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[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1464086603' post='3056387'] Westone Thunder 3. Had a few since but they weren't the same. Have a Thunder 2 MK2 now, which is exactly the same as a 3. Although, it's a great bass it still wanes in comparison. [/quote]Mine was a Thunder 1A. Heavy as hell and I probably could not play it now but I loved that bass. Had a one out, one in, policy from SWMBO at the time so.....

[quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1474019918' post='3134958'] A guitar playing pal of mine had a harness made, that sits on both shoulders and spreads the weight. He swears by it. They are available commercially, for example, [url="http://www.slingerstraps.com/harness-strap-guitar-strap.html."]http://www.slingerst...tar-strap.html.[/url] There's a Planet Waves version that's available in this country. May be worth a try. [/quote]I tried the Planet waves one but it seemed to put the bass on your hip not on your gut, meaning I was turning around to play. More stress on the back Sold it after 2 weeks. However I had a light weight soft leather (Rotosound) strap on my acoustic and I tried it on my bass. So much more comfortable that the Levys stop I had been using. I'm now considering ordering some leather and making a wider version.

There is an XLR jack combo that used the standard D size cut out. I also have a Q max cutter if anyone needs help.

As a moderator you are entitled to your opinion like anyone else but should not make unsubstantiated claims. ICEPower amps are designed for many purposes and the ICE part refers to the cool running not In Car Entertainment. There are many great Class D power sections out there from Companies such as Hypex, Pascal, Powersoft, Abletec and yes ICEPower. Of course it won't make it any better but you could put an output transformer on one of those to get the weight and Heft if you want. The SWR, Ampeg, Mesa heavy amps sound great because there are well designed not because they have a big old transformer at both ends. The TH500, in my opinion, is not well designed and it uses an underpowered module and poor heat management. If there is such a thing as heft, Aquiler have designed it out of the Tonehammer amps. Yes I am tetchy, I have the flu!

I agree with Phil. The best purchase you can buy is a High Pass Filter( Thumpinator or similar) if your amp does not have one. There is nothing useful below 30Hz and little below 60Hz. Stay away from Sub bass exiters and octavers. They destroy time and speakers!

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1477044139' post='3159410'] I understand this: I have an honours degree in mechanical engineering and was a member of I.Mech.E, before jobs in manufacturing industry disappeared during the Thatcher years and I retrained as a computer scientist. Galling it may be, but that's still not the way it works in practice, 30 years later. It depends. The pinnacle of sound recording courses in the UK is widely acknowledged to be the Tonmeister course at the University of Surrey. The entry requirements are maths and physics at A level and the syllabus includes a lot of moderately difficult audio engineering maths. People graduate with a B.Mus from the Faculty of Music. Not that you will find too many Tonmeisters mixing the house PA down at the Dog and Duck. If your point is that one can't be an engineer unless one has a B.Sc. I disagree. Cambridge has a fine engineering department and doesn't award any science degrees. [/quote]Oxford award BAs in Science, I suspect Cambridge do the same.

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1476647070' post='3155987'] Spot on. [/quote]Could you explain why your comment seemed more relevant to what Donald Trump has between his ears, than a sensible discussion on bass electronics?

If my previous post seems pedantic, it comes from 10 years plus hard graft, to achieve a coveted professional status. Sadly I could not even claim technician status on bass.

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1476782071' post='3157109'] In the UK, this is wishful thinking, usually on the part of people with engineering degrees. In other parts of Europe maybe, but here an engineer is someone w. ho fixes washing machines. The term [i]Engineering[/i] is derived from the Latin ingenium, meaning "cleverness" and ingeniare, meaning "to contrive, devise". [/quote] The person that fixes things is a technician and the one that designs it is an engineer. In the U.K. there are Chartered Engineers (CEng), and Incorporated Engineers (IEng). The IEng was formerly an Engineering Technologist, a term still used in some countries. Tbe person that mixes live sound would surely go through the arts route at college/uni finally achieving a BA. rather than a BSc. So not an Engineer. John Anderson former IEng.

Defiinately in Eb and the story I heard us that it was played partly on a bass and part on a synth, which is why it is a bit odd to play.

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1476630261' post='3155768'] No it isn't, the whole point of an active bass is to provide a buffered low impedance output to the bass so that the capacitance of the lead doesn't cause high frequency attenuation in the cable. Having active tone is just a by product of it being powered [/quote]Spot on.

Most people use the terms active and powered to mean the same thing. Stevie is adding electronic crossover to the mix. I am not going to open that can of worms but if you use an active crossover you need an amp per driver. Whereas if you use a single amp and passive crossover it can be cheaper. In reality a good active crossover (linkwitz-Riley) with suitable amps and speakers will outperfirm a passive crossover system using the same drivers/speakers. The original Grrenboy fearLess 12/6 was designed for bi-ampimg ( another name for active crossover). Even the "low cost " passive crossovers for Grrenboy designs are expensive but usually lower cost than an active/bi-amped system. Active/ Bi-amped is best but a good passive crossover bests a " cheap and nasty" active system.

Guy should there is nothing wrong with ICEPower modules except when manufacturers "overstate" the spec. For example GK quite 200W for the MB150. ICEPower quote 170 at 1% distortion into 4R.As the combo used a 4R speaker 170W is reasonable. Others use the same module and quote 200W. As a 100W amp it is great, ca It 200W and it sucks. It outputs 100W into 8R with 1% distortion. That is the ICEPower spec.

