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A water/fluid cooled amp would be cool.

I'm sorry to say that there is no techy reason why he couldn't put it through your rig.

The order of effects does make a difference to the sound as each effect affects the previous efect. There is no "right" order, play about & see what you like. I would probably keep the same order that you have but put the chorus last.

I'm liking the Boss CE-2 I have, but if I had the money then a Moogerfooger Clusterflux would be on my board.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1344682544' post='1767900'] One of the problems is that we have had 50+ years to get used to the sound of poor (non-existent) cab design. The questions you need to be asking about sound are: Does it sound good when connected up to your amp with you playing your bass through it? If you are using it as the main source of bass guitar in the room (not going through the PA) does it sound consistent throughout the room (allowing for the acoustics of the room)? If you are only using it for on stage monitoring (the FoH bass guitar is provided by the PA) does it sound consistent over the whole area of the stage? [/quote] [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1344691923' post='1768052'] Very well put, and the main things. I factor in 3 others as well: Can I afford it, can I lift it, does it fit in the load-space in my car. But assuming it passes those three, the above are definitely the most important. [/quote] Y'all missed the most important one.... Does it look the biz!

"I am a poet, I am very fond of bananas" - the uncertainty of the poet - Kurt Elling

I very rarely play through headphones (main reason is lack of). It depends on the song for my learning. I usually start off just by ear. If that fails YouTube/songster is the next port of call.

I looked at these when they first appeared but never got any of them.

Have you tried emailing Mesa? They might advise what commercially available drivers are similar. Let them know that the current ones aren't the stock drivers.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1344672050' post='1767732'] I would think weight would be the reason for wanting to swap out the originals. [/quote] Nope... http://basschat.co.uk/topic/183687-choice-of-speaker/ I've no idea what Mesa use.

I thought you needed a hammer & chisel to get to the truss rod?

I'm watching to see what you go for as I'm looking for something too. Interested in a workstation like the Yamaha MOX8, Korg M50 or a 2nd hand M3, but I could quite happily use my mac for the sequencing side of things so I'm also looking at the Roland Juno Stage & the Nord Electro 3 73 key. The Korg SV-1 might be up your street though... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_BPiScinrk

I'd add the 1x15 if it was needed. Either of them would cope.

[quote name='ceilidhswinger' timestamp='1344539719' post='1766270'] So your all saying that I wont get anymore volume between 4 and 8ohm? Its bound to cut power you would think! Will it not drive 4 ohm amp too hard using 8ohm cab? [/quote] You will, but you won't notice it. If your amp is putting out 300 watts at 8Ω, I believe you would need 3000 watts to get twice as much volume. The best thing to give you more volume is more speakers & it's usually wise to keep all your speakers the same diameter. With the LG, you have 2 500w channels. They're not like valve amps where they need a specified load & would quite happily run a couple of 8Ω cabs (or 4 cabs if you wanted to run a big rig).

EBS make 4 ohm cabs. I know the LG has 2 4 ohm channels, but like others have said, you won't notice the difference at 8 ohm.

I had a wee play on a Roland Juno Stage a few weeks ago. It has some great piano & synth sounds & you can split & layer sounds very easily on it too. Depends on what all you want the thing to do & what your budget is.

Sack your singer & get someone who can sing in any key! Only kidding. After reading all this thread, I'm trying to envision AC/DC with the capo on the 6th fret!

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1344437329' post='1764482'] Look for The Waking by Kurt Elling on Youtube. Absolutely stunning. [/quote] +1 & not too hard to play either. Though singing it might be a challenge.

I don't think being the sesh bassist for SAW gets you any Kudos!

[quote name='jaydentaku' timestamp='1344290142' post='1762444'] what about nylons? [/quote] Do you mean like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMWUYMWlEyo

Don't look at the features. You can't see sound (unless you use a non newtonian fluid). Use your ears. There's probably been a few on here that's compared those 2 amps though.

[quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1344280300' post='1762254'] One of my Precisions came with TI flats. I found the tension on those a bit weird. Felt a bit like rubber bands. Bu I might give them a try on my acoustic bass first. [/quote] I went from Dr Strings Peacocks (zingy rounds) to the TI Jazz & was expecting a looser tension, but there's nothing in it.

Tomastik Infeld flats are certainly worth trying. They aren't zingy like rounds, but have a good range into the upper mids. However, I don't find they bring back the depth to the J pick up. It's still plinky.

[quote name='PlungerModerno' timestamp='1344261822' post='1761853'] Yes, the lack of shielding is an issue... but connecting a high powered amp to a cab with a cable rated much lower than the voltage and especially current running through it... hot cables are bad. [/quote] Especially when you're trying to roll em up after the gig!

I'm the same with my Ibby. It's a PJ config & I have it blended with just a small amount of Bridge P/U. I find the Bridge p/u lacks body & depth, even with the tone rolled off it's not got much bass compared to the Neck p/u. I suppose it would sit well in the mix for more funk or punk based stuff where you might want more plink.