alexisonfire

Thought I'd give you guys a heads up as this seems a bit of a steal ... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sandberg-California-Active-Bass-Guitar-P-Bass-/260596628623?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cacc4fc8f"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sandberg-California-...=item3cacc4fc8f[/url]

I need to try some out, difficult considering you can't just walk into normal music shops an find these. Am I right in thinking there's a couple of shops in LDN where I'll vintage stuff?

Having a quick look at the prices of the 60's, I'll be saving a for a little bit too long

I'm thinking about starting to save for a nice vintage P bass. What are peoples opinions on what the better years from the 70's are?

I've had my JM4 for a couple of months now and up until now I had only played it through my AD200b + 410hlf. I've started keeping the head in my room so no one could mess around with it when I'm not there. So my house mate has gone out and bough a Marshall MB4210 for band pracs because he was using my setup. Obviously we had to compare, different combination's of gear ect. He uses an Epi Tbird, I'd go as far as saying the Marshall is worth the money for the price. The modern channel is god damn awful (imo) but the classic channel is good. It has one ECC83 pre amp valve that gives it a little bit of growl which is a nice tone for the price. (This is using the Tbird). So then I plug in the Sandberg ... S**t Son!! It sounded so damn nice (obviously not on par with my Orange). I didn't realise until now how much of a difference a decent bass makes to the tone. Plugging into the Orange there's already an amazing tone there, the bass just adds its own characteristics to the tone. Through a cheap amp you can really appreciate the quality and the tone just from the bass without aid of an expensive amp. Anyway, I will be quiet now!

£2,085.20 just for the head Might be better of finding a used US CL for about £800 and sticking the same valves as the heritage in?

It would of been cool if the new cabs looked more like the classic series imo

Doh! I kind of wish it's a shuttle or lm2 right now, my cars broken and it looks like Im gonna have to take it on the train

Would I be better off taking it back to the shop?

Ello, After a couple hours of playing the output fuses blew on my AD200b, I rang orange and they're sending out some new output valves for me to fit as they said it would be easy. Wouldn't I have to bias the amp though? There is no way I'd attempt to do that myself, I'm the kind of person that would manage to electrocute myself changing a light bulb! The only reason I can think as to why I wouldn't need to bias the amp is because the amps brand new and the valves will be the same? Opinions please people. Thanks.

[quote name='attackbass' post='720698' date='Jan 22 2010, 12:22 AM']I have the complete Orange rig, and in my opinion it owns the ampeg. The eq isn't the most versatile especially with the mids but sounds great none the less! It's also nothing a graphic eq pedal can't solve if you need for sculpting of your tone. Just thought i'd mention that Cancer Bats do you the orange head over here in the UK but Jay runs his own preamp before it.. think it was called a morris?... which is pretty much accounts for his full on distorted tone and keeps the orange head relatively clean.[/quote] Morr-Bat pedal, Morris amps, they'll make you a similar one for £200.

But you NEED it in orange