synchromesh Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Hi folks, I've been lurking on this forum for a year or so, and since I now want to buy something from another member I thought it'd be polite to introduce myself first... I am a software developer currently living in Norfolk, England; I'm originally from Wellington, New Zealand. I play bass in my friend's new band the [url="http://www.littleredkings.com"]Little Red Kings[/url] and I also play electric guitar and synthesisers. Well, actually my day job takes up most of my time and I barely get time to practise my bass with the band let alone play anything else, but that's modern life for you. My bass is a ~2004 MIJ '62 re-issue Fender Jazz Bass that I bought on eBay. Someone has attempted to "relic" it, although I think the effect is more "distressing" than "distressed". Nice guitar, though. Since then (with the aid of excellent local luthier David Roper) I've installed a Gotoh bridge, new Catswhisker pickups, a Sadowsky pre-amp, an internally-mounted GK-2B hex pickup and a built-in Orange Squeezer clone. OK, in fact only the bridge & pickups are in so far, although all the internal cavities have been routed & shielded, due to the aforementioned lack of time... So at the moment it just has the pickups wired to a volume pot. Only one (fairly bright) tone, but it's a nice one. Now that the prospect of actually gigging is approaching, I'm thinking about my own amplification. So far I've bought a Trace Elliot 2x10 cabinet, and now I'm looking for a nice, small, not-too-expensive, fairly loud amp to drive it. The Gallien Krueger MB200 looks like a good contender. I don't think the budget will stretch to an Orange Bass Terror, unfortunately. I just want to be loud enough for band practice and for small gigs; hopefully anything larger will have a PA I can DI into. Or I buy another 200W cab of some sort. Any advice or suggestions would be most appreciated. Once I've finished the mods to my bass I'll post a link to some photos on my website. But don't hold your breath... Cheers, John :^P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirky Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Welcome John. Fellow kiwi here - born in Wellington but brought up in Gisborne. Enjoy the forum, its a mine of useful information and friendly advice. Martin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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synchromesh Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 [quote name='Kirky' post='1318321' date='Jul 27 2011, 02:49 PM']Welcome John. Fellow kiwi here - born in Wellington but brought up in Gisborne. Enjoy the forum, its a mine of useful information and friendly advice. Martin.[/quote] Hi Martin, thanks for that. I see in your sig you're running through a Hotcake - I have one of these for my Strat, and Paul kindly gave me the instructions for converting it to the "LF" version so I can run my bass through it. How do you find yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirky Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Paul and i made a record together in the early 80s and he gave the hotcake around then. Used it ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synchromesh Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 [quote name='Kirky' post='1318690' date='Jul 27 2011, 09:03 PM']Paul and i made a record together in the early 80s and he gave the hotcake around then. Used it ever since.[/quote] Excellent! I tried mine at band practice last night and it worked very well. At some point I'll try and add a switch for the "XLF" option - it's just a case of soldering an additional capacitor across the existing output coupling capacitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanbass1 Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Welcome aboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueslemac Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Welcome! If you want to try out an Orange Bass Terror, you're free to have a go on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synchromesh Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 [quote name='Jacqueslemac' post='1332323' date='Aug 8 2011, 04:23 PM']Welcome! If you want to try out an Orange Bass Terror, you're free to have a go on mine.[/quote] Thanks very much for the offer, but I've since bought a MarkBass Little Mark II from another BassChat member, so I'm sorted! Cheers, John :^P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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