It’s back from the dead! The TB Mega Thread.

bigchiefbc · Post by **bigchiefbc** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:20 pm

I have a real amp (Bugera 1960) and a practice amp (Marshall JTM30). I have 3 basses, but one of them (crappy hondo pbass) is just for beating on at home, the other two are my "real" basses (G&L L2500 and Squier VM Jag). I need two because of tuning changes at gigs.

Jwar · Post by **Jwar** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:48 pm

Someone buy my goddamn Swell pedal!!!!!!!!

jfrey · Post by **jfrey** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:21 pm

MSUsousaphone wrote:Dog picture

That's awesome.

dubkitty · Post by **dubkitty** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:23 pm

PUPPIES!!! :love:

i'm gonna have to get a proper bass amp if i intend to play the instrument other than in a home recording context or jamming where i can use other peoples' rigs. at home i play through the Laney, which is fine with it because it has 12" low-frequency Greenbacks.

MSUsousaphone · Post by **MSUsousaphone** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:04 pm

jwar wrote:Someone buy my goddamn Swell pedal!!!!!!!!

I think I'm going to be in that exact same boat once my B-PEG comes in.

Those pedals are THE BEST when you want a tube sound and you have a solid state rig.....now I have a power amp with 16 tubes. :idk:

I have been considering getting a practice amp. It goes against my very being....I would usually just lug the huge ass rig around....but I want to preserve this vintage tube amps and keep those tubes lasting as long as possible. The problem would be trying to find something with a similar tone....I don't want to have to tweak pedals when changing from practice amp to gig amp.

Deltaphoenix · Post by **Deltaphoenix** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:46 pm

My gig-band rig is a 200 watt Orange tube head into a 4 ohm Avatar 2-12. Plenty big and loud. I have only played one gig with out P.A. support in the last year or so and the rig I had at the time worked fine for that too.
At home I have a 100 watt Univox tube head and a Univox 2-15. They do not have the same tone at all, kind of a PITA, but not horrible. I have 2 basses, and one that I am slowly piecing together. I definately think a back-up is crucial...gigging and such.
I have one acoustic guitar, one Electric 6 string, and one guitar amp. At home use for the most part.
I also tend to think for the most part, I should use it, to keep it for music gear. There are a few exceptions. I do have a collector's mentallity (OMG huge Star Wars collection) and recently had to stop that in regards to pedals. I am cool with being spendy on things I use.

theavondon · Post by **theavondon** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:36 pm

I tend to like...buy amps. And, now I have a lot of amps! It's nice.

Though, due to apartment living, I've been getting a lot of use out of the $80 peavey combo I bought forever ago. I mean, it sounds pretty much like whatever you put into it, which is cool.

bigchiefbc · Post by **bigchiefbc** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:56 pm

Not sure how many of you guys still actually go to TB, but for our West Coast bros, Nerve is playing a few dates. I can attest that they fucking rule live, John Davis is a beast.

4/24 Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
4/25 Showbox, Seattle, WA
4/26 Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
4/27 The Knitting Factory, Reno, NV
4/28 The Regency, San Francisco, CA

behndy · Post by **behndy** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:03 pm

verrrrrrrrrrrry cool! Regency in SF is NICE. i'll definitely get to that one. COOL.

thanks meng!

bigchiefbc · Post by **bigchiefbc** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:08 pm

behndy wrote:verrrrrrrrrrrry cool! Regency in SF is NICE. i'll definitely get to that one. COOL.

thanks meng!

To make it even better, they're opening for DJ Shadow on those dates. :thumb:

behndy · Post by **behndy** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:09 pm

oh SHIT. off to buy tickets now. fucking LOVE Shadow.

behndy · Post by **behndy** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:17 pm

holy SHIT. tickets are $35 with a $11.50 convenience fee. that's........ that's way too much. the Regency is a nice place, but where bands play it's a medium sized club. like Slims, where shows are at MOST $15-$20. oof. i'd like to Shadow and i'd love to check out Nerve live....... but that's way more than i want to spend on a few hours of music.

OOF.

bigchiefbc · Post by **bigchiefbc** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:38 pm

Whoa, yeah, that's ... a lot.

behndy · Post by **behndy** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:41 pm

yah..... i'm not cheap..... but unless it's something to make the wiff happy, it's hard to justify almost $50 on one show.

i saw Prefuse73 at Slim's in SF i think, also a really nice club, and that was like $20. yikes.

Grrface · Post by **Grrface** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:47 pm

behndy wrote:yah..... i'm not cheap..... but unless it's something to make the wiff happy, it's hard to justify almost $50 on one show.

i saw Prefuse73 at Slim's in SF i think, also a really nice club, and that was like $20. yikes.

I straight up won't go to shows unless I can get in for less than $30. Too many great bands playing at $10-$15 to justify paying more.

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