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Yeah.. I'd be interested to hear what ppl think now they have 'em....... I was the guy who ended up with the ex-demo [b]neopak 3.5[/b].... I'm well pleased with it, though for a moment I was worried that it might be a bit underpowered... but to be honest it kicks it out as much as my T-max did (& that was 500w into 4ohms) I guess the neopak is similar to the shuttle 6, EQ wise anyway.... it was pretty cool when I plugged in with everything flat...(& I'm glad it's not as compact as the shuttles!... my failing eyesight needs bigger knobs, these days!) but I reckon I'll still be tweaking it from gig to gig for some time.....

[quote name='Funkmaster' post='224714' date='Jun 23 2008, 09:04 AM']Mine was a horrible, horrible short scale Jedson bass - with those horrible slidy on/off switches for the pickups - which invariably got knocked, muting the guitar, when plucking entusiastically! It was 1973 and it was £19.50 from Contact in Leeds. And I was 15[/quote] Yes.... me too!..... I was 13, what a horrible bass it was! (though I wouldn't have known it at the time) I didn't really start to learn how to play till several years later... it sat in the corner of my room trying to look cool for a couple of years... I eventually sold it at school... & got an Audition bass from Woolworth's, £10 coz it was shop soiled & had a string missing... Then the journey really began... can't find a pic .....

[quote name='Josh' post='225096' date='Jun 23 2008, 03:37 PM']Ooooo errrrr what happened to the ol' Peavey set-up Dave???[/quote] Hi Josh..... How you doin? .... in the process of selling me old Peavey/Trace gear Genz Benz & Bergantino! ...like Garlic Bread, it's the future!

[quote name='phsycoandy' post='224449' date='Jun 22 2008, 09:00 PM']That looks great, any soundclips?[/quote] no, sorry!.... ..... might get round to sorting some.... Genz Benz & Bergantino do seem to compliment each other very well though... had a job getting what I wanted out of those cabs before the neo-pak arrived

[quote name='steve-soar' post='224279' date='Jun 22 2008, 05:20 PM']That's what a bass rig should look like, as tall as the bassist.[/quote] ...But my GB & Bergs is as tall as me! ...... if I was a midget it would be! All that SWR..... [b]monster monster!!![/b] must sound teriffic!.......

[quote name='steve-soar' post='224105' date='Jun 22 2008, 12:54 PM']Ooooh, that's nice, how does it sound?[/quote] I'm Chuffed to bits with it!... it's warm, Phatt, punchy as hell & has a clarity I've never known before.... & oh so very portable!..... (which was the original reason I started looking for a change....)

[quote name='backwater' date='Jun 20 2008, 09:42 AM']gigged with a peavey 2x15 and head for a while - I got my rig for free from a band I worked with as they couldn't lift it - the 2x15 was referred to as "the wardrobe"![/quote] [quote name='johnnylager' post='223402' date='Jun 21 2008, 06:55 AM']Mark IV head - brutal! I had one of these through a Sunn 2x15 and it was awesome, best bass sound I ever had. Why did I sell it?[/quote] [b]Brutal indeed!..... & You could hide your dead grandmother in that bottom cab![/b]

Here's the new one!....[b]Genz Benz Neo-Pak & Bergantino AE112's[/b](..with trusty 'Ray) 1st gig with it last night... the affair begins!...

another sweaty bastard here!.... I wipe down with 'fast fret' after a gig..... I think it helps with the life of 'em but can sometimes leave a 'rubbery' feel to the strings (!?)

[quote name='johnnylager' post='219843' date='Jun 16 2008, 01:56 PM']Totally. Lot of Jazz bass on the early Hawkwind stuff, apparently...[/quote] Well.... if by jazz you mean creative use of blues & pentatonic scales & very rhythmic double stops thumpin' away under the lengthy solo sections... [b][i]nice![/i][/b] ...he had a better sound back then too... more bass in it... The cover of that album blew me away!... as a young teenager!

+1 to what warwickhunt said.... I'm finding the 2 1x12 bergs have all the bottom end I could want.... but it's different, it's more focused.... which I'm getting used to... I need the Genz Benz head (this week hopefully) ...coz the peavey T-max was thinner sounding in comparison, when I had 'em standing next to each other with the EQ flat on both... I'm having to boost the bottom end quite a bit with the peavey & duck the hi-mids... The Bergs are ported at the back, which also makes a difference.... where I put 'em on stage, closeness to walls etc... Compared to the Trace cabs..... carrying the bergs is a real treat!... sound is such a subjective, personal thing.... you will have to try stuff for yourself to know if it suits you.. & even then it may not be immediate.. What sounds terrific on it's own, may not work in a band situation with everyone elses frequencies swallowing up your own!

Looking forward to that!.... Mr Rock 'n' f***ing Roll! What Lemmy did on the Hawkwind album, 'Space Ritual' made me wanna start playing!

[b]I'm also in the process of changing my rig[/b].... it seems to be working out a bit like moving house!..... stressful & eating into the rest of my life..... I just want it over so I can settle into my new sound!.... I have been using a Peavey T-Max head & originally had the Peavey 4x10 & 1x15 cabs... real back breakers indeed!.. but swopped them for Trace Elliot 2x10H & 1x15 cabs & used that set up for many years... & it has served me well.. I've eventually got pissed off with the weight of the TE cabs too & after borrowing a mates SWR Goliath Jr III 2x10 (coz it seemed lighter & smaller than my TE 2x10) it became apparent that I wanted to take a look at my sound as well! ... the SWR cab was so much more focused & had a clarity that meant I could hear myself much better, particularly in gigs with sh*te acoustics... So the journey started! 1st off, I sourced a SWR 1x15 son of bertha to try with the Goliath 2x10... sound - a definite improvement.... but the bertha was pretty bulky, in fact it was more difficult to shift about than the trace stuff... so I started looking at the option of neo speakers... I ended up at Bass Direct to try the Bergantino AE cabs... Mark at Bass direct is an absolute star! ...the most helpful & educational shopping experience I have ever had when buying music gear!... So after a couple of hours, I drive away with 2 Bergantino AE 112's ... very portable, a monster sound (punchy, fat & warm with a clarity I hadn't experienced before...) & classy looking to boot!.... I still have to wait for the Genz Benz neo-pak head that complimented the cabs so well.... (should be with me next week!) So I've been between worlds, tweaking the T-Max to get the best out of it through the bergs ... trying to sell my old cabs (...still got the 2x10!) & I'm not wanting to get too used to the sound I'm getting now, coz it will all change again when the neo-pak arrives (for the better ....I'm sure... !?!) I've got about 3 more gigs before I can start working my Genz Benz/Bergantino rig........

I've just bought two AE112's... & am amazed at how much sound comes out of such small & lightweight boxes! up to now I've been a 2x10 + 1x15 kind of guy... but the bergs deliver as much punch as I could wish for & a phatt warm bottom! with such clarity.... very impressed indeed! These seem very 'articulate' cabs... they reproduce exactly what you put through 'em & I have had to fiddle about quite a bit to get what I want to hear from my Peavey T-max head..... (soon to be replaced with a Genz Benz neo-pak 3.5) portability had become an issue for me & Genz Benz + Bergantino neo's seems the ideal solution... I guess with any drastic change in sound.... I will be tweaking about for a while before settling in with it....