Recent content by Bassin Since 91

Well ive finally completed my rig (after a year or so of saving and looking at amps etc) and i decided on going with an: SWR Goliath IV (which is nice) and a Genz Benz GBE 750 (which is AMAZING) I was tossing up between the Genz and a GK, and now that ive had the Genz and gigged with it i...

Im currently looking for a head to go with my Goliath 4x10 4Ohm cabinet- i have come to two options, and i cant decide which one! They are----- -Markbass 'Little Mark' II which is a 500W solidstate head OR -Traynor YBA 200 which is a 200W all tube head. What i really want to know is which...

In my last band (classic rock covers) we had a singer who was a devout christian, that was fine with the rest of us......... except that he sometimes misenterpreted the songs lyrics and vitoed some tracks just on title. For instance he would play Smoke On The Water as he thought it was about...

I have actually found the opposite there. :eek: today i plaed i gig using my new Goliath 4 and an SM 900 head. The sound was phenomonal, sweet and pure. just how i like it. I have borrowed a Goliath 3 before but never used the same head with one so i cant say for sure but i think it may have...

Gyrating Gypsies a local band here is called Two Fingers In (No prizes for guessing why!) and a metal band at aschool is called Whats The Knife For, Mom? (kinda ok) and my favorite Sweet Fine 69 (again no prizes for guessing why!) Dunno Gyrating Gypsies sounded funny to me lol :D

I brought a bass from Custom Guitar Workshop (the BT405) earlier this year and have been in bass heaven ever since. The bass is heavy but its bloody good! Magnificent, excellent i cant describe in words. I have played a deluxe american jazz and my CGW bass makes the jazz feel fat necked, clunky...

i actually gigged with the bass last night!!! i noticed nothing was wrong with it and my amp was set at the same level it usually is. I guess thats luck though, if the battery had run out of juice in the gig i would have been screwed. Ive decided to take my other bass to gigs now, just in...

Right, heres my problem- I plugged my main bass (Custom Guitar Workshop bt405) into my amp this morning for a little practice, as you do, but it wouldnt go. There was no sound coming out of the amp at all. I was confused, but when i plugged one of my other basses (just a Cort Action 4)into...

No im afraid thats not possible where i live as i would have to pay the overseas shipping costs on the cab and head if i wanted to try them. and if im gonna do that i might as well buy them! :D Im going in blind essentailly, and i hope i make the right decision. Im definatley leaning...

i see your point. at the risk of sounding ignorant im not going to say that weight isnt an issue.......its just not a huge issue! The band has two roadies who carry our gear so i wouldnt be short of help. Plus our singer only has to carry his vocal chords! he can help! :bassist: And we're not...

Thanks um no the store has to ship it in straight from the SWR factories in USA (i made sure i got a USA made before production 'might' move overseas with SWR) and i had to order a Goliath IV because the III's have been discontinued but hey, ill be one of the first in New Zealand to own one...

hmmmm im not a huge fan of mesa heads. I have played through a Big Block and did not like it in the slightest. I do love that Genz Benz sound and versatility though and to get the companies top bass head for under 3K? magic, and im sure the prices for these heads are gonna go up in the future...

Hey so im pretti much got my rig done and dusted. Well ive decided on the cabinet at least- im getting a Goliath IV 8 Ohms for the cab and im tossing it up between two heads. The Gallien Krueger 1001RB II and the Genz Benz GBE 1200 well the Genz is $2500NZ and the GK is $2000NZ but im...

Spianl Tap's 'Big Bottom'- how much coooler does it get? or 'Another Brick In The Wall' by Pink Floyd hard too choose which one i like best!

A few months back me and the band were playing at the Atomic Events Centre, at formal ball for senior high school leavers. This incident happened to our guitarist and it was my fault. The stage was the crucial factor to this incident, it was two tiered (one lower section and one upper section)...