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I don't think I like my new head

#101
Originally Posted by Bass_masta16 View Post
Yes, I'm in a band. We play Rock/Alternative Rock. We gig about 2-5 times a month. Gigs are medium size, around 100ish + people, depending when it is. Bass is MIJ Fender J with stock pickups and EB Hybrids and Squier P (I know, I know) has Bassline QP's and Hybrids.
I would have killed for the opportunity and gear you have when I was 15. Really, I would kill if we could get 100 people out to one of our shows, and I've been at this a while.

I would also hold on to the Hartke. I would take that amp over the Ampeg solid state stuff any day (save the b100r combo amp). I guess I don't have any advice.
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#102
Bass_masta16 said:
So, did any of you people that were against me on this ever stop and think that maybe I wasn't forcing my Mom to "dump" money on me, and maybe it was my own money I was spending? No, I didn't think so. The reason she probably won't let me get another head is because, like I said before, she doesn't know a lot about this stuff and doesn't understand why I would need something different.


Thanks to those who posted a response that was helpful.
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No need to explain yourself. The last statement says it all ;)

If I were you, I would look into some foot accessories. A graphic EQ for bass will not be too hard to find. Also If you want something for "drive" or "tube emulation", look into the Sansamp VT, or A bass driver DI.

Good luck in your search.
 
#104
Man, I wish I'd had anything more than a crappy little combo when I was fifteen.


One of the most important lessons I've learned in terms of being on the gear market is to always try everything you can to make the best of what you have. It can take a little while to get the results you're after out of the gear you've got, but it can happen.

Little anecdote. When I was around 21, I was playing in a crappy covers band doing all sorts of funk-rock numbers and what have you, and because of the style of music, the bass sound was important. In that year I must have dropped about two grand on gear trying to keep up with what I thought I needed, and still I couldn't make it happen. One evening we gigged with this other band, a bunch of fortysomethings playing blues and classic rock stuff, and the bass player had this incredible sound, lots of beefy attack but really mellow, harmonic tone. I talked to him afterwards, and he showed me what he was using: An old Fender P-Bass through a Trace Commando, with a little EQ pedal and a compressor. His whole rig must have cost about a quarter of what I'd put down on mine, and his sound blew mine right out of the water.

So I sold most of my gear and made myself start from the ground up with the basics. A good bass, and a good amp. That's pretty much what I use now, and if at any point I feel like my kit is underperforming, instead of repalcing it what I do is spend some time with it, trying to figure it out, trying it in different situations, reading up about how to make various settings work for me. And usually that works fine.
 
#105
A lot of people have been saying to try out some pedals.

The Bad Monkey seems like a decent pedal for the money, I was just wondering if someone could post a small sound clip just with it on and off, sorry for the off-topic-ness, but no one on YouTube seems to realize that you can you a Bad Monkey on bass, or no one wants to post vids.

Thanks
 

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