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  1. JPJ
    Keep an eye out for one of the Ashdown Neo combos they made a few years ago. I snaffled one last year and I love it. 400W into the built-in 8 ohm 1x15 speaker (so probably 200W) but loud enough for my Country/Americana band, then I pair it with a matching Neo series 8 ohm 1x15 to get the ohms down to 4 ohms and the full 400W into both cabs - loud enough for my Southern Rock band. Both the combo and the cab are an easy one-hand lift 😎
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    So even I have to admit I have too much gear these days and its time to thin the herd a little, and first in the “least used must go category” is my Warwick Rockbass Alien 5 string electro-acoustic bass. The bass is pretty much in perfect condition with only a few surface scratches in the high gloss black finish on the back of the beautifully bound body, a solid 9.5 out of 10. These basses are amazing value for money new, and here’s the opportunity to pick one up with a Stagg semi-hard case at two-thirds the price of a new one without the case. The bass sounds great acoustically and will hold its own for the old acoustic house practice. Amplified, it has a big open acoustic tone, and a powerful active Fishman preamp with the controls tastefully hidden inside the sound hole comprising of a master volume and tone control. The bass will come wearing Warwick Black Label flatwound strings that get rid of the horrible finger noise typical of those phosphor bronze strings that manufacturers seem to favour for acoustic basses. The neck also has the wonderful Warwick adjust-a-nut which means you can get a super low action across the whole neck. Price is firm, it’s a lot of bass for this money and is collection only. Obviously, as it has a case and I have a suitable packing box, postage is an option but only at the buyers cost and risk (the bass survived being shipped to me in the case and a box). Any questions - please ask!
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    So long story short, I first tried a Vanderkley 2x12 cab a few years ago over at Overwater in Carlisle. I was impressed by how ‘smooth’ the cab sounded and it’s been on my ‘itch to scratch’ list ever since. As some of you might know, I have assembled all the components to build a Basschat 2x12 but I’m so time poor at the moment that those components have been moved up to the loft ‘for future use’. So, when this came up for sale relatively close to me, I jumped on it. No chance to fire it up in anger yet, but I can’t wait to hear my Ashdown Geezer head through this 😎
  4. JPJ
    Yes I’ve looked at those but no physical faders, so not what I’m looking for
  5. JPJ
    Well I haven’t ran out of either on the XR18 so 16 in, 6 out plus main L&R out of course. I do use input 17&18 for break music so a similar facility would be nice.
  6. JPJ
    So I've been a (mostly) happy Behringer XR18 user almost since they first appeared on these shores. It does everything I need it to do, and a few things I don't (such as automix) but Behringer's support for the necessary software has been patchy at best (no pun intended) and, following numerous threads on the XR18 user groups on Facebook, it seems there is an underlying reliability issue with the power supply board. Mine lives in a flight case with a Driverack, the router, and a draw for necessary bits and pieces, and I have an X-Touch in a separate flight case as physical faders are much easier to adjust on the fly when mixing side of stage whilst playing. Given my earlier comment about reliability, I am thinking of where I might go next, and I think I'll probably move away from the stage box style mixers to something more conventional. Given that I know and I am comfortable with the Behringer workflow, the most obvious next step is an x32 Compact but the x32 range is getting on in age too, and maybe there is a better solution out there. So here's the question, which digital desk would you move to next?
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    So as I've said on here before, my rig consists of two EV ZLX15P's and two old Peavey active 15" subs rated at 400W. We put the whole five piece band through this via a Behringer XR18 and a DBX Drvierack PA360, and I seem to get a decent sound out of this setup as I have had compliments from more knowledgeable sound people. The heat that the ZLX's run at worries me (no fan, just passive heat sink through the amp backplate) but for the number of gigs I do (circa 20 per annum) this system is all I want to pay for. I have been tempted by the JBL JRX mentioned previously as a single box per side, but the size/weight puts me off. It does make me think that with the advancement in loudspeaker components (a good 12" now beating an older 15 etc) whether one of our intrepid loudspeaker cabinet designers couldn't come up with a passive solution using a combination of say 8" and 12" cones in a box that is physically large enough to impress the ladies, whilst providing a much better single box-per-side solution (yes I know the subs should be centred, and having tried this, I know that this works so much better but doesnt work in the average pub setting).
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    Mic positioning

