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fill the thread with vaseline.

Mine has not worked for some time.

To be fair, I was reading the graph incorrectly. The Sensitivity at 1KHz IS 97dB.

I would love to have come, especially as @stevie is debuting his new 10". It is his first commercial cab that I have not seen/heard in development, so I await all your comments with anticipation. However, look at the Monza and Monaco too. I have been gigging the 12" Monaco for a while and love it. When I heard the 10" Monza before launch, it was great. Enjoy! Oh and give my regards to Frank Black, you were missed at the SW Bash Frank.

The more like 95dB if you read the graphs correctly.

As I said, I have a lot of respect for Alex, and he makes great cabinets, but at the end of the day, Barefaced use similar drivers to many others. Thee laws of physics dictate that a ported or bass reflex cabinet cab only output so much noise, and unless the sea air in Sussex has magical properties, they cannot be significantly louder than any other bass reflex cabinet with the same drivers.

Applying your finish with wire wool will give you that finish. I am not sure whether it works best with oil or lacquer/stain. The Crimson Finishing Oil is apparently better than Tung Oil.

Don't fall for the marketing BS. Barefaced are fine cabs, but there is no magic fairy dust.

They have a weird mid response. I don’t know if it is a phase issue or a dip in the response at the crossover frequency but having hear them live with “solo” singer ( paid karaoke singers) there is something so don’t like.

One day I will take my 8 to rehearsal, just to see the look on their faces. They were shocked when I initially turned up with a single 12.

Those switches have mains voltage lamps, not LEDs. If they are OK, then the internal lamp (mains) may work without connection to the resistor.

You are correct but we must all try to think of an HPF as a necessary pre-shaping of the bottom end rather than an effect. The ultra low end of bass is not musical and an HPF cleans up the mud and stops excess power being sent through the amp to the speaker. This means that the speaker runs cooler* as does the amp if you are using a Class A/B amp. It also means that the drivers do not over extend. It is win win! *As speakers warm up they gradually quieter due to a phenomenon called power compression.

As long as people pay me to play, I will. As for fighting, I'm a lover......

Got it in one.

Little Mark on top of a Gnome? I found a picture of Little Mark on a Gnome's shoulders!

When I am not gigging, you will find me at The Legion on a Saturday watching other bands. The bassists are invariably more accomplished than me, but I often get cross because of fills. So many good, or at least very competent, bassists that seem to put fills in songs that really don't need them and in one case, the fill was actually too long and meant he was always late getting out of the chorus. Now, I get bored playing root and fifth occasionally, but does the song need a fill? Does it fit? I am not saying that I always get it right, but when I do, the drummer smiles. I have instant feedback. Now I would say I am a member of the Mediocre Bassist Club on Talk Crap (I can never remember the name of that site) and there is little chance of me leaving it due to an amazing leap in technique. However, I do try to get the bassics right.

I have done hundreds of gigs with class D heads and they have never missed a beat. The only reason I have returned an amp was to get a fan mod done. It did not fail but was very noisy in my practice room.

I get emails from Lemonrock telling me about gigs in my area and I have found venues that I was unaware of. My question is, is it worth joining, do you get gigs from it?

I believe this is what most Semi Pro Karaoke singers charge too. My club of choice, the local Legion, does try to put bands on, but the budget sometimes dictates a week or two of solo Artistes. Presumably that pays for us and other groups at other times. January is a write-off for bands, although we have one gig booked.

Well that last paragraph sums me up.

Well there are 5 of us. To be honest I an happy with £250 or £50 each. Last NYE @ and Xmas Eve we got £600. Our best payer came about as a fluke. I contacted them and gave them a price of £300, them realised it was further than I thought and upped it to £400 thinking they would say no. They were happy and we now do there 2-3 times per year and it is the best venue we play. If on,y all clubs were that well run, it even has a dressing room👍.

My main band is a 60/70s covers band, playing pubs and clubs mainly. We charge £250 if we want to get in somewhere and £300 for rebooking. In the New Year we intend to increase this by £50 to £300 and £350 respectively. We are based in the greater Dorset Area and one of our gigs pays £400. Has anyone else tried to increase their fee recently, and what response did you get?

Zoom's use of composites has been a discussion point for years, but every one I have owned has never had a problem. In fact, I would say that they have all been very robust.