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Interesting how there are a few different takes on this. I have a ‘69 telecaster bass, an upright acoustic and a 5 string fretless F Bass. The first I’ve had for over 45 years. I’ve been playing upright for almost as long but moved up to a better one. I was surprised at how steep the...

75% of statistics used in internet forums are made up. Well, something like that anyway. I just made it up. No matter how "special" you believe bass guitars may be, their pricing follows the same market rules as everything else. And it all comes down to perceived value. There are...

The old Bass Master's had more power than the Bass Mate's. IIRC they were around 40 watts. They were usually good for a small club, but could be over-powered if the band got loud. I wonder how much of that was the amp and how much was due to the old Marsland speakers they used. Paired with a...

But it also probably doesn't have the "stage presence" desired for a lot of situations. There's another active thread asking why get a big amp for tone just to have the sound guy wanting to DI the bass. A few hours of reading if you're interested. IMHO, if a good 1 x 12 isn't cutting it (or...

I went on this search a long time ago. It probably took me a couple of years of legwork (not smart enough to use the interweb back then), but my solution was the Tubeworks RT-3100. At 36 lbs, heavy by today's standard. But with a warm, clean 100 watts and a single 10" speaker that will handle...

Saw him last night in Ancaster, Ontario. Small venue (a golf club hall), backing his son Jordan John, with Matt Schoefield also on stage. 66, and he still rocks! Totally inspiring! What a great evening!

Lot's of good tips here, ears being key, but when I'm completely lost, knowing guitar chord shapes and piano keys have been good cheats.

Here's a link. Hope this helps..... http://www.garnetamps.com/v_garnet.htm

Sorry, never played one so can't speak to the specifics. But you're right about the Guess Who using them. Built in Winnipeg, Manitoba, from what I recall they were the "other" big Canadian amp - Traynor being the one we always saw in the Toronto area. Randy Bachman gives a bit of their...

Great link! Even if there is no bass! I play more often without a drummer than with. There's lots of different kinds of good music out there. And, yes, the keys can fill in the low end, but don't have to and shouldn't if you're taking care of that. Bass without drums can sound totally...

From the Gollihur website, listing Spriocores. I assume it is correct - String Gauges: Medium (Mittel) G D A E .051 .068 .082 .110 Solo G D A E .044 .061 .076 .103 Weich G D A E .046 .063 .079 .107 Stark G D A E .054 .065 .095 .120 The D appears to be disproportionately...

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Wow, this is more a discussion of rampant consumerism than it is about basses. Just sayin'. Carry on.

Three: '68 Fender Telecaster bass -stock, c/w ashtrays Mid '90's F bass BNF5 - gold finish, golden to play 10 yr old carved double bass Cheers,

How light is light? That's the biggest question. There are some super 112's weighing in at 35 to 40 lbs. But there are some really good ones too at around the 25 to 30 lb. mark at various price points. Some cabs at 30 lb or lighter, in order of decreasing listed weight, include the Epifani...

They're past their best before date when you say they are. Some folks boast they're running 5 year old flats. I'm guessing that's pretty dead, but those guys love 'em. More a function of how much you play, how sweaty your hands are and how well you wipe them down. To my ear it's like a...

But I read in another thread that if you suck playing a $10,000 bass in public, at least one TB'er will piss on your shoes. My personal experience, back in another lifetime, I went from a fast thin neck, and thin tone as well, to a relatively fat P-bass neck but a tone I liked much better. A...

OMG, don't go for white pearloid! :eek: I think I read somewhere that latest research out of CERN demonstrated that the photons reflecting off a light/bright pickguard interfere with the string vibration, and dampen your tone. It's something like the equivalent of adding 6" to the length of...

It's all about personal preference and how they fit with the natural sound of your instrument. I played for many years with flats on my old Telecaster bass, then went to round wounds. And there's a real difference just among rounds, with the steels being very bright and nickels less so...

This quote inspired me to post this link: I just realized if you listen to all of these all the way through, it will take almost as much time as watching a sit-com. Time much better spent in my estimation. Cheers.

Somehow, this made me laugh. You pretty much defined being a bass player. ;)

I've been in groups that aren't even chord for chord, let alone note for note. That can work and put your own stamp on a song, but only if everyone agrees to play the same thing. :D

I don't think you should judge all 1 x 12's by the Hartke. There are a lot of different tones out there in that configuration. Personally, I love my new Baer ML112. The Traynor TC112 I thought was going to the other end of the scale of what I think of as the Hartke sound, although I haven't...

This thread has been there. To go back to the original post, no, you can't blow a speaker by under-powering it. However, I suspect the OP meant to ask "Can you blow a speaker by using it with a grossly under-powered amp compared to the speaker rating?" As has been mentioned in a few posts...

+1. Solid state bass amps sound much better than they used to. Maybe not good enough for some, but the advantages tilt the scale for most.

This thread reminds me of a friend's Christmas party a couple of years ago. I met a guy that worked at a music store. He said that he didn't sell guitars and amps, he sold dreams. I imagine there's some truth to that. On the other hand, dreams don't become reality until we dream them. Don't...

Car analogies are like putting fancy wheels and tires on a stock Pinto. All show, no substance! :D

Thanks for finally pulling the discussion back to how they sound. Digital/analogue/something-in-between is pretty much a potato/potahto discussion to anyone who isn't an EE, but I truly appreciate the opportunity to understand (or try, anyway) how these things work. I think everyone gets that...

I haven't looked up your amp, but as a general rule of thumb with combo amps, if there's an external speaker jack you should be good with an 8 ohm extension cabinet and should avoid 4 ohm extension cab. But to be sure, look up the specs for your amp. I'm not familiar with that GK extension...

When you're spending that kind of coin, they should all be good to play. But you can really buy some personality, tone and style. Find what suits you. If it was me, it would be an F-Bass, but I'm not you and I have no idea of your taste. It might be a crap shoot, but you'll only lose if...

2 out of 3 of my basses are fretless, and they're my best basses, so of course I like them. But I've hung on to one of my early basses that I've had for over 40 years now, so let's just say we're really good friends now. Cheers.

So, a few months ago, I play a three or four song set at a local bar on a Tom Waits Tribute night. Our trio is singer/acoustic guitar, drums and bass. Bar bass rig is an SVT-CL classic tube amp with an 8x10 cab. I'm the first bass player of the night. It's been many years since I've played...

Things are getting better and better. Lots of good, light, powerful combos out there. The big choice is tone/power Vs size/weight Vs cost - pretty easy to find two of the three - more challenging to find the right combination of all three together. To complicate things, you could also...

Here's another one that just pulled the trigger, and I hold this thread personally responsible. I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum, resolutely trying to keep it simple. I have been very happy for years with my TubeWorks RT3100 100W 10" combo for what I do. I don't usually play with a...

Personally, I look forward to the reviews. I've only met George once, but I ended up buying a sweet bass from him. I have a hard time believing he just cobbled them together. The marketing verbage on their site seems to indicate no, but what do I know? There are a lot of highly rated cabs...

Also very interested in this cab. E-Bay caught me in a fit of GAS and with no plan, and I now own an Aguilar TH500 at what I think was a very good price. Now I need a cab. I want a '68 Fender Telecaster bass and F-Bass BNF5 to sound good! On occasion, also an URB that I love. Looking for: 1...