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Check this out [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A93b2V7ymf8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A93b2V7ymf8[/url] After I saw this vid I rushed out to buy one. They look and sound great but only have one handle so you wouldn't want to carry it too far (although it does have wheels). As far as volume is concerned you get the full the full 350 watts through the 15" speaker and it should keep up with most drummers. It has a retro tone which I like and has great definition no mushy sound from this amp.

[quote name='4-string-thing' post='1194967' date='Apr 10 2011, 07:47 PM']I was once given some advice that I believe to be true "an amp is an amp is an amp, but get some good speakers and even a cheap amp will sound good"[/quote] +1 A decent amp (and the ashdown is decent) through a good set of speakers will improve your sound no end. Invest in a decent cab first and see what improvement that makes to your sound. Then if you like you can upgrade your amp at a later date.

Yes I agree. It's chemistry. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't but when it does, it makes me very glad I bought that cheapo bass guitar at 16. One of my better decisions.

I asked Gale Ann Dorsey on her facebook page about this. If you google vids of this song she very rarely plays it. She said it's because, on that tour, she liked playing his stratocaster and he liked playing slap bass for one song a set (usually he played rhythm guitar - and she's not really into slap). Tasty Geddy Jazz he's playing there by the way.

I bought a set of Fender 7250ML strings the other day and they were very good straight out of the pack. They're not expensive either -you can find them for around £13. My usual brand is DR Hi - Beams which are £28 and they compare well as far as sound goes.

[quote name='munkonthehill' post='1186539' date='Apr 3 2011, 10:00 AM']Man up men. WE ARE BASS PLAYERS........................BE PROUD.[/quote] I have to apologise for my fellow Scotsman...............he's from Glasgow.

I'm hoping they have dealt with the superfly and LG reliability issues because I do like Ashdown's other amps and a mini amp like this (that you can depend on) would be exactly what I need but all the stories of superflys and LGs overheating and cutting out put me off ever buying one which is sad because, as far a reliability is concerned, I haven't had any problems whatsoever with my amp. We only hear about unreliable ashdowns but never the ones that give years of reliable service. - I have a small Ashdown EB 15 combo (which I bought for £150 secondhand) which I use for smaller gigs and it is absolutely BOMBPROOF! It has been subject to 6 years of abuse, thrown down stairs, left in boots of cars in sub zero temps for weeks, got soaked in water, turned up to 11, used and abused and played for hours on end..........and it just keeps on going. It is one of the early ones made in the UK and it's totally indestructable.

I'm thinking of getting a TC amp head and this concerned me too. I did a bit of research and came up with this. Hope it's what you're after [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_sssnakespeakonadapter.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_sssnakespeakonadapter.htm[/url] Edit: although basic-bits looks cheaper.

[quote name='Thunderpaws' post='1181413' date='Mar 29 2011, 09:00 PM']If he lists again, keep away. I have ended up raising a concern with him via eBay and Paypal. I won the auction, agreed to pick up, then when I tried to pick up he changed the selling conditions (bank account problems apparently!) and made it impossible to get in contact with him to sort things out. My feeling is that he may have fake buyers for those previous bass guitars. I spoke to the other person that has left negative feedback and she had the same problem. g[/quote] Has he got a shed full of these? He sold two of them one in Jan 2011 and one in Feb. Hmmmmm

I think they look great but whenever I see somebody playing one it sounds prehistoric like a big woolly mammoth (and if it doesn't sound too woolly it sounds too twangy - and what's all that stereo malarky?)

Leave em wanting more! Nuff said.

[quote name='thinman' post='1178642' date='Mar 27 2011, 07:40 PM']However, I DO avoid using the moment to ostentatiously wave my left arm about or conspicuously dangle it limply by my side in a "look at me I only need one hand" style.[/quote] Hmmmm........that's where I'm going wrong. I must use open strings more often

Only open E consistantly because on a 4 string bass if I want to play a low E I don't have any other choice. playing open strings can be easier if you're playing in E,A,D,G as you can stay down the low end of the fretboard and there's less stretching across frets but damping open strings is something you have to be careful of and there is a marked difference in tone between fretted and open notes. I avoid it if I can as I have more control over a fretted note. I do notice that guitarists use a lot of open strings though especially in blues and country style riffs. It sounds good on guitar but not so great when played on bass.

Pimp my bass! Bootsy Collins would love it.

