Recent content by sax4blues

I saw a local praise band a few months back and on several songs the bass player was playing keyboard with his right hand and bass lines with his left hand. Both parts were relatively basic but he was in good time and good sound. I talked with after and he is a college music major who has...

Something to consider is who/how is your mix being managed. Unless you have Aviom system where you control your mix you are at the mercy of the the sound guy. My issue in this situation is with IEM small adjustments are very noticable, where with floor monitors you are blending all the other...

I have GB Shuttle 6.0 combo. I now want to add second 1x12 and my automatic thought was this would be stacked. I know that for footprint space the stack is most compact. What I'm wondering is the sonic difference/considerations between stacking cabs (seems to be most common) or having them...

The GC in San Jose, CA is fine by me, I've never had a bad experience there. The sales people have always been the right kind of helpful, ask if I need help then leave me alone. As for selection and condition it is what it is, a big box store with major brands. In the San Francisco Bay Area...

I just received my Shuttle 6.0-12T yesterday from online purchase. I am an experienced guitar player but just getting serious with bass. Since this is my first serious rig I wanted to jump straight to the current lightweight technology. The removable head gives the best of both worlds, the...

Blues, Blues/Rock, Pop at parties and 50-75 people clubs. I'm sure a second 1x12 will be on the horizon.

At 52 I am adding more bass playing to my repertoire and joined a garage band. I've been looking for sensible used rigs following a lot of the advice from TalkBass threads, probably a RB400 & cab. Then today on Ebay I bought brand new Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 12T combo for $851 delivered! I...