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[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1460061483' post='3022330'] I spent some time modelling boxes with the same driver in WinISD, and it makes sense that the Thumpinator would help with power handing, especially if you go below E for anything. The crazy 4x12" stack looked like a fun experiment though! [/quote] It was a fun experiment indeed! Especially when I stacked them all vertically! So I wasn't imagining it, eh? I tried to find info about the HPF in the LM3 but didn't find much, only that it seems to have a lower threshold than the original LM2, possibly. I rarely go below E. I may go to D (Hipshot X-tender installed in my Stingray, which I use a lot for RATM) but that's about it.

[quote name='bobbytodd' timestamp='1460057694' post='3022273'] well not a good night.the bloody dog jumped up and scratched the scratchplate and the dimarzios don't fit.time for a pint.do fender scratch plates fit? [/quote] The one I got on my J&D was one I originally bought for a Squier VM Jazz. The holes do not align but it fitted. It was a tight fit but it fitted (picture on post 17)

Well, it's decided: one pair of S112 will go away (the black pair). The reason is two-fold: 1) it looks like I'm getting a second Barefaced BB2, so if I need to move some serious air, a pair of BB2 will do a decent job while still fitting in my boot. 2) I found that the S112 cabs actually are louder than I thought at first! More on the S112, since this thread was about them... I'm now pretty much using just the MarkBass LM3 with them. I have used a single speaker several times now, as a stage monitor. So far, every single time I placed it on top of an existing cab (410 everytime). This achieved two things: I separated the active cab from the floor (one of the venues has a horrible hollow stage, ugh... this made our stage sound a LOT better), and being closer to my ears I got a much clearer sound. Happiness. This cab sounds great. With one of the bands, I used a single S112 at rehearsals. The room is largeish and we're not terribly loud but are busy (2-3 guitars, sax, trumpet, drums and myself). I was putting it on top of the 410 combo in the room and it worked... but finally I decided to try it just placing it on the floor, close to a wall. Now, that little speaker was able to put out a great amount of bass for the room. I was using the little board with a bit of compression and a Thumpinator (high pass filter). I understand the LM3 already has a HPF, but somehow it seemed the Thumpinator helped somewhat, sounding a bit tighter on the lows and I was turning up my volume less than I did normally. I love the little S112. So light, portable, and great sounding! Yeah, I needed to boost bass a bit on the amp, compared to using other cabs, but not hugely, and it sounded pretty full. With the other band... large room, LOUD... I used 2x S112. Again, close to the wall, bit of compression and Thumpinator... and I was not pushing the amp hard at all, yet it filled the room very nicely... So I can see myself using the S112 cabs for most things. Small bars with a pair of them will not be filled with earth-shattering low end, but the bass will be felt and heard. They have such great presence! I love them. When things need to get louder (in bigger places or small outdoor parties without PA, which we do play sometimes), the pair of BB2 will take care of things. So a pair of S112s will be advertised for sale here pretty soon, just need to get some pictures taken (mods: I do have an active subscription, I'm not trying to sneak in a sales pitch circunventing the rules

[quote name='bobbytodd' timestamp='1459982316' post='3021581'] bass arrived today.apart from rough fret edges I cant fault it.i adjusted the truss rod half a turn and set the action at 2mm on the e string.no buzzes anywhere on the fretboard. I did change the bridge to gotoh 201 and im changing the electrics to a kiogan loom.I might also put a set of dimarzio dp123 because ive got them.for the price its an awesome bass [/quote] The electrics change is probably a good move as mine started to misbehave pretty early (noisy pots)... but everything else is great

[quote name='Moos3h' timestamp='1459960037' post='3021317'] Wow. We clearly don't live in the same town, see the same bands or move in the same circles...most local bands don't seem to cope with the entire concept of tuning, let alone agree to stick to the same one! [/quote] and you're not exaggerating a bit for effect?

[quote name='neilp' timestamp='1459951848' post='3021191'] Ok, I can see you all disagree! No biggie, I'm just a luddite I guess! I do wonder though if the episodes we've all heard of musicians being out of tune on stage and not being able to sort it are a product of the tuner age... Why else? [/quote] I have never met anybody who could not hear their out-of-tuneness and sort it out straight away with or without tuners, as long as they can actually hear themselves. Seriously, who ever gets to the stage they perform in public and they're unable to tune? I think that's a myth.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1459942947' post='3021064'] Orchestras don't play to small rooms of noisy drunks and they don't have DJs blasting out loud music while they're preparing to go on. So I don't feel bad about using a tuner at gigs rather than doing it by ear every time. [/quote] especially if you use a Pitchblack... you can make it look like K.I.T.T. how cool is that?

[quote name='neilp' timestamp='1459940207' post='3021021'] I don't think that, but I do think that, as a general principle, it's more important to be in tune with each other than with a little green light, and it would be a good thing for a band - any band - to make a habit of tuning up as a band before they play. After all I can go to an orchestral performance with my bass perfectly tuned to my tuner, but what happens if the A from the oboe doesn't match? Do I tell her she's flat, or do I tune to her? It's a skill we should all learn IMHO [/quote] and I would not disagree with that... but having that green light as a common ground, regardless of whether the other members are around or not and the ability to tune silently is just too useful in practice to ignore. We have a trumpet and a sax player in my band... they just ask me for a high G (guitarists are too busy doing... who knows what ) and they're ready to go within seconds... the guitarists and myself use the little green light and it makes things (in my view) simpler onstage.

