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  1. JapanAxe
    You have mail @hooky_lowdown!
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    Good point about passive balance pots. I much prefer to stick with passive circuits though. I'm happy to live without the full range of blended tones as long as I can achieve one good sweet spot e.g. by setting pickup heights.
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    Beat me to it!
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    That article looks like it was written by AI!
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    I find a Precision works for me at least 95% of the time, hence the list of basses in my signature. There are times when I fancy a bridge pickup, but not a Jazz one, rather something fatter like a MM or other humbucker. I also can’t be doing with a VVT control setup - just give me volume, tone (passive) and a pickup selector switch. I’ll repeat what I’ve often said - use what works for you. Despite my best efforts I’ve yet to find a Jazz or J-type that works for me. Who knows though, maybe that day will come.
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    My resting face is borderline stabby so I have to make a concerted effort to smile whilst playing. If I'm sight-reading, forget it. Here's a rare snap courtesy of Mrs Axe:
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    That's brilliant, although I think it was the older lady 3 to her left.
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    Depped with Dire Streets in Dorking Halls on Friday night. Massive hall (pretty full) and huge stage, with a nice easy load in. Most of our IEM receivers were picking up terrible interference (regardless of channel) so we had to go with wedges. I previously did 2 emergency deps with the band where I read dots (my own transcriptions) but this was my first time doing it all from memory. I’ll admit I made quite a few mistakes, but nothing disastrous. We were very well received, especially by the (possibly inebriated) ladies in the front row - during the moody start to Private Investigations one of them said, ‘Ooh I like this one!’ loud enough to raise a titter in the hall. The journey home seemed interminable as some idiot had decided to close both the M4 AND the M3! I’m now learning the entire 2-hour show on rhythm guitar for my next 2 gigs with the band. Pics show auditorium on arrival, and as we left the stage:
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    @disssa has reviewed all three on his excellent website https://www.disssa.de/ and has compared the PF-20T and PF-50T in the text of the PF-20T review.
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    It’s not my first choice - I’d much rather use my lovely amps and cabs - but on a gig where no-one else is using backline, everyone has IEMs (just bought a setup myself), plus all the kit is travelling in a splitter van, it makes a lot of sense.
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    Update - bought a smaller case and added a compressor and a smaller power supply.
  12. JapanAxe
    I had one too, no lack of volume in either a 3pc pub covers band (through a BF Super Twin) or a 4pc country band (through a BF One 10).
  13. JapanAxe
    I had the Ampeg PF-50T and there are some ceramic resistors inside to form a dummy load, plus a ventilation grille. I wouldn’t like to play it hard that way though.
  14. JapanAxe
    Excellent!
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    Not to mention cost.
  16. JapanAxe
    My bass rig for last weekend's gigs. I was reliant on a wedge monitor and it took me a little while to find my sweet spot. Future gigs with this band will have the benefit of IEMs and the ability to control my own monitor mix. The glasses case? I was sight reading my own transcriptions of the band's 2-hour set!
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    Just played 2 nights with tribute band Dire Streets, at Tavistock Wharf and Tetbury Goods Shed. I was already booked to play a bass gig with them in May and a couple on rhythm guitar in August/September. Their regular bass player had a family emergency and fortunately I had already transcribed all the bass parts and had them in ForScore on my iPad. I wouldn’t normally take dots out on a gig like that but this was at 36 hours’ notice! It was also my first time going amp-less, but more on that in another thread. The band were pleased with my work and so was I, in the sense that all the preparation paid off. Both nights were packed and the appreciation coming back from audience was phenomenal. Now looking forward to my other gigs with the band, where I will get a rehearsal!
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    Well that day is tomorrow, and indeed the day after. I have a couple of last minute theatre gigs with a tribute band who all go direct to the PA. Apparently I’ll get a monitor though, rather than using my IEMs.
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    That looks to be exactly what the world has been waiting for - well, when I say ‘the world’ I mean ‘I’. I’m off to the Thomann website to consider my options… Thanks for sharing that Stew!
  20. JapanAxe
    Pump it up!
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    Is this anything like the ‘birdcage’ preamp? That is the single most stellar sounding piece of bass kit I have ever experienced.
  22. JapanAxe
    Pro - Yay, a 50W valve bass amp! Con - I want a head that I can pair with a Barefaced cab.
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    Sold
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    On hold.
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    Found in many a bass player's gig bag, the cheap-as-chips direct-to-PA solution for when your amp goes down. Or for recording bass. Or as a drive pedal with clean blend. Etc... I have done the mod that takes out a lot of the mid scoop. If you find you want the mid scoop back, simply snip off the extra resistor that is soldered to the bottom of the circuit board (visible when you remove the base plate). Or if you just know you want the mod reversed, I can do that for you before I send it to you. Reason for sale: OriginFX BassRig. Yours for £15 delivered in the UK.
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