Recent content by woodenskillet

I have an Ibanez SR1400TE that I bought a couple of years ago as a factory second. In certain light it looks like the wings are a bit mismatched, and in other light it looks fine. There is an "S" stamped on the back of the headstock - and the price was $800 new versus the normal $1350 selling...

I bought one of these last month (4 string) and I've been very happy with it. The Synapse strap hook is available for $30 - all you need to do is buy the hook and attach it to the bass and your balance issues are a thing of the past. If you choose not to modify the bass, you are going to have to...

Playing an entire gig with a T-40 would be pretty rough on the shoulder.... I gig with a USA Millennium Plus and an Axcelerator - though I'm not sure if anyone in the crowd knows what they are....

I play my LH500 through a single 8 Ohm Peavey Pro 410. This combination has a ton of volume and excellent articulation - I am very satisfied. These cabinets haven't been made in a few years, but they are top notch cabs that you can sometimes find at bargain prices - especially when you are...

These aren't bad basses, but they don't tend to sell for a whole lot these days (there's one on the Music-Go-Round site for $150). I had an XB-500 (5 string) that I got in a trade that I could only sell for $150 on CL a few years back (with hardshell case). It's a much better bass than what you...

Back in the 90's I loved the neck on my 96 Fortress 5 (solid Wenge). Then I put it down for about 5 years and tried to use it again for a 4 hour practice. That's when I noticed the neck thickness for the first time.... Very, very uncomfortable after playing a 5 string Fender Jazz Plus for the...

I don't live in NJ, but I owned a 1996 Fortress One 5 for about 10 years. The older Warwicks have a solid wenge neck - I believe the newer ones only have a wenge fingerboard. Solid wenge looks great, but it does have sort of an open pore feeling to it on the back of the neck (not as smooth as...

Nice bass. I picked up a modded one of these not too long ago. It's the same paint finish but with EMG pickups (which led to a 4th knob being added) and a Leo Quan Bad@ss Bridge. I had to undo a few bad repairs after I bought it (wrong nut glued on, incorrect size tuner added and poorly...

You might have more luck if you placed your question in the correct forum (this is the bass guitar forum - not the amp/cabinet forum).

I had a Schecter Diamond J (Jazz bass copy) for a while. I was impressed with the build quality and sounds you could get from it. It was a lot nicer than any MIM Fender bass that I've played. I can't say I'm a fan of some of the more modern-looking Schecters, though. A lot of them seem to have...

I had one of the newer SR500s for a while and it was a fantastic bass. I'm not sure about the one earlier quote from doctorjazz: "While it is definitely a cheaply built bass, it feels and sounds a lot better than anything else I've tried in its price range." The term "cheaply built" never...

I would tend to agree with alembic5 - there aren't a lot of 2x10's (or any?) out there that can handle a club with 500+ people without the help of a PA. For reference - I have an SWR 350X 350 watt amp. I used to run it through a 4 ohm Avatar 2x12 and it just couldn't cut it in a band...

Well, if there are times where you have to play large rooms without the help of a PA, you pretty much need the big rig. I agree that large, powerful rigs are overkill when a PA is involved, but most of the bands out there will end up playing gigs with limited PAs (vocals only) on occasion. For...

A little late, but.... I tried both of these cabinets back-to-back at the Bass Emporium in Austin. I ended up buying the SWR. I wanted to like the Eden but I didn't like what was going on in the high-mids on it (too much). The Goliath III just sounded better to me....

I'm late to the game on this thread, but I will offer my two cents.... I picked up a SWR 350X a while back and was underwhelmed with the volume it delivered when connected to the single 4 ohm Avatar 2x12 that I had. I sold the Avatar and bought a used SWR Goliath III 4x10 8 ohm cab. I was able...