I didn't get a Joe thing and I prolly won't for awhile. Let me start with the background first.

When I was 8 or so, I started playing piano. Played classical stuff till I was about 15. Deciding that piano wasn't considered 'cool', I talked my parents into moving to

BASS. Everyone else was picking up on guitar, I chose bass to be not only different but the fact that with guys starting up bands, there were no bass players. My first bass was a Fender Squire. Bought a (CRAPPY) lil 15 watt amp to go with it. (YOu can find the same bass for about $150 or in package deals (amp, cord, case, picks, bass) usually available at any music store Which really means, my bass isn't worth crap! lol) I got the hang of it pretty quickly, played with the guys at school... But a 15w POS wouldn't work and the drummer who had a ton of gear; I used his. And it never gave a bass sound. Only a distorted sound the whole time.

Eventually, we made the dive and I got a Fender M80 which apparently a LOT of people have never heard of. It was an 80w 1-12" that was good but it couldn't keep up with the guitarist's 200w Crate Full Stack (which incidentally, is a POS. Therefore, Crate is pretty low on my list of companies).

I went thru a few more basses but I never quite liked anything else. My 1st bass was great. Stickers all over, chips in the neck, slight repainting here and there... Sometime in 2000, I sold the amp...

But wait, it's more confusing than that. After getting the bass in 10th grade, I got a classical guitar in 11th. THen a few random free electrics throughout college. Back to the story at hand, I was going thru electric guitars after college, trying to find what I liked. A buddy turned me onto the Line6 (digital) amps and I got a Spyder112.

9 years later... The classical sits in storage. I still play the electric (took years and a lot of dough to find the right guitar).

A couple weeks ago, me and my neighbor went down south to a music store just out of boredom on a weekend. I fiddled around with guitars as did he. Eric wanted to hear my play bass since he knew I had one around and I hooked one up.

OOPS.

The amp I played thru was awesome. A 30w bass amp that sounds good? I had already been scarred that a 15w sounds shallow. Surely a 30w couldn't be MUCH better but dizzzzzzzaaaaaaaam. That 30w sounded as good as my old M80! Now that I got my financial aid check, not only could I get gas and a few groceries, we went down today to pick up the Marshall MB30. I'm rather rusty on my bass playing, but it's coming back.

So if you want, check out what I picked up. It's a very good deal for this type of amp. Bought some more guitar strings as well as a metronome (since mine broke). Now I can bug my neighbor downstairs with my Primus covers and Maiden-oriented riffs and and and... I am on youtube. Find me as Sonneilon6.

http://www.marshallamps.com/product...roductCode=MB30