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MGR/Bruce « Korg Bass Ampworks »
Published on 09/19/07 at 15:00I've been playing in bands for just over 30 years. I started young. I've played many styles in that time but now I've gone back to where I started and I've now gone back to playing in Blues bands.
I was looking for an old Fender Bassman head for my '62 Fender Jazz Bass when a friend told me about the Korg. He uses the guitar version. The local music shop got one in for me to try and I was impressed with the amp sounds. I think I paid around the A$100 mark for it.
The best thing is I didn't have to buy another amplifier to carry around. I've only ever used it live and I don't use the cabinet sounds but I do use a touch of reverb. I use seperate effect units anyway and I always mic my cabinets to the PA. I can get some fatastic "old" sounds from the Jazz Bass, which was the point of the excercise. For me, it's set and forget. I like the tone controls that are on the top of the unit because I can fine tune my sound.
I'm not sure I'd record with this unit because some of the settings can be a bit noisy but I haven't tried it in a studio yet. If you were going to try to make adjustments on stage you'll need to have the unit sitting on a table fairly close to you because the controls are hard to see. It wound be best to programme the presets and remember which colour light is which preset. Because I only use it for one bass and one setting, I just tape it to the top of my amp so it doesn't get stepped on and unplug it when I use another bass.
The case is made from plastic and I don't think it would take too much abuse. Don't drop it! The controls, plugs an switches are good quality. All up it's pretty easy to use. The owner's manual is pretty good as well.
Overall the Korg is doing exactly what I wanted. The sounds are fairly close to what they're supposed to be and it fits nicely into a guitar case. It's not expensive and it's good quality for the money. My best advise for anyone thinking of buying one is to question youself as to why you need one? What do want it to do and what are you going to do with it? How are you going to treat it? Remember, It can make you sound better but it won't make you play better. Once you've settled that and decide to buy one, you won't be dissapointed.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I was looking for an old Fender Bassman head for my '62 Fender Jazz Bass when a friend told me about the Korg. He uses the guitar version. The local music shop got one in for me to try and I was impressed with the amp sounds. I think I paid around the A$100 mark for it.
The best thing is I didn't have to buy another amplifier to carry around. I've only ever used it live and I don't use the cabinet sounds but I do use a touch of reverb. I use seperate effect units anyway and I always mic my cabinets to the PA. I can get some fatastic "old" sounds from the Jazz Bass, which was the point of the excercise. For me, it's set and forget. I like the tone controls that are on the top of the unit because I can fine tune my sound.
I'm not sure I'd record with this unit because some of the settings can be a bit noisy but I haven't tried it in a studio yet. If you were going to try to make adjustments on stage you'll need to have the unit sitting on a table fairly close to you because the controls are hard to see. It wound be best to programme the presets and remember which colour light is which preset. Because I only use it for one bass and one setting, I just tape it to the top of my amp so it doesn't get stepped on and unplug it when I use another bass.
The case is made from plastic and I don't think it would take too much abuse. Don't drop it! The controls, plugs an switches are good quality. All up it's pretty easy to use. The owner's manual is pretty good as well.
Overall the Korg is doing exactly what I wanted. The sounds are fairly close to what they're supposed to be and it fits nicely into a guitar case. It's not expensive and it's good quality for the money. My best advise for anyone thinking of buying one is to question youself as to why you need one? What do want it to do and what are you going to do with it? How are you going to treat it? Remember, It can make you sound better but it won't make you play better. Once you've settled that and decide to buy one, you won't be dissapointed.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com