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[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1480529125' post='3185156'] Thanks, I just emailed them to enquire and will report back. I rather like the 'natural' model from Rondo and have asked if they can get hold of that - [url="http://www.rondomusic.com/product7692.html"]http://www.rondomusic.com/product7692.html[/url] [/quote] Never been a fan of violin basses but that one is rather tasty 😋

[quote name='Jack' timestamp='1480969172' post='3188589'] No can do from me, we're in the slightly less prestigious Stone Trough that night! Good luck with the show though! [/quote] Still a good gig though, who do you play with?

I've just taken the plunge and ordered the Micro Thumpinator. I know the positive impact the HPF on our Behringer X-Air XR18 has on the overall sound, so it seemed logical to add one to my backline too, especially at that price point. Playing five string basses on loud stages means I know I am only one ham fisted moment away from a blown cone or two, and having had to re-speaker a 4x10 due to blowing two cones, the price of the Thumpinator is a small price to pay. More reports to follow, but does anyone know of a power supply suitable to feed a Line 6 G50, a Radial Bassbone, and the Thumpintor?

[quote name='NoirBass' timestamp='1480926268' post='3188015'] Nice one, I've been playing this setup for the last few weeks now and really enjoying it: [/quote] Ah another Flyrig user! A bass playing friend up here in the frozen North has just bought one of these and uses it as his whole rig. Bass -> Flyrig -> FOH -> in-ears. I'm such a luddite I don't think I could ever go that far, but he is well impressed with the Flyrig and he knows his bass onions.

No website at the moment but we're on Facebook as dirtysouthrock Next gig for us is a big one, headline slot at the Newcastle O2 Academy on 27th December. Full nine piece Skynyrd tribute show, with four other quality local tributes.

It's a Radial Tonebone Bassbone, a two channel DI box with EQ, effects loop, and boost. I use it to balance the output of my fretless electric and the electro-acoustic, and to DI into the FOH

Believe it or not, we're a southern rock band 😎 The only 'issue' I have with the TC is the DI is a bit noisy but as I'm using the Radial to balance the acoustic with the fretless so I just used the DI from that. Other than that, the TC is all you need on a gig like this. I'm going to add the foot switch to get the mute & two TonePrints although to be honest, I only use a little bit of chorus with the fretless.

So last night I played a gig with the physically smallest rig I've ever used live......and I loved it! TC Electronics BG250 208, Radial Tonebone, and Tanglewood Acoustic Bass. Great fun, might have to do it again :-) [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JPJ/media/E7D97C2C-3928-4756-BA22-6CAB49FD070C_zpso6b36drd.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/JPJ/E7D97C2C-3928-4756-BA22-6CAB49FD070C_zpso6b36drd.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JPJ/media/7C5854C4-5111-4F71-9D0A-412A0F18BF09_zpshsg2rkdl.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/JPJ/7C5854C4-5111-4F71-9D0A-412A0F18BF09_zpshsg2rkdl.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1479047201' post='3173496'] and even with all the tone pots set to detent positions, there is a bit of a baked-in eq curve. [/quote] That's why John offered two versions of the U Retro, one had the vintage sound of the J-Retro built-in, and the other one was a flat response version.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1480095520' post='3181676'] 1200 grit wet and dry up and down the playing area, gloss gone. Bit of cutting compound at a later date and it's glossy again if you want to sell it on. [/quote] As Dood has already said, THIS Or if you don't have 1200 (or 1500 grit) wet & dry, use some wire wool (mask your pickups and electrics first though)

Here's my experience. I work away from home Monday through Friday and I needed a bass to keep at the apartment to noodle on and learn new songs etc. Not wanting to spend a lot, I bought a nice black Harley Benton five string acoustic from Thomann (review here http://basschat.co.uk/topic/289575-harley-benton-5-string-acoustic-bass/). For what it is and at the price point, its a very playable little instrument but it isn't going to keep up with a well strummed six string, but I can't put the bloody thing down. Its so much fun to just pick up and noodle away. I had a Stagg EUB that had the same affect, and both have been a stimulus to me improving my playing and my knowledge of the instrument (I'm a 30 year plus 'ear' player). So much fun in fact that today I've just picked up a Tanglewood four string acoustic to have around at home, and to use on our rare acoustic sessions albeit through the PA or my little TC 208 combo. As Burrito says, acoustic basses definitely improve with a set of flats replacing the phosphor-bronze strings they are shipped with. Yes, a little quieter but much warmer and 'open' sound.

Anybody suffer with a painful thumb joint on your fretting hand? Lately, I'm beginning to suffer with mine (the big joint at the base of the thumb) and the feeling is like an instability in the joint which gives me sharp stabbing type pain when my hand is in a certain position. I've found taping the joint (like a boxer) helps, so have been considering buying a support bandage. I am allergic to some of the neoprene type joint supports, so really need something that is cloth based. Is anyone else having similar problems or have a solution?

