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Re: [GEAR] Looking for... Something?

Posted by: danchristle <danchristle@...>

I would look at Roland, Line 6 or TC Electronics. They have decent practice amps that should handle 5-strings easily enough. I'm sure there are others in many price ranges but those are usually readily available.

Dan Christle

> On Sep 19, 2015, at 2:59 PM, David Stone <dcstone@bell.net> wrote:
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> Hi All!
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> Some may remember that I acquired a 5-string Ibanez for Father's Day this year. Very happy with it, and had a lot of comments from the other bass players in the church (along with many of the other musicians.)
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> Anyway, my 25-year old 10W bass practice amp (!) is getting pretty bad, and doesn't handle anything lower than a "D" anyway. I'm looking for something I could replace it with just for practice purposes (i.e. something with a head-phone jack). I'd also like to replace my existing chorus pedal with something more versatile.
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> Is there such a thing as a unit that would let me plug in the bass, with built-in tuner and effects, maybe also a built-in DI, and options to either feed into an amp or plug in head phones? (On the last bit, I do have an audio module for my desktop in the den, so I could just go DI>Audio IF>headphones, which would mean I could also play along to tracks on the desktop)
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> Thanks in advance for any and all recommendations!
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> David Stone
> dcstone@bell.net