JapanAxe

Happy to volunteer my Demeter VTBP-M-800D and/or Barefaced Super Twin for the Test of the Heft. Updated FOR SALE list: 1. Mesa Boogie Big Block 750 Amp, Footswitch & Rack Case, £550 o.n.o. - Silverfoxnik 02. Schecter Diamond P5, 5 String Bass & Gig Bag, £350 o.n.o. - Silverfoxnik 03. Behringer 5 Band parametric 19" Rack Unit, £25 - Silverfoxnik 04. Fender Nate Mendel Precision , £575 - obbm 05. "I’m thinking of having one of my basses for sale.", £TBA - ezbass 06. EBS Compressor, Chorus & Octave, Dr Green Bass reverb & Joyo D-Seed echo and a small Pedaltrain board & bag (Mini I think), £TBA - WalMan 07. Fretless Fender Modern Player ?, £TBA - Frank Black 08. EHX Hot Tubes Nano overdrive £39, Biyang TR8 Tremolo £25 - JapanAxe 09. 10.

Dave, I would love the opportunity to plug this into my Super Twin at the Bash. We should probably alert the authorities first though...

Happy to make my Demeter head available for this.

So cheap, it's almost like I wouldn't be spending any money at all!

That seems like a bit of a bargain to me!

GAS made me go back to the Handbox website to check how much a WB100 is. According to this page, 0 zloty, so just the delivery charges then. Or am I missing something...

Just realised I haven't updated this thread in 8 months! With a 3-pice pub covers band : The extra bass delivered by this cab adds some 'heft' I didn't realise I was missing! With a 4-piece country band: Bass at 12 o'clock on the Demeter was perfect for my old Compact, but too overbearing with this cab in a C&W context. I dialled the bass back to about 10.30, and found the lovely round low-mids that I so liked about the Compact. It's sorted, and it's staying. Now wondering what it would be like with with a Handbox valve head...

There are still people labouring under the misapprehension that unless you run a 4x10 on top of a 1x15, you won't cover the whole frequency spectrum. It's really not necessary, but it does result in lots of cab sales!

That's some very tight playing there!

1) Cetera - Spector NS2 & Legend 4X, Dingwall NG2, Epiphone Vintage Pro Thunderbird, Yamaha BB3000, GK800RB head, Genz Benz Neox212 cab, Tech-21 Dug DP3X preamp/pedal 2) Ezbass - Maruszczyk Elwood L 4 string fretted (J pickups), Maruszczyk Elwood L 4 string fretless (MM pickup), Rickenbacker 4003s, Rob Allen MB2 fretless, Phil Jones Flightcase + PB300 3) Happy Jack - AliKat DB #004, Mike Lull 54P, all I need to play a doubling gig (that evening) on those two instruments 4) BlueJay - Eminence Upright (left-handed), loads of camera equipment 5) obbm - TBA  6) Nancy Johnson (Paul) - The Big One, rack (GED/poweramp), possibly the dUg DP3x. A bass. 7) MacDaddy - Shuker bass(es), Snapdragon Folding bass, Flattley Bass Poison Ivy. 8 ) prowla (Paul) - Maybe a Ric or two and fakers, maybe a couple of Statii, maybe J- & P-basses. Probably a Markbass amp & cab and a pedalboard with some FX. 9) Stingray5 - Old faithful Stingray5; Tune SWV4-BB bass; Eden EC180 1x15 combo. (I also have a gig that evening so may leave the Eden in the car but happy to bring it in if anyone asks). 10) TrevorR - Wal Pro II E, Wal Mk 1 Custom, Aria SB700, MarkBass LMII and Traveler 2x10, pedalboard. 11) TheGreek - Mesa M Pulse 600 head/ Powerhouse 1x15 cab and The Psilos bass built by Andyjr1515 12) JapanAxe (Graeme) - most of the stuff in my signature!

Be prepared for a massive long queue to try the WB100!

Ooh! I'll be going, would be overjoyed to try one in the flesh as it were.

Count me in on this!

Splendid work Mark!

In a big band I have occasionally been presented with impossible guitar chords - closed 5-note voicings that would be a piece of cake on keys, but would require 9-inch fingers to execute on guitar!

Another ForScore user. I have seen people use a page-turner pedal, but £80? I just swipe with my finger...

The other factor in play here is a personal one for me: option anxiety! I don't like having too much choice when it comes to controls to set - 4 bands is more than enough for me! Maybe I'm just lazy...

Thanks I have this on CD. Cheers, will look for that. This really helped me:

If only it were that simple! A typical 3-band EQ has shelving treble and bass controls plus a bandpass mid control, all with very wide bandwidths (low Q factor). A well-configured 3-band control will sound very 'musical' and natural. Graphic controls work on much narrower bands (high Q factor). To approximate the action of a 3-band control, it would not be sufficient to simply boost or cut the desired centre frequencies; you would also have to apply smaller amounts of boost and cut to some of the neighbouring sliders. I don't normally have time for this on a gig! I'm not here to bash TE kit, it's just not for me.

I’d be more likely to try a TE if they did a conventional solid state head with a 3- or 4-knob EQ. I can’t be arsed with graphics EQs!

Following a casual enquiry about a FB ad, I now find myself spending serious guitar practice time trying to play Kid Charlemagne and Rikki Don’t Lose That Number. Yes, that’s right, Kid Charlemagne, the song with the jaw-dropping Larry Carlton solo. I have been sent backing tracks with no guitar, and I have to record whatever lead and/or rhythm parts I choose and then send it back. I am getting there, having combined an old Guitarist mag transcription of the solo, my own transcription of the rest, and Rick Beato’s very useful walk-through on YouTube. I am going to record my parts in as few takes as possible, and fess up to comping the best bits. If I can pull this off I will raise my guitar-playing game a good couple of notches - about time really, I should be a lot better than I am after nearly 40 years of playing! So wish me luck. Any top tips about nailing the Dan thing gratefully accepted...