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Hard for me to answer. I use mine bridged into the 4x10 so using both power amps. I have the volume on about 4 typically with bass at about 3 mid 5 and treble 0-1.... but at that volume setting if you start to boost any of the eq controls the amp gets louder as you're boosting certain frequencies I guess.

Hi, I use the HL410 and the LH1000. Hugely reliable rig, massive amount of power even running at 8ohms. I really like the HL410 cab. It is very light and with a cover has taken well to being used for touring. Very clear, articulate cab but still find it warm, which I personally fins great for a live cab. Not familiar with the LX8500. I am a Hartle artist and they initially wanted to set me up with the LX8500 but they kindly agreed to give me the LH1000 instead as it was the amp I had experience of. I'm sure it's a great amp but maybe consider an LH500. I honestly find carrying the LH1000 about too much of a big deal.

I don't feel a pickup change will radically change things, might help provide some more mids and bass. Can you bypass the active onboard preamp? Maybe I would say try different strings first. Half round/flat wounds? I have no idea how you play but maybe playing softer might help as that's the cheapest option!

I went there, 20 odd years ago. They had trace combos in the studios if I remember correctly and all the gear was pretty good for the time... lots of electric drum kits I remember! I feel a head would be a good shout, maybe something class D, headphones socket and an aux so they can practive quietly at halls or house share without the need of an amp and then take it to gigs where hopefully somebody will lend their cab. For reference i took a hartke 4x10 and amp which I think maybe got used a handful of times. I have no idea what gigging in Bath is like these days, all the venues have gone I played in there, God I feel old.. Hope that helps and they have a great time I did, until I left to join a touring band.

I had some ACS ones through the MU scheme a few years ago. I no longer use them as (I think due to a lot of hand sanitiser during covid) they started to discolour so didn't fancy putting them in my ears, and also they have a shelf life of a certain amount of years before supposedly they stop fitting your ear shape correctly.. Anyway, went without ear plugs for a couple of years and touring and now recently started using them again. I first tried a set called earasers that were really good, slight reduction in high end but not muffled and sounded clear. Annoyingly I lost them at a festival this summer in a rush to pack down and get home so went for some called Earos that I really like, don't think they attenuate the high end too much, sound clear and are comfortable. Think they're £32 and just as good from memory as the ACS for me at least.

To be fair I haven't bothered with the user created ones. I think I prefer to jave the modelled versions than captures so I can adjust as needed.

Just updated it, took a little while. Looking forward to trying the new blends with the guitar overdrives. I wonder how these will work the captures and also phasing issues. I have the Cory Wong, parralax and darkglass plugins, so hopefully they will end up being compatible with the QC. The Darkglass plugin sound to my ears much better than any of the captures or the modelled versions.. the VMT and B3K have horrible tails to the drive sound that I've never known to happen with the plugin or with the real life analog devices.

Just got back from playing for the second year in a row. Its bloody knackering but a lot of fun. Did two shows this year, one at midnight on Friday night and the other at 12:30pm the following day, with two hours of poor sleep between. For me it's a weird one as I never had the desire to go or play but it is a lot of fun and a lot or cool stuff happening every day. I could not do it as a punter though, I like the comforts of being an artist there 😂 As last year, I saw hardly any bands again. This year I watched almost the entire D:ream set of all things (mainly because I was having a lay down at the Glade) and The Breeders, which was a bit more my thing despite only knowing two songs I thought they were great and gave a very honest performance. I did spend twenty minutes watching a crowd of people dancing around a metal bug on a tank with Happy Hardcore DJs, feeling quite perplexed that of all the things they could do there, they choose that. Each to their own I guess!

Think I'm going to borrow a md421 and capture it next week. Got a free day before heading off to play Glastonbury so would be nice to have it going to FOH and the rest of the band in the monitors, so its a consistent sound theyre used to hearing.. Using your own gear is pretty tricky there due to the size of the site and transport is restricted to people carriers, so will probably end up with an Ampeg of some sort.

Haha not sure either!! 😅