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I've used one of these at Glastonbury last year and to be brutally honest I was very underwhelmed by it. Seemed to lack a lot of punch and definition. I could hear bass but just not with any clarity. It looked cool but I think there's probably a lot of better cabs out there!

That headstock is not to my taste but there is something I like about these basses though I would never play one myself, I think it's cool somebody is trying to build something that looks a little different! That body shape sort of looks like a cross of a fodera monarch and a spector ns2.

I bought a EA amp and aguilar cab from there many moons ago and it was all fine. Except the EA arrived in a padded envelope but the amp was absolutely fine incredibly. I've been interested in a few basses there before. I emailed them about the basses and they provided very detailed photos. Would love to go their one day!

Got the Cioks Sol today and just set it up with the QC and I am amazed by how quiet the device is now. I thought the QC was quiet with the standard power supply but it definitely a next step up. I'm assuming that this is due to the Cioks being grounded. Either way very pleased I took the plunge. Now I just need to figure out if I fix it under the board or on top... it looks quite cool!

Yeah I don't think there's anything wrong with it, other than being a big powersupply on my board. I tucked the wire safely away to avoid any accidents. More of an issue was having to run two power adaptors for other units and not always having enough plugs at venues or in really awkward places. Also just set up and pack down times, sometimes it's a real rush and I just want to be able to make that as easy as possible. If it was just the Quad I maybe wouldn't have bothered and just bought a spare adapter...

Well, a beer and a number of gigs coming in for the year this evening lead to me buying a Cioks Sol and some of the required cables for powering the Quad with an outlet still free to power my sansamp. Figured, once I've messed around buying cheap power supplies and the hassle and time of sorting it all out and sold my true tone cs7 it seemed like a logical solution 😅

Yeah I've seen those! They look cool but I would never trust it on a big stage or on tour. Once you've set up, gone through soundcheck, accidentally left it on and player a show I think I would be nearing the end of batteries charge. I actually had one of the old rockboard ones and it just went mid gig, loud bang through the PA, fully charged and the dead as a door nail. I should really buying a proper £200 power supply but just very skint at the moment!

Ha yeah! I used the Quad Cortex with the power supply plugged into the wall when a camera man during a session stepped on it and gave me a heart attack! I then set it up on my board so it was fairly protected but it's pretty big sat on my board and I never have totally faith in that cable!

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Thanks Dood, very helpful. Are you using something fancier live?

Seems that the Cioks is the way to go, just don't want to spend that amount or money on something like that right now. I think if I decide to keep the QC after the summer I may look at the Canvas HP.

What is everyone using to power the QC? Decided to give it another go for the summer of gigs,festivals and wedding gigs this year and want to upgrade the power supply to something a bit more sturdy, that i can hide under the baordand that I can get the whole board down to one plug. I also don't want to go down the insanely costly power supply route at the moment! Has anyone used the Myvolts power supply? I found another one on Farnell which has the standard iec kettle lead input rather than the 2 pin but not sure if that makes much difference. I would say I've found the QC power supply fine other than the awareness of it on my board and haven't experienced any noise from the lack of ground...

I didn't think my post would set off such a discussion! 🤣 I'm going to persevere or at least hold off selling it for now.. I started to think what pedals I need (some or which I already have) and it was suddenly going to be a big pedalbiarc again! I don't think you can win! The real thing that will make me sell it is having just seem how much my toddlers nursery fees are going up in April!