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Thanks for watching and commenting! I have been thinking of seeing if JHS Pedals or Fuzz Lord Effects might be interested in collaboration on some kind of hair care effects pedal for bass.
I've been playing since 1994. Spend as much as you can on name brand stuff to get started. 2 reasons. 1) It is easier to play a better instrument and it sounds closer to the sound you are wanting to hear. Your instrument must stay in tune to sound good, no compromise. Cheap guitars that don't stay in tune will have you smashing them, but not looking cool while doing it . 2) You can sell name brand more easily if you decide to not play. -At a reputable guitar store, they won't rip you off too badly, they have their reputation to think about. The values are redily available on the web anyhow. -Definitely get a cable that will last, there is nothing more annoying than your cable cutting out and it has happened on every singe "regular" cable I have ever played with except for the expensive ones I got recently. It starts to buzz and make popping sounds if ypu drop it once. -a tuner is important and it is called tuning "up" for a reason. Tuning down leaves slack in the string, turning the tuning head so the pitch goes up tightens the tension and it will stay tuned.
Sorry I forgot. Elixers and other coated strings last a lot longer and are generally brighter (more high pitched crisp sounds) sounding to start. Size 9 strings on electric and maybe 11s on an acoustic for starters. Light strings are easier on your fingers.
Thanks for sharing your experience and perspective. I agree with everything you said and this is all great info for the viewers. The only thing I would add is that in the part of town I live, there are a lot of parents who simply can't afford even a Squier Affinty, and for them, I would rather see them buy their kid a Glarry, rather than never get a chance to experience the teenage garage band thing at all. I was lucky to get my hands on a really crappy cheap bass when I was in high-school. Thanks again for watching and contributing, it's much appreciated!
I have the same amp. We are planning to use it in a gig this month in a small club. Would it be enough to use the amp alone? I mean without connecting it to PA or boom mic to mixer?
It should be fine in a small club. Mine is loud enough at practice in an approximately 16 foot by 20 foot room, with Judd playing his full kit, 2 guitarists with Fender Twin amps and vocals. We only run vocals through the PA at practice. At gigs I use the XLR out to go to the PA, but I Don't think our sound guy has very much bass in the mix, in fact, I remember another sound guy NOT hooking it up to the PA and it was fine. Thanks so much for Watching and commenting, I hope I was able to help.
@@rockoutvideography91 Yes very much welcome.. I appreciate it. Thanks to your professional input and experience. I am now confident about using the amplifier for the gig. Cheers.
Nice overview of these basses and their features and manufacture over time. Like you, I noticed how nice these looked about 15 years ago and after searching briefly, found the same Indonesian model in the natural finish and Designed By pups. Interestingly my fretboard markers were block inlays rather than painted on. I do recall reading some years in that line using the printed ones, like you mention. I kept it for 10 years as my all around bass and it did everything I needed it to very well - it could get warm P bass tones and all the growling and clarity of the J. I did eventually sell it this year because of the weight. Mine was nearly 13 lbs. I think the body may have been ash. Not sure, but it had some nice flame figuring. Everything about it was well made and I never had problems with the electronics or anything, and I left it stock. Oh, and I picked mine up online from a pawn show out of state and it was just $200. I sold it for a little more than that 10 years later!
That's a great story, thanks for sharing. One thing I forgot about is the 70s Jazz I saw new at GC years ago with an ISS? Serial number, I think made by Samick. Do you remember the serial number on yours? I wonder if Samick made block inlays? Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Thanks for watching and commenting! If the pickups are Duncan Designed, they should have it printed on them. I forgot to mention I also remember seeing one in Guitar Center years ago with an ISS serial number made by Samick, I think. You can figure out when and where yours was made by looking at the serial number. I find the "Squier Wiki" site to be really helpful. Apparently the pickups have changed a few times over the years.
As much as I don't play anymore due to life and family, I am getting this for my practice area. When I do have the chance to play I don't want to be messing with cables and wrapping them all up when I'm done. Spark Amp sits on the shelf, this plugs into the amp & bass and should make for a comfortable and enjoyable experience.
