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Chienmortbb

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  1. Of only I Warr not a million miles away… well a few hundred. GLWTS
  2. I need to get some good photos and videos of the band. I know that the latest DSLR cameras do good video recording as well as supermen still but as far as I can see, the have limited video run time. Is this true? Secondly Which option would work well under the far from adequate gig lighting we use? please keep your answers gerberuc an not brandy specific. As a former Panasonic employee, I get a gear discount so it will be a choice between Panasonic LUMIX or Camcorder.
  3. TC and Turbosound are both Music Tribe (Behringer) brands.
  4. I want to try some other pickups in my Sire Marcus Miller M2. It is a £300 bass, so many of the usual suspects are out of the question. I will not put £300 pickup sets in a £300 bass.
  5. Yes, but apart from some of the finest contemporary music of the last 50 odd years?
  6. My old guitarist used to say “One bum note is a mistake, two is jazz”. So I suppose jazz guitarists make more mistakes. As for the pentatonic scale, has any music of note been written using any other?
  7. It sounds like Alex has done a good job of balancing the drivers.
  8. My point was that it would need a lot of tinkering to get it right. I was not implying that Ales just plonked a Piezo in with a resistor, like as many manufacturers do.
  9. Markbass cabs are quite coloured (voiced if you like) it is a bit of a marmite sound. When we rand cab shoot-outs at the SW bass bash, one year the MB was top, the second year it came bottom. The main thing is that it works for you.
  10. Looking at the range in a bit more detail, it seems that Zoom have positioned the B2 Four in a place that clearly positions it between the B1 Four and B6, rather than directly competing with the competition. Still cannot get to try the unit fully, but some further comments in no particular order or importance: The display is an improvement over the B1 Four but lacks the colour and touchscreen of the B6. It has only one input against the B6's two. Tuner. It does not have the LEDs that the B1 Four has, but its backlight/contrast is adjustable, and I have been able to see it clearly in both dark and fairly light (south facing conservatory). The speed and accuracy is excellent, as is the B1 Four, but the larger display makes it easy to read. Works well with chords too, Currently, neither the Zoom Guitar Lab nor the Tone lib Zoom recognise or control the B2 Four, although Zoom Guitar Lab does work with the B6. Instead, we get an app that works on a phone or tablet. I have tried the iOS version on both an iPhone and iPad, and it seems a useful tool and a good way of overcoming the limitations of the display. It does need a Lightning to USB adaptor and USB-C cable to work, but these are only a £ few. I bought the adaptor from the big A for about £12. I have still to try all the features, but the fact that I can have remote control on my mic stand is a plus. There is an Android app for the Guitar version, the G2 Four, but not currently for the B2 Four. Foot switches. Really nice feel, really positive. Noise. Apart from a few of the more extreme patches, the unit is really quiet even using my wired headphones (Panasonic RP-HTX90N used wired). The B2 Four acts as a 2 in 2 out audio interface and works well with Audacity, even though it is not listed as supported by Zoom. Audacity is the only DAW I have, so I cannot say how well it will work with others. Interestingly, the B2-Four is physically different to the G2-Four, it is larger partly because of the DI functions. The Guitar version has no XLR out and no DI models. Now, I am not yet convinced that the DI models are of any great use, but the XLR out is.
  11. I suggest you wait for either @EBS_freakor @Phil Starras having excellent knowledge in this field. What is your budget?
  12. Tweeters are as good as the design and if a tweeter sounds bad it could be the design, your technique or both. You only have to read the Markbass threads on here and on the Other Place to realise that just adding a tweeter is not the answer. A level control or switch on a tweetered cab may indicate the designer’s doubt in her/his design or could be a marketing device to counter “tweeter hesitancy”. There is little that a tweeter control/switch can do that a good amp EQ cannot. Ask Barefaced why they have added the tweeter and how it is implemented. If you are happy with the answers, order one and take advantage of their returns policy. My concern would be that the 110 has such a baked in sound that balancing the tweeter would be difficult but, only Barefaced can say what they have done.
  13. It is basically a 500 watt amp with 2 ohm capability. Probably more than enough for most people.
  14. Yes try this first. I agree that the RQ curve is extreme in the image but as you say you did not gig it like that it is probably not the problem. Have you got another c AB you could try? Or another amp with that cab?
  15. Hmm.It is easy to be negative but at least they are thinking about their offerings. The pink sparkly one looks a bit “DaisyRocks”. Zero fret. I had guitars in the 69s with zero frets and they are better than a nut. If you think about it it is obvious. The magnetic electronics cover did not look like a good fit Some nice looking basses though.
  16. Gold and white/cream would not be my first choice of colour scheme but that it gorgeous. Enjoy.
  17. Fuji GeNeral were one of the Japanese factories for Fender back in the day. I have always been tempted but recently they t have only done traditional Jazz basses.
  18. One of @stevieLFSys new 10" cabs. They should be available within a few weeks, and the prototypes sound great. https://www.lfsys.co.uk/bassguitarproducts
  19. When I was a lad, we didn't have speakers..... sorry, wrong thread. Seriously though, when I studied reliability, the bathtub curve explained it. The diagram below show the likelihood of failure and the longer you use it the more likely a failure BUT. The start of the End of Life failures to the peak can be several years and assuming your blown speaker is at that start, you may get several years from the other one. You might find it blows next gig. However, a new driver could fail in its infant mortality phase at the start.
  20. The venous has Bar Stolls so should be oK. The ligament is not a Cruciate but a Fibular collateral ligament. Thanks for all the advice.
  21. I tore a ligament I. My knee at the weekend and have a gig tomorrow night. I will not be able to stand all night so any advice on how to get through the gig?
  22. As for the B1 Four being great value, I have to agree and would not let mine go. Although I have bought one, I also agree that the B2-4 is priced too high. *Sadly, I have strained a ligament in my right knee, not ideal for testing a stomp box of any sort. I have read the aforementioned Guitar review. I probably won't read his reviews again. It reads like he is a frustrated writer rather than a guitarist. In saying that, he does have some valid points. The screen could be better, but let's be honest, the screen does not affect the sound. Secondly, I agree that the arrow key cluster looks like it is difficult to change with your foot *see above, However I would not want to change banks mid-song and try to arrange patches so that the ones I need are in set list order. I will look at the other points later but will say the that B2-4 is a dedicated Bass multi effects unit whereas the Nux, Valeton and even Helix range are not.
  23. They are quite different on first listen. My feeling was that many of Zoom's patches on the B! On and B1 Four were a bit extreme. The B2 Four has patches emulating the sound used on classic recordings and are much better starting points for your own patches.
  24. I am sorry, I don’t know.
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