along to a cd. Now I have since discovered that the cab is a 4ohm jobby which is even more alarming because that should mean I am louder?! Also the tube gain knob makes some rather odd crackly noises when turning it and when i turn it right down the sound actually cuts out altogether for a brief second then comes back. I don't want to have to send the amp back but I aint so keen on the idea of having an amp that I have forked out for which needs lots of repairs so if anyone can give me any idea what it could be that would be great =) The chap I purchased from informs me the tubes are all in working order......

Me me me!! I am coming and will be bringing the following - 1 x crate of Tennents Super T (or equivalent revolting tramp fodder) 1 x inflatable kangaroo maybe a bass or two

I might well be up for this, I used to live in St Annes so I know one or two places and if I find a place to crash I would probably be up for a few ales after

Thanks for all the info guys it's mega helpful As for pricing, I don't want to cut corners to make it cheaper and compromise on quality, but I am aware of the fact that a home brewed cab will be much better value for money than buying the usual cabs. Thanks again everyone!!

Yeah I have just had a read through the sticky'd cab thread as well. I'm keen to get an idea as to how much the cabs are going to cost me to build really more than anything.

Hey there I am thinking of putting together some home made cabs and just wondered what peoples experiences were in terms of price and performance? I have just bought me an Ampeg SVT 3 and fancy something more cost effective than paying for Ampeg cabs, probably thinking of the usual combination of 10's and 15's - nothing too clever! If anyone has any recommendations that would be great =) J