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I did email Marshall to ask about what cones they used in them, or at least the specs for them, but they said they didn't have the specs anymore. Sadly most of the used ones have been thrashed. I doubt I would buy one again simply because of the weight, but it was awesome.

That would be fun. I'm in Northants, but I do spend a bit of time in Sheffield delivering supplies to my eldest at Uni. Might be able to match that up at some point. Just not the beginning or end of term. It's a battle to get all her stuff in my car as it is!

I've had mixes of different brands and different cone sizes of the same brand. I suppose the poshest different cone set up I had was a Markbass 2x10 and a 1x15. I really liked each when on their own but could never get them sounding great together. The right EQ for one was just not right for the other. I just about preferred the 1x15 over the 2x10. I couldn't change that because the 2x10 was a combo and I didn't have the money to do a full swap cab and amp head at the time. I've also had a Marshall VBC412 with a Harkte 1x15 - that wasn't good either. The others were all the same Pair of Marshall VBC412 - Amazing - but 110lb each cab! Like any big Marshall it had proper wheels on it but the lift over steps and into the car etc was tough! Pair of Mark Bass Club 1x12 - very nice Pair of Berg HD112 - Not bad, quite heavy for 1x12 cabs. Pair of Berg CN112 - Didn't like them. Much lighter than the HD112 but the tone wasn't to my taste. Pair of Barefaced One10 (well - one of them is a One10T with a tweeter) - Love them. They sound just right to me. My favourite were the Marshalls but they were now a long time ago and I have no idea whether I'd still like them. My playing style has changed a lot in those years, as has my other equipment including basses. I've had single cab rigs too, but that's not relevant to this.

Nice - I wonder if a Sandberg Lionel would fit? That would be perfect for me then.

That's a massive difference for me. It's not just about the width but also how the curve of the back of the neck fills the hand. It's enough to make me not buy a bass.

Newtone will make whatever you need.

Months? I usually manage a ding in the first week of ownership. Just part of gigging life.

According to the Fender website the JMJ has a 41.3mm nut width and the Kerr is 38.1mm

same thing. I use it on Windows all the time and I make playlists directly on my iPhone.

Why not use iTunes?

I know, so I won’t say. But his stuff now is amazing.

When I get paid again I will be ordering one of these https://sineeffect.company.site/H24-high-pass-filter-24dB-octave-p553986284 Just the thing to dial it in for the room. More versatile than the Micro Thumpinator.

The vids look good! I’ve been using double bass specimen sight reading exam examples. The various exam boards like Trinity all publish them. I just ignore the bow instruction. The classical ones are really varied in terms of time and key signatures. Very useful for getting out of the 4/4 rut!

Sandberg now do the Lionel and a TT4 as shortscales.

You don't need a DI box with the helix, but it can help protect it from the FOH guy accidently turning the phantom power on!

I've done a special order but not for a 5 string.

They didn’t use to be. They are my favourite. They were never cheap, but over the last 2 years they have doubled. I’m not spending that money on them.

I like fried chicken. I should have done that.

I give it a week before someone starts doing comparisons of different creams! 😂

I did it again….I have a 5 string Ibby and the new B string has a fair bit of that excessive overtone problem that I find very annoying. I have often put a tiny bit of foam under the strings at the bridge for just that string, just to knock them down a little. They are steel roundwounds. So I’ve tried the E45 on just the B string to see if it would help and it has. The overtones are still there, but they are knocked down quite a bit.

I was bored and I had a set of EB Group stainless steel flats lying about that I had taken off a bass when I sold the bass. They were only on for a week and were still bright and clanky. I used some E45 moisturiser and after 15 mins gave them a wipe with a dry sponge to remove excess and then put them on my ‘Berg TT4. The TT4 already had a set of the same strings on so I got to compare like for like. The difference was very noticeable. The moisturised ones sound very broken in, that’s something that takes months on these strings. I didn’t expect much of a difference to be honest, but there really is. I can only assume that the cream gets into the windings and deadens it, and maybe the effect is less pronounced on other strings that are polished so much that there really aren’t any gaps, like the Picato flats that are almost as smooth as solid solid wires. Maybe the stickiness of the cream also helps to attract dust and skin and gum up the gaps even more? I really like my TT4 having old sounding strings for big band work, so I am pleased.

https://www.originalscratchplates.com/ They can make you one. The guy who does them is a member on here. Tim something...

The drop is a good guitar pedal but after dropping a tone or so on bass it can get muddy with aggressive playing styles like metal. It’s more accurate with gentle playing styles. There is no really good alternative to actually tuning your bass lower. Don’t forget you can still use a 4 but tune it BEAD if you find that easier. Don’t bother retuning for different songs, just set the bass up properly for the lowest tuning you need and then learn the songs from that position. It’s much easier to have a spare bass that way too. Taking 3 differently tuned basses to a gig is a hassle for playing the Dog n Duck!