[quote name='neilp' timestamp='1459892995' post='3020707'] If you seriously believe all your electronic tuners give you the same result, there's no hope.... [/quote] If you think that the differences between tuners are more significant than the differences between people's ears, there's no hope...

Some basses are hotter than the norm, so the so-called 'active' input (which is nothing but an attenuated input) provides a way to not run the preamp to hot and distort (which can sound ugly, but I'm not quite sure it can damage anything with the kind of signals an electric bass produces). It's better when we just have an input and a input gain knob... but hey, we use what we have to. Active basses are not necessarily hotter than passive basses. Most I have tried tend to be just around the same as most passive basses I've tried. My two Stingrays are no hotter than any of my passive Jazz or Precision basses, for instance. The L2000, passively, was hotter than nearly every active bass I've used. The loudest output bass I've owned is this passive Precision with neodymium magnet pickups... Thinking in terms of active/passive is pretty irrelevant in this context. I always use the Passive input if there's a choice, as on many amps the active input doesn't sound very good. But I pay attention to the signal I am using and I know which of my basses is hotter than usual so in the absence of an input gain control... you can often turn down the volume on the bass if it's an active bass. If it's passive that will change the sound... so it depends. The issue is not just with amplifiers. If you use pedals you encounter issues too... some basses produce a signal that's too hot for certain pedals to function nicely. But the vast majority of pedals work well with the vast majority of basses too. I haven't heard of pedals being damaged because a bass was too hot, however.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1459605277' post='3018028'] Ah, I meant to mention his ages ago. I noticed the same thing. Very odd! [/quote] True! It did drive me mad (momentarily) on my first Jake. I thought I was going crazy!

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1459574427' post='3017742'] Where does a tribute band get gigs? Considering there already seems to be plenty of them around? [/quote] I was in a RHCP tribute band, although not full-on tribute (we did not try to look like RHCP although we did try to sound like them... or better ). Most of our gigs were very music bars, we also played a few with other tributes (RATM, AC/DC...)... and we did a fair few where we were booked for an event (birthdays etc). It seemed very easy to get gigs once enough people have seen you around. But it does depend on the band you choose, I think. I was in a RATM band too during much of the RHCP period and we got a lot less work.

[quote name='paddy109' timestamp='1459280326' post='3015125'] Guys, I am looking to upgrade from my Squier and wonder whether a Fender Standard MIM is a good choice? The used price range certainly fits my budget. [/quote] You have to try them and see. Some MIM basses will definitely feel amazing, others not so much. In general I don't think you'll find it a huge upgrade. Those VM basses are pretty decent. Definitely a matter of trying basses until you find one that you feel is an improvement.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1459545654' post='3017659'] I'm in the habit of checking local musicians wanted/available adverts and noticed a pattern which strikes me as bizarre. Now, I have no interest in doing a tribute band myself, but I'd always imagined that when forming one, you'd start with the frontman or most recognisable member. Yet in recent months I've seen a Police tribute looking for a Sting, a Bon Jovi tribute with no Jon or Ritchie and a Guns n' Roses tribute with no Slash. Oddest of all would have to be the Dio tribute looking for a Dio, or the Nickelback tribute looking for a singer/guitarist, bassist and drummer (so who posted the ad?). Apologies if anyone local recognises their band in this, but I just found it a little perplexing. Is this a common situation in tribute-land? [/quote] I have seen the Dio band... they've been looking for a vocalist for aaaaages. Not going to be an easy search!

[quote name='mr.noisy' timestamp='1459542904' post='3017635'] I had to remove the link because the tune we played isn't released yet and artist want to keep it private until release date. Mcnah, can you please edit your post to remove the link? I'll post later other tune when I get home. I don't want to have any trouble related to leaking stuff too early [/quote] done

[quote name='mr.noisy' timestamp='1459507309' post='3017191'] It's funny that actually gig bag that I am carrying the bass in is more expensive than the bass itself [/quote] same here: Fusion F1! well, actually about the same as the bass, I think it was 114 vs 119 for the bass

[quote name='mr.noisy' timestamp='1459498949' post='3017070'] As I said, I gigged mine last night. The sound from the camera is a bit crappy, and the room wasn't really suited for a music as it was a large hall with a lot of reverb, but you get the idea [/quote] nice I used mine in a few gigs right after I got it too. Mine had a little issue with the nut being cut too low on a couple of strings, but was still useable. I meant to replace the nut but my temporary fix of putting a bit of superglue on the string groove worked fine so I didn't bother with that. I'm a big fan of the Jazz sound but not of Jazz basses because the neck is so thin, but this one is nicer than most (for me). It's still narrow but slightly deeper than others, which makes it a lot more comfortable for me. Hmmm, I should really bring it out again.

[quote name='mr.noisy' timestamp='1459439327' post='3016610'] Where did you get the pickguard from? Did it fot without any problem? I am looking to get one from ebay. [/quote] the screw holes do not align, and I was reluctant to make holes because I like it without a pickguard too and didn't want to add more... so I ended up using a bit of double sided sticky tape to hole it in place and never drilled the holes. I can't remember where I got it from... it was a seller on ebay... I know it fitted my old Squier VM Jazz, which is what I originally bought it for. It's a little tight, but it fits.