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Ah, good, thanks for clarifying. I have a hatchback, but I have found loading through the passenger door more convenient than through the rear. However I've been doing it the other way round - neck in first - so the body ends up on the front seat and the headstock on the top of the rear seats. I'll definitely try it your way next gig - seems to make good use of the passenger foot well, which currently with my way is not being used at all. And being able to seat-belt it in sounds good too.

The Dunlops are 45-125, and they're £34.99 from Bassdirect

Let's just stick with C major for now: Play a third (C E) then move this patten diatonically up the scale. I.e. C E D F E G F A etc. Same exercise but for all intervals E.g for a fourth it would be C F D G E A F B etc. Same exercise but a three-note pattern; e.g. C D E. This would be C D E D E F E F G F G A etc. Another example is C G E, which would be: C G E D A F E B G F C A etc. There are many combinations so this step should keep you busy for a while. Same exercise but with four-note patterns; e.g. John Coltrane's favourite C D E G: C D E G D E F A E F G B F G A C etc. There are even more combinations when there are four notes. Once you've done this, you will really start to know C major.

I'm using Dunlops which I really like. I really didn't get on with TI Flats (in the past, on a different bass)... I guess they sound nice enough, but I found them too limp and floppy!

Yes, I've used it at a gig into an RCF powered speaker, and it all worked fine without problems.

Which door/opening do you feed it through?

Underneath the mid knob https://www.thomann.de/gb/tech_21_vt_bass_deluxe.htm

Slightly more expensive, but a considerably better system would be these RCF 712A from the marketplace (no affiliation with seller) and a Behringer XR12 or XR16 mixer. A lot better investment e.g. if you later decide to add monitors or subs, or you all move to in-ears, or the guitarist gets a Helix, etc

How much do you trust the buyer? If he did open an eBay/PayPal claim against you, you can't prove you have sent the item.

Depends exactly what you're looking for, but how about the Crown 1002 https://www.thomann.de/gb/crown_xls_1002.htm ? It's slightly cheaper, more powerful, an established brand so possibly more reliable - but larger. Edit: Ah - I see my post crossed with yours, where you say "small enough to fit in the bag i take"!

https://irealpro.com/ ?

Bass Direct's website is not laid out very well, but the Hipshot Licensed tuners are sold here: http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Hipshot,_Licensed_tuners.html Check the measurements, but I believe you'd want the 1/2" ones not the 3/8".

I sold my standard head & cab setup and never regretted it. Since you're already with full PA & engineer, would you try in-ears? I love them - all instruments & vocals so clear, and you have complete control over the volume. If not, how about a monitor wedge? Maybe your PA setup already has a spare one, so you wouldn't have to buy anything or bring anything in the car/store it at home. For the in-ears/wedge setup, you could get your usual tone using an Ashdown pre-amp pedal. If you go for a combo, how about a tilt-back one placed in front of you pointing up at 45 degrees. I found I can hear myself a lot better this way.

Yes, this. I replaced a pair of GK 2x10 cabs with a single Barefaced 1x15 (the original Compact), and it sounded better and went louder.

If they are quite similar, this makes me wonder how the Berg 1x12 sounds on its own, or how do you think things would sound if there were two of them (without the C4)? In other words, what is the Phil Jones C4 contributing to the setup?

Which model is the TC112? I couldn't find it. http://eaamps.com/products/ http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/EA_Cabs.html

Is it this? https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/258279-sold/ I put into a Google search: site:basschat.co.uk davebass66 stingray

One thing which I haven't tried would be on gigs where there is good FOH (probably including subs) is to use a smaller powered speaker like a 8" as a monitor, high-passed quite high (around 100Hz?) so that it doesn't overload itself; then the idea is that the "missing" low frequencies are provided from FOH, since low frequencies travel in all directions, including backwards. That's the theory. Does anyone do this and how does it work in practice?

There is some good DI audio comparison here: https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/direct-box-comparison-bass-guitar/

This one - https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/338818-looks-like-a-steady-earner-for-somebody-here/

Just to clarify for anyone reading who doesn't know, the Alto in question is the Alto TS312.

Oh dear - thanks for the heads-up.

Do you have a link to an amazing review from a bass player?

Could you remind us or post the original link regarding your bad experience?