Recent content by daratter

Thanks for the fast responses...lots to think about. On the GK note, Ive had a GK backline in the past and 'upgraded' to the neo but while it was bassier, it was not clean enough and seemed almost 'punchy' instead. After sinking quite a bit of $$$ in the brand at that pt, I was turned off from...

Hello All, its been ages since Ive been here but now I need some advice! I am looking for the best head/cab combo and or head/combo setup that will provide me versatility but also portability, descent clean lower sound for the B string and drop tuning, good powerful higher end for soloing, and...

Thanks, good replies. For the past year or so, I have been playing very melodic death metal verging on being pretty progressive with the bass lines (like Opeth, Dark Tranquillity) so switching to what sems like a much less melodic and more just simplistic strength has been a challenge for me...

thought I'd provide some comedy here for everyone..:ninja: Just found the price to be crazy, for this bass is in really, really bad condition. Not the bass of Doom though...too bad.

Is this for real... I found a Jaco relic Fender jazz bass on sale for a little over $5000 in my area. Its very worn, looks like its been modified and parts removed, added, drilled into, etc. Its in pretty bad shape. Seriously...think its just a 'replica', is it too good to be true and does Jaco...

tallyho! classic...:p

Long story short I recently made a huge switch from trying to get an original band off the ground from nothing to auditioning for already established bands. I just had a pretty successful audition this week and it looks like Im in. Now this band has about an album worth of songs already written...

very recently went through the same thing, though not as long. I found that I had to really find things that I enjoyed playing to get me back into it. It helps to find a project or set of songs that you really like and learn those. Maybe find a group or band to start playing with to get you...

gawd, marriage at that age.. you don't event know yourself at that age. Been there, done that, almost was married at 16 and sure glad I didn't go through with it. Im vastly different than I was even at 21.

I recently transitioned and it definately did not take me as long as I thought it would to transition, probably about a month or less. I went from a high action stnd 4 string Fender p to a really low action 5 string fretless MTD and Im actually already a lot faster on the MTD comparetively...

this is so fitting right now with what's going on in the 'band'. I was told at yesterday's practice by the former guitarist for the band (who was guest playing that day) that I need to just pick up the guitar, then we'll just get some chum to chug those root notes on the bass. He proceeded to...

A Behringer BVT5500H head (bought before I knew anything about their poor reputation but its been over a year now and its held up through heavy playing)

Thanks, I'll look into those as I have seen a few with them and they seem to like them. Based on the low sounds Im looking for would it be better to get a 4x10 or 2x12?

Im looking for some helpful advice, experiences and suggestions from all you TB experts out there. I currently have a G-K BLX 410 cab that I got for relatively cheap to use as a 2nd speaker cab at the shared practice space. When buying it I was told the G-K series cabs were good cheap...

Bass amps, I started using a Peavy Basic 112 but quickly moved to a head/speaker cabinet combo of an Ampeg SVT 8x10 with a Behringer BVT5500H (did not know about their bad name till after purcahsing this but so far, it has held up well for a year of heavy playing). Recently got a Gallien-Krueger...