Well done mate you got through it and survived!!! I remember my first gig (a long time ago) and it was a nightmare but trust me you'll remember the first gig for ever........it will be imprinted on the inside of your skull.

[quote name='wesfinn' post='1176452' date='Mar 25 2011, 07:55 PM']so heres the bass all finished. I didn't have time to make a neck for this in the end so I decided to use a modified American Vintage 62 neck which I purchased off Clarky. I have put the fingerboard join radius in and slightly reshaped the back of the neck, refinned with nitro and aged. the fingerboard is lovely and dark too! The bass has all the old early 60's hardware on it now including a 62 bridge, 62 tuners, 61 string tree, all early 60's screws, 59 thumb rest etc. (thanks to 99ster for who I purchased a lot of the hardware from) so here it is.[/quote] Does it have rotosound trubass strings on it as well. I always heard they were Herbie's string of choice.

[center]Here's my newest Jazz a MIJ 62 Reissue [/center] [center][attachment=75645:web_bass.jpg][[/center] [center]And my MIJ Geddy Lee[/center] [center][attachment=75646:web_geddy.jpg][/center]

The art of negotiation is to start high. So when they ask how much you charge say £10,000 and you can work your way downwards from there. By the time they've beaten you down to £5,000 they'll think they've got a bargain.

[quote name='guybrush threepwood' post='1172708' date='Mar 22 2011, 10:34 PM']Is [url="http://www.bassemporium.com/newsletters/0609newsletter.html"]this[/url] the review you were talking about?[/quote] Yes that's the one.........duh! By the way after reading this topic I went and bought a set of 7250ML 45-100 they sound great on my Geddy Lee very DR Hi-Beam and £10 cheaper. Thanks for the heads up.

Be pro-active boys/girls. What you need to do is find a venue and start a jam night. I've started going to a jam night at the voodoo rooms in Edinburgh (where I live). It's a great venue with a good PA and the guy who organises it has even got Guitar Guitar (the music shop) to sponsor it. You provide the backline and get a load of different musicians up to jam. A lot of the musos who turn up are at loose end or bandless and actively looking for a others to play with. It's like an extended audition and you can try before you buy because you hear them play before you buy them a pint and ask them to join your band. After a few weeks you'll have a whole room full of eager musicians to pick and choose from. Problem solved and a good time into the bargain.

There will be a time when your MIM Jazz will be a sought after classic. Just put it under the bed and wait 50 years.

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1170769' date='Mar 21 2011, 03:23 PM']It's hard to make suggestions without hearing, if it sounds like a mess then there's probably two things going on. You're too loud. If you're playing small venues and no one really understands EQing as a band, chances are that the volume is going to be too loud too. EQing is fairly obvious when you talk about it, your bass should be EQd for the lower frequencies, rhythm guitar higher and lead instruments more trebly (within reason), it's much harder to actually do though. Try and play one instrument at the time, so start off with drums. Then add in bass, you should try and be bassy, but without being muddy and with enough mids and treble so your notes are all defined. Then add in the rhythm guitar, try and EQ it so that it sounds very fat in the mix, enough bass to fill out the sound but not so much that it interferes with you, mids and treble need to be there so that it fills out the whole sound. Then the lead guitar needs to sit on top, still enough bass that it doesn't sound weak, but it should sit a higher in frequencies than the rhythm guitar. You want to balance the whole thing around your vocals though, vocals are the main thing that people listen to in bands, if your singer has a very high pitched voice, she should be sat around the lead guitar's EQ. If she sings a bit deeper, you could make space between the rhythm and lead and EQ the lead slightly higher. Without hearing your band, especially hearing it live, it's very hard to tell, but that's a basic way to work it out.[/quote] +1

I recently bought a Jazz secondhand with Fenders strings on it (roundwounds with yellow wraps not sure what type of string). I was very impressed with the sound though. I feel they're a lot like DR Hi-Beams which are my favourite strings (ie pretty zingy but good punchy mids and low tension). Here's a webpage where Ed Freidland does a comparison of the whole DR range (with sound files). It's a very handy tool to allow you to make up your mind, considering the average price of a set of Hi - Beams is almost £30.

Intonation isn't a huge problem for most bass players as long as the bridge is set up correctly. But it is an issue for guitarists. I've noticed it myself, that even when my strat is set up perfectly, some chords sound less in tune than others. It would be awfully difficult to play bar chords though, on a guitar with fanned frets.