Tradfusion

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 🙏

This one is probably geared more towards the old fart Basschat brigade (like myself). I'm 58 years old now and have been playing live gigs for 38 of them... I have played bass in all kinds of bands and all kinds of music, mostly pop covers bands but dep occasionally for some fairly (very) loud rock bands as well. For the vast majority of these gigs I have worn no ear protection so my hearing has taken a bit of a lashing and over the last 5-6 years I have grudgingly had to admit that I'm in a bit of trouble. Earlier this year I had a hearing test and it confirmed that I have quite marked hearing loss (16-20%) in both ears but worse in my left which doesn't surprise me as I tend to position myself to the right of the drum kit at most gigs. Higher frequencies are worst affected in my case. Bottom line the ENT Consultant has advised me to wear ear protection from now on for ALL gigs which was a bit of a downer to get. I went and bought a pair of these Looper earplugs https://www.loopearplugs.com/products/switch?country=IE which have a 3 way attenuator depending on how loud things get. I've worn them on several gigs at this stage and they do appear to be doing their job, I am not deaf after the gig, however I am finding that even at the lowest setting (allowing most sound through) everything is still quite muffled, I can hear enough to still play in tune (hopefully) but I am really missing not being able to hear the band properly and feel a real disconnect from the other instruments. Its making the whole gigging experience a bit depressing to be honest. Just wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience and if so was their any magic solution to the problem though I'm guessing there isn't... Before anyone suggests in-ears 99% of my gigs are in pub bands, rough and ready, PA is generally a couple of speakers on poles and possibly a wedge monitor, all backline is personal amps and there's usually a full kit of drums, none of the bands use in-ear monitors or play amp-less... any feedback much appreciated 🙂 Dave

I bought an LFSys Monza about a month ago based on the positive reviews here on BC and I haven't been disappointed! Its a really nicely designed cab, only 11kg, looks great but more importantly sounds great too. really excellent full range performance from this 1x10, punchy and clean and with really nice sparkle from the horn with very little evidence of hiss etc. For a single 10 its a very loud cab and pairs up really well with my Quilter BB800 head. I have trialled it on several gigs as a replacement for my BF Supercompact and it has managed very well indeed for a 1x10 though the SC has more natural bottom end and a bit more general heft. I already own 2 Barefaced cabs, the Supercompact and a One10 and I love both cabs but sometimes missed the high end sparkle of a tweeter/horn. Naturally enough my next experiment was to pair the Monza with the BF cabs so on a dep gig with a fairly loud classic rock band I brought along my One10 and sat it on top of the Monza and suddenly the magic started to happen, that cab combination is nothing short of amazing, the warmer and naturally bassier One10 combined with the super clean and more hifi Monza seems to hit a sweet spot that to my ears gives me exactly the tones I am looking for from my basses. A mid punch and tight low end as well as a beautiful smooth top end sparkle. Perfect for what I do which is fingerstyle with a bit of slapping, mostly 70s and 80s covers etc... I have used this cab combination now on several gigs and have had many compliments on my tone so obviously something is right about it... I haven't gigged the Monza/Supercompact as a pairing yet but I have linked them at home and they sound fantastic together too so that will be my next experiment... All in all I highly recommend the Monza both as a standalone or combined with a BF One10 if you happen to have one and were thinking of adding a second or one of the newer One10t's... an LFSys Monza is definitely worth checking out and Steve the owner of the company is a great guy to deal with. Obviously there are thousands of cab and amp combinations that are possible, I just mention my own experience here based on an experiment that just worked extremely well and has without doubt made gigging more enjoyable as a result. 😊

I use a Bose S1 on battery power for my Kala Uke bass in unplugged trad Irish/folk sessions and its a fantastic bit of kit.. the Uke has a decent sounding active preamp so no need for an external one... nothing lacking in the low end but its a hollow body instrument with a bit of natural bassiness in the tone, a regular solid body electric bass might benefit from an external preamp... we play at acoustic level, fiddles, flutes, accordions, acoustic guitars etc so the S1 isn't being pushed hard and I normally get 3 x 2.5 hour ish gigs out of it before i charge it again which is pretty decent..

Great review... ordered my Monza this morning 😊

Just resurrecting this thread with the same question..anyone using the new One10T?

Not a bass amp but I use the Bose S1 powered PA speaker as a battery powered bass combo for unplugged trad and folk sessions, street gigs etc... to my ears it sounds great and lacks very little over a 'proper' bass combo... all the spec is here https://www.thomann.de/ie/bose_s1_pro.htm but basically its small, light, very well put together and has a 5ah rechargeable lithium battery pack that lasts about 4 gigs (8-10 hours playing time) before recharging... I mostly use it with an active Ukebass but have gigged it with regular bass'es too, active Stingray, Jazz etc and all sounded great... obviously we are talking fairly low volume stuff here but its got tons of headroom... I'm sure you could get a decent tone from any passive bass as well with a battery powered preamp pedal in line... not cheap I grant you but mine doubles up as half of a small PA system as well for pub gigs etc (singer owns a second one) so in my case it was well worth the price as it kills two birds with one stone.. 😊

They broke the mold with Joni... heres a clip of her performing Hejira live with a fantastic band including the one and only Pino on fretless...

Surprised Pino hasn't had a clip yet but I'm happy to oblige with this one... superb fretless intonation and slap technique... yes his fretted stuff is awesome too but this is what does it for me ☺️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClMU4oxag60