My two'penneth I bought a pair of Pro 17's about three years ago. At first I really struggled with the isolation and the unnatural detached feeling, but the upside was hearing every note you play, anywhere on the neck despite the cacophony going on around you. When I started running FOH sound from the side of the stage, I became so paranoid about what the audience was hearing that I stopped using the plugs (big mistake I know). After a year or so, I noticed that my hearing was definitely suffering (could be age related) so I dug the plugs out and tried to persevere with them, but by then I was back to the isolated feeling again. So I did a bit more research on the ACS website and decided that the 10's might be more suitable for my application so I ordered some replacement filters and hey presto, what a difference. I certainly do not feel isolated and the whole sound is more 'dynamic' with the added bonus of hearing everything I play (including the bum notes!). If you compare the graphs, there isn't a whole lotta difference between the 10's and the 17's but the 17's are rated for longer exposure. Given that for most gigs we do two sets and normally no more than 2 hours in total. the 10's work out just fine. The difference is so big for me that I am now back to using them on every gig.

Just to complete the story of all-in-one cabs, Ashdown also did a 1x15, 2x10 in the same cab which actually sounded quite good

I blew two drivers in. Golly II 4x10 so replaced all four with Deltalites and it's become my single cab solution so much so that I sold the Golly III I used to mate it with. The Deltalites do have a more pronounced mid range to my old cloth ears but this mid is very 'musical'

This usually depends upon what type of finish is on already. Polys & Nitro's generally don't mix well. For me, I've always preferred stripping and re-doing the whole system in materials appropriate to your choice of finish.

I like the op look after our live sound, but I'm not a sound engineer. For a good drum sound, I've found a good hard gate to get rid of any after ring, followed by running the drums through a little bit of reverb just to warm them back up a little gives me the best result in 95% of the venues we play. As to crossover points, I prefer something in the 100-120 area, but as I use a pseudo crossover on our Behringer X-Air (combination of a high pass and a low pass on the mains and one aux, running the subs from the low passed aux out) I have the best control over the balance of the rig, much better imho than when we used a dedicated crossover. As with all these things, you have to first know what your gear can/cant do, and then experiment until you find something that works for you.

Thanks for the opinions gents. Based on your input I'm guessing the DB series is better for my needs. Time to get on the road and try a few out me thinks :-)

Thinking of going down the route of an Aguilar 2x12 to pair with my AG500SC but the question is, which one. If I went on looks I'd get the GS, but I know a lot of people rate the DB series. Anybody got real life experience of both who'd be kind enough to enlighten me?

I take it your thinking of a Jaco style conversion? I recently had a fretted converted to fretless and the luthier used thin strips of Veneer to fill the fret slots, and no epoxy necessary.

[quote name='landwomble' timestamp='1477589614' post='3163239'] TC Electronics BG250 208 and a second cab for gigs. Cheap and great. [/quote] I'll second that, although I haven't used a second cab, just DI into FOH

I used to run my Stagg EUB through a PJB Briefcase and it sounded pretty good to me, but your not going to keep up with a drummer as the PJB 5" speakers are not the most efficient. Although I no longer have an EUB, I'm using a TC BG250 2X 8" combo with my fretless for 'acoustic' gigs that I'm pretty sure would sound good with an EUB, and would be loud enough to gig with imho especially in an acoustic style gig

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1477395165' post='3161910'] So... the OP changed from a 500W AG500 to a 1500W SM1500 and felt more "heft"? And people are saying is due to the toroidal transformer? And the extra headroom from having 3 times the power output doesn't play a part here? In that case my class-D Shuttle 9.2 is more "heftier" then the toroidal equipped 15W TE Boxer combo i have or the 280W GK RB400iv i had... We shouldn't mix things, we all know that a 500W toroidal amp, compared to a 500W SMPS, has more sub-lows (great for those who like it, i'm very happy without a muddy stage sound) and the greater the power output of an amp more headroom is available. So what's the news about the SM1500 sounding better? Even the SM900 would beat the c**p out of the Aggie. The SM400 would be a better comparison, both in the same muscle rank, the tone would be decisive factor there. [/quote] Fair point well made. Output "volume" levels were about the same, but the SWR was more open, even, and just felt like the bass was 'breathing' better. I just wish the damn thing wasn't heavy enough to have its own gravitational field.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1477316099' post='3161332'] Of course it was always going to... the Thread title points it that way as class D is an option in many amps available today and the OP was saying his amp is the best.[/quote] I wouldn't be so bold to make that claim as there are too many amps that I haven't gigged (the only real test imho). My point was simply that I was surprised by the difference, and maybe in hindsight I shouldn't have been. I think I've posted the photo of the innards of the SM1500 before and its basically two massive toroidal transformers, hence the weight and my non-techy 'big iron' comment. [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1477316099' post='3161332']And the SM1500 was one hell of an amp..all the SM's were upto a certain period. They don't make them like they used to [/quote] Agreed!

So here's the thing, I've been an SWR fanboi for as long as I can remember and my love affair with all things SWR peaked when I bought my SM1500. But, as perfect as she is, she is a little on the heavy side, so for the last year or so, I've been gigging an Aguilar AG500 (which my back loves). But this weekend, the Aguilar is in the shop having a new power light LED fitted, so I've had to man up and use the SWR for my two gigs and a rehearsal. Now as many of you know, the Aguilar AG is not short in the 'heft' department, but holy cow batman, the SWR is just so much 'more' of everything. I'd forgotten just how good this amp is, needless to say I'm one very happy bassist, and any thoughts of selling the SWR have been completely dismissed. Yes, the weight is an issue, but I could do with getting in shape, and I'm sure I have a 'bullworker' lying idle in the loft 😎