I basically feel the same way. I'm using the cheap wireless we recently reviewed for home practice, and a new one haven't reviewed yet for band practice. Sadly, the Joyo died a few months ago. Thanks for watching and commenting!
5:59 I have bought many of the same type construction of used import snare stands and now I will usually sort of rebuild them ..on some i took some of those smaller round furniture mover pads things and cut the pad out just enough to fit the snare stand original rubber foot and hot glued all the feet into it..adds great stability and reduced the imbalance wobble and it really doesn't scoot too much.. experiment with smaller furniture pads and stuff for the cheaper built snare stands, also I've had the plastic neck liners split and strip out and I've upgraded that with metal hardware and honestly now it's as strong as my studio gear..Drum On.
@@rockoutvideography91 my current setup is my pc in to the aux on my modeling Amp and sometimes I use headphones or output from the headphones out on the modeling Amp to my PA system. but my mobile setup is micro br80 with wireless and a rocktron velocity vg05 9 volt battery powered guitar amp.
Small Fender Rumble 15 under coffee table in living room with Amazon music app on TV, and a discrete wall mount beside recliner. But mostly, play in my cave in basement with full gig setup... Family likes the rumbles when I play downstairs.
Cool! I watch RU-vid on my TV with the chomecast and play through the Joyo mini bass amp when I don't want to use headphones. Thanks for watching and sharing your practice rig!
For me it’s my Ampeg SCRDI that gets this all done and sounds awesome! Just patch my tuner or any other pedal in and good to go. Can use batteries or just plug it in. Aux in for the phone and headphones out using my Beyer Dynamics 770 80 ohm phones.
I didn't know about the Ampeg SCRDI, so I looked it up, thanks! It looks like a really cool and useful piece of gear, especially with the headphone output. I think it's probably a really good multi use tool for a lot of bass players out there that would be great for recording, practicing, and gigging. It definately looks like it may be the ultimate headphone amp. I have a SansAmp Bass Driver DI on my board that I really like, but it doesn't have a headphone output, plus 1 for Ampeg for sure! If I had known that my Amplug would fail shortly after I found it, I wouldn't have bought the cheap Joyo headphone amp, but it's working for now. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!
I had to look up the Katana 110, I had not seen one before. If I could find a way to get my hands on one, I would love to review it. It's a really interesting amp. A quick look makes me think it's trying to be like their guitar modeling amps, but for bass. At 60w continuous, it's probably loud enough to kep up with a drum kit and could bridge the gap between a practice amp and a gigging amp for small venues. My old Fender Rumble 30 fits into that slot with less power. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch, comment, and leave a recomendation, much appreciated!
I’ve had the same drum stands for close to 20 years. if they work then great it kind of depends on how hard of a player you are and how supportive of the stands you need them to be. Great video!
I'm not sure it really matters all that much. I think I would go for a 4 x 10 though if I had to choose. I'm a fan of the way my 8 x 10 cab sounds. thanks for watching and commenting!
Good question! It sounds great here in my room, at band practice, and at gigs. The sound at the very beginning of the episode is the sound of the amp in the room from a shotgun mic connected to the camera. I also mention at the beginning of the demo that at first it's just the sou d of the amp through that same mic about 6 feet away. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!
The amp is actually loud enough. After all, not much signal reached the amplifier. The bass player marked the stroking of the bass strings, not the actual playing of the instrument.
I'm not actually sure what you are trying to say here. I couldn't find your comment in the video's past comments or relies. Perhaps if you were a bit more specific I could address your comment. Anyway, we do appreciate you taking the time to watch the video and leave a comment. Hopefully you were in some way entertained and informed.
Thanks for watching and commenting. Leave us a response here after you have had some time to play with it and let us know how it works out. I'm sure there are other viewers who would appreciate hearing about your experiences. Mine is still on my board.
