The Last Bass Outpost

Quote from: nofi on November 01, 2010, 08:28:43 PM
i'm thinking you were in a part of east atlanta near the grant park zoo. that's the only place i can think of that has lots of clubs with a music store in the middle. pretty cool little area that is now very expensive due to trendy folks with money moving in and 'fixing it up'. many places you saw back in '03 are gone now.

oh really?  that's a shame... stuff like that was happening everywhere in the country in the last 8-10 years.   No more CBGBs, no more Rat (boston), etc.   

Quote from: nofi on November 01, 2010, 04:21:41 PM
where did you play in atlanta and the name of your band?

hmmm... i can't remember the name of the place unfortunately.  I think it held about 500-600 people and was near a lot of other clubs.  The guitar store I got the head at was practically next door to the club if that helps.  I remember going to a house party after the gig that was down the street... it was an empty house with a motorcycle parked in the living room and a bonfire in the backyard.  I thought it was a pretty cool area...
My band was called Runner & the Thermodynamics.  We were a trio on a small label in NYC called Ace Fu Records.   We're actually having a reunion show in the Boston/Cambridge area on Nov.19 and I'm amp-less!  I've been offered an Acoustic 140 head & 106 cab to use, though.

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thanks!

great answers guys, thanks!   Hmmm... maybe i'm better off with a 150b and a Slave.  I really like the distortion/break-up that the 150b has.  It compresses really nicely.
I'm gonna try the Coliseum with my ts808 first.   I'd love to own a DR201 but that's way out of my budget.

I used to own a '72 Hiwatt DR504 and matching cab, it was great to record with.  I used to run that and a '76 Marshall 50w JMP halfstack in stereo in the studio... I was trying to get an Entwistle/Squire hybrid tone.  It sounded cool but didn't work live; couldn't hear myself well enough.

My 'large venue' rig consisted of a 360 preamp powered by a 300 Slave amp into the Berg 610.   It sounded really great but I preferred the tone of the 150b...?  I wish I kept that rig but needed the money I was offered for it at the time.  I got that 360 (near mint) for $125 in a shop in Atlanta while on tour in '03.  They thought it was messed up because it was humming... but it wasn't humming, the Elect tuning fork was on!  haha.   I later sold it for $600 2 years ago but I really should've kept it.

No one?     perhaps you guys have talked about these to death.  As a moderator on another forum, I totally understand haha.

I'm planning to buy a new amp in the next 10 days...  I found a really clean 150B w/ a not so clean 106 cab (1 replaced spkr) for $300.  It's a great deal but if the Coliseum Bass sounds way better, I'll hold out.   Will the Coliseum do the almost tube-like midrange 'bark' like the 150B?  but with more bottom end?

I use a Bergantino NV610

I used the original hand-wired Sansamp pedal in Normal mode for several years... both with an amp and direct injection.   I sold it about 2 years ago unfortunately...  I loved the tone but I always had to use some sort of a preamp or EQ after it to get the needed bottom end.
 
Now I'm using a TS808 clone but with a low-mids boost mod (just 1 cap gets changed).   It seems to work great for any Bass & Amp I use.

The rest of my pedalboard includes a Shin Ei/Univox Super Fuzz clone and for <ahem> solo boosts, I'm using a pedal clone of the old Boss FA-1 belt-clip FET Preamp.  I can pretty much do everything I need with those 3 pedals... except that I also use tremolo a lot.  For that I use an old Boss PN-2.

Hey people, newb here...

I'm in the market for a new Bass head and I prefer vintage equipment.  I've owned an Acoustic 150b in the past and I rocked a lot of large venues with that head and a Bergantino NV610.
While that was a great sounding rig, I wish it had a touch more bottom... perhaps the Sunn would provide that?  I've never been able to compare the two amps side by side thru the same cab before.

I'm a guitarist who played Bass in a rock trio for 4-5 years.  I play with a pick 90% of the time.  I love the John Entwistle tone, etc.  I usually use a P-bass but I'm about to build a 'Fenderbird' with a Mike Lull T-Bird pickup in the neck position (I'll buy the bridge model when I can afford it! haha)

Thanks for your help/opinions