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I went for the SRFF806 but pimped the finish! It has a few cut corners on this bass as standard, the fingerboard still extends to a straight end despite the angled nut and the grey finish with fake wear was awesome but i gave it a custom Green and Blue stain finish and i am happy with the...

I have recently recieved my Ibanez SRFF806 from GAK. it is a great Instrument with very nice tone and plays really nicely. The tension is noticeably greater on the Low B and E strings compared with my 34" and even 35" Scale Basses. The EQ seems prety good and the bass feels nice and ergonomic...

I dont really understand the hating for the RH series here. I am giiging with a top tribute band and recently bought the RH750. I use it with a 4x12 loaded with 4 celestion 300W speakers and a HF Horn. I dont really care what the traditional stats say because it isnt a traditional amp. My 750...

Hi Guys, I have recently landed the gig with a great tribute band playing Theatres and Festivals. My current rig is a 1000W rack mounted power amp with a simple very old Boss pre amp and a studio compressor, but it is old and getting noisy and suffering interference problems especially in the...

Hi, I have a few quid to spend on improving my rig. I have a rack mounted head with a good power amp and 2 great cabs, but my rack pre-amp is an old BOSS unit which although good quality and has 4 band parametric EQ's is not bass specific. It works fine but my sound is functional and solid...

Yes Im afraid the TRB1006 has been dicontinued. As in the above thread there seems to be a new model in the pipeline but no firm evidence of a 6 string yet, just a new 5 string (1005J?) on some sites. YAMAHA still have no info on there web site and have not replied when I sent an on-line...

Cool, Thats exciting news for me. I have just googled for TRB1005J and it is true that some sites are already selling it. It seems very strange that there is nothing on the YAMAHA site yet though! It seems like the only change is the new 5 pc neck as is stated in the previous post. I will be...

Hi, Does anybody know what YAMAHA intende to replace the TRB 1005 and TRB 1006 with? They are now discontinued and very hard to find. I am glad to see however that they are still producing the TRB 5PII and 6PII I am a big fan of Yamaha and have owned an RBX 765a from new for 11 years...

Hi, I Have been playing bass for over 15 years and consider myself to be prety good. I am quite fast and accurate, I can slap and I use fairly standard and correct finguring to play my bass lines. I play be ear and can improvise a bassline to almost anything thrown at me I also play some...

Thanks Bill, I have just spent a while looking at your site and I am of course very impressed. I will take your advice and do some more research before finalising my designs. I think the 4x12 would have been my main cab anyway as I would hardly ever use the enormous full stack that I was...

Thanks For That, I have my own opinion on Speaker Pairing and Size Issues. I am sure on paper there are differences between the response of different speakers, however the biggest issue affecting your tone is your Pre Amp and EQ. A well built cab with good flat frequency respnse can...

My New 4x12 and 2x15 will be black carpet covered with black speaker cloth on the front, I am having some custom badges made from white perspex on a milling machine at my work place. Once you have put the corner protectors on the finished product is as good or even better than a shop bought cab...

Hi,:) Just felt the urge to share my recent experience with everybody. I have been using a home made 2x15" Cab for about 10 years now. It is fitted with 2x400W Emminence Kappa Pro Speakers, and we used a computer program to work out the cab size and the port size etc. It has been a good...

Thanks Guys, I am considering covering the blisters in super glue! I know this sounds daft and fraught with images of sticking my fingers together, but i know they use it in medicine and it would produce a hard skin over the the damaged skin, like a fake calous! I have heard of people doing...

Hi, I am a semi-pro bass player and normaly play 3-4 times per week. I recently went on holiday for 2 weeks, swimming most of the day every day. It must have softened my skin as after doing 1 rehearsal and 1 gig already this week I have 2 Giant Blood filled Blisters on my 2 main...