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Topic: New Amp Day!

I've had a bass guitar & amp package on my G.A.S. list for a while, being an Ibanez SR500 + Fender Rumble 150 amp. I was in a music store today, and they had a single Rumble 150 in stock, marked down from $399 to $229 as they're not going to be carrying the Rumble line any more. I walked to the car, and sat there for several minutes trying really hard to talk myself out of buying it.

I failed.

http://www.fender.com/en-CA/series/rumb … horn-120v/

Now I've got to start saving for the bass guitar, although the Les Paul sounds awesome through the Rumble.

Days like this are good days indeed!

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Re: New Amp Day!

Congrats TF - sounds like you got yourself a bargain!

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Re: New Amp Day!

You did not fail.  You succeeded by alternate means.  You changed the conditions of the test.  You do not believe in the no win situation.

You should be awarded a commendation for original thinking.

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Re: New Amp Day!

Congrats on snagging that fine amp sound is everything not to mention the money saved smile

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Re: New Amp Day!

jerome.oneil wrote:

You did not fail.  You succeeded by alternate means.  You changed the conditions of the test.  You do not believe in the no win situation.

You should be awarded a commendation for original thinking.

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Re: New Amp Day!

T F I would suggest checking Rouge basses or the Xavier,, great instruments for the money.  http://www.guitarfetish.com/Xaviere-Bas … c_362.html

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Re: New Amp Day!

beamer wrote:
jerome.oneil wrote:

You did not fail.  You succeeded by alternate means.  You changed the conditions of the test.  You do not believe in the no win situation.

You should be awarded a commendation for original thinking.

LOLOLOL The JAMES T. KIRK PHILOSOPHY  along with  NOTHING UNREAL EXIST

http://img.4plebs.org/boards/tg/image/1389/39/1389398089030.jpg

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Re: New Amp Day!

Thanks for the Star Trek philosohy (love it!) and helpful suggestions. The other bass on my "options" list is this one by ESP, which to me looks gorgeous, along with the neck-thru-body construction for sustain and tuning stability, as opposed to a bolt on:

http://www.lamusic.ca/ESP-LTD-B-4E-NG-B … -4e-ng.htm

I had a look at the Xaviere's, and getting one to Canada will cost me close to $200 in additional freight, customs brokerage, duty, and taxes. I wasn't able to find anyone in Canada carrying the brand on-line, and the same goes for Rondo products. You can tell that I really like the long-necked, dark natural wood grain look for a bass, so it'll probably end up being an Ibanez or an ESP when the day comes.

Whatever I get, I'll likely end up replacing the pickups with a set of Seymour-Duncan "Blackouts" in it, which are (IMHO) the most versatile, best sounding bass pickups out there. Here's wee video clip showing them in an ESP-LTD bass:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/b … ing_black/

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Re: New Amp Day!

That could wind up being the best $229 ever spent.
I am playing my LP through an Excelsior, marketed by Fender.
All tube, 15" speaker, same deal: marked down by G.C.
It has two knobs -- volume and tremolo.

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