Recent content by Gossamer

I'm not in the backline business. Sorry if that didn't come across clearly. I just lent it to the organiser because he was a friend of mine, and I knew all the bassists playing there - I have been working with some of them for years and I trust their judgement when it comes to stage volume. It's...

Sh*t. That made me do a double-take. My perspective lies here: I do live sound (MIDAS Legend or StudioLive 32AI consoles, EAW KF750 or JFL/SB1000 FOH, etc.), and there's more bassists with a crap tone than a good one. With guitars and drums it's always straight forward (as long as the kit is...

Hmmm... Jim I'm not that hot on reconing the drivers. I mean, I just utterly destroyed two of them, and upon further inspection, the other two speakers look like the cone is badly broken at the foam surround. So basically with a recone I'd be going back to square one, which worries me, because...

Hi guys! New to Talkbass :) I've purchased an Ampeg B410HLF a couple of years ago at a blow-out sale (at Eur350) at a local store to have something to hook up to my Bugera BTX3600. (Just to note: this isn't a thread about how good or bad the BTX3600 is - IMO, it's a great amp, I like it, never...

Hi guys, thanks for all the feedback. I'm still deciding between the Kustom Groove 600HD and the Ashdown MAG600H. When I'll get any one of the amps I'll post in this thread again. Again, thanks a bunch :) Much appreciated!

Out of my budget. I tried one at a local store and loved it. Unfortunately it costs more than a small second hand car lol.

My thoughts exactly. :) I've been through there with guitar already, I know what you mean, and I'd rather not go through it again. I'd rather have a head which is an actual head and has a perfectly usable tone, than have a processor strapped to a power amp trying to be many heads and not...

Smooooooth. Good thinkin! :P

Thanks to anyone who's given me some input. I really appreciate it, and it's given me a lot of food for thought regarding my decision to buy a bass head. Thanks a bunch :) I just checked the specs on the Ampeg site: it's actually a 400W not 450W cabinet. Which shouldn't be a problem: the...

Hi Crystalman85, thanks man. Re: Acoustic B600H. I've tried one of those through 2 homebrew cabs. I didn't like it much, but maybe that's because of the cabs. The owner is a guitarist-turned-bassist who's just started playing with a friend of mine who plays guitar, and the band constantly...

Thanks for calling that to my attention. I was actually going for a MarkBass Little Mark II, until it went out of stock. I usually shop from www.thomann.de but they seem to have sold out LMII and are now stocked LMIII, which is twice the price of the Ashdown, and has less features (but more...

Btw, this is the kind of tone that really really creams me The video displays an Ampeg setup, he also plays Ampeg live, but I have no idea what was used in the studio (presumably Ampeg?). I wonder if a hi-fi head can be muddied up to output a similar tone...

Thanks man! :) Really really appreciate it. I wasn't going to consider GK, since I've heard plenty of local GK Backline heads and I don't really dig the tone. I've only heard an RB once, and I didn't like it much either. Sounded to me like the typical non-Ampeg rock bass tone, which I'm not...

Hi Igital. Thanks for the feedback. Does the LowDown FEEL like a bass amp though? I've had some solid state equipment for guitar, and they just feel like transistor power amps with a couple of guitar speakers. They don't feel like guitar amps at all. Is it the same with the Line 6? Have...

@ Doodaddy: what's your experience with the Kustom 1200HD head? Did you eventually sell it or replace it?