I bought one a couple of years ago. I think for quiet practice so as not to disturb others is it’s best selling point. For the cost point, I feel it’s a good little practice amp. I want to crank up the jam, I plug into my Ampeg. Good solid review!
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment! This little amp has turned out to be super handy. I even use the heaphone output sometimes. I suspect the kids are going to get some more use for when school starts up in a couple weeks.
I am a home hobby player, couch guitar for fun. I use the Lotmusic/Kmise pedals and this power supply. It all works just fine. My entire couch rig is wireless. I am using four wireless receiver/transmitters to keep all the cables and clutter away. I have had no issues with any of my budget Lotsmusic stuff.
This is a really good pedal, man. I hate that it doesn't give you the 1-2k band, because I push quite a bit of that specifically. I need to get one of these and find a substitution to get the same result.
Check out a few EQ pedals for guitar. You may find one with the frequencies you want. Just because it doesn't have "Bass" in the name doesn't mean it won't work. Thanks for watching and commenting! EDIT - I decided to edit this comment in case I came accross as condesending in some way. I know that YOU know that a pedal doesn't need to say "Bass" on it. It was meant as a humorous aside, like the way I would say it if I was casually talking to a friend. Unfortunately, all of the tone of voice and body language is missing when we communicate in text. As far as I'm concerned, you took the time to watch my video and leave a comment, which puts you up in the top percentage of cool people in my small universe here on RU-vid. I always assume the people I'm talking to are probably smarter than I am. That goes for you as well.
I have this amp sitting next to my Fender Rumble 100. With my 14 month old often sleeping in the room above me, I practice on this amp most of the time.
That's a pretty good use for this amp. The 3.5mm input and the headphone amp can also be useful for silent practice, but I admit I prefer small headphone amps like the VOX Amplug for that. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!
I think im going to buy this bass in the package. Rumble 15 and black bass for $323. Its from a local shop online in texas. Should i buy from a bigger retailer that are near me. Im sure it will need to be set up and what not. Im new. 55. Never musical. Thoughts? Thanks
I would say just find the best deal. If you can't find or don't want to pay someone to do your set ups, there are a lot of great videos on youtube that will show you how to do it. A screwdriver and the allen wrenches that come with the bass should be all you need to do a basic set up
Amazing review.. I bought one recently. Do you know the speaker power? would it be ok to set the volume to maximum in a gig? So far i'm liking although I'm having issues hearing myself with a band sometimes
Interesting, I'm playing with my volume at about 75% at practice and gigs, with a 4 piece drum kit in the room. You guys must be really loud. One of the viewers recently commented that he added a 4 x 10 , 8 ohm cab and it sounded great. You should be able to turn your volume all the way up, but a second speaker cab will allow you to get the full 200 watts
@@rockoutvideography91 I guess we are that loud. Just so you know I've emailed ampeg and they told the speaker is a laVoce and the rated power handling is 200 Watts. Which makes no sense to me since I need an extern cabinet to reach that power
Thanks for the info update on the speaker brand. Hopefully people will see your comment. I'm also confused by what Amped told you. Maybe someone who can explain it better will let us know.
Unless I'm mistaken, the other indent is a breather that allows the driver cone travel its optimal distance. Some stereo speaker cabs have this vent that is attached to an adjustable cylindrical cardboard tube inside the box. The cardboard tube length can be shortened or lengthened, which in turn varies the depth of bass frequency. These vent types are often used for achieving ultimate bass response for small enclosed cabs, unlike open-back guitar amps.
Thanks for watching and contributing to the discussion. Several viewers have commented that it is a "Passive radiator", although one viewer has his doubts due to the small size of it. I had never heard of this and had to look it up. I "Think" it is a passive radiator, or at least it is meant to be one. Perhaps the size is big enough or it's still partially doing it's job and that is the size they had to work with? Your description seems to be one of the features a passive radiator would provide to bass frequencies.
@@rockoutvideography91 Quite right thanks for the update, I use a pretty big Cerwin Vega SUB with a matched powered monitor for Bass, the MA-10B looks okay for close range practice and it's cheap enough.👍
