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    Thanks. I was using my Sire V7 - now I use a Sandberg California II VM4S mostly. I still have the Sire - but use it my other band as it is permanently tuned down to suit the vocalist Drums currently have two mics: kick and another more ambient. The drummer has just invested in two condenser pencil mics to position as overheads. We hope to get them included in the mix this coming weekend.
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    Here's an Alice and The Looking Glass band video from a live gig in a marquee at Ribblehead, North Yorkshire. The recording is taken live, as we all go into the desk and then the sound is mixed to add to the video.
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    Agreed. We use an XAIR with an external WiFi router, and have set that to only 5GHz WiFi and the iPad, Android tablet can use 5GHz WiFi. Then the U4 uses 2.4GHz WiFi without issue and interference with the vocalists Shure wireless mic, my Boss WL-50 wireless bass and the guitarist's Boss WL-20 wireless.
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    Ampeg SCR-DI in good condition. Bought from new but I have replaced it with a GK Plex. The SCR-DI is a really useful piece of kit with DI, headphone input and line in and Scrambler overdrive section which can be separately switched in and out. Takes usual 9V PSU or 9V battery. Very well constructed. Just a few scratches. All feet are present. No box or PSU but will be well wrapped. £120 posted to mainland UK.
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    I use an amp-less set up for tiny spaces. I rely on the FoH PA which does include a sub. So my chain is: Bass>Ampeg SCR-DI>desk>FoH desk>xVive IEM>homemade custom IEMs using Monoprice drivers (they have a great bass response) Note I run the SCR-DI off a USB battery with a MyVolts Ripcord USB power cable. Positive net effect in that I need no mains sockets nearby. The Ampeg DI includes a switchable overdrive. Sometimes I add a Boss WL-50 wireless connection.
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    I am happy with it. I got set up with a Hotone Ampero Controller using MIDI and able to switch between presets, and toggle the FX in a preset on and off. Saves a pedalboard.
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    Pub gig with my Barefaced Midget and new Darkglass Exponent 500. Playing my Sire V7. We have a Presonus sub in support too.
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    Further developments: Hotline Ampere Controller connected with MIDI cable to Exponent. Set up the four footswitches in two banks: my main three presets are on switches 1,2,3 on bank 0 and switch 4 is to bypass the main FX in each preset; bank 1: is the same except switch 1,2 are presets 4 and 5 and again switch 4 is to bypass the main FX. For the bypass, I set it on the controller as Toggle mode with A as a value of 0 and B as a value of 127. And on the Exponent I made dial E the virtual pedal switch. Unfortunately, the Mute MIDI CC control does not operate as a toggle - which strikes me as very poor. So cannot use the Mute CC control to turn the Exponent to mute and press again to un-mute.
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    Used it in a gig last weekend. DI'd into the FoH as well as into my Barefaced Midget. I had to slightly drop the Master Vol and the FoH fader. Good results. As a cover band I find it useful to have the various presets as we cover a variety of genres, so the chorus was good using the factory preset, using the Tube preset mostly and also I had added a gritty preset using the VMT rather than the B3K. Now I am trying to get sorted with a MIDI pedalboard to change presets, bypass the Chorus, switch the Mute on and off, etc. I have the Hotone Ampero Controller - 4 footswitches, MIDI, again configured with an app and Bluetooth and small, good construction. Just wishing that Darkglass would have more MIDI control options and some tutorials!
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    Thing to note is for performing, better to have white text on a black background - means that the tablet screen is not illuminating your face, probably washing out any nice coloured lighting. Our lead singer has a small iPad with a magnetic mount so very inconspicuous.
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    Well it arrived a day earlier. Only had a little time to play through it. Got the app on my iPhone talking to it. Plugged it into my home practice set up: Ashdown Mini15 cab. Though my very small room is not the place to open the master volume. Must say I like the red lights when adjusting the input gain.
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    Well I have just pressed the button on getting my own Exponent 500.
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    This is highly interesting. I have a few questions: I have not seen any FX along the lines of an Octave, which to me seems to be one of the essentials. Is this right? Have Darkglass added such in an software update? Or could a combination of other included FX be combined to get close? As I have a Behringer MIDI foot board, I wonder if that could control the Exponent? Anyone any experiences? Any news on Darkglass foot controller - with the unique 7-pin connector? Thanks
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    I wonder if Vox are going to issue a new version? From Vox direct, I got my Artist 1H at £799 delivered. I see at the usual websites (eg PMTOnline) that the Artist 1H is listed at £1594.52 - strange price! But "Available to Order". They do have the non-Artist Starstreams from £425 to £500. Bass Direct have a Artist 2S and 1H at £1199. So I feel I have a bargain.
