molan

I picked up a really useful little MarkBass 2x10 cab recently to use for rehearsals (it's one of the very few cabs that will actually fit in the tiny boot of my car!). It measures 22" wide & just 12" high. I've been using it flipped up on its side so it's effectively now 12" wide & 22" tall. I wondered how it would work if I got a second, stacking, cab and stood them both upright so I'd end up with a vertical 4x10 stack with each 10 on top of each other (hope I'm making some sort of sense here!). The rig would then stand a rather cool 44" high making the top speaker much closer to my poor old ears. This ought to be really good for on-stage monitoring but is there some sort of big traded off in sound? Maybe I'm losing some acoustic coupling benefits by having a smaller contact patch between the two cabs? I've seen TC Electronics rigs set up vertically with a 2x12 underneath & the 2x10 on top but don't recall having seen any others - maybe people do this all the time & I simply haven't spotted it though! [i][b]Edit - using Google search (rather than on-site search) has thrown up two previous threads about this. Sorry folks, must try harder![/b][/i]

Brian at the Lowend has a great rep over on TalkBass. I've traded a few emails and he was super helpful & friendly. Never bought anything from him though

I remember when the 751 first came out there was a general view over on TB that the 750 was marginally better sounding but I think it's a very small difference. I had a 750 and loved it but it was a little too heavy for me in the end. With hindsight (always a wonderful thing) I should maybe have kept the 750 for gigging and bought a TH500 for rehearsal and home use

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1337085077' post='1655093'] I prefer this finish to "relicing/roadworn"... It's called "Damaged desktop". [/quote] I like the ones that have the 'noughts & crosses' on them as well:)

I don't see why there's such a fuss over relicing a bass. I don't see a difference between this and the way clothes have been sold for years, faded denim, worn in leather jackets etc. To me it's just a different finish compared to high gloss, satin, natural wood etc. It takes longer and is actually more personal than some 'factory' finishes so I expect it to be more expensive. However it's way less expensive than buying a genuinely old bass. To me that means it's a nice way for someone to get a guitar that feels played and nicely worn in for a decent price. I can't see this going away - it certainly hasn't with other style items like clothing. . .

My old band had a 'standard' set of 58's for all 5 singers but one day the female lead turned up with a Beta. Sounded great in rehearsal but we had real problems with it live, prone to dropping out (must have been the pattern issues mentioned above) but also gave us some feedback problems. I'm sure it's a fine mic but we definitely found it less 'forgiving' to work with than a standard 58. It went back the next week.

I knew there was a good reason why we've just booked to go to Canada in a few weeks time

Just traded basses with Ryan & I really have to say he couldn't have been friendlier and more helpful. Definitely someone to trust if you are thinking about buying from, or selling to, him

A pro friend of mine ran a pretty exhaustive set of tests on an AG500, TH500 a pair of GS cabs and a pair of SL's The TH/SL combination won the day and on the side by side test the SL's were noticeably louder. He was testing up against a very hard hitting pro drummer as well.

Excellent - bring on the vol au vonts