Recent content by ntxbass

Case or gig bag? Weight?

TTE 500 here. Had it for a few months and love the tone. Closest hybrid I've found to a real tube amp. Plus it just looks cool! 500 watts is more than enough for most stages/venues.

It's the tone, the tone shaping, the DI, the ability to add a little grit. It is the one pedal that will nail that Geddy Lee tone if that's your thing. I haven't played a gig without mine in over 12 years. Including front ending tube amps.

I've owned many, including Fender, Gibson, Hamer, EBMM, Pedula, Modulus, G&L, Specter, Ibanez and Warwick. My last two bass purchases have been Laklands, and they are some of my favorites. Home, however, is a Fender Jazz Bass.

Some more new names: Mel Schacher - Grand Funk Railroad (early albums and live) Jerry Shirley - Humble Pie (Rockin the Filmore) Peter "Mars" Cowling - Pat Travers Band (Makin Magic, live sound) Allen Woody (RIP) - Gov't Mule (especially live) Kenny Aaronson - Derringer And some old...

No doubt, hands down, my Sans Amp BDDI. It is essential to my preferred tone. It has been in my signal chain for 15 years. I have two of them, the original and the programmable version is permanently installed on my pedalboard. Highly recommended, if you like what it does for you tone. Not...

I've owned several combo amps over the years. Back in the 70's I bought a Gibson Thor 50 watt 2x10 combo to take to college. More recently I've been using an Ampeg BA 500 2x10 500 watt combo (into 2 ohms) as my main gigging combo amp. Great tone, loud and kicks back so perfect for a small stage...

New to TB and trying to figure out this "number" thing. I have two Laklands currently, both Skylines. First is a 55-02 Deluxe in Cherryburst with maple fingerboard, second is a 55-64 limited edition with trans white over ash, maple board with pearl blocks and binding. Does that qualify me for a...

Basspraiser - thanks for the welcome and suggestion. I joined the LOG a few weeks ago but have mostly just lurked. Actually, looking at posts there is what got me thinking about the possibility it was the dimmers in my studio lights causing the issue. I'm going to take the bass to a local...

Thanks to all for your opinions and experience. I'm a newbie to Talkbass and this is my first post. I'm not sure how to do the copy/paste thing from other posts so I'm not going to try and address all the points individually. I've pretty much concluded that this is a shielding issue that only...

Recently purchased a beautiful 55-60 from Bass Central. The bass plays and sounds awesome and the service from Bass Central was very good. I'll also mention that this is my first purchase of a bass sight unseen (other than pictures) and unplayed in over 30 years of playing, so I was a bit...