Recent content by AlPBass

That's a good idea. Try some new pickups in there, if you still don't like it, put the old pickups back in there and sell it, and keep the good pickups for yourself to possibly use on whatever eventual bass you may buy as your backup.

I think you should be fine with a 700 RB-II. GKs are quite powerful, so their wattage is not to be taken lightly. I've got an older 400RB of 200 watts running into an 8-ohm 210 cab, which doesnt even get the full power of the head, and on smaller gigs with a fairly loud band I get told to turn...

That's a pretty good setup to get started with. If your band isn't too loud, it should work well. From my own experience the SVT-450 isnt as powerful as its power rating would suggest. The 210 cab can handle a good amount of volume and can be considered loud in a small bar/small jamspace...

If you've got Adobe Illustrator, you can probably find a vector of the Ampeg logo at Invalid Link Removed Vectors are not pixel-based so you can make them whatever size you want and not have to worry about losing quality if you make it bigger. So you can size it however you want and still...

Most things aren't what they used to be these days. I'm not old enough to have seen the 60s, 70s and early 80s stuff firsthand, so I'm no expert on this issue. But nevertheless, everybody seems to be cutting corners left and right now and lots of stuff I've seen in stores the last few years...

There's not really a right answer with what's better between GK and Ampeg. I own products from both and am satisfied with them. If you want a versatile EQ and more headroom, and maybe a slightly more aggressive sound, go with GK. If you want a nice "standard" clean, round, thumpy sound, go with...

Adam Clayton Colin Greenwood Guy Berryman

Nice job on the refinishes. The SWR re-do is especially nice. And the now green and yellow MarkBass cabs are definitely an eye catcher. Everyone will notice the bass player with a setup like that.

One option would be to ditch the 1x15 and just stick to the 4x10 like previously mentioned. Just a single 4x10 cab has worked for tons of bassists. They have a fast response (good for slap), put out lots of bass and can take quite a beating. Another option would be to go for a 2x12, neo or...

Were you maybe plugged into the passive input? If you have an active bass and the gain and volume at 2:00, if you were plugged into the passive input, then that would make a lot of signal going into the amp and maybe could overpower the speaker. I'm just mentioning this because I had the reverse...

I have one. It's a ported cab, has a tweeter with a 3-position switch (off, halfway up, all the way up) and it sounds pretty much like you'd expect an Ampeg to sound: round, clean in an organic way, can sound dirty if you want it to, its got a certain "character" that is quite pleasing if thats...

The boost gives you some dirt when you crank the gain. It also helps to turn up the high mids to make the grit more evident without blasting the volume. And if you've got your gain lower, the boost gives you a bit more volume and presence. Very useful feature on GK amps, and one that makes the...

Congrats on the amp. Got one of those myself, but the one where the grey goes up onto part of the top panel too. I think it's one of the best old solid-state amps you can get. I've played an old Peavey and an old Fender BXR and the GK 400RB was miles better than both of them. It even gives some...

That's a great looking Stingray.

Great looking bass. I love that look for a P-Bass, second only to the 3-tone sunburt with rosewood board. I've been gassing for one of those the last few weeks and now that I saw the pictures of it you posted, its coming back.