gobasserk

Well THIS list of mine would buy you a nice car. A new one 😛

Interesting idea a list like this. Mine would be (with several multiple items of one numer) 300, 414,414x,424,424x,614,1000ma,1024x,3000,3000ma. What a waste of money 🙈

And because it is fun to listen to this forgotten tracks...here is another song with Mitzky featuring my black BB1000MA 🤣

Mitzky - Duke Nukem Theme [Remonstered]

LOL.... imagining Andy waiting for the delivery guy... I recall a fun song that a friend of mine and I did some years ago...it is a song all about waiting for the "DHL" delivery guy every day 😄 
You got to know that my friend is one of the biggest gear heads I know !!! He buys only used stuff and there might be not a single day on what not at least another pedal is on its way to him 😛 
That's how he came to the idea to write this song. Last time we counted his pedal board consistet of 99 pedals...  He is so deep into the pedal stuff that he buys the same effect from different years to learn how they differ in sound...
Vocals are easy (even 'though it's German) "I want the DHL guy (man) to appear, DHL guy get here now" , "I could live my live but I'm sitting here waiting for the DHL guy" and so on.

Recorded in the living room, bass (BB1000MA - what else) via an old Hartke VXL Attack into the computer.  

DEHALEL (DHL)

There was a time when I had 3200 reasons and those were good times. Cool move Andy :-)

I think the players that N E E D (!!)  a 2 kg 500/800/1000 watts bass amp,- because of transport - make 5-10 % of all players. Everything else is only "nice to have" or because it is "the thing" right now. 

Good to know that they always seem to find a 500/800/1000 watts cab somewhere that they don't have worry about.. And there are enough of this tiny matchboxes out there, because 95% of all lightweight amps are built small. 
The 750g pedal thing actually is the even more efficient solution for backpackers because if you don't need to worry about a cab... leave the power amp at home too. If the 30kg cab is provided, an amp of 2 kg should be an even smaller problem. 
But thank god that's up to us all the way we like it and this is just my opinion 🙂  I like it big and with some weight so the amp won't fall of the cab. Just some live experience 😄 
 

Concerning the weight... 7kg is not too heavy. As long as you are not one of the bass players that is cursed to carry your amp in the metro... who cares about the weight of an amp??? (under 15kg)
Cabs is another thing. But in my very own opinion less weight only can go ahead with compromises in sound. The question is, how big the compromise is you are willing to except. There are few guys of real BIG bands who go light....  (I don't think of me, just to be clear here 😛 ) 

I ordered a 500 head today. It should arrive by thursday. I like the concept and was looking for a new head.. so...we will see. 

In fact, the "new" BBs are built different from the older ones. Even my cheap 300 is featuring different wood and the neck is not even close to the 414 (and younger) basses. 

I would not dare to say the new range is cheaper, cause the 414 (and younger) basses are following new attributes like lighter bodies and more modern necks. Soundwise all BBs are (in my opinion) 
high class. Not a Precision clone because they all sound very BB-ish 😄  Love the Precision or BBs. 

What film?

Not for me..

Do I understand right? PH is selling his bass? THE one? I can't belive that ! It should be on his wall...?

BB red with preamp, combo, smartphone, fingerstyle

It should be visible on a stage 🙂 

It is difficult to catch the colour 

Project 1 completed: 
For me, only the 1000ma/3000ma have that sexy a_ss😄 

Today some "spare parts" will arrive. I had my org. tuners anodized. Not completely due to costs. Only wings and axis. The red 1000 will be complete by then. Happy 🙂 

A fact that I like is that the Hartke has so much bass. With the "SHAPE" and the "BASS" knob there is so much bass to dial in... it has defenetly more than enough to dial into the signal! 

Yes, Hartke first, then YYZ. I am realy surprised how or that I put it away many years before..
It is the old unit, not the MK2 version. 

So I finally sent back the Tech21 DP pedal because during testing some of my pedals I discovered that my old (and forgotten) Hartke VXL Attack does a better sound than the dp. At least for the things I want it for. 
Here now a recording of the Hartke vs. my YYZ . Even here I like the Hartke better. Strange and funny 😛  Recoded the way Andy likes it: Bass-pedal-littel 25 watts combo- smartphone. 😉 

BB1000ma_HartkeVXL_YYZ
 

My neighbors are not good enough for the band 'though they try hard 😛 

While I like the sound of the ABM with the 4x10 cab a lot, my heart goes BOOOOM with the additional 2x10. Nothing beats a 6x10 or 8x10 bass rig with an old fashioned transformer head! 😍
2 kg amps suck tonewise and every skilled sound guy will tell you. But it is like with vinyl... young people that never heard a record on a good payer will believe, mp3 is the best possible audio format. 
But I just can't compromise, I know the tonal difference and can tell within seconds (in terms of listening to a bass rig) 

Testing new live cab combinations. Neighbors are thrilled ! 😄 

Bought an orange met. BB414 last week. Sold it already again. Nice look, but I'll stick to my 1000MAs. 

I don't get the shape... is this was happends with too much rice wine? 🙈