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You'll probably find a good vertical 2x10 or 2x12 is more than ample for pub/club gig at any volume.

Waaay back in the olden days when bass cabs were really just guitar cabs with guitar drivers, a bigger driver moved more air & 1 15" driver with a 4x10 was a damn sight lighter than 2 4x10s (3 less ceramic magnets to carry). These days it doesn't really matter if you're using 5" or 15", you can get the same frequencies covered (Phil Jones cabs are all 5" drivers). Mixing drivers is just like getting a Hartke cab & "pairing" it with an Ashdown cab. They both sound different to one another. You don't know how it'll sound until you use the 2 together. Using one without the other will sound different again. If you like the uncertainty, then mix drivers/cabs, it might sound good, it might not. If you find a cab you like, then you just add another if you need more volume. What size gigs are you doing? Do you need a bigger rig than a single 1x15, 2x10 or 2x12? For how much you're looking to spend, you could get a good 2x12 & whichever head you fancy & find that you have a rig that will cover almost any venue. I don't know why Hartke don't do a 2x12 cab, though they have 1x12 cabs. I'd happily buy Hartke just going on the great customer service that they've shown on this very forum.

If the current cab's too big, why not just get a smaller Barfaced cab & keep the GB? You'll probably find any good 1x12, 1x15, 2x10 or 2x12 will be more than ample for the majority of pub venues. I went from 4x10 Trace Elliott to a Markbass 2x10 combo & it fills most venues that don't require PA.

I think you're gonna struggle to get 3 of those cabs to all be @ the same volume if they're all rated differently re Ωs. Ignore the wattage as that's just how much heat the coil can handle. Doesn't 2 2x10s stacked vertically cut it? If not, then look at better cabs.

Putting a 2x10 & a 115 isn't "matching" or "pairing". It's putting 2 different sounding cabs together. In some venues they'll sound great & in others they wont. The reason that mixing speaker sizes is not a good idea is that if you're moving from venue to venue, then the sound is gonna be unpredictable. Having 2 cabs the same gives you predictable results. So get a cab you like the sound of & then get a 2nd cab the same to give you more of the same. Try the 1x15 combo, if you like it, then get the 1x15 cab to match.

Here's mine. A bit rushed, but when I saw the pic, this is what I heard.... https://soundcloud.com/xgsjx/open-clear

If you're stacking the 2x10s vertically, then a single 2x10 would stand @ the same height as a 4x10 & 2 2x10s would be @ the same height as an 8x10. Get yourself to a shop & try out some cabs.

If I had a spare £200, I'd have bought that BFM already. I'm gonna get plans for a sub off him one day.

+1 for the 2 2x10 route. having a 2x10 & a 4x10 together would possibly mean 2 10s are louder than the other 4. Stacking the 2x10s vertically also gives you height, making it easier to hear & also has better dispersion.

it's a bit like saying you hate Rock music IMO. That would be like saying you don't like anything from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Tool, Iron Maiden or any other style that could fall under the Rock category. The term Jazz covers a huge range of styles that are defined as Jazz from Frank Sinatra & Satchmo to Miles Davis to Bjork & for a "musician" to say that they don't like Jazz does make them appear to have a limited understanding of music.

To solo on any instrument requires an actual understanding of the key that you're playing in, the feel of the song & what benefit it's going to have on the listener. Some songs have brilliant bass solos, other's don't. Some of my fave bass solos are from Billy Sheehan, but then so are some of my least liked. Jazz often makes good use of bass solos whereas the bass can be playing something so sparse it barely sounds like a solo & just a bit with some chords & a couple of bass runs, but done right, it sounds superb. There's many solos on guitar, keyboard, trumpet & so on that sound equally as bad as any you'll hear on bass. It's not the instrument, it's the player.

This... Not his dearest bass by a long shot, but still out of my reach.

Yamaha Attitude has low end??? Has anyone told Mr Sheehan?

I take it the Moog doesn't suit? There's a minimooger Drive which has a filter on it. Might be worth a look too.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1382360166' post='2251104'] would you not just turn down your bass? [/quote] What! & have those pesky guitarisits taking the mick for not being at full whack?

One of my guitarists said he doesn't like Jazz. The other guitarist said "Let's play That's Life" & the first said "I like that song"/

My fave filter, the Moog MF-101. It worked wonderful when my bass was active & works just as well now it's passive. I just turned the "Drive" knob a little further. If you're ever up my way, bring your bass & try it out.

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1382218855' post='2249528'] Yakima are not officially imported into UK and their US website no longer sells feet for the GT86/BRZ/FR-S I very much doubt it No - it goes in through the door with the back seats folded - that'll do me. I'll just have to make sure I don't have to use it on nights when i take the kids back to their Mum's ...that does seem to happen from time to time [/quote] TBH I don't like roofracks on coupes. However, you'll get a roofbox big enough for the kids.

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1382200139' post='2249242'] Can't fit a towbar to the GT86 in UK [/quote] Yakima do a roof rack. You can then get a roof box big enough for the cab...

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1382095594' post='2247822'] This is where the thread is going to break down. It depends on the individuals definition of mutts nuts. [/quote] I would have thought they would be found between the hind legs of a male dog?

Get any car you want & don't worry about the boot.....

I'd love to give it a try too. 5 string fretless would be my choice as that's what I'm wanting, but I'm a 4 string fretted player just now.

Don't be too hard on yourselves guys. I think a lot of folk are pretty busy just now as this isn't the only creative part that's not getting the input it deserves. I for one had a lot of fun mixing the track & I'm sure the other's did too! So I'd say that's a success.

I joined BC in April 2008, so it had possibly just changed.

[quote name='Hamster' timestamp='1381312645' post='2237261'] It grew quite quickly - [url="http://web.archive.org/web/20051231065205/http://www.bassworld.co.uk/pn/index.php?"]http://web.archive.o...k/pn/index.php?[/url] [/quote] It didn't half! I'm guessing Pedullaman is now Vigierman Ped?