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The body on my MIJ Squier Silver Series Jazz is well beaten-up - I think the previous owner was some kind of teenaged numpty. At some point I may be moving it on, or I might just sell the body and build the rest onto a new and nicer body. If that happens I'll let you know!

Got my (used) Compact last Friday - very pleased indeed. Decided to amend my BF order to a Midget on the grounds of maximum flexibility, and the extreme unlikelihood of me ever needing to fire up 2 Compacts at once!

Never EVER let audience members get up to sing/play. You can't win. If they are bad they make you look bad. If they are good the audience will want to keep them up there, and the venue/client will wonder why they are paying your band when this person can do better for free! Exception: live band karaoke.

I use the full size TC Polytune, but in 'Stream' display mode where the moving lines of dots slow down as you approach pitch. TBH the Polyphonic tuning mode is only useful for very out-of-tune strings, which you can probably hear anyway.

I no longer have the hair for this kind of thing...

Don't forget your shirt this time Jay!

Just bought a Speakon cable via eBay, didn't know the seller was obbm until andyonbass told me. This cable widdles all over the other cables available on eBay, and what is more, does so from a great height!

Just bought a Barefaced Compact from Rob, very happy with it. Straightforward guy, took the time to show me his Gibson basses. And a cat lover so can't be bad!

If you have high-current devices being switched on, all plugged into the same socket as your amp, you can get a phenomenon known as 'brown-out' (cue the usual hilarity) where the mains voltage sags for a second or so. This can cause weird things to happen (such as digital kit resetting itself to default mode), but there should be no permanent damage. It used to happen to my guitar synth (cue more hilarity) when the singer switched all the stage light on using his foot on the rocker switch of a 4-way cable - very annoying!

^^^ What he said!

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1349819831' post='1831087'] TheTweeter is totally adjustable (down to nothing) and just gives the option if you ever need it at some time. It adds weight and takes from the elegance of the Midget design (in my opinion) but its all marginal. With it in place I feel I have everything. [/quote] Also adds to the cost!

[quote name='Raggy' timestamp='1349784111' post='1830405'] That'll be me [/quote] [quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1349812373' post='1830970'] I have a compact and midget, I live in covingham, east swindon [/quote] Wow! An embarrassment of riches! All being well I am picking up the used Compact on Friday. I will probably take a few days to get used to it, then I will be shamelessly PM-ing Raggy and bassman7755 to try and sort some kind of AB test. Alex at Barefaced has agreed to put my order on hold until I''ve quit dithering. [quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1349789194' post='1830530'] Sorry, not near Swindon. I'd recommend the Midget 'T'/Compact route. Def go and try, of course, from my experience there are few places where you'll need more than one Compact. I have a Midget/Compact set up, use the Midget constantly and the Compact for Motown (perfect!) and when the Midget will look a bit silly. Not really used them both together in anger. I'm not one for aggressive mids either, I use the Midget as my default cab as with the Streamliner its sounds fine with everything at 12 O'Clock. I often tweak the bass to 1 O'Clock for some warmth, if I go beyond that I'm asked to turn down. I'm playing almost entirely soul music at the mo' (happy days!) with pretty thuddy strings and often palm muted, clearly not the same as belting with a pick which may bring out some aggressive mids. Would recommend the 'T' option, opens all tone options. [/quote] Thanks 4 Strings, that's really useful. 'Motown' is pretty much my default tone, achieved with a P-bass, tone knob set to about 3/10. I'll probably pass on the tweeter though - I've always got enough top end out of a 15 when playing (for example) Green Day covers with a pick. Cheers guys!