Hi from the isle of wight england

[Oren Hudson]

Allan - don't pay any attention to Richard and his synopsis. He's never even had grits. Take it from me, you'd love them if you ever got to have some. They are a treat of the Southern states. Yankees don't know any more about them than you or Richard, although Richard is getting educated (I think) as we go along. In spite of his lack of the proper respect for grits, Richard is my friend and over all, a pretty good fella.

[Richard Prowse]

Originally Posted by Oren Hudson

Allan - don't pay any attention to Richard and his synopsis. He's never even had grits. Take it from me, you'd love them if you ever got to have some. They are a treat of the Southern states. Yankees don't know any more about them than you or Richard, although Richard is getting educated (I think) as we go along. In spite of his lack of the proper respect for grits, Richard is my friend and over all, a pretty good fella.

Oren, my friend, if you really liked me you'd have used two of those green grinning fellows and written "Lol!" before the first one. This is the custom and, living in a British colony, I am big on customs.

[Oren Hudson]

BF Richard. I guess I'll plead ignorance. I know not the significance or insignificance about the green grinning fellows and Lol!. Please advise. As far as Kustoms, they're another one of my favorite (now)vintage rigs. I played through the rolled and pleated 100 watt head with 2 2-15 cabs throughout the 70s. Great rig. Sadly, the rig was destroyed in a fire about 15 years ago. However, I now have another 100 watter with 1 2-15 cab identical to the '68 rig before it was destroyed. I do love the tuck & roll Kustoms. I was at a guitar show 6 or 8 years ago in Nashville, Tennessee and meet Bud Ross, the original developer and maker of Kustom equipment. In fact, on the earlier rigs, the logo says Kustom by Ross, Inc. What a nice person. Talked with him for 15 minutes or so. So don't forget to tell me about British Kustoms and/or customs. Your choice. Lol! (I think I followed the custom properly) ... Nero, the soon to be hero??

[Oren Hudson]

Allan - you mentioned the bass that you're playing, but I didn't see the amp rig. Care to share that too? Just love to hear about others stuff.

Oren

[Allan Todd]

Hi Oren,

My bass rig, i'm playing through a trace elliot ah500 head into a trace elliot 4x10+horn & an eden 4x10+horn, the sound & the power through this rig is unbelievable, i use to use trace gear years ago & then i took a couple of years out from playing & sold it all, when i started playing again i fancied something different & bought an eden wt1200 head & two 4x10 cabs but the head didn't seem very powerfull considering it was meant to be 1200watts rms so i bought the trace elliot 500 watt head that i have now & compared them, the eden didn't have even half the power of the trace strange?? so i think i will alway's use trace elliot but only there early stuff, i'm not too sure about the new ones, sound wise the tone i get with the wal or the thumb going through it is kind of a bernard edwards sound but slightly thicker, infact if you listen to a track from a band called "go west" the song is called "call me" thats my sound or very close to it, here is a link to it http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7gW6WcwNirk so now i have to find out what smith bass bass to go for to get that kind of sound.

Allan.

[Oren Hudson]

Allan - sounds like you've got want you want and what you like. It's always to good hear others opinions on equipment, but in the end, you gots to be happy with it. I've learned that power thing is confusing. Sometimes less is more and more is less. Just gotta do some thumpin. - Oren

[Allan Todd]

I think it depends on how much headroom the amp allow, power ratings are confusing i agree, i like to have a lot of clarity in my sound as well as depth, i've put a link on my previous post to that track let me know what you think??
What basses & amp are you using & what kind of tone do you get??

Allan.