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[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1453025027' post='2955527'] Well come on Jose, gigged yet???? I'm on an enforced gig hiatus (work travel/meetings) until next weekend so mine haven't been tried in anger yet. Home trial (which I'm never a fan of) has immediately revealed great, punchy cabs, just how I like them . LOVIN that Blue . Thinking of getting my grills powder coated with a big white stripe down the middle, (Toon colours). [/quote] Not gigged them yet, not even rehearsed with the band I was supposed to get a rehearsal plus gig this week, but we had to cancel last minute due to illness And we have 3 weeks of silence because of a band member's holidays now. But at least I will get a rehearsal of sorts on Wednesday, so they'll be coming out. I had someone coming on Friday to check a bass I was selling (my G&L L2000) and with neighbours away we pushed the volume up a bit It felt very good, but still far from being a very informative test... So frustrating! I want to give them some proper use already! Let us know what you think about them once you use them in 'real life'!

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1452908267' post='2954740'] The BBE OptoStomp is less than a ton. I like it [/quote] +1 for a very transparent subtle compressor that can fatten up the sound nicely. My favourite right now is the EBS multicomp, 'though. It does colour the sound but I like the way it does it.

Let's do it!

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1452950829' post='2954977'] He would have probably been just as much of a **** if his dad hadn't died. [/quote] +1

[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1452947813' post='2954940'] I know, plenty more fish in the sea [/quote]

[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1452946658' post='2954925'] One useful gadget thats always in my gig bag is this by Mark bass. If I forget my regular bass stand I can use this and it's secure and held in place extremely well and as long as you don't leave the jack lead in the bass it will stay put until you open the velcro. [url="http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Markbass-Basskeeper-Bass-Guitar-Strap/BGU"]http://www.gear4musi...uitar-Strap/BGU[/url] [url="http://static.bax-shop.nl/images/resized/508/1315839/450x450/Markbass_Bass_Keeper_2.jpg"]Markbass_Bass_Keeper_2.jpg[/url] [/quote] would this work for a vertical rather than horizontal handle? I like the idea of carrying one of these in my gig bag permanently.

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1452796597' post='2953635'] Not the same cabs, but I'm running two 350w 112s (Bergs) with a Streamliner 900, and I have the Bass at about 9 o'clock on the dial - partly for the sound, but also because, like you, I'm just a little wary still of cranking too many deep lows through them. I'm sure I'm worrying unnecessarily, I just need to do a few more gigs with them to relax... The Streamliner has a High Pass Filter, too, so the ultra-lows get, erm, filtered out, but even so, I fret a bit. I do hit the thing quite hard sometimes, I'm a pretty dynamic* mostly-pick player... * AKA 'Ham-fisted, gets carried away'... [/quote]

[quote name='mep' timestamp='1452890847' post='2954580'] I have had to push drunk punters away from my monitor and mic stand and will do it again if it looks like they are going to fall over it or spill drinks. The last time it was actually the landlady! On NYE we had a drunk older woman singing backing vox with a friend of ours. She was getting a bit frisky with me and after groping my crotch I told her to f**k off and shoved her off the stage. She was shocked but realised the seriousness of it. Luckily hardly anyone noticed but she knocked my A string out of tune. [/quote] surely it'd be the G string out of tune (grabs coat, runs away fast)

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1452932585' post='2954768'] I flat out don't understand why G&L aren't more popular, even ones that have had their beating hearts ripped out in the name of modifications! [/quote] *especially* the ones that have had their uninspiring beating hearts ripped out in the name of a more sensible control configuration

Curious, I had never seen the MM humbucker in that shape (long ear, rather than two individual ears on the bass side)... I guess I haven't been paying attention! That blue looks lovely with the maple neck! Yum!

I'd try the Aguilar... but that's purely because I have the J-Retro and I have had the Audere simultaneously (different basses, obviously ) and it left me cold. It seemed very 'transparent', so if that's what you're after it may be to your liking. I personally like the 'colour' of the J-Retro. The Audere was ok but it seemed a little lacklustre by comparison.

Oh well... I ended up unable to resist an offer and... the bass is gone. Damn, it sounded great. A guy and a girl came over to check it out and they wouldn't stop going on about how lovely the neck was, and easy to play, and the great sound... I almost put the price up on the spot! Good bye, L2000.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1452791408' post='2953567'] I run 2 with an 800w amp. Of course you have to be sensible but my bass on the dial is about 10.... and I run clean so I can hear them working or over working. The secret to these cabs is that they have such a nice mid ...not harsh at all. The go as low as they need to IMO. [/quote] Thank you. I also use a clean to pretty-much-clean and I think I'd be able to hear normally when the speakers are pushed too hard... but it's reassuring to hear that anyway.

I sold Byron my Wizard 84 Jazz pickups. Great guy to deal with, and patient too! (sorry about the delay!) Thank you, and I hope they work well on your bass

I sold Jon my John East MMSR preamp. Great guy to deal with Thank you, I hope it transforms your Stingray the way you want it!

Steve bought my Zoom MS60-B. Smooth and easy as it could be. Thank you, I hope you enjoy it!

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1452766282' post='2953176'] I'll hopefully have one of the DIY cabs at a rough n' ready testing stage over the next week or so, and the pair of them properly finished another couple of weeks after that. I'm aiming to use one or two at a gig in mid-February. They'll also be blue, though a slightly darker shade, with a sparkly cloth grille. [/quote] Oooh, sound lovely! Blue tuffcab finish? Well, let me know when you're ready and we'll get together.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1452773959' post='2953297'] They'd be a nice match for my avatar bass. [/quote] I'm not giving them to you

I'm game!

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1452607139' post='2951540'] I have never been influenced to purchase any bass because somebody else uses one. I really don't understand that mentality. Who is influenced to buy a bass because so and so uses one? [/quote] well, although I haven't bought a guitar/bass with that clear thought... I'm sure I got into certain models of guitar/bass from listening to certain players, and I was attracted to that kind of sound... so my buying a model X may have been influenced by them. Not necessarily to replicate their sound, but because they made a sound I liked, if you see what I mean. I'm sure this happens a lot. What is funny is that then artists 'sell' instruments that they're not really playing... For example Flea must have sold a TON of Stingrays, even if a lot of his output used other basses like Wal, Spector... and Jimmy Page, his Telecaster playing on the first albums sold a lot of Les Pauls too, I am sure

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1452606543' post='2951525'] I'd say you liking the bass trumps the signature on it. [/quote] I agree. I bought [1] a Richie Sambora Stratocaster back in the 90s *despite* the signature. I just liked the guitar. It was a difficult time for someone wanting a Floyd Rose equipped guitar without going into the whole Ibanez/Jackson/etc shred/pointy territory. I just wanted a Stratocaster with a reliable vibrato [2] system. [1] ok, it was a birthday present from my girlfriend [2] I hate calling it trem/tremolo... it modulates pitch not volume! I still have that guitar.