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[quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1489090334' post='3254365'] Cheapest online prices: Warwick LWA 500 for £299, or TC BH800 for £449 (BH550 is virtually the same price). Is the TC BH800 worth the extra? [/quote] Well the extra you'll pay for the TC BH800 is because: - 800w (300w more than the Warwick) - you'll be able to use 2 toneprints (Digital effects) at once, this means you can have the compressor and maybe an overdrive loaded and running at the same time. Having said that the price for the Warwick LWA 500 seem to be a pretty good deal.

Dude that's not a difficult one (well for me that is), you have two choices: - You'll need another pot so you can keep the bass VVT, this means each pot could be used as series/parallel separately. - Second choice is to add a balance pot, this means you'll need to connect the pots to the balance pot and they connect to the volume pot. In both cases you'll need to solder the volume pot using the diagram called "Series/Parallel"

From that episode I think this is my favourite tune [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igkyajvrm-8[/media]

[quote name='thodrik' timestamp='1484852481' post='3219152'] The Elf and 2x8 cab looks like a fun home practice set up. Not sure I would use that kind of set up at a gig. Too many 'absence of heft' fears. I hope that it does well and is a starting point for a relaunch of the bigger amp and cab configurations to follow. [/quote] No I think that setup is angling more towards the Double bass community as it is portable and seems suspiciously similar to the Phil Jones Briefcase in portability and power.

Here's a website with some custom made patches http://guitarpatches.com/patches.php?unit=gt6b

You can always get the East MM version which is a direct copy of the original with more modern component and will only increase the resell value. http://www.east-uk.com/index.php/bass/mmsr.html

I got one of the Status MM pups in my Aria GT5 and if you are looking for the traditional MM sound well look somewhere else, these are made with bars instead of pole pieces and this means less magnetic pull. This means the strings can move more freely thus providing a fuller sound. I like mine a lot.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1482564799' post='3201448'] Nobody plays the frets as well as our Mark. Heeheehee. I like Mark's playing but I agree. Sometimes the actual bass frequencies come across as lightweight where you might feel you want a nicely rounded bottom to get a hold of (oooer), so to speak. Old analogue Bowie releases tended to be like that for me too. It didn't spoil my appreciation however. Now that I am all growed up like, I know you can't get much oomph from lightweight strings but then the heavier ones are not so compliant. [/quote] Don't get me wrong I love Level 42 but it seems that the more time passed the lighter his sound gets and you can hear the massive hole in the sound of the band because he seems to have forgotten that a bass guitar should sound like a bass guitar. I would love for him to turn that bass knob a bit and give a bit more of weight to those wonderful bass lines he's playing.

Goodness with double 3 band EQ and no one told him how to turn the bloody bass knob? All I hear is clickety clickety clack... Frequencies below 1K? more like all frequencies below 16K

A good idea would be to start by learning Takadimi which is a form of Indian rhythmic method, one of the pros is that it teaches you how to read block of notes rhythmically and not note by note. This accelerates the learning curve. Here are some quick examples to try: [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW133P2ZgxQ[/media] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdfwcx0vmGU[/media]

[quote name='Shiveringbass' timestamp='1476892502' post='3158204'] Thanks IanA for the reply. “very deep low end” frightens me a bit. Is it still controlled low end or the kind that rumbles everywhere ? Did you have, by chance, the opportunity to try a Glock cab ? If not, I’ve read somewhere (Bowlu bass blog I think) that the Glock 4x10 is somehow close to the Bergantino HS410. I’ve played on big stages recently and felt that my usual gigging cab, a Tecamp 2x12, was not pushing enough air for the rest of the band. So I’d like to come back on the good old 4x10 but without sacrifying the portability of my 22kg Tecamp. [/quote] If you want to hear them in action just listen to any video of Scott Devine, he uses them with MarkBass amps and they do sound deep, not rumbly or muddy but deep. They are a great match for modern sounding amps as they complement each other very well.

I have to admit after slagging them off for quite a long time that Ashdown got it right this time with the RM head series and the cabs, those blueline cabs were absolutely awful. They were very difficult to get a good sound in different rooms and all you got was a bit amount of mush and don't even try them with an active bass. I tried them at GAK and I was floored; they are lighter, clear sounding and you could almost throw anything at them and will still sound great. I felt in love with the RM-500 head, so much I'm planning to buy one and use it with my BFM cab as my Carvin BX500 seems to love my Warwick WC210. Hats off to Ashdown for getting it right this time.

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1476346980' post='3153438'] Have to say these cabs intrigue me massively too! I've been told the 1x10 version put out as much bass as the 1x12, but just doesn't go quite as loud, I guess worth trade off for some to have smaller and slightly lighter cab. Looking forward to hearing your review, but I'm going to have to get a shot of one of these soon... Eude [/quote] I'm not going to bore you with my rumblings and let the maestro do what he's known for: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-YUbQyK5Ls[/media] Here's a video of a more "real life" situation, the cab used in this show was build in the UK by Tricky Audio. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZTcw9f_wLM&feature=youtu.be[/media]

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1476319611' post='3153360'] Thanks! They're the best cabs I have ever played through in 30 years of plonking. At 20kg each they're not exactly super light but they're very compact, superbly designed, versatile on big or small stages and seemed to more than hold their own at the cab shoot out which was held at the 2015 bash. With the Shuttles, you could even turn up to a gig in a sporty two seat coupe with one cab, a bass and head. [/quote] I think they didn't do better at the shootout because they are not coloured like the Bergantinos, Barefaced, etc.. These cabs much like the BFM show their worth when equalized. When you play them through an amp with all controls in neutral position they are totally flat and therefore not great sounding but when EQ comes into the equation well they're something else. I noticed that when playing through yours, they weren't that impressive flat just natural sounding but when I used the EQ that's when the magic came.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1476242828' post='3152621'] Which one? If it was South East, you will have played through mine... [/quote] Yes the one at the school in Kent. Tell you something that combination hit the sweetspot for me. Congrats that's an amazing setup.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1475590607' post='3147164'] I have owned two F112's for a couple of years. I used a couple of GB Shuttles and want for NOTHING. Midrange is perfectly preserved and the cabs sound like PA speakers but with a little bit of extra bottom end definition regardless of volume. I'm sure you won't be disappointed. A couple of GK RB700 heads could be a nice compliment, with their boost control. [/quote] I played one of those cabs and amp at the bass bash of 2015 and can say that combination was killer, enough power and bottom end to kill a buffalo while keeping clarity. Lovely combination if you ask me.

Too many talented people in too many talented bands, great vids guys. Here's one from a couple of years ago. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o4-A7cH1KI[/media]

In the south live music is coming back even there are lots of pubs that had to be closed, we played close to 45 gigs last year and something like 35 this year. We need to support live music in all it's forms, I sometimes go out to watch bands whether their skill level. It's about supporting an art form, I know some people don't consider playing covers an art form but at the end of the day it is good promotion for songs that sometimes you would never had payed attention to, I know because i has happened to me before with a lot of songs.

Bloody marvelous!! Voted!!!