The best allround driver as determined by the 1x12 Cab Design diary, is the Beyma SM212. However, I am not sure anyone would now need a 4x12. I suggest you try a 2x12 initially. According to Phil Starr, the new iteration of the SM212 looks good for a sealed cab (if you are happy with the reduced ultra low end response). You are looking at an internal volume of 60 litres or even smaller. Although if you go smaller you might not fit the speakers in. If you tell us exactly what you want, someone, maybe me, can give you even more exact advice.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1476188524' post='3152077'] The FR800 is square (well cuboid) and uses all the clever bracing tech that BF have spent years developing for their bass cabs, these are just as rigid. The FR800 is not a typical mid-top PA cabinet, it really is a full range cab, hence my comment about it being more like a super loud studio monitor than a typical PA cab of these dimensions. The LF800 doesn't extend the bottom end, because it already is full range, but it does effectively double it, since that is, as you say, where you really need more power for getting very very loud. Note BF are currently designing and testing a 1x18 sub, which will definitely add some whump... [/quote]Wheb I said square I meant a cube or cuboid. My point was that a properly braced wood cabinet will almost always, outperform a composite box that is fundamentally a trapezoid. I am not sure if my post was unclear but you are reinforcing my points while seeming to disagree. It is good to hear about the 18" sub in development but it is a bit off topic.

I have not heard the Barefaced but was product manager for Panasonic at one time. Our old square cabinets WS-A200 were great solid lumps but then trapezoidal replacement WS-AT200 were pants. The moulding of the complex shapes makes it difficult to make a solid, non flexing cabinet. Ironically the WS-AT200 used pine struts about 1" x1" (25mm x25mm) in an attempt to keep the cabinet from flexing. Remember we are talking very high pressure sound waves in side the cabinets. The typical Composite Top cabinets (yes I include the Mackie, RCF, Yamaha) are a vast improvement over those early composite cabinets but are still a design compromises. From what I have read the FR800 does not make those compromises. Now the Mackie, RCF, Yamaha etc have come a long way and are better than the early designs and should not be ruled out, however if you have the money, use the one month trial on the FR-800 and if you do not like them, save yourself a few hundred pounds and buy one of the Mackie, RCF, Yamaha that are often suggested. One thing that is interesting about the FR800 is that adding the subs (LF800) does not take the frequency response lower, from the Barefaced Blurb "[color=#333333] Note that the LF800 does not extend the bass response, it just increases output and headroom by sharing the load in the most demanding region of the spectrum." [/color]

Agree, whatever you pay out will not be recouped so just give it a clean an put it up for sale.

I have to say thank you to everyone that commented. I feel comfortable with the semi acoustic, whereas I might have spent a lot on an acoustic. It comes tomorrow (Wednesday 12th October). I will try it on Thursday's Open Mic. I will be interested to see the reaction as they are all expecting me to come in with an acoustic.#excited

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1476134315' post='3151723'] I got a Faith Titan Neptune bass which sounds nice both unplugged at home and amped. A Feedback Buster soundhole plug keeps the feedback problems to a minimum. [/quote] If I could afford it I would have tried the Faith. Their 6 strings are some of the best on the market and although not cheap, way lower priced than the M**t*ns and T*yL*rs. Saying the my Washburn £200 job sounds and plays better than some overpriced orange boxes. OK the [color=#434649][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4][b]Greg Bennett Royale RLB-3 is ordered so look out for n NBD post soon.[/b][/size][/font][/color]

OK I have taken in all you have said and decided on a hollow body. All three of my basses are P/J types and so I am looking at this http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Greg-Bennett-Royale-RLB-4-Bass-Guitar-Black/1BIZ It looks like a Les Paul ( secret guitard coming out) and it's active so should be able to go straight into the desk (hopefully) . Comments? Remember the main reason is for Open Mic and quiet practice at home.

I agree it is more for the aesthetics and also agree that they are of little use acoustically. However the Washburn Equis preamps are great if my acoustic 6 string is anything to go by. The PA at the OM is massive featuring 15" Mackie/RCF tops and subs and the ore-amp in the bass will DI nicely. Those acoustic musos get frit by a big bad black Fender bass. No need for my amp/cab and I can go on the bus and have two beers.

On the public-peace website they have both Maruszczyk and Mensinger, both Polish is there a connection? Also where are you guys ordering the custom instruments from?

A couple of questions. I need to get an acoustic for acoustic open mic nightS. I have tried Ibanez and Martin(could not afford that though) both had necks like. boat oars. It seems that Fender and Washburn make bases with necks like electric bass guitars so has anyone experience of either the Washburn AB5 or Fender CB-100CE. Also can anyone recommend good acoustic strings.

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1475592077' post='3147182'] Until this week I'd never owned a Fender I have a '83 Squier JV 64P - does that count? My other basses are bitsas from Warmoth bodies and Warmoth/Status necks...so while Fender shaped aren't Fenders. However this week I bought my first Fender badged bass....not a P, not a J either... It's a T-Bucket 300CE acoustic!! [/quote]How are you finding the T-Bucket? I am in the market for an Acoustic.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1475521922' post='3146641'] Agreed Pete, but that's not the deal, the deal is that they are so f*****g good and SO cheap. These two beauties together cost me less than a used MIM Precision with enough change to buy a fair few sets of strings, and bot blow the socks off most MIAs This baby had without doubt the definite flatwound/pick tone I've ever come across [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_5526_zpsiliorfb5.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_5526_zpsiliorfb5.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And this was likewise simply the best rock roundwound sound [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_2710_zps069130c7.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_2710_zps069130c7.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/quote]That. Second Yamue looks so like a Westone/Matsumoko