This is the same bass I played in Southport, which felt rather good and the price seems okay. Anything about the Hartke I should definately check?
I want a bass
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7672 posts since 9 Nov, 2003 from Netherlands
I may have found my bass. A Fender Squire including Hartke Amp for 300 Euros; I will have to go there and check it out.
This is the same bass I played in Southport, which felt rather good and the price seems okay. Anything about the Hartke I should definately check?
This is the same bass I played in Southport, which felt rather good and the price seems okay. Anything about the Hartke I should definately check?
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
I'm not totally current on amplification technology, but if I remember correctly, Hartke are a very reputable company, making excellent bass amps. For 300 Euros, it seems to be a good price.
Greg
Greg
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- KVRist
- 109 posts since 19 May, 2002 from Boston
Yup, hartke is good. I heard my friend's playing Thunderbird through a 300W hartke and it kicked major ass. 
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7672 posts since 9 Nov, 2003 from Netherlands
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- KVRian
- 864 posts since 9 Jul, 2001 from Chester County PA, USA
Yep, Hartke makes nice amps, and basses as well (my fretted is a Hartke and I'm real happy with it ).
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- KVRAF
- 25026 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
Mark, I gave you a link where you can buy such a bass new for 100euros and I assume that the J&D are of better quality than the Squire ones because you only pay for the bass itself and not for the brand namMystahr wrote:I may have found my bass. A Fender Squire including Hartke Amp for 300 Euros; I will have to go there and check it out.
This is the same bass I played in Southport, which felt rather good and the price seems okay. Anything about the Hartke I should definately check?
You can get fantastic amplifiers from Behringer very inexpensively - here again you don't have to pay for the name
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- KVRist
- 99 posts since 28 Aug, 2002 from Cleveland, Ohio USA
THat won't be an amp you can gig with, but for bedroom practicing it should be fine.
Low frequencies require huge wattages to push them through. I've tried gigging with a 100 watt bass amp before and it just barely makes the grade. 200-300 for a gig would be ideal for a medium club.
Just realized that you never said anything about gigging, so I'll just shut up now.
Low frequencies require huge wattages to push them through. I've tried gigging with a 100 watt bass amp before and it just barely makes the grade. 200-300 for a gig would be ideal for a medium club.
Just realized that you never said anything about gigging, so I'll just shut up now.
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
Besides, in a shitty little club with crap sound in the first place, nobody's going to criticize your tone too deply if you just mic your wee amp and put it through the house PA. I've seen plenty bands do that, and I've done it myself! If it has line outs, you could just go straight to their board.
Greg
Greg
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- KVRist
- 289 posts since 6 Jan, 2003 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
an electric bass part is an integral part of the music I write. That's one of the reasons why I went with a computer-based solution - it allows me to use my own electric bass.
I use my Dreibelbass - it started life as a cheap Japanese made Precision copy I got for $150 back in '85, but over the years I've ripped out all the stuff that irked me and replaced them with better parts. In fact, the body, two knobs and strap buttons are the only parts left over
It's got a Cort second neck, Seymour Duncan Vintage Precision and J-Bass pickups, Schaller bridge and tuners, and a moto pickguard. I even letrasetted "Hentor Dreibelbass" on the headstock. Because the neck pocket isn't perfect, it's shimmed with a European coin and a heavy Fender pick.
It's not the perfect instrument - it's heavy, and it has a somewhat higher action - but the sound coming off it is pretty good.
what at least one person has said about Peavey basses - definitely worth checking out. The BXPs are supposed to be really good. But the ones to look out for are the mid-eighties Foundation models, which has a beautifully fast neck and decent electronics (the Dyna-Bass is the same model with active electronics).
Yamaha also makes some pretty good basses as well, their inexpensive line are real value for money, and they make a budget fretless.
I use my Dreibelbass - it started life as a cheap Japanese made Precision copy I got for $150 back in '85, but over the years I've ripped out all the stuff that irked me and replaced them with better parts. In fact, the body, two knobs and strap buttons are the only parts left over
It's got a Cort second neck, Seymour Duncan Vintage Precision and J-Bass pickups, Schaller bridge and tuners, and a moto pickguard. I even letrasetted "Hentor Dreibelbass" on the headstock. Because the neck pocket isn't perfect, it's shimmed with a European coin and a heavy Fender pick.It's not the perfect instrument - it's heavy, and it has a somewhat higher action - but the sound coming off it is pretty good.
what at least one person has said about Peavey basses - definitely worth checking out. The BXPs are supposed to be really good. But the ones to look out for are the mid-eighties Foundation models, which has a beautifully fast neck and decent electronics (the Dyna-Bass is the same model with active electronics).
Yamaha also makes some pretty good basses as well, their inexpensive line are real value for money, and they make a budget fretless.
"Ooo, look at me, I'm making people HAPPY! I'm the Magical Man from Happyland! In a gumdrop house on Lollypop Laaaaaaane!" - Homer Simpson
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- KVRist
- 37 posts since 19 Jan, 2003 from Netherlands
Several months ago, the orchestra (it's not realy a band) where I play guitar did a recording session with an an engineer who works with the Marco Borsato band (this is only understandable for local people). He brought the most amazing mics (for recording our rather large brass/woodwind section) etc. Our then bassplayer had this huge SWR amp (a big name in bass amps). In the room (a music school) were we recorded there was this small Hartke amp. He almost spotted it immediately. He immediately tried to convince our bassplayer to do the recording of the bass on this thing.Mystahr wrote:I may have found my bass. A Fender Squire including Hartke Amp for 300 Euros; I will have to go there and check it out.
This guy realy knew what he was doing.
Henny
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- KVRer
- 1 posts since 17 Aug, 2004
Get a warwick!!! The craftmenship is unreal. You can change the space between the strings easily and raise and lower the nut. The wood is crazy quality and the sound is unmatched!! Only down side is they way a ton. Warwicks own.
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
What the hell?
Obviously not an employee of Warwick, despite the name.... They're smart people over there, and wouldn't just recommend one of their models to a beginner. What kind of idiot would recommend all those features to someone looking to purchase on a specific budget?
I suppose the Rock Bass line would have been worth considering, too, but it's still not exactly a cheap line.
Where do you people come from?
Greg
Obviously not an employee of Warwick, despite the name.... They're smart people over there, and wouldn't just recommend one of their models to a beginner. What kind of idiot would recommend all those features to someone looking to purchase on a specific budget?
I suppose the Rock Bass line would have been worth considering, too, but it's still not exactly a cheap line.
Where do you people come from?
Greg