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    Well not a good start on that. On the Starstream, the fixings for the strap buttons are bolts, not screws. As the Loxx buttons are a single piece, I looked on the Loxx website. They do not make any buttons with a bolt. Loxx do make an adapter for acoustic guitars with a Fishman style jack socket: https://www.loxx-produkte.de/images/schaeffertec/UbersichtOverviewLOXXMusikBoxAdapter.pdf This is effectively what @scrumpymike made and showed in this thread. Needs some thought. In the mean time I have some D'Addario strap locks to use with a dedicated strap (ie without the Loxx strap lock fitted).
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    I have just joined this list of Starstream owners. I bought direct from Vox a Starstream Artist 1H, and think I might have got the last. Mine is black. I just arrived today - pretty quickly since I stopped dithering and order it over the weekend. Just had a quick play, once inserted the 2x 9V batteries, and feels good, sounds great. Very first impressions. I am going to see if I can swap out the strap buttons for Loxx buttons. But that will be later.
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    Now sold For sale is my Overwater by Tanglewood Classic Jazz bass with P/J set of pickups. I bought it from new when they were first released in 2011. I am selling it as I rarely use it nowadays and I have a hankering for a short-scale. Condition is fair. The Classic J has a poplar body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard, deluxe J style machine heads. It is passive with volume, pickup balance and tone controls. Overwater Jazz style and Precision style pickups. Weight is 4.5kg. I have recently replaced the strings in July with a set of DR Pure Blues 45-100. This is a good quality bass eminently suitable for learning and taking the next steps. It has been used and maintained with new strings, lemon oiled fretboard at least annually. When I first got this bass from Promenade Music in Morecambe, the original fit P pickup is fine, but the J pickup seemed to have a weak output. I contacted Chris May at Overwater, who asked me to bring it up, and he replaced the J pickup to resolve the problem. The price is £150 for the bass. I would much prefer to arrange to meet up/deliver/have the bass collected I am content to travel for a meet up along the M6 in the North West between Charnock Richard MSA and Southwaite MSA. If you want it to be couriered then I will pack it up for you but you should arrange shipment at your convenience and risk. I am happy to answer any questions or for anybody to try the bass out. Here are a few pics, please let me know if you'd like to see anything in more detail and I'll do my best.
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    I have had and used a BF Midget (Gen2) for a number of years now, and have just replaced the handle. I got the kit from BF, which required some dismantling before using on the Midget. Also I noted that there were two bolt holes, whereas my cab has only one. I was, as instructed, very careful unscrewing the bolts so that the nut inside the cab did not before detached. All looks good with a new handle with the rubber grip not ripped as the original one had been. I am happy with the BF Midget. Easy to carry, it has been reliable.
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    Kinky Afro - Happy Mondays (RIP Paul Ryder)
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    I have used Schallers, and the later Schallers with the lock ring, but my nice Mono Strap ended up pulling the Schaller strap through the keyhole in the end of the strap. It was difficult to "repair" as there was insufficient depth on the threads on the lock to add additional large diameter washer. I have switched to the Loxx strap locks, from a purely mechanical perspective the height of the pin and the lock on the strap are much less, so less leverage than Schallers. This was a good thing. The lock on the strap is nicely wide and the tool included allows tightening of the lock. This is also a good thing. Tightening the Schallers needed two tools (eg small spanner and hex socket).
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    Though I mostly agree. The main volume on the stage is from the acoustic drum kit. Oftentimes it effectively drowns out all other sounds on the (usually tiny) stage space. That is then overcome by having monitors or IEMs or the guitarists, bassist etc. turning up their backline, which exacerbates the problem. We (in a 5-piece band) have used more IEMs (lead vox, drummer, bassist), but the guitarists (x2) share a floor wedge. This does not resolve all the loud stage issues, but helps. In very small areas, we use a small electronic Drum kit and as the bassist I do not use a backline just a DI, but we have two tops and a sub.
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    Yes have suffered the high pitched whinge/squeal from the SCR-DI as the batteries run out. I run it always off a USB battery pack with a suitable cable to power it. I use the Ripcord (https://myvolts.co.uk/Ripcord). Means that the battery pack and SCR-DI can sit at my feet without needing a power strip and PSU to be run to my position.
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    Have to agree - that Rod was dire; but Diana Ross was poor - clearly she was fiddling with her IEM controller and couldn't decide whether to take off the stole or not. Duran Duran were the highlight for me. Still wonder who was the grumpy woman was sat behind Prince William?
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    I've joined the Sandberg club. VM4 blueburst, ebony fingerboard. Happy.
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    Is this still available?
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