How do you like the bass? I've been eyeballin these and there is some good deals on them, I'm also looking at Warwicks..
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What are you currently GASing for?
- Thread starter Jared Houseman
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Honestly, nothing. I'm very happy with the gear I have. Sure, I might drool over some new or special edition model I see advertised or an item in a TB For Sale ad, but that's it. There's nothing right now that I'm actually GASsing for.
So even though what I said is 100% true, you'll be pretty safe betting that I'll have some new significant piece of gear (i.e. not some inexpensive accessory like a cable or a music stand) within the next 30 days.
So even though what I said is 100% true, you'll be pretty safe betting that I'll have some new significant piece of gear (i.e. not some inexpensive accessory like a cable or a music stand) within the next 30 days.
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I've owned many basses, but this one ticks all the boxes for me & I've owned it longer than any other bass, with no plans to surrender it.
Recently I changed the machine-heads & saddles for the cosmo-black ones, & took a little mass away from the headstock. So now it's under 8 lbs. total, which makes it slightly better.
You can find Premium Soundgear for under $1k USD all the time:
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However, if you want to save a lot of money & don't mind replacing a few things (bridge, machine-heads), the GSR100EX is the best value-for-money on the market IMHO:
The pickup is high-output, the neck is slightly thicker than a Standard Soundgear (non-GIO), so it's stiffer.
I can down-tune on the GSR100EX equally as well as I can on the SR1800E with Titanium reinforcement.
It did take me two necks to find one I liked, because the first one had a hump in it. Second neck was the charm & I swapped the bridge & machine-heads from a SR eXtreme (SRX).
BTW, it's 7 lbs. total!
Makes me feel good and they can sell or keep. Besides, gigging days are over, just some rare session work but the mind and the chops are not up to my par.
Hey, could be worse.
Im gassing for a higher powered pedal board amp like the powerstage 170 they have the 700 but its not really pedal board friendly. Itd be really sweet to see something using nu tubes and class d to get that tube warmth too.
My new sound system upgrade. Ditching the big heavy mixer and old monitors for a Behringer X-Air 18 and a pair of QSC CP12's for floor wedges. Planning on going all direct after that.
GAS - the final frontier!
I'm still looking for another 2.7-ohm-capable amp, so I can move from a 'two 1-12 stack' to a 'three 1-12 stack'. Hoping for the arrival of the rumored upcoming Hartke700! I actually have a Carvin BX500 that can do 2.7 ohms no problem, but that's been relegated to my backup head as I discovered that I like the 'fat-vintage-fender-tones' of my recently-acquired Hartke TX just a little better.
And basses - will it ever end? I have a new $4k custom job being built right now, and I will need to sell ten or twelve very nice basses next month to 'responsibly' fund its acquisition. The scary part is that I also have my eye on another $5k custom job after that! ( thankfully there is a ten-month production backlog on those... )
Aguilar's AG 700 and Tone Hammer 700 both are 2.67 Ohm capable. Have you considered them?
I have - but Aggie's don't come with a handy one-knob compressor - and that's pretty much a must-have for me as I'm far too lazy to haul extra outboard stuff...
Understandable.I have - but Aggie's don't come with a handy one-knob compressor - and that's pretty much a must-have for me as I'm far too lazy to haul extra outboard stuff...
Whenever I feel pangs of GAS, I try to convert that to pangs of desire to learn a new song or technique.
Instead of longing for another piece of wood with metal strings tied to it, long to master a new song or ability.
....but then I always do fall of that high-horsed pedestal of condescension and really really really want a Sadowsky SA-200 into a Barfaced 69er or Berg NV215. Lol
Instead of longing for another piece of wood with metal strings tied to it, long to master a new song or ability.
....but then I always do fall of that high-horsed pedestal of condescension and really really really want a Sadowsky SA-200 into a Barfaced 69er or Berg NV215. Lol
I could use a cheap music stand for when our singer is seeing a song for the first time in his life, and a couple of reasonable mic clips. Had a guy who had to push the 58 in until the clip went "snap" so I bought some indestructible rubbery monsters that are a real fight to put in a mic or get one out.
That's equal parts beautiful and terrifying! Fan-fret.....less, I'd be so lost on that fret(less)board!
A very cheap, workable, good sounding and expendable bass to go outside without any worry of being robbed.
A Kala U-Bass.
A Little Bass (A - very - short scale bass made in Brazil by S. Martyn)
And a lightweight Fender P-bass with that magic tone.
A Kala U-Bass.
A Little Bass (A - very - short scale bass made in Brazil by S. Martyn)
And a lightweight Fender P-bass with that magic tone.
