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I've got two 500s. One new one second hand. Both perform faultlessly.

I hope it has for me. I'll really have to have a fire sale soon.

[quote name='TPJ' timestamp='1455014600' post='2974947'] I couldn't get the One10 to work for double bass. After several tries with two or three amps and two different basses, I just couldn't find my sound with it. They are great little speakers and worked really well for slab, but I needed it to double. Glad it's working for you. [/quote] It's certainly a very dark speaker but, as I said, can be transformed by raising off the ground. I've got a speaker for this and a speaker for that and I wanted to get to one that would do everything and I think I've achieved that - for now.

You could almost do the same job with a Clarus, if push came to shove. The second channel signal can be taken off after the preamp stage and fed into a second power amp and thence to the front of stage speaker. You'll have full eq, phantom power, notch filter and phase reverse. It's not necessarily going out and buying lots of gear but utilising what you've got already.

Here's a pic of my new rig which I've been using for a few weeks. It's a coming together of a few ideas I've had recently. The Barefaced OneTen is a great speaker, practically unbreakable, especially if you are using it with DB. Trouble is it is much too bassy when floor standing, you have to eq the signal within an inch of its life. But elevate it and it behaves itself. As a jazz freelancer it is very rare when I play a gig at a venue that provides PA. Mostly the musicians bring their own small units. If there is PA I usually get ' but we don't put the bass through the PA.' I like to use a mic, but most BD players will agree that mics don't work too well through backline. The usual rule is pickup to backline, mic to PA. So when we have a stage to play on I run two separate channels. The second channel is a mic channel and I have a 10" Wizzy on the front of the stage, no pole needed. I already had a Puma 500 which is a compact amp considering its output. So I got another one for the second channel. A better alternative would have been a BonaFide which is a true two channel amp. But as I already had a 500 it was less costly to get another. Other main amps are available, I suppose, but not one that would fit in the width of the stand. The heart so the system is the Grace Designs Felix which has recently come on the market. This is a full studio quality two channel preamp. Each channel has a switchable three position input impedance setting, a high pass/notch filter, bass, three-way para mid and treble and muting/tuning, phase reverse and boost. The two channels can also be mixed although in this case they are kept separate. Oh, and the mic channel has 48v phantom. So it really is a Swiss Neutrality Knife. So the PU and mic go separately into the Felix, get controlled and generally mucked about with and come out to be fed into the power amp section of the Pumas. All this breaks down Into two units for travelling. The stand/rack amps and Felix fit into a Rockbag with a weight of 15 lbs. So although the description may sound a bit unwieldy, in practice it's all quite simple. And I can also use just the pickup channel for the plug and play gigs.

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1454660853' post='2971702'] Truly a grim time for musicians that were the soundtrack to my youth (sorry for the overused cliché) and opened my eyes to music in all its variety. [/quote] Well said. Cliche fully appropriate.

I've put a very nice Upton DB up for sale with a bass shop near London. If it sells I'll get £3.5k out of a £5.5k selling price. Yes, that's a lot to lose but DBs just don't sell for anything approaching sensible money on BC. And I don't want time wasters tramping over my carpets.

Good advice there. But I think I was right about the Blue Peter thing. 😌

There's always one. I have a removals company just up the road but haven't a clue where the nearest bike shop is. But I suppose if you've grown up with Blue Peter..................

Plus one for UPS via Interparcel. I sent a cab to Greece no problem at all and tracked all the way. Find your nearest removal company and buy a cardboard box plus packing material. All dead easy.

Strange, isn't it, how people who have a bit of a neg reputation turn out to be quite pleasant and those all round good eggs have issues. Except of course Savile who we should have known was a bastard from the start.

Specs, Paracetamol and a piece of wire with a hook to help fit strings. And a lot of other stuff.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1454082753' post='2966313'] I honestly was not in anyway supposed to be critical of people who can't or choose not too even. Injuries of course happen and at any time. Maybe I should of made my post more clear. What I had in mind is there's no reason if your fit that anyone male or female shouldn't be able to lift heavier gear if they Wanted, not that I'm saying people should go killing themselves and that I would hope to be one of those well into old age. I was really thinking old age and longevity. I don't judge others if they do like light gear. My belief, choice is that It does annoy me people go on about light gear will save your back, or I'm getting too old to lift it etc, it might, it might not and if you do keep fit you have less chance of getting hurt. As you said you can get injuries doing anything. Lightweight gear is great and I'm not knocking that either it's very convenient, but this fear of heavier stuff like say an all valve head and you do hear it said, is a bit weak willed to me, again don't kill yourself, but if you are under 75 then why not keep yourself fit and durable it will keep you going much longer than not. I take great inspiration from older 75 onwards who are fit, still lifting weights and are active in life. And I hope that I will be just that myself one far off day. I dunno maybe I am actual being criticle but certainly not in a way your suggesting. [/quote] Steady on! I don't do weights, but most of my gear is lightweight these days.

Was a bit tongue in cheek but perhaps not firmly enough?

Was listed under Events? Did Bluejay know?

I suppose I'd better weigh in here; I'll be 75 in two weeks time and the gorgeous Mrs B has bought me two pairs of Ralph Lauren skinny chinos for an early present. So you guys need have no concerns re anno domini. I've got three jazz gigs this week and still get quite a lot of work, although I don't go chasing up to Leeds from Oxon and back for a gig anymore. I suppose the clue is jazz, where there is a slightly higher average age of the band and audience. I fit in well enough with forty year olds and the trick is to have a young outlook and only hark back to the old days when you sense the general conversation going that way. Then it all kicks off and the subject soon gets round to what medication everyone's using and who's had a new knee. Audition? Never done one.

[quote name='owen' timestamp='1452720928' post='2952937'] If you have an adjustable bridge you can slot a Fishman Full Circle in there. It will be fine and dandy. I have used one for the last 15 years and I have no complaints. Your amp and cab will be fine as well. I have messed with all sorts of preamps and have eventually settled on and Fdeck HPF which is a simple buffer to make the piezo "happy" with the impedance it is seeing. Proper impedance for piezo = good tone. Wrong impedance (too low) = scratchy and horrible. The Fdeck also has a high pass filter in it which really cleans things up nicely. I have given up using other preamps for DB. It is a freely available circuit which you could build yourself if you have soldering skills, otherwise any pedal fixer/maker can put one together for you. If I was getting one made I would have it in a floor box with a mute switch and a tuner out in it. I just go straight into whatever I have through the Fdeck and it seems to work nicely. I do not miss having loads of EQ. [/quote] Yes, the HPF, high pass filter is the DB player's friend. After the initial euphoria of discovering those heavy bottom notes you'll soon find that once you get out there you won't want them so full on, especially when a member of the audience comes up in the break and tells you how boomy your bass is. The bottom notes tend to look after themselves and it's the mids you'll want to articulate. So as Owen says, you won't need much/any eq but the HPF is the piece of kit you'll use a lot.

I sold a High Pass Filter. Andy is a reliable easy guy to deal with. No probs at all.

Well, it's not ever his greatest but I remember waking up on a morning of '66 and hearing 'Can't help thinking about me' by David Bowie and the Lower Third. I thought, there's something special here. There was something about his voice that stayed in my head.

That is so sad. A hero. May he rest in peace.

Have we had 'Keep on Running' yet? I used to play the intro on DB. And then on BG after I had bought an EBO way back when.

They have a point, especially RRW by UB40, the B&W Minstrels of today.