mikeselfinflicted

i am completely in love with the ABZ5 i tried one out the other day i wanted to know what the fan frets were like. it completely blew me away an now i'm obsessed...i've even had to put a picture of it in my car until i can afford it. I'm getting alot of stick about it cause i'm getting married next year and the money needs to go towards that apparently!!!!How can i live without it?i can't so expect to see it on here in a couple of months!!! :brow: [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/ABZ5_Midnight_Burst_files/DingwallABZ5whole_1.jpg"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_sp...ABZ5whole_1.jpg[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw4uj_ZPHvY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw4uj_ZPHvY[/url]

well i went an tried out some stuff and my new setup is decided!!!! its going to be a nv610 with a genz benz shuttle 9.0 but i'm changing my bass too. i'm going the proud and unbelievably happy owner of a Dingwall ABZ5!!! this setup is absolutely crushing the volume and tones available are out of this world!!!!

Thankyou everyone for all your input its much appreciated!!!!! Its so difficult to find something and stick to it but in my other thread i think i might be on to something!! :brow:

Gonna drive up to bass direct in the morning to try this out.hopefully i've found the rig i want! it all sounds great on paper!!!! does any one have any experience with either of these products? this rig will be used for metal so i want earth shattering lows amd window shattering highs!!!

[quote name='blackmn90' post='916188' date='Aug 5 2010, 05:07 PM']orange?[/quote] yeah been thinking about them but then i hear that the clarity isn't al that i wanna be heard but not just through brutal power but this sounds incredible to me!! all though i do play with a pick. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAaknSQgAIg&NR=1"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAaknSQgAIg&NR=1[/url]

[quote name='Schnozzalee' date='Aug 4 2010, 05:33 PM' post='915188'] Ibanez basses are sh*te, Wrong!!! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fF_LAvy8c0&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fF_LAvy8c0...feature=related[/url]

hey peeps!!! In about 3 months time i should have saved about 3k its taken forever!!!! I have a habit of runnig out and buying the first thing i see an that will NOT happen this time i want something for pretty much the next 10 to 20 years!!! been looking at the db751 an a gs4x12 but would like something a bit unusual at the same time. I know some guys who use mesa m6's an m9's that sound great but i'd like to find something a bit different. suggestions?

its not as bad as you might think its just they have effortless power and my rig struggles from time to time so i want to strike back like the empire!!!!

good stuff man!!! like the bass tone and the whole feel of the song oozes brylcream!!

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjxFEN6xnig&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjxFEN6xnig...feature=related[/url] one of the best gigs i've evern had the atomosphere in the venue was incredible!!!

I'd also thought about a hartke lh1000 and either a hydrive 8x10 or 4x10 + 1x15 would this be a better way to go?

ok as some of you may know i've been looking for ages for new gear and as i'm sick of buying something and then finding out weeks later it can't quite manage what i want from it i wanna know 100% that what i get next is pretty much for life!! So here is what i'm thinking Mesa M2000 amp Dbx166xl compressor Laney NX810 cab I play in a female fronted metal band and the 2 guitarists both use mesa dual rectifiers and 4x12cabs We tune G# C# G# C# F# i need something that can have its own sound and is clear but sits nicely in the mix and isn't gonna struggle. will this set up will be powerful enough and can anyone recommend anything else. looking to spend aboutt £1200 to £1500 new or S/H Any help would be greatly appreciated

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' post='787212' date='Mar 26 2010, 05:15 PM']Being a bass player in such a situation must surely be like being a bass player in a band with 3 bass players. Even if you were audible, what could you possibly contribute to the sound? Anything melodic that you do will be frequency-stomped by the guitarists. Anything rhythmic that you do will be frequency-stomped and rhythm-stomped by the guitarists. I hope that I'm mistaken. S.P.[/quote] well its not too bad because the basslines don't always follow the guitars i definately help to fill the sound out, i guess i'm after more clarity an tonal definition instead of outright power and devastation...although that would be good too!!!!

thanks for all the replies and advice!!! i'm starting to think it might be a case of shi**y cabs and a bad eq not bad to my ears but in a full band situation so tweaking must commence we have a very dynamic sound live and generally play in quite large venues plus with the tuning being G# C# G# C# F# 2 mesas are gonna destroy me in the low down eq with the speakers they put in the mag cabs!!! £300 bass cab against £1200 guitar cab no contest imho!!! I'm getting a Tech 21 landmark 300 in a week or so and in hopefully a month or 2 an Aguilar gs4x12 if that doesn't work i'll just disconnect a couple of their valves!!!!! just hope the tech21 sounds good thru the ashdowns till i can get the gs4x12 any opinions on the tech21?? its not costing me anything at the minute but if i like it i will buy it off the guy sound clips sound good though on the website.

[quote name='FunkyFinger' post='785414' date='Mar 25 2010, 02:43 AM']mike that Ibanez sr 605 ltd looks very tasty. the sr series is now on my to try list. Realistically I think that the most I'm going to be able to save up is £1500 without cancelling next christmas though if I could find something for less i'd be that much closer to funding a lighweight amp and cab (I always thought Bass stuff= Heavy stuff). So for this year at least a million pounds is definitely out of the question. As is the fodera though they are very very nice. As for the fenders I've tried a MIA jazz and P but unfortunately the pair in question where owned by a player who had set a very high action so whilst I liKed their sounds my fingers felt like they were doing a high wire act. I haven't discounted them yet though as I'm sure there's a very good reason why you see more pro's playing fenders than anything else. to me It seems to be the £400+ mark where the quality basses start unless you get a lucky like some of the ones in the bargains thread. To those that say go try out a few thats what I intend to do, unfortunately Hull is not the best city for bass shopping unless I've been missing somewhere. So where in Yorkshire is the biggest selection of basses? or the densest area of guitar shops? where I can get me mitts on some basses so i can narrow my choices down a bit. Or do I need to head south?[/quote] Ta da!!! [url="http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&source=hp&q=guitar+shops+in+yorkshire&meta=&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=2b2a4e6160725d58"]http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&source=...b2a4e6160725d58[/url]