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It should be noted that some policies also include Public Liability cover. Mad to gig without it these days.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1443017830' post='2871488'] Have they paid out on a musical equipment claim? [/quote] Not for me, haven't needed them to. But they did write a cheque for about £250,000 when I needed them to on another policy.

I use Allianz Mainly because I use their other policies and they've paid out when I need them to.

Aye. I just got a Barefaced One-10 It's 16lb. I will shortly be getting a Tecamp Puma 300 to sit on top of it. The head is 2.2lb. Ok - it won't compete with a raging drummer unless there is a full PA to do the heavy work (I have a pair of Berg cabs for that) but for the jazz / big band / orchestra stuff I play mostly it's a perfect rig for a total weight of 18.2lb Grit from a pedal if needed. Brilliant DI on the head if there is a PA - leaving the little rig to just be personal monitoring. Lovely.

I reckon it's demand mostly. As much as many bassists would love an Ampeg Heritage SVT the damn thing weighs 84lb Bassists grabbed the Neo / lightweight tech with both hands and although some of us like to see a preamp valve or 2 none of us enjoy carrying around a massive and heavy valve head. I did have the Mesa Prodigy for a while which is probably one of the smallest bass all valve amps. It was great, but expensive. Maybe Behringer will have a go at making a tribute - and perhaps put a quieter fan in it!

I'm hoping too. The Fractal stuff has been without a genuine competitor to drive the price down - Fractal have been head, shoulders, knees and toes above everyone else for several years. So the price has stayed the same and they've come out with regular firmware updates, and they've managed to get a huge roster of professionals using it. But now Line 6 are owned by Yamaha and have Yamaha's R&D Budget and massive production facilities - all they have to do is start offering some tasty salaries and they'll get some of the Fractal guys to jump ship. As amazing as the Axe-FX is, they simply don't have the ability to churn out 5000 units a month like Yamaha do.

I just got a TC Alter-Ego X4 at a great used price and it's ace. Has a looper too. And due to the tone print sorcery it will also do everything the Falshback X4 does as well. If your board has the room then it's worth looking at.

It's tiny!!! Sounds good though. Can't wait to give it a proper run.

It has arrived! I shall give it a quick blast...

Some of the guys at The Fretboard are expecting their deliveries in a few days. Hopefully I'll be able to blag a go!

And a Lada and a Mercedes F1 W06 are both cars.

I bet if the Darkglass compressor was in a rack unit (for only pennies more metal in the casing) people would be thinking £200 was a bargain. The DG, the Cali, the Empress really are rack units shrunk into pedal format. Making it safe to step on seems to make it have less value for some reason.

Because that's the same thing. Obviously.

It's aiming straight for the Fractal Ax-FX - with that in mind the foot pedal version is actually pretty reasonable. It only gets to Fractal money when you go for the rack unit with the separate pedal board. And for those that play a bit of guitar as well, could be a great do all preamp.

Coz its wicked brewtal innit. (No idea)

Full list of launch day amp models includes a few nice bass amps http://uk.line6.com/data/6/0a06433914b1a55c24990c43bd/application/pdf One of my favourite past rigs was the Bass Pod Pro xt with a yamaha power amp. It was versatile and sounded great. I was in a cover band with a big repertoire and it was dead easy to get the right tone for the song. So I'm quite interested in the Helix. It's not a cheap unit by any means, but there aren't many similar options, and Fractal don't seem to be fussed about keeping bassists happy. I'd like to try one.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1442918534' post='2870456'] 29lbs is still pretty light. . . . but 10 years passing? That's the rub. [/quote] I agree it is still light - it's my well frakked back that is the issue.

Same for me. I'm going to be having a ruthless cull - basses over 9lb are going. For amps - my Berg / Demeter set up hardly ever moves so that can stay - but I usually use a Roland Bass Cube 30 for woodwind groups. I still think it was the best practice combo around. Sounds brilliant and is plenty loud enough. But it's 29lb. These days that is heavy. 10 years ago it was extremely light. The amazing thing is that the One-10 and a small modern head could have a total 18lb with 250W. It's a small gigging rig weighing half the amount of old practice amps. I'll be using the One-10 with my Genz Streamliner to start with (22lb together), until the Streamliner sells and then I'll get a Tecamp Puma head. The 300W and 500W Puma's only weigh 2.2lb. In an ideal world I'd have the £3000 I need to get a Rob Allen bass (apparently about 6.5lb for the MB2 - and an amazing 5.5lb for the Mouse 30) and I could avoid most of my back trouble.

Behringer and the like don't do their own R&D. They make tributes to other products instead. Have you got the other makers / inventors R&D spending figures so a proper comparison can be made?

What Painy said. Some guitar wahs are awesome on bass - the Ibanez Weeping Demon is by far my favourite - the controls make it easy to dial in for bass. But then again I also have the Morley Cliff Burton sig power fuzz wah - when the fuzz is on it's great on bass. On guitar it is great. But without the fuzz it is rubbish on bass. It's a very specific tool to get the Burton tone. No good for funk!

"Out for delivery" Some of the finest words in the English language!

Metal covers a lot of sounds. I like Frank Bello's sound. Big ass Hartke with a pedal for a little grit.

Music on for travelling, exercising, and cooking. If it's not in those 3 categories then it's because I'm learning to play it. I don't just sit down with a beer and listen anymore.

Wow! They had one in stock. On the way already! Got my tracking number and everything!!

My main amp is a Demeter 800D - it's super clean but still warm enough. It seems like the Puma is the smallest available that is similar. For bigger things I use Berg cabs, but I need something super light for educational purposes - I play with a local music trust band and help out at their Saturday sessions and there are a lot of room changes where I have to pack and move. So a little 2.2lb amp with my incoming Barefaced One-10 will be perfect for orchestra use.