Recent content by newtandemman

Two people guiding me into the Hartke direction ;-) I think my mind´s made up... Played the Hartke trough the 410 few minutes ago and i really like it. The tube pre sounds remarkly different from the SS input. I thought it was only there for marketing purposes. Wil try it next rehearsal just to...

Dear all, I'm planning to get a new amp. The amp i gigged with for several years was a Tonehammer preamp pedal and a GSS Baby sumo power amp (into an Ampeg 410 HE cab). It served me well but i'm looking for a "real" amp now. A friend of mine borrowed me an old Hartke 2000 and i must say ; it...

Okay, thanks to all of you! I need to slow down a bit i guess... It's the first bass i could really try for a longer period of time. It's just a start. I will try some more basses and see what comes out. I doubt the hungarian bass will be sold soon... Regards, Francis

thanks for the replies Setting it up and replacing the bridge is part of the deal. I wonder if the sound will change after proper setup. E-string is now about 10mm from the fingerboard (didn't measure the other strings) and that's a little too high for me. I would like it 1 or 2 mm lower...

Interesting... So your advice is : "stay away from that bass"? Another thing: it will be difficult to resell sometime later because of the particular looks, don't you think? Regards, Francis

@KUNGfuSHERIFF : why a repair on a new double bass? The other side has no linen (sorry for the "canvas") so it will be the next repair at some point? I feel the same about letting the bass go without setting it up perfectly but it just happened. I "plucked" some basses in the shop and was...

Dear all at Talkbass, I'm looking for a new (soundwise better) double bass for some time now. A few weeks ago i picked up a double bass from a local luthier. This is the first time i'm really considering trading my own double bass for this recently built (Romanian ?) one : (as you can see the...