New amp and cab…
Friedman Dirty Shirely with a matching Achilles 2x12 cab.
I’ve had the head for a little while. Unfortunately couldn’t get the matching Friedman cab, so got one made through Achilles amps in Endevour Hills. Just got it yesterday.
The head (The Shirl) is utterly glorious. Supposedly based on a sort of supped up JTM 45, its pure late 60s early 70s rock/heavy blues tones. 40 watts of utter magic.
I am in love…
What a super cool space you’ve got!
Gear Aquisition Syndrome is common throughout all instrument groups. Especially brass players.
I lllluuuurrrrvvvv orange amps. Molto jealouso!
What speakers did you put in the cab?
V30 uptop and Creamback down bottom. Very very happy with it.
Can any bass players on here give me any good reason for the 6 string bass? All the best players I know play the 4 string and I’ve never heard of a 6 string double bass, so is it all a bit of a wank?
I know this is not the correct forum, probably should be in the dumb question one, but all my favourite early Cure songs like A Forest and Primary had brilliant bass guitar, all on 4 strings, so 6 sounds like it’s superfluous to requirements.
It extends the lows and highs with the extra string bottom and top, so I guess if you’re doing metal or something and wanna enter the depths, or doing some kind of melodic high lead like a guitar, it could be of benefit. As you say, 4 does the job.
If it’s not 12 strings, I’m not interested.
Mike Rutherford’s signature sound in early Genesis involved intricate 12-string guitar work, often layered with another 12-string or bass, using unique tunings (like variants of F# on the top three strings), and pioneering double-neck guitars (Rickenbacker, Shergold, Strata) to switch seamlessly between 4-string bass and 6/12-string guitars, defining Genesis’s unique progressive sound.