    JPJ replied to SamIAm's topic in Amps and Cabs

    For bass, I always prefer DI into the desk. Mic’ing bass cabs live is a challenge, especially where you have limited space. Recording is a different matter, but I’d still take a DI feed, plus at least one close mic, and one or possibly two a metre or so away from the cab. Then mix the three signals to get your desired recorded sound.
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    In one of my bands the drummer uses a P2 fed from Aux 3 and reports no problems (but then he is a drummer). In my other band our fiddle player uses the same setup and she’s a pro player featuring in the Edinburgh tattoo every year and again no complaints from her. If you have no joy identifying the source of the noise, you could try sticking the RTA on the affected aux out and eq’ing out the worst of the noise?
  10. JPJ
    Most of the older SWR cabs I’ve owned have suffered from detachment and shrinkage of the carpet covering, particularly on the bottom of the cabs. My recommendation would be to remove the carpet, but I’ve done this once and will never do it again voluntarily as it was a complete PITA. I ended up having to belt sand the whole cab to get the sticky glue residue and the remainder of the carpet off.
  11. JPJ
    So are we to conclude you have unlocked the ‘secret source’ of the Wal sound? Does this mean the people at Wal will either: a) take out a contract on you; b) send you a cease and desist; c) buy you out for mega bucks then bury your research? 😂
  12. JPJ
    The majority of gigs I play these days are with a country/Americana band and I use the combo on its own, albeit with PA support.
  13. JPJ
    I managed to pick up a 400W ABM Neo 1x15 combo, quite a rare beast by all accounts, which has turned me from being an Ashdown disliker to Ashdown lover. Paired with the matching Neo 1x15 cab on bigger gigs, I find this combo covers all my needs.
  14. JPJ
    My first proper amp was an Ohm GB60, a horrendously underpowered 60W 1x15 combo with an H&H driver, but a lovely sound.
  15. JPJ
    Indeed, loud enough for Derek Smalls
  16. JPJ
    Did somebody say huge toroid?
  17. JPJ
    They are rechargeable as well 😉
  18. JPJ
    What you can’t see is the CIOKS DC7 strapped to the underside of the board which appears to cope admirably with the kit above.
  19. JPJ
    Sure, here’s my bijou little ‘does it all’ board, used with EUB, and fretted and fretless electric basses. Wireless from the basses, hardwire for the EUB, with the SansAmp and the Plethora X3 in the effects loop of the EBS Stanley Clarke pre. DI out from the Stanley Clarke and amp feed via the Micro Thumpinator.
  20. JPJ
    Just posting this because of how constantly amazed I am by the little TC Electronics BG250 208 combo, especially with my NS EUB. Wife was out yesterday so they both snuck into the lounge in her absence and it was a great opportunity for a photo 😎
  21. JPJ
    Thanks Bill, I’ve found the same by experimentation ( in other words lots and lots of failed attempts) 😂
  22. JPJ
    Companies like GR using sandwich construction will most likely be using a pre-preg (pre impregnated) carbon fibre mat cured in a vacuum oven. There are some air curing pre-pregs available but they are eye wateringly expensive and you still have to think about how you are going to finish it to seal it against moisture ingress. Alternatively, you can buy carbon fibre sheets either as pure carbon or foam cored from company’s such as these (no affiliation) but then you have to think about how you are going to construct the cabinet, oh and carbon sheet isn’t cheap either.
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    Funnily enough my NS NXT has dots all over the fingerboard. I try not to look because there’s too many of them and they put me off. Oh and no lines on my fretless P bass either 😉
  24. JPJ

    How many amps?

    JPJ replied to bassbora's topic in Amps and Cabs

    I’m not as bad as I used to be (but still pretty bad): SWR SM1500 SWR Marcus Miller pre + SWR Amplite power amp Ashdown Geezer Butler signature ‘Head of Doom’ Ashdown ABM 400 1x15 neo combo TC Electronics BG250 208 combo
  25. JPJ
    I’m Paul and so is my wife
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