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[quote name='Musicman20' post='497187' date='May 25 2009, 11:52 AM']Done [/quote] Much appreciated, thank you.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='496649' date='May 24 2009, 04:00 PM']Ok...new cab series completely![/quote] Any chance you could trim your signature a bit? It's been longer than your last three posts in this thread, and I imagine it will be longer than most of your posts in most threads. Maybe be a bit more economical with the line breaks? Cheers.

Just bought Dave's Squier Jazz off him in what must've been a clandestine-looking exchange at Newcastle Central station, one quick setup later and I think it's going to be ideal. Thanks again Dave.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='495028' date='May 22 2009, 11:57 AM']Nowadays, I can't remember my name unless someone shouts it at me.[/quote] I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday but I could play you songs that I wrote when I was in my teens that I haven't played since. And probably remember most of the words. The only bass part by another bassist that I feel I could guarantee I'll never forget how to play is Good Times.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='494519' date='May 21 2009, 05:58 PM']If I get the 8 ohm, then the Tube 800 will run through it at 500W, which is the same level most people are getting as they have LM2’s. It should basically be the same sort of power…yes?[/quote] If you can produce 500W into an 8ohm load then get an 8ohm cab by all means. You'll be hard pressed to find a use for all that power but it's nice to know it's there. [quote name='Musicman20' post='494519' date='May 21 2009, 05:58 PM']I’ve heard a few say you shouldn’t underpower Schroeders as they don’t sound as good unless they given decent power.[/quote] I'm not sure where that advice comes from but I don't agree. I use my 1212L at home at "I've got neighbours on both sides" levels and it sounds great.

Yeah I've only used the Echo Park and DL-4 delays. Both sounded good and had lots of great features, but were a bit weak in the packaging department.

Someone sold a lightly relic'd yellow/tort/rosewood PM 5 on here for about £700 (IIRC) a while back that I so, so wanted - no cash though. I keep looking for another one as pretty as that, but haven't seen one yet.

Never would've guessed that was a Bongo from the audio. Cool stuff.

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='493444' date='May 20 2009, 04:48 PM']A bit off topic but we had a rehearsal last week, first one fo rover a year, and i took my SA450 but used the studios 2x10 (Ampeg combo) and a Ashdown MAG 1x15 deep. I got a totally different sound to my 1212L. I expected it but different but this was a shook. It had a lot of very low end and sounded, well to me it sounded like an upright bass sort of tone (P with flats). While i love my 12xx cabs and these do the job im starting to feel im missing out on something and might try and get a slightly bigger cab now to replace the 1212L (no offers, im not selling it ;-)[/quote] I ran through an Orange 2x15 at a rehearsal the other week and it actually put me off going back to big cabs. To be fair this was a rather battered old '70s cab, but the huge amount of bass was too much. I think with the little Schroeders you don't really notice what you're missing because everything's so nicely audible. I remember when I used to run with a "proper" rig taming all that low-end boom was really difficult sometimes and it would just muddy the sound. I know some people like to have loads of thundery sub bass but it just irritates me. I'll hand in my bass player card on my way out...

[quote name='1976fenderhead' post='493402' date='May 20 2009, 04:21 PM']Maybe I'm old-fashioned but I wouldn't feel safe using non-soldered cables...[/quote] I was a bit wary too at first but I haven't had a problem with them yet. I suppose on a pedal board where they don't see much movement it's not a big deal, but I wouldn't use one as an instrument cable. I also carry a few back-up soldered patch cables for emergency replacement, a stanley knife (in case I have a minute to re-wire a dicky George L) and all my pedals run through a true-bypass box so I can go straight to the amp if anything fails. But so far I've never needed any of those things.

[quote name='harryharold' post='493334' date='May 20 2009, 03:13 PM']oh and the slim maplin connectors are fine for normal guitar cable - my guitarist uses them on his board, i think they may be more space saving than george l's too. you need a soldering iron though.[/quote] Bear in mind that these "pancake"-shaped plugs might obstruct eachother if you've got pedals with jacks very close together (Boss LS-2 for example), they are a fair bit wider than normal jack plugs.

[quote name='1976fenderhead' post='493170' date='May 20 2009, 12:22 PM']That's right, the XO is true bypass, that's why I won't change to the world version, which has a terrible bypass, because then I'd have to get a loop on my board just for it.[/quote] There's a relatively simple true-bypass mod you can do to the old one. I haven't got around to it yet but the footswitch is 3DPT so all you need to do is re-route a few wires. Fair enough though if you're happy with the XO model. It wouldn't do for us all to like the same things.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='492819' date='May 19 2009, 11:26 PM']Comments appreciated. Clubs and pubs are my venues mainly...for the moment. Ive got the 810 for big venues. I think you guys are right going for the 4Ohm. Less to carry...good volume.[/quote] That's the thing. I wanted to go nice and portable (because I live in a flat and my "music room" is two storeys up) but while I figured a single 1212 would be OK for most stuff I was concerned about gigs where it couldn't hack it. Let's just say since I got the cab I am no longer concerned about that.

Do your fingers sweat at all? Mine do, and I tend to burn through strings fairly quickly. Luckily I don't really want the super-bright zing you get from brand-new strings. Keep a cloth with your bass and give the strings and fingerboard a good wipe each time you put the bass down, get into the habit - I find that helps a lot. I keep one hooked on my guitar stand and stick one in my bag when I go banding.

[quote name='bobbass4k' post='492801' date='May 19 2009, 10:56 PM']Also, is George L's cable just regular cable that I'd be able to strip down and solder into those[/quote] The patch cable's a bit weird, very delicate. Works fine for the George L plugs but I wouldn't want to try to strip it. They do a thicker instrument cable but if it's anything like the patch cable it will be difficult to work with. [quote name='bobbass4k' post='492801' date='May 19 2009, 10:56 PM']or is it specially designed for the connectors, and if it isn't, any reccomendations on decent cabling I could get?[/quote] Just buy an instrument cable and chop it up, that's what I used to do. I wouldn't worry too much about "tone" - you'll probably be running a 2 or 3 metres at the most, and your buffered pedals will keep losses minimal.