The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Bass Amps & Effects => Topic started by: Highlander on June 27, 2015, 11:04:10 AM
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Anyway, I hadn't been into our local town for about a month or so and we like looking in the charity shops for a wide variety of items, so, when we walked into one of our regulars what should I spot but a GK Backline 115, priced rather reasonably at £80/$125...
Somewhat out of place, and no instrument to test the beastie so er... couldn't resist...
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/2015%200627%20GK%20B115%202_zpssqdxu1j3.jpg)
Tried out with the PC (Mud mode) and the fretless Jazz and very pleased with the results... heavy ol' son-of-a-Gallien though... :o
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/2015%200627%20GK%20B115%204_zps2y74pdyd.jpg)
Surprisingly wide range of sounds and the beastie can certainly handle full Mud, with overdrive, and at volume...! :vader:
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Coaxing the squirrels out of the trees?
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Driving them nuts, more like...
Spot the peanut shells in the pictures...! :mrgreen:
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I've seen a couple of those recently for about $150 so I'd say the price was reasonable.
Maybe 10 years ago I played a Backline head in a music store that had it as their demo amp. Clean channel sounded very nice, didn't care for the distortion channel at all.
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pro tip w/ the tilt-back cabs: Set them straight upright (not tilted) for a ton more room-filling bass :)
Tiltback mode is great when you want more highs aimed at your face without being very loud to the other players, can be nice for recording... but when I used to practice in a studio with the 2x10 variant of this amp, I found I was much much happier playing it not tilted.
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Ta for the tip... I'm probably keeping this for my proposed rehearsal space but may use it in conjunction with my MAG300 (4x10) as a second speaker... lots of time to play around with her as not looking at trying to get back to playing until relocated...
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That Hartke would make a great rig to leave at someone's place where the band meets for practice. That's what I've done with my old heavy Bassman 120 with a 15" speaker...left it for now at the drummer's house where we practice most often.
I've been thinking about one of the new Fender Rumbles in the 60-100W range. It's not that my Genz Shuttle 6.2/T12 is heavy (36 pounds), but the Rumble 100 is only 22 pounds, and even easier to tote for a practice session...and I wouldn't have to move my main rig around.
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I've got wheels on almost everything but not sure where I'd put any on this... it's got nice handles, but then again, so has my Marshall 4x12... :o
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I think a decent quality folding hand truck with bungee is the way to go, one size fits all. There are a lot of them out there.
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:mrgreen:
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I think a decent quality folding hand truck with bungee is the way to go, one size fits all. There are a lot of them out there.
Abalooootely. Those are extremely handy.
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Abalooootely. Those are extremely handy.
And only about $30 here for a 125 lb capacity.
I do not know how to convert the price or weight restrictions and am not too concerned. ;)
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I have an old "commercial" one I acquired from a dumpster some years back... it had just gone rusty is all... spare set of wheels off another one in the same skip...