Minininjarob

No it hasn’t. Weirdly I just took it apart and checked the connections again and it’s working again fine.

The Ashdown combo sound I wasn't enthralled by when I tested them but their customer service reputation really draws them to me if I’m being honest. No point in using something amazing if it never works.

Thanks. I was looking at one of the Fender Rumble heads, but was worried the increased wattage may be too much for my GK if used as a cab only. It’s a 1x12, not sure on the watt/ohm situation. I loved the Rumble sound on their combos and was going to buy one until I found the GK second hand. I’m the same as you I would prefer to buy new, I will probably go to a couple of shops to test out what they have tomorrow.

I’ve only ever had one amp, this one, so am open to anything. The GK stuff is really expensive too, new and used. Thanks for being the only person to try and help with what I asked for though!

Thanks - I will ask but they are a long way from me.

It’s the amp. I studied electronics and i can’t figure out what’s up with it. All the components I can test seem ok and all the connectors are ok, continuity seem ok. No idea what’s up.

Can’t seem to find anywhere in West Yorks that will look at it.

My GK combo, which I love, an MB112mk2, appears to have bitten the dust - I can’t seem to fix it (I do know electronics a bit and I can’t see anything wrong with it) which is annoying for a £600 combo. i want to get a new amp but would probably prefer a separate head and cab. But it’s a minefield and I don’t have the luxury to swap things around if what I buy doesn’t sound right. I’m thinking a 2x10 cab with an amp in the 500w range would be a good step up from what I have now but still be compact enough for use at home but be good for the sort of gig I hope to do one day. Play with a pick mainly rock/punk stuff. Needs to be relatively lightweight as it’ll get moved often. I was hoping to sell my combo to go towards the new setup but it looks like a no-go now so I maybe have £500 to spend on it all. Ideas?

I did think that but I’ve no idea what the spec of the speaker is and I’m wanting to go around 500w next and I don’t think the 1x12 combo speaker will handle anywhere new that (it’s £200 currently) I’ve tried to fix my amp but it’s beyond me an ok struggling to find anyone who can fix it. Not great for a £600 combo.

My GK amp has broken and I might be buying one of the Fender Rumbles - not sure on just a head or one of the combos. They have a great sound.

it’s mainly cos we have a lot of rotas and people tend to be on multiples of them, if you’re not careful you can never be in a service as a member of the congregation. It helps with swaps and extra services too. We have multiple “bands” who always play together which helps a lot with consistency. We generally have drums/2x guitar/bass/piano/2x brass every week, sometimes adding a synth player, extra brass or violin depending on the week. Plus 6x BVs and choir once a month. I’m learning to play all sorts of music, would like to be in a band myself, don’t want to limit myself.

We started with very little. Just the kit the musicians owned in a small room. God really blessed us over the years, music is really something we have developed quite a lot. We have 4 bass players at the moment but could do with one or two more as we don’t like people to be on all the time so they can be in the congregation themselves sometimes. Spread a bit thin at the moment as we are providing some musician support to a church in Bradford - so wonderful going there, a small place but with a great heart. We had a couple of bassists move onto other things which was a shame as we lost a couple of really good ones. I’m a beginner but I’m practising with the person who is playing on a Sunday to try and learn the songs myself. Definitely hard work but hopefully worth it. The IEMS- we were having issues with a very noisy stage in our last building and when we moved into this new one we decided we wanted a completely clear stage - we do hire the auditorium out so being able to clear it completely is a lot quicker and easier with no amps or monitors on stage. I suppose it was easier to covert to IEMs for us as we had a custom install put in so could design it from the ground up. The lead guitar normally has an amp in a separate room which is mic’ed up but the bassist runs through a DI box or preamp. I suppose it was a lot of money to install it all but it means we can hire it out for big Christian and non Christian concerts so it does make some money back.

Seems like he is keen and wants to secure it. He is the one trusting you if he’s sent it F&F as he can’t get it back. I’d always insist on cash on collection when he comes to pick it up. You could always send the money back as F&F if it falls through.

In smaller rooms it’s amazing what an iPhone can do, it’s difficult to spend more when then work so well. We make a lot of our church videos from iPhone footage.

I am a relative beginner bassist and I would really love to play in our church band, we are a bit short on bassists so I need to put a lot of practice in! We have been really blessed to be able to put in an amazing PA in our new building. We have a couple of pro audio engineers in our congregation who have been so invaluable to making the most of our system, teaching people how to use a system which I would never stand a chance of understanding. Info here if you are interested, I don’t understand what most of the set up is! I just know there’s a lot of flashy lights. https://www.sseaudio.com/Installations/Churches-Cathedrals/Cathedral-House-Huddersfield

At our church we started with nice consumer level digital video cameras which had to be manned and did take a lot of setup - we had an analogue vision mixer which was pretty limited but we were chuffed to have it as it was more than a lot of churches have. When we moved to our new built for us building they soon started to struggle to get a decent image from the back of the auditorium (we won’t have cameras at the front as it would be distracting) but we persevered until they eventually broke and we have to buy something new. We now have couple of Black Magic design studio 4k cameras for the camera operators and another smaller static BM camera (don’t know the model). It’s all controlled from our vision desk with a touch screen PC controller (and various other complex boxes I don’t understand). We use long zoom lenses to get to the stage which isn’t perfect and is t cheap but it works for us. The only negatives they have don’t really make a difference to us and I’ve been impressed with their quality, we’ve had them 4 years now and they are rock solid. Worth a look I think. Pic shows control desk. Right hand side is Mac which controls all the words/PowerPoints/backgrounds etc. left hand side is mixer side, one screen for inputs, other screen is outputs and screen at bottom is controller. Run off a Mac Mini. Little screen in the centre is a Black Magic mobile recording thing which we put in SD cards to record each service live, hopefully good enough so it doesn’t need much editing (maybe not when I do the mixing!)

I have a fender downtown express which I like but might replace with separate pedals as I don’t use the overdrive section at all. It is good as a preamp as it has a switchable DI and so is useful as a one box solution and it does look gorgeous. I’ll probably keep it for that reason… 😂

Cos it’s what I wanted. I tried a few basses, don’t really like Yamaha/Ibanez modern basses, didn’t want an active bass either. My other choice might have been a stingray but I preferred the p bass sound in the end. And it’s a nice colour.

That’s good to know, thanks all. I have a Fender Player PB so nothing weird. That means I can turn the treble up on the instrument and use an EQ to shape the tone to be a bit more subtle when I need it.

Newbie here and I was wondering what exactly does the tone control do? When you turn the tone control up so you get more treble does that reduce the bass level. My novice ears can’t tell. I was thinking that I would like a brighter tone most of the time but the music I play would sometimes benefit from the treble being rolled off in some sections which I could do with EQ on the preamp. But if the bass is reduced when the tone control is used then that might not be a good thing.

What did you like about it? I have a GK combo and am considering a GK head but not sure what to go with. Not many opportunities to try them out before buying.

Not sure what sort of t-bird this is but was surprised to see the bassist in the Levellers playing one - I thought it sounded great in this video.

Not sure what sort of t-bird this is but was surprised to see the bassist in the Levellers playing one - I thought it sounded great in this video.