Linus27

I'm currently using a Barefaced Two10 which I have generally been very happy with in terms of size, weight and performance. However, the vintage flavour of the cab is not suiting what I play these days and I have for a while been looking at changing it for something that is cleaner, tighter and more articulate. I'm currently leaning towards the Barefaced Super Compact which I believe will tick the boxes for my needs but I am also curious about the LFSys Monaco and Monza after positive customer reviews on here. They all seem pretty similar in application from what I have read so far, so I am just looking for feedback from those who have more real world experience in these cabs than me. Is there much differences between the three cabs? What is the difference between the LFSys Monaco and Monza over the different speaker sizes? Any pro's and cons between them all? I am currently using a 500w MarkBass Little Mark IV and play fretless. Many thanks for any input.

My moto is life is a book, and nobody wants to waste time reading a boring book so fill your book with amazing adventures, experiences and achievements. It doesn't matter how big that book is, but like all books it needs a start and will always have an ending so make the bit in the middle amazing. As SumOne above says, nobody is ever going to say, 'I wish I watched more daytime telly alone'. 🤣

Rio or any Duran Duran is a no but The Cure were discussed.

To be fair, Adam has always been like this. I've grown up with U2 since around 83 and he has always been this very cool, intelligent, calm, thoughtful character. Not too technical but he knows his stuff and very level headed. The Edge is the technical geek, Larry is always in the shadows and Bono is Bono and exactly when you get.

Andertons have even done a big interview with him on their YouTube channel which I thought was a little unusual.

Just watched episode 3 with Nate and that was so much better. It was more about the bass and the bass lines rather than 'look at me, I'm interesting' like the other two main bassists. In hindsight, I think the producers should have focused on three different styles of bass and perhaps done an episode with Bootsy, Mark King, Guy Pratt, Gail Ann Dorsey, Daryl Jones, Norman (Fat Boy Slim), the reggae bassist and the other black guy and focused on Funk, Disco, Dance, Pop, Motown, Soul and Reggae and the styles and great bassists that influenced those genres. See if you can get other bassists involved like Stuart Zender, Flea, John Taylor, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten involved or talked about. Then another episode with Nate, Melissa, Hooky, Glen Matlock, Adam Clayton, Krist from Nirvana, Alex James, Mani, the girl bassist and focus on indie, punk, rock, grunge, metal and show the bits about John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, Queen etc. Try and get bassists like Geddy, Sting, Robert Trujillo, Jeff Ament and probably a whole bunch of other bassists who I can't remember involved. Then another episode to focus on everything else bass related like the history of bass and technique which they touched on like slap, fretless, pick playing and different styles. Also discuss equipment so the P-Bass, double bass, uke basses, amps, pedals and everyone who contributed in the other episodes can add there little bit, for example, Mark King showing slap and Nate showing playing with a pick etc.

Ive watched the first two episodes and I enjoyed the bits when they weren't focusing on Hooky and Melissa. Nothing against them but I found the small contributions from the other bass players more interesting, especially Mark King, Adam Clayton Daryl Jones.

It's a fretless so gets a big fat juicy thumbs up from me 😃

I'm current running Bass > Tuner > Octave > Overdrive > Chorus > Reverb 1 > Reverb 2 > Compressor > Sansamp > Amp/Desk so its just before the Sansamp with the Sansamp last in the chain. I chose the Ampeg after having a great chat with @Osiris who suggested an optical compressor works really well for fretless and he was right, I couldn't be happier, it works great for me and the reviews were all really positive as well. A lot of people rate the TC Spectracomp as well though but I would say, due to the Toneprint option, you will fiddle a lot more and may not be able to easily decide what you like or what is working best for you. The Ampeg is literally three dials and super simple to setup and you can just start by having everything at 12 o'clock and tweak from there. I know nothing about the Joyo pedal though but I know the TC and Ampeg are both great.

I'm no expert but I play fretless and use a Sansamp BDDI v2 and an Ampeg Opticomp compressor and I couldn't live without it. The compressor just sprinkles magic dust on my tone and smooths everything out. I'm aware that the Sansamp pre-amps do add some compression but I found when I turned my compressor pedal off, my tone lost something and it was noticeable when it was turned back on again. The test for me was when I did a few gigs with another band and needed to build a small pedalboard for a fretted gig. I was going to save money and not bother with the Ampeg compressor but playing without it was considerably noticeable. As soon as I added it to my board (Sansamp, Octave and Compressor), my tone tightened up and was much better for it. I've heard good things about the TC Spectracomp pedal and they are cheap enough to get hold of so I say go for it.

Interesting, I think Coldplay are excellent, but I don't like them, Prince is a musical and songwriting genius but I find difficult to listen to and Precision basses are the best basses ever made but I prefer and play Jazz basses 🤣

I must admit, its a bit of a bugbear for me when someone says something is rubbish, when its clearly not, but I understand what they are saying is they don't like it. Music to me is art and a language and it either speaks to you, emotionally, physically, mentally etc. or it doesn't. We are all different so there is no right or wrong to any of this, it simply does or doesn't speak to you and one mans work of art can be a masterpiece yet to the next person it is utter garbage. Just enjoy what you enjoy. Agree with the Morrisey comments, an utter bell end 🤣

I don't quite know why they didn't as it looks unfinished to my eyes. I think if I had one, I would have to do something with it.

I would have been all over this but sadly its lined with the lines on the top of the neck. If it was unlined then I would have one for sure as they look pretty (apart from the wood at the end of the neck), sounds good and I love Ibanez basses.

I didn't realise he does trade-ins, do you know if that is still the case?