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I felt that with my Big Twin II, although my sound was very trebly/twangy/aggressive the low end on the E string seemed to boom a bit. Any reduction in low end and the rest of the strings sounded like elastic bands and lowering the pickup under the E just meant it was then much quieter than the other strings. To be fair I have to say that was the only BF cab I had that issue with, and have had a fair few over the years. Some cabs just don’t seem to suit what you’re doing as much as others.

That was def a tale that rang true for me too, for some reason rather than just buy a Precision I chased the sound with many others only to be dissatisfied all the time. Daft thing is over that period I spent more than a Precision would have cost. In fact my first “real” bass, a Yamaha BB1100s was £450 and at the time a US Precision was £325, but out of stock. Impatient me couldn’t wait, had to have a bass now!

That’s why it’s good gigging there, the applause is louder

And hopefully they will. I had a bass stolen years ago, it was only a cheap one with no sentimental value but I was fuming.

As I’m going to see Buckcherry in November I’ve been listening to their last two albums a fair bit recently, Hellbound of 2021 & Warpaint of 2019.

I’m the same, if someone tells me a bass is 9.5lbs I know how that bass is going to feel for a 3hr practice, but if someone said another bass is 4kg I’d have to convert to lbs. And not just re basses, someone who is 6ft tall and 11 stone I know is going to be rather slim. Tell me they’re 70 or 80kg and I’ve no idea. Similarly tell me a chap is 1.75metres tall, no clues, but 6ft1, a tad taller than me. For anyone thinking I’ve done the math wrong, I’ve just made up numbers.

It’s unlikely that I’ll come across it but if I do getting it back to its rightful owner will be reward enough.

My suggestion would have been the Markbass CMD121P & NY121 - smaller footprint, quite tall and 500 watts but unlikely to get that within budget. There’s not much on the market with a smaller footprint than Barefaced that is very loud and good on the wallet.

Good call Mark, may be worth trying it with the 410 on its own

Hi Phil First off welcome to the forum. Secondly I’d get the amp checked out by Orange before looking at new amps. Having had a Terror and a Nemesis 410 myself both are extremely loud and capable of handling far more than your ears (or anyone else’s) can. Unless your eq is entirely low-end and driven those cabs should easily take all the Terror sends their way, shouldn’t cut out at all.

Nice one, I’ve done a few gigs where the sound engineer has worked with the same theory, always seemed a bit odd but if it works it works. Sounds like the Mesa was a worthy purchase.

Prompted by listening to the radio at work Sound of The Underground - Girls Aloud

Ive seen punk/Oi bands gig the Rumble 210 combos and on soundcheck they kept up with the (at that point unamplified) drums with no problems. So can’t see why the head & 210 cab wouldn’t be able to do the same.

I find that if I’m enjoying my tone whilst practicing I enjoy practicing more, maybe you’ve now entered that (costly) phase?

Since You’ve Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson I Think We’re Alone Now - Tiffany And for a “serious” song: Beautiful Dangerous - Slash/Fergie

I think I’d be tempted to get the Rumble 210 combo. For rehearsals & small/medium sized venues it would be enough on its own, then add in the 115 cab for the big venues. Re the Hartke, a band I joined some years back had one of these and it went completely dead on the Tube control, and was very thin sounding when not on it.

Wow!

Good call, Get The Party Started would be a great song to put in

I read that Mick Jones of The Clash spent his student grant on a guitar, I imagine he wasn’t the only one. Or people such as The Sex Pistols who misappropriated theirs from their rightful owners.

Just watched the end of a Bowie gig, sound very well mixed but Gail Ann Dorsey severely overplayed on Ziggy Stardust imo, unless all of that was on the original recording but just couldn’t be heard. No doubting the ability but for me it just got in the way.

Of course, how did I manage to forget Ali, given SLF are one of my fave bands.

H who played for Peter & The Test Tube Babies used a Stingray, as did Steve Severin of Siouxsie & The Banshees. Can’t think of many others though.

A guitarist with a Les Paul & a Marshall 100 watt amp + 412, and with a bedroom sound will most likely swamp anything/everything. In my last band I was very lucky that although our guitarist had all of that gear he knew where the bass, volume and reverb controls on his Marshall were. I’ve not been so fortunate in the past.

If you weren’t so far away I’d ask for a job on rhythm guitar (can’t do any of that widdly lead stuff).

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