Chienmortbb

Sorry for the delay, but I have had no gigs or rehearsals of late. We have one on Sunday.

Mods = can you move this to the PA sub thread

Not in a live situation though.

The Aerodyne was introduced/announced in 2002 but main production started in 2003 from memory. The original AJ-B65 is shown in my Avatar. Although called an AJB Aerodyne Jazz Bass. It was a P/J and the traditional P and J configuration versions were produced later. The red one shown is one of the earlier production with the later ones being fitted with Stratocaster input jack fittings.

It all depends on you point of view. Many of the basses seem reasonably priced, others like the Westone Thunder II is probably close to twice its market value BUT they are sought after. I would love one but not at that price.

I don't think you can retro fit those, the truss rod/neck is made that way. If you think about it, the fixed part of the truss rod is as the body end of the neck

Electrons move, Neutrons just hang around waiting for an Electron to come along🌩️

Don’t bother, a sub will likely just add mud to your sound.

Aluminium dust cap was used in the late 60s by Fane on the original crescendo drivers and it did indeed extend the response considerably.

Agreed, like many companies now they use a silly figure. However the amp is very powerful, I estimate over 700 watts into 4 ohms. 700 watts. RMS is 1000watts peak and 2000 watts peak to peak.

The Bugrera amp is about 700 watts into 4 ohms, 350+ at 8 ohms. Not outrageous to pair that with a 200 watt speaker.

You dismiss this but beaming, as the fall off in higher frequencies off axis is called, is far worse on a 15” than a 12 and a good 10 beats both. It is Physics sadly.

DiMarzio are humbuckers in a Jazz housing but do sound like a jazz Pup.

I have always said that you set your amp for the room, then use the tone controls on the base for the sound you want.

Absolutely.

Myself and the lead guitarist can both sing and I have done so while playing bass before. I would prefer a charismatic lead singer though from preference.

I have to say that in two of the last three bands, were in effect a trio with a lead vocalist and I enjoyed it more. The rhythm guitar is constantly straying into my sonic space so perhaps I have answered my own question. The current t band is 60/70s pop/rock but the trio (three from that band) is more blues rock.

Our band seems likely to go from a 5 piece (two guitars, bass, drums, lead vocals) down to a trio of bass, guitar and drums. Any advice on filling out the sound?

The 200 watts GK amps use the ICEPower 50ASX2 the bridged version. Basically 100W into 8 ohms and 170 watts into 4 ohms.

It will boost noise already there.

I have just been noodling through the original 8" using the Fane 8-225, the one that sparked the idea of a BC108. It made me smile. It was designed to go with the modified After Eight combo (RIP) as @Phil Starrwill tell you, it was far from the ideal shape, being roughly a cube.

As the Compact Mixer thread either seems to cover Allen & Heath CQ series or Behringer X Series mixers, when either is being discussed, it is of little interest to owners of the other. So this thread is for the Behringer X series, although discussions of the Wing series are also welcome.

As the Compact Mixer thread either seems to cover Allen & Heath CQ series or Behringer X Series mixers, when either is being discussed, it is of little interest to owners of the other. This thread is aimed at the A&H CQ Series, CQ12.CQ18 and CQ20 but mentions of the SQ series are welcome.

Me too. First Impressions, Mesa fan much quieter, Voicing control is nice at home volumes, as is the Deep control. Price difference? Mesa is 4 times the price and I will comment on that after Ihave had more time with it. Here is a review from 2020 https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/mesaboogie-subway-d-800-head-and-ultra-lite-cabs

I finally dug deep and bought a Mesa D800 from a fellow Basschatter. He lived about 5 miles away, so it was an easy deal. I did not need another head, I already have two, but when did that stop any of us? I will do a more in depth review once I have gigged it, but here are my first thoughts? This was designed by an Engineer, nothing fancy about it. Built in a plain steel box, very black. Switching it on revealed an always on fan that was very quiet. Setting all the controls to 12 o'clock gives a pleasant sound, but the magic happens when you turn the voicing control. Some really nice tones at house volumes. The Deep control also sounds good, better than similar controls on other amps. I did not turn it up, but I know how loud that ICEPower module can go, and it seems Mesa have squeezed a few more watts from it. Only time will tell if my money was well spent, but initial impressions are good.