I'm thinking about selling off my RG2228A 8 string in order to help fund a bass amp and cab, since I don't really need two guitars at the moment and I've been having a LOT of fun playing my new Ibanez SR5006E 6 string bass.
Over the last couple of years experimenting I've found that good enough bass tones can definitely be had entirely in the box, but I haven't ever had results that really blew me away, and it's just not as fun... So, I want a bass amp and cab to put a mic on!
The Mesa Powerhouse 410 and 610 look like the most appealing cabs to me right now. Anybody here have experience with them? Is the 4x10 satisfying for recording?
As for heads, I really have no idea what I want. I know Andy has used the Peavey Firebass. It looks like they can be picked up VERY cheaply... Are they that good? Does anybody have any example recordings of them?
Besides the Firebass, I'm interested in the Sunn RI 300T/Fender Bassman 300 Pro, but those are quite a bit more pricey than the Firebass.
For the most part, I'm just looking for a nice & loud, warm clean tone for jazzy finger style playing. Think Cynic, Between The Buried and Me, Scale The Summit, etc.... I plan on using all of my guitar pedals along with it for various tone shaping/effects... I've tried the tubescreamer on bass before and I quite like it for more aggressive/picked stuff, and I'll probably get a Sansamp pedal too for when I want a really clanky, distorted bass tone, but most of the time I'll just want a clean finger style sound.
Suggestions?
Over the last couple of years experimenting I've found that good enough bass tones can definitely be had entirely in the box, but I haven't ever had results that really blew me away, and it's just not as fun... So, I want a bass amp and cab to put a mic on!
The Mesa Powerhouse 410 and 610 look like the most appealing cabs to me right now. Anybody here have experience with them? Is the 4x10 satisfying for recording?
As for heads, I really have no idea what I want. I know Andy has used the Peavey Firebass. It looks like they can be picked up VERY cheaply... Are they that good? Does anybody have any example recordings of them?
Besides the Firebass, I'm interested in the Sunn RI 300T/Fender Bassman 300 Pro, but those are quite a bit more pricey than the Firebass.
For the most part, I'm just looking for a nice & loud, warm clean tone for jazzy finger style playing. Think Cynic, Between The Buried and Me, Scale The Summit, etc.... I plan on using all of my guitar pedals along with it for various tone shaping/effects... I've tried the tubescreamer on bass before and I quite like it for more aggressive/picked stuff, and I'll probably get a Sansamp pedal too for when I want a really clanky, distorted bass tone, but most of the time I'll just want a clean finger style sound.
Suggestions?