been getting back into bass.....

[Juggernaut]

awesome, those G/Ks sound KILLER..... love me some Stingray tone as well. I have a friend whose got a Stingray 5, fucker sounds AWESOME!

 

[EXPcustom]

You do know Wal is back in business?

I placed a order for a 4 string MkII with birdseye top and the deposit was 1000 pounds sterling and balance is due when its done. It comes out to around 5k USA dollars

You can get a brand new Wal 5 string for under 6k according to the price list, there is a nice fretless MkII on Ebay for 3700 as well, if I had the money I would place a bid.

https://cgi.ebay.com/WAL-Mk2-Fretless-ba ... 2a02f84572
Wal website:

http://www.walbasses.co.uk/

 

[Juggernaut]

yes I'm well aware..... just can't afford that kind of scratch. unfortunately.


got an email from Paul this morning, I was asking some questions about pick-ups and their preamp etc.....

 

[VH4_BigRig]

awesome, those G/Ks sound KILLER..... love me some Stingray tone as well. I have a friend whose got a Stingray 5, fucker sounds AWESOME!

Yeah man, I'm sold on them....ever since playing my friend's musicman, I've never wanted to play any other type of bass. I bought mine after playing his and haven't looked back Those 5 strings are sick too, I think way down the road I might get me one of those as well, but there are few things higher in the GAS pecking order

The most noticable think for me about the G-K so far is I like the treble on it a lot more than the other bass amps I've played, it's awesome for slap/pop stuff without being overly harsh. Still have yet to play the amp at real volume though, so I can't really review it until I've given 'er a good workout....next week hopefully Still hoping I can nail that Appetite for Destruction or Lateralus tone at some point...got Flea's tone down at least

Cheers,

bigrig

 

[Juggernaut]

I'm shooting for that Tool tone as well, my plan.....

Ampeg SVT4pro, has 2 seperate power sections, 1 just straight clean, the other side I'll run into a PSA-1 and into the reurn on that side and run it gritty as hell and have most of my fx on that side as well. depends really on which cab selection I go with, If I'm running a single cab, I'll have to rearrange my setup, but if I go with the 2x12/4x10 or 2-2x12s I can do it easily.

 

[blackba]

That bass does look killer. My buddy is selling a schector 5 string (not sure the model). Trying to resist and hold out for a Musicman Sterling 5string. I don't really need another bass though.

I really enjoy playing bass, there is something about the interaction with the drummer that is just cool. Its fun to be the 'master of the low end'

 

[orangekick]

Bass is where I started as well. My favorite bass has been a Lakland 55-01 for the last 6 or 7 years. Currently, my bass rig consists of:

Lakland 55-01 w/ Nordstrand Jazz pickups in soapbar cases
MIA Jazz bass

Mesa Boogie M-2000 head
Bergantino NV215 cab

how is that M-2000? I always wanted to try one but i think i'd regret getting rid of my bass 400+ in order to get one.

I love the M-2000. The fact that I can switch channels, blend them and even call in some gain while being able to switch in and out the EG on each channel is awesome. I admit that this is a bit of overkill, but if you play bass for a couple of different kinds of gigs, most of the sounds that you would probably want are in this amp. I have also never had the volume past 10:00.