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Thanks, Pablo! Enjoy the pedal!

As a sax play and someone who has an interest in jazz, one of the things that I get frustrated with going to listen to a jazz gig is the typical way that playing is approached. The typical method is: play the head, perhaps repeat head with some variation/decoration, everyone takes a solo for 16, 32, 64... bars (cue perhaps solo sax, trumpet, guitar, bass, keys, drums...). After 15 minutes of boring the audience to death, return to head and finish. Repeat process with next tune. You do not need to have everyone taking a solo in every tune, but that's what a lot of jazz groups do. They then wonder why their audiences almost no one under 70 in them. I don't go to a lot of jazz gigs, but I've been to enough, first one in my 20s, and they all operate this way. More imagination would go a long way.

If using the Behringer solely as a mixer for us to access our own mixes for live use I'm not sure how/why/where/when we'd need to use the Aux outs for anything else... or would we? Is the P16 necessary for personal mixing if we can do it on the Aux of the X32 rack?

Apologies if this is cheeky for this Spector fans thread, but I thought I'd draw your attention to an item wanted post. I'm in the market for a US NS5, if anyone in here is considering moving one on at all. https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/511318-usa-spector-ns5-5-string/

Taken off a Bright Onion patchbox pedal. Seems a shame to just bin them. Free, including postage.

No use to me, seems a shame to just bin it! Free including postage

EBS make a nice reverb specifically for bass, the Dynaverb. It's had a few updates through the years, and it's fairly expensive but can be found used for decent prices. It doesn't offer a low cut, only a passive tone control that cuts the treble. It is voiced specifically for bass though.

The Quad Cortex came out 5 years ago in 2020. They are still selling used at over £1000. Much better value retention than my smart phone!

Wake Up Poo! - The Poo Radleys

(Sorry about the thread resurrection!) Only just discovered this thread - and what a resource, esp with regards the eras and the order everything was released. So I have a question which I’ve never seen explained: I have a GP12SMX with the 250wRMS/500wPeak amp (indicated by the silkscreened print on the back - not hand written) as part of the 1x15 combo - it has a cooling fan inside and no cooling fins on the back. I’ve had it for 20 years and apart from one service, has never done anything other than what I bought it for! I’ve just bought a spare head only (in the same textured vinyl case as the combo) - exactly the same spec, but with cooling fins and no fan. Identified as AH250 (hand written on the back). Is it the same amp?? I’m thinking the lack of fan noise might be for studio applications - but that’s a guess. Or is one the earlier model and the other slightly later? Any other differences (the front panels are identical), are either better/more desirable? Any insight would be appreciated.

Ah. The plot thickens

Thanks, el Dooderino! I played in a band with a guitarist used a Valve State, I did enjoy its crunchy goodness.

I'd want to get a really close look at the output transformer and the label itself. If the 8 looks to be written on or a sticker applied after the original manufacture, and the output transformer is the same as the stock 4 ohm model, the only other reason I could think of for relabelling it is if someone had been running it with one pair of power valves removed for lower power.

Don’t forget, if you go Behringer you have the option of using Ultranet for your monitor mixes saving all those aux outs for other uses. Yes it means more outlay to buy the P16 personal mixers but it gives each band member a physical control of their IEM stereo mix.

Just sold my droc to Justin, really easy transaction. Excellent communication and no hassle, would happily deal with again. Enjoy the dingwall 😁

I would say that definitely matches the tone the OP is after more than the DJ5. Well played also mate.