Bigwan

Hardly worth the money/hassle it'd cause for 1 speaker cable really... Be honest, it's just GAS isn't it? Go on, you can tell us. You're among friends here!

Playing in the bar/nightclub of Norn Iron's no.1 place to eat. Harbour Bar (Portrush - it ain't THAT good)... Mixed night. I thought we were totally pish, but the crowd loved it and danced the whole night. Like a sauna in the place and couldn't move for punters. Our crap singer is getting worse and our drummer, who thinks he's god's gift (but isn't!), wasn't much better. Everything was played about 20bpm too fast and blamed on everybody else - are there actually drummers out there who can set the tempo themselves and not rely on the guitarist? And another thing... usually the whole idea of having the words on a music stand in front of you is to actually use them... or have I got that all wrong? Brought my wee BR micro recorder along to show the guys just how crap they can be, but set the recording input level too high by accident and now have 2 hours 43 minutes of distorted mush instead! Rant over. Just enjoying a wee Magners now (other apple based alcoholic products are available) before heading off to my pit...

What about an Aguilar 1x12. I have one of the GS112 cabs and it's great. There's also the DB series which use the same driver as the GS, but due to differing cab dimensions and materials have a bit more in the mids. Never tried one but they're supposed to be even better than the GS series.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='497851' date='May 26 2009, 10:51 AM']I'd expect a Compact to work well with the V4BH, it's a couple of dB more sensitive than your 4x10" (Ampeg are one of the very few that quote realistic sensitivity specs!) One of this next batch is crossing the Irish sea to the North - presumably shipping to Eire is little more expensive? Alex[/quote] I'm in the North too - Where's the cab heading Alex? Shipping to Norn Iron is typically more expensive than shipping to, say, the highlands. Shipping to Eire will probably be more expensive again...

One of the tecamp (or the older incarnation tech soundsystem) cabs would be the job. The 2x12 or 4x10 would be my choice. Not that many about at the minute though. There was a glut of them for a few weeks there. There's also Alex's Barefaced cabs. I'd love to try one of those but I'm on the wrong side of the Irish sea...

Is there no way you can split your signal, treat the 2 halves signals differently and then blend them together again before the amp? Or add another 1212L, run one 'clean' and one 'dirty'. You're obviously happy with what the 1212L can do, and you don't seem to need any more than you have, you just want more tonal options. Or is it just GAS?

Sounds like you lucked out. If you like the one you're playing why not try and buy it? You'll probably travel a long way and try mucho crap basses before you find one that's as good. I'm not ashamed to admit I bought a Westfield P-bass a while back... only paid 20 quid for it mind you!

I'll play fly-half to the team (that's number 10 to you round ballgame fans)...

The Gallery have ordered them for people in the past but don't usually have them in stock - there are very few places that do stock them as far as I can tell. Great basses. Flanker's old 4 string (the Scarbee Celinder) is just about the best 4 string I've played bar none...

[quote name='Bigwan' post='472735' date='Apr 26 2009, 04:13 PM']Another weekend of trusty service from my abm combo! However I'm considering retiring it to home practice only (don't have an amp at home atm). A 300 watt amp is total overkill for what I'm using it for (basically a personal monitor and DI). Also don't like leaving it in our drafty, damp practise room. I've a Line6 studio 110 coming and it'll take over if it sounds the part... it's small and light enough (12" cube, 24lbs) to not have to worry about carting around! Keep feeling like I'm cheating on the abm though - how weird is that![/quote] Yup, I'm afraid to say the ABM's getting retired from regular giging. Tried the Lowdown 110 on a gig on Saturday and it worked an f'ing treat! Goes as loud as I need it to on stage and the DI sounds great... and the 'rock' setting is good to go after a few tweaks. Now my ABM can stay in the house as a pretty practise amp in the living room.

Good stuff guys! I'll get onto some of this stuff straight away (listening to Robben Ford here at the minute!). Could you guys also suggest blues tunes a classic power trio lineup could play without much re-jigging? My brother (guitar player - lives at the other end of the country) is wanting to put a trio together to play a local blues club in the next few months. ...was listening to the John Mayer Trio more for some Pino action than anything else! Honest Guv'na! Cheers!

Guys, After falling into listening to John Mayer (Trio) a while back I'm starting to wonder about Blues music in general. I have some SRV and Hendrix, but who else should I be checking out? Have a preference for real driving, electric blues... Cheers Ian

Another weekend of trusty service from my abm combo! However I'm considering retiring it to home practice only (don't have an amp at home atm). A 300 watt amp is total overkill for what I'm using it for (basically a personal monitor and DI). Also don't like leaving it in our drafty, damp practise room. I've a Line6 studio 110 coming and it'll take over if it sounds the part... it's small and light enough (12" cube, 24lbs) to not have to worry about carting around! Keep feeling like I'm cheating on the abm though - how weird is that!

I hear a lot of people say they have to tweak their amps to venues - I must be the odd one out. I run the ashdown combo totally flat, gain up about 3/4, drive at 1/2, volume to taste. That's it.

Yep, my ABM C110 combo... although I DI to the PA and keep stage volume low (personal monitor really). The DI tone is perfect for me!