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Bose S1, I've used one for electric bass in all kinds of unplugged situations and it works very well... nice flat response, has enough volume to cope with most acoustic type situations, good battery life and only weighs 7kg... drawback its not cheap!

Yes i contacted G4M support too and had the same experience, they don't know why its a problem and weren't very helpful to be honest... they must be made from lead with the weights quoted, shame as the prices are great

Went browsing for light weight 4x10 cabs and this came up in my search. First thing that grabbed me was the price so I took a closer look on the Gear4music site... so unless I am blind the one spec missing from the Novatone cabs range is the weight and thats the over riding factor for me these days... has anyone managed to figure out how heavy this 4x10 actually is?

Ditto 🙄

I use a Warwick Gnome amp into a Barefaced One10 cab for acoustic/unplugged type gigs and it works great with any bass. Di into the PA if you need more presence.

I use a single Supercompact for 90% of my gigs, most are with a regular pub covers band and not that loud, but some dep gigs are with a very loud rock covers band (Lizzy, Rory Gallagher etc) whose regular bass player uses a 4x10 + 1x15 stack. Naturally I have nowhere near the overall volume as that wall of speakers but my little SC does remarkably well considering what its replacing. My head is a Quilter BB800 and it packs a real punch with the Supercompact. For the pub gigs I fill in on I am getting away with it so far and have had no complaints about not being heard etc. You might be pleasantly surprised with what a single SC can do but trying one on a gig would be the safest option if that were possible...

Bit the bullet yesterday and took to the neck with some light sandpaper and wire wool, didn't go mad on it but managed to remove the offending layer of varnish with the chips and sticky sweat damage etc, already feels 100% better than before but I will probably take off a fraction more to really smooth it off and apply some light wood stain to seal it off... should have done it years ago but hey ho you live and learn, thanks for all the encouragement guys 🙂

I have an 89 Stingray (since 1992) with a very thick gloss varnish on the neck that has quite alot of wear and chipping on the finish that is making the neck feel tacky, sticky and uncomfortable to play, its all natural wear from years from playing, sweat, humidity etc. Its been this way for several years but recently another bigish chip of varnish came off and it got me thinking. Just wondering if anyone has tried sanding down the neck of a similar era Ray and if so how did that work out? I'm also slightly concerned that sanding off the gloss varnish could potentially affect the authenticity and value of the bass, all comments welcome 🙂

I'm not 100% sure to be honest... if it was that simple that would be a very easy fix indeed... I really liked the tone of the head... my Barefaced Supercompact is 8ohms, maybe the impedance was switched to 4 🤔

I borrowed one of these recently from a local bass player who is selling it. Long story short I took it to a gig and it cut out on me mid song, not once but 3 times during the gig... I wasn't pushing it either, just a regular pop covers band playing a bunch of middle of the road 70s and 80s classics so no need for big volume... To say I was disheartened is an understatement because I loved the tone and I was really interested in buying it... the seller swears it never happend to him but I have to take his word for that... Since then I mentioned it to a guy I know who buys and sells lots of gear of all kinds and he immediately said, thats a well known problem with those heads... Does anyone know what causes the issue and if its an easy fix or was this unusual... its a MK2 by the way, I remember reading about the MK1 being unreliable many moons ago...

Cheers lads... lots of reasons to get a pair asap. my biggest problem now is getting fitted, I'm in Eire and I've just discovered that our local Boot's doesn't provide the ACS fitting service, according to the ACS dealer map the closest Boot's that does provide the service is in Northern Ireland, a 3 hour drive away and a day off work... it would have been so much handier if I could have had it done locally 😐.. oh and I do pitch in a few BV's here and there, though I think hearing my own voice more clearly inside my head might knock that on the head fairly sharpish 😂

Cheers mate, they sound like exactly what I need... I will definitely check them out, we have a Boots locally, well worth the money of they do the job 🙏