Spinedriver
Well-Known Member
I started out playing bass in my current band about a year & a half ago. At the time I had a Peavey Supreme Xl head and a Marshall 1960A (300W mono input). That was sold off to get a bass rig which consisted of a Behringer BX4500H head & a Peavey 4x10 cab:
After roughly a year, I switched over to guitar and of course that means..(wait for it) ........ changing rigs again.
I managed to get the cab back from the guy I sold it to and ended up using an ART SGX 2000 pre-amp, Line 6 Uber Metal and a BBE Sonic Stomp with the bass head. The tone was FAR from great, but still usable in a jam situation.
Fast forward 3 or 4 months and I managed to convince the wife to let me buy a Pod XTL.
Thing is, when my Pod died a month or so ago (the power jack came off the board but it I managed to get it fixed the next day) I realized I have absolutely NO viable backup if we had to play a show & something went wrong with the Pod.
After watching the UPS tracking number bounce up & down the east coast for a week, I finally got my replacement head !!
(bad news is I have to wait until Wed to try it out with the cab.. 
)
Here's what I got............
Granted it may not be top of the line, but it's primarily going to be a 'power amp' (just like a PowerBlock) and in case of emergence, I think it'll be totally usable in a gig situation. As far as the 'why didn't you get a decent tube head ?' questions, the answer is that I needed something decent (not sound like totall ASS like a Marshall MG series) and cheap.
Anyhoo, that's my big news for the day, please carry on.....
After roughly a year, I switched over to guitar and of course that means..(wait for it) ........ changing rigs again.
I managed to get the cab back from the guy I sold it to and ended up using an ART SGX 2000 pre-amp, Line 6 Uber Metal and a BBE Sonic Stomp with the bass head. The tone was FAR from great, but still usable in a jam situation.
Fast forward 3 or 4 months and I managed to convince the wife to let me buy a Pod XTL.
Thing is, when my Pod died a month or so ago (the power jack came off the board but it I managed to get it fixed the next day) I realized I have absolutely NO viable backup if we had to play a show & something went wrong with the Pod.
After watching the UPS tracking number bounce up & down the east coast for a week, I finally got my replacement head !!
(bad news is I have to wait until Wed to try it out with the cab.. )Here's what I got............
Granted it may not be top of the line, but it's primarily going to be a 'power amp' (just like a PowerBlock) and in case of emergence, I think it'll be totally usable in a gig situation. As far as the 'why didn't you get a decent tube head ?' questions, the answer is that I needed something decent (not sound like totall ASS like a Marshall MG series) and cheap.
Anyhoo, that's my big news for the day, please carry on.....
