Lakland Skyline Darryl Jones into a Mark Bass Little Mark 250 Black Line through an Eden EX112.
The bass is lovely. I didn’t appreciate how much difference narrow frets would make to the speediness of the neck, but it’s great.
The Mark Bass amp is lovely and clear. I’m a big fan of stuff that you set flat and get “your sound” from elsewhere and it does that brilliantly. This is my first cab with 12" speakers and I think it’s the sweet spot for me.
Also got a LeBass two channel preamp in front of it, so I’ve got the “your bass, but louder” sound of the amp, a “clean valve warmth” setting, and a “fuck off mids, have some clank” higher gain setting. Lovely.
What are we currently on the lookout for? I quite fancy a MXR bass compressor, but they’re fucking £200 new so I’m waiting for the second hand market to do its thing.
I really want some new kit - I’m on the lookout for a 2nd hand xbase 999 or a reasonably priced 2nd hand DSI Tempest (but they don’t exist). Want a tape echo of some kind too. there’s one of these for sale near me atm but I can’t really justify the purchase
(it’s a gnarly old mixing desk with a built in tape echo under the hood)
I have bass envy, Lakland looks nice. Saw a white mid-70s Rickenbacker 3000 recently that was super sexual and all nicely yellowed with age but again, couldn’t justify the price
looking at investing in a bunch of pedals over the coming weeks -
Fulltone OCD
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Black Fountain
Dr Scientist Mini Reverberator
Mr Black Deluxe Plus Spring Reverb and Tremolo
I have just a standard Boss Distortion and Loop Station that I use occasionally, but currently for the most part using the reverb effect and 2 drive channels that are on my Randall head, and a Snark SN10 pedal tuner (which is really great in terms of being simple and clear (huge display).
My main guitars are a Ibanez AX which I put DiMarzio pickups in, and a Fender Jim Adkins Signature Telecaster. I also have a backup Fender Jagstang.
