Recent content by scadh

Sorry I've been slow to respond to all of these wonderful and thoughtful suggestions! Talkbass is truly one of the most engaging communities I've ever seen! Among the many great suggestions is the recurring theme to let him make his own choice. In hindsight, I think I that's the right decision...

Lol, I'd adpot you all if I could... but the one I've already got spends all of my money! :)

Thanks for the quick answers, all! Much appreciated. My son has expressed great interest in a 5-string, but not "fanned fret" per se. In fact, I doubt he even has any idea what it is. Honestly, in spite of how long he's been playing, he is decidedly NOT a gear-head or settings tweaker. He still...

Hello, I'm getting my son a new 5-string bass for Christmas. He already has 2 Fenders including a really nice Precision American Elite, so thinking something with a more aggressive tone, maybe Ibanez or Schecter. As I was looking at options, I noticed some chatter about how some players prefer...

Haha ya I'm an old man with an older soul. I probably mislabel all sorts of stuff as "metal" that isn't and I'd be hard-pressed to name even one "speed metal" band. :)

No, the rest of the band doesn't need to hear the bass amp really. I have the bass going to the front monitors at a low level (at the vocalist's request), and to the drum monitor a bit louder. That Behringer in-ear amp is cool. After years of mocking Behringer and never considering their gear...

Sorry, I wasn't very clear. It's not coming out of the board and back into the amp. I just meant that he'll be monitoring himself through the amp as he plays it. But the signal coming through the PA is direct from the amp line out into the board.

Whoops, sorry about that video! I thought I put it on a public Google Drive, but i guess it's private. I'll fix it and update the link. Yes, I'm definitely encouraging him to stay in school! He understands that only a privileged few get to earn their living making music. Honestly, my only hope...

Thank you all so much for the opinions! The participation in this forum is exceptional! Though the replies were quite varied from "heck yes it'll work!" to "hell no it won't!" and everything in between, it left me with enough doubt in my mind that we decided to get with something slightly more...

My son's band plays bar-and-grill-sized local gigs, for which I run sound. We're looking for a small, lightweight amp (because I'm old, and load-in/out sucks!) with enough power to be used as the bass monitor. We run the bass direct into the board and out of the PA, so it really just needs to be...

I keep telling my wife the same thing; not sure why, but it isn't working.

My young son has been playing bass for a couple years, and that candy apple red Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar short-scale is EXACTLY what we bought him to start out. He loved it and so did we. Beautiful to look at, sounded good, lightweight, easy for him to reach the tuners (at the time, it was...

Wanted to close the loop on this thread by thanking everyone again for the response. My son is now the proud owner of an Ampeg PF350 and PF210HE cabinet. He loves it! It's a game-changer for us. Sounds amazing, has plenty of power in our small studio, and it passes his eye test with flying...

When my son and I went to the nearby Guitar Center this evening, he played every amp they have and his favorite was the PF350. It's the used one that I previously thought might have an issue but upon closer inspection, I noticed the high frequency attenuation switch was set to -6. The moment I...

I'm taking in all of this as quickly as I can! I have taken heed to every comment, including the Carvin 20% off sale (have investigated), that John Paul Jones now plays TCE (he's a half-decent player!), lots of love for the GK MB210 and 700RB (dig them both, but out of price range unless I find...