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Just found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFecEj0HUrY

Thank you for the great review. I can see me getting one of these eventually.

I've got the 208, so convenient. Use it for practice and with a jazz quintet. Hook up an extension cab for rock and pop. Weighs 26lb, built in tuner, spectracomp loaded, mains lead tucks in the back recess and stays there with a hotcover on. Great little package.

Likewise, thanks.

Congratulations. I've had mine a few months. I usually play medium scale but rather liked the look of these so bought a 2nd hand sunburst. It has become my go-to bass for the time being. I'm still getting use to the slim neck. I put a set of RS77M on. I'm still tweaking the set up. Definitely a keeper. Great value for money - enjoy.

[quote name='mingsta' timestamp='1462215589' post='3041211'] Because our drummer uses an electronic kit, we'll definitely need to hear that. We don't need to feel the kick, but need to hear enough to lock in. [/quote] With electronic drums I give the drummer a Roland KC150 4 channel keyboard amp as a side-fill. Mono drums into channel 2 with it's own gain, line out out to desk. Aux 1 from desk back to channel 4 the monitor channel, with it's own gain = foldback, vox and guitar. This does not go to line out. So, the drummer has control over his mix of drums and his foldback and an overall on stage volume control. Everyone on stage can hear the drums. If the drummer has a mic he gets his vox in aux 1. Just one solution that I find works very well. One point, once the drum level is set on the desk the drummer must not alter the channel 2 gain on the KC150. He can only alter the channel 4 gain or the overall gain to adjust mid-set.

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It's a real education in acoustics playing outdoors, good experience. It's useful to have a sound guy off stage to tweak the FOH? It's also very different if you have a stage or trailer with canvas sides or are you just in the open? Monitors are a must. Enjoy it.

I use a Yamaha stagepas 600i for foldback. I don't put bass or drums through them, just vox and guitars, thats with no backline other than bass.

http://thehub.musiciansfriend.com/bass-guitar-buying-guide/how-to-choose-the-right-strings-for-your-bass-guitar#gauges

Yup, good reviews.

When you've played alongside a very good drummer for some years he's very hard to replace. A drummer, who you just key with in makes playing such a pleasure and lifts the quality of the music. He/she can make or break a band. That and old age, the lifting and shifting at 1am when it's raining etc.

The scale is measured from bridge to nut and is called the 'singing' length of the string. The overall length of string required differs depending on the bridge, tailpiece, headstock and through-body or not. For example, a 30" short-scale Viola bass needs medium scale strings due to the tailpeice design. A Mustang bass, again 30" short-scale, needs medium-scale strings because of the through-body design. Rotosound will always give good email advice.

The class relates to how the device is biased which in turn dictates to it's performance wrt efficiency and distortion. Class A is always on and the least efficient. Class B is biased on for 1/2 the duty cycle and more efficient. Class C is biased on for less than 1/2 the cycle and used in radio frequency amplifiers. Class D is pulse width modulated i.e. is switched on and off under the control of the input waveform. Class D can give >90% efficiencies so power consumption and weight/size are considerably reduced. And can I say I enjoy the benefits of my TCE BG250-208 I lift it with ease, (getting old)!

I agree with getting an 8 ohm cab and have the option of adding another.

A valve audio amplifier has a high output impedance. In order to drive a low impedance load such as a loudspeaker, a step-down transformer is placed between the amplifier and the load. 2, 4 and 8 ohm speakers require different size secondary windings for a correct impedance match. These may be switched or use separate terminals. A SS audio power amplifier has a very low output impedance. No step-down transformer is required and the stated minimum speaker impedance, usually 4 ohms and occasionally 2, depends on power and thermal considerations.

http://barefacedbass.com/technical-information.htm - Good information here if you have the time to read it. With so many variables to consider it has to come down to trusting your own ears. The sensitivity is just another static measurement under certain or more often uncertain conditions. So how to try out other cabs before shelling out any cash is the problem.

A 4ohm cab will draw twice the power from the amp as an 8 ohm cab. The loudness will be noticable but not twice as loud. Is it loudness you're after?