Recent content by Motomoney

There is a lot of love the AKG D112 here. I never really liked how it sounded it and ultimately I sold mine and used the money to buy two SM58s and an SM57 (Unidyne) that some guy was selling on Craigslist. Now I use the SM57 inside for snap and a Marshall 2001 outside for woof. The...

One time, I had my '72 Buick Riviera in a no parking "fire zone" close to the stage door to unload. I left all of the gear including my '78 Precision near the door while I backed the car up (cutting the wheel) to park it. I hear a crunching sound and knew immediately that I had run over the...

I want to thank everyone who responded with their insight. I will look forward to widening my search. Although I was lusting after the Mesa Powerhouse, at 48 I appreciate the heads up about weight. Its definitely worth considering. In the meantime I'll see if I can try the Markbass, G&K...

Regarding "play it flat". It's not because I'm some kind of purist. The thought is to get a speaker that I like the sound of before resorting to correction. If all you need to do is just twiddle the knobs, then why go shopping at all. Why not just buy the cheapest cab and fix what you...

Greetings to all. Today I went on a fact finding mission because I will need a new bass cabinet soon. I went to Sam Ash and The local Guitar Center and played a wide variety of cabs. Among the cabs that I liked - in order - was a new Mesa Powerhouse 410 (at $1049), a used SWR Bigfoot 2x12...

One day a few years back I needed an amp for a jam session happening later that night. I had traded my previous amp for some studio gear. I went on Craigslist and bought the cheapest amp available. It was an American made 1990 Peavey TNT 160 combo amp for $100. My original plan was to treat...

My best friend and drummer Dave introduced me to Ryan Martinie of Mudvayne last night. We watched a couple of videos of Martinie playing on Youtube. I don't usually listen to music that is that heavy, which is probably why I didn't know about this guy before - but he's incredible.

A friend of mine got a used Ric 4001 and after I played it, I thought that he wasted his money. Way too neck heavy. Different strokes... - he loves it.

Joe, good question. I kind of had the distortion epiphany at a Rush show I went to last summer. Geddy's tone surprised with the amount of drive. Since then, I've been listening more carefully to tones on other recordings, and it seems like (as you seem to imply) a number of bass players...

This might seem like a naive question. I've been playing for a long time, but always had it in my head that distortion in the bass rig was to be avoided. I don't know where this prejudice came from. I probably just adopted the opinion of my first bass teacher who was mostly a jazz guy...