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[quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1343735290' post='1754306'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I've just received an item from Thomann that is faultless.[/font][/color] [/quote] Congratulations! I did the same thing a couple of months back. You know what I found amazing? Postage from Germany to Scotland is significantly quicker than from England to Scotland (come to think of it, it's qicker than local postage here too!).

Also worth pointing out is that some filters can be controlled with an external source (rocking foot pedal, hand controller, other device). What sort of sound are you after?

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1343729231' post='1754156'] Yes, of course the seller is responsible, but IMO if a product is faulty, he is not to blame. [/quote] I'm in agreement with that.

[quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1343688391' post='1753860'] I thought this legislation allowed 7 days for cancellation not 30 and that return postage costs are not automatically covered. This would mean that Thomman are outperforming their legal minimum duty by a considerable margin. [/quote] Erm, not really, if it's a faulty item.

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1343674500' post='1753572'] When there is a faulty product then, IMO, the blame is with the manufacturer... unless the suggestion is that Thomann are deliberately buying in cheaper, faulty products. [/quote] Sale of Goods Act states that the seller would be responsible for faulty goods sold. The customer would not go to the manufacturer unless it was purchased directly from them. You are covered for upto 6 years against any manufacturing defects (such as parts not suitable for the job) & would be entitled to a repair, replacement or partial refund. If it's within the first 6 months, then it's up to the seller to prove that it's not a manufacturing defect.

We used to play a beer festival. Would start about 5 pm & finish about midnight with a couple of breaks. We have about 40 original songs & a good amount of covers to hand & like your band, take a song & jam it. Singer is a great front man too. What we would do for the last hour or so is invite some of the audience to join us, whether that be a couple of girls to come up & sing, someone to pick up a guitar or just someone to play tambourine. It gets the audience more involved. We took a buskers songbook (one of those large paged things with chords & lyrics) & we'd ask the audience member to choose something from it that they know & we would improvise from it. Then to finish the evening off, play 2-3 good dancing tunes (often something from the very start of the gig).

It really depends on what you're after. Here's some ideas... Mutron 3leaf clover Groove Regulator Digitech Bass Synth Wah Moog MF-101 Iron Ether Xerograph Source Audio Bass Envelope Filter There's loads more too.

I find as long as you have decent quality cable & jack plugs then there's little point in spending more than £30 for a well made lead. When your band is playing, do you think anyone in the audience is gonna notice the tone difference between a £20 & a £120 lead?

Filter wise, a lot of Dubstep bassists use the Source Audio BEF (& Pro) with the Hot Hand. I use the Moog LPF with an Exp pedal & Shep's just changed his set up (though he uses the Moog MP-201 to get his wubs going). I also know that good results can be had from the Line 6 M9/M13. Secret to the sound is Octave &--#62; Fuzz &--#62; Filter & add whatever else you want to make it your sound (chorus, bitcrusher, phaser or whatever). [url="http://www.facebook.com/groups/265330523479274/"]Organic Bass Wobble[/url] is a good source of info & discussion. Here's a video of some bassists wobbling (I'm in there somewhere)... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTmAnGzNQxE&feature=g-u-u

[quote name='Kesh' timestamp='1343604203' post='1752715'] 18 posts on mixing cabs and no one has talked about phase. [/quote] That usually gets discussed at about page 3.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1343594538' post='1752569'] The amount of air moved is determined by the driver displacement, not cone area. Some tens have more displacement than some fifteens, so how low/loud you want to go isn't a matter of cone size. . [/quote] Fair point. Though with a lot of manufacturers, they seem to allow diameter to determine displacement.

[quote name='Pbassred' timestamp='1343591996' post='1752517'] Are you typing for practise of making a point here? Is it that 10" is obviously better, or that there obviously is NO difference? There is so much debate, Its difficult to know which side of the polarised debate you are on! [/quote] My point is that the "argument" is pointless. The benefit a 15 has over a 10 is that it moves more air (the surface area of cone is more). The benefit a 10 has over a 15 is better dispersion (how much sound gets to your audience on the horizontal axis). Drivers usually cover the same frequency range regardless of size, it's up to the cab designer to get the best from it. If you want to know more, have a look at either Barefaced's or Bill Fitzmaurice's site.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1343577267' post='1752248'] I like pork. [/quote] Pork's good, but beef is better (though you can't beat a bacon butty for brekky).

Edited because the iPad version of BC does things that are a bit random!

The argument over 10s & 15s is a bit like arguing over whether beef comes from a cow.

You could just split the signal on the pedalboard. I do.

Very nice! Chosen any cabs for it yet?

The other things such as Bar Staff & Security are not jobs that would be done as a hobby, whereas playing an instrument is. I prefer to get paid & most gigs usually are, but I don't mind playing for free occasionally.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1342856105' post='1741847'] I'm still confused as to the difference between 'Jam' and 'Preserve'. [/quote] Id rather preserve my finger.

I'm afraid I couldn't tell you that much about them, but there's been a few folk on here that really like them. Best bet is to try a few rigs out that's in your budget & get what you like the most.

Ohms are quite simple to understand really. You get an amp that will take a 4Ω load, you can run either 1 4Ω cab or 2 8Ω cabs & it'll put the full 500 watts to it or 1 8Ω cab will take about 350 watts. When you start asking how loud a thing will go, things start to get a little more complex as watts have little bearing on volume. Couldn't tell you that much about GK stuff, but recently some folk was saying that the stuff with gold speakers is rubbish in comparison to the other GK stuff. There's some good deals going on TC Electronics stuff just now like this... http://www.dv247.com/guitars/tc-electronic-bh500-bass-amp-head-and-bc212-full-stack--99777 Depends what your budget is though.

When I used to play, I had a Korg MS10 & a DW6000. That's how long it's been, though I've been looking at the M50 or maybe a s/h M3.

Have you cancelled the order? There's plenty of electronics firms in the UK that supply pots & good service all together.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1342770935' post='1740561'] You were obviously not looking hard enough!!! :-) [/quote] Well it was a nice surprise.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1342643901' post='1738680'] And a penis. [/quote] How do You know? Infact, don't answer that!