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With cherries on top! [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/nanefy/6878752820/][/url]

I prefer this finish to "relicing/roadworn"... It's called "Damaged desktop".

[quote name='daveparker123' timestamp='1336977096' post='1653311'] The problem seems to be IMO, many (not all) of the people who are favouring combos over bigger rigs keep talking about volume. I could buy a 100 watt combo and crank it to 10 but it would still sound feable, and sh*t! [/quote] I prefer a combo over a big rig. Nothing to do with volume, but because I'd look like a tw@ taking it into a venue that only held 100-200 people & I want to do just the 1 trek from the car (which would carry a couple of 8x10s). I agree with you in the fact that it's about sounding good at lower volume. But there's a lot of smaller rigs that sound phenomenal at lower volumes & put paid to the antique fridge. [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1336980074' post='1653340'] hmmm..I'd like to see ..and hear..you try to get 1000watts of bass out of 2x112's without the cones flying across the room. [/quote] Barefaced?

Whilst an 8x10 (or two) looks the part on stage, there's cabs of much smaller design that can beat it in every department. In sound quality, low end, dispersion, weight & portability. And Trouser flapping!

Sounds like there's much playing about to be had! Another idea for your bi-amping idea would be a pedal with 2 outs (such as an octaver with a wet & dry out). You can then affect both your sub and clean channels with effects separately, though this would probably mean that the xover you have is left out.

Sweet! Great interview (from both sides). How do you get time to work, practice, play gigs, write a blog, interview folk AND keep the wife happy? I'm struggling to do more than 1 of those at any one time just now (& only managing to go to work & keep the wife happy).

Isn't the EvoII made in the UK & the EvoIII made in the PRC?

Looks like an awesome "small" board. Looking forward to hearing some of those new pedals.

If you listen to any of the songs that my singer has written, I've written the bassline (no auto correct to make it say "baseline"). He plays the guitar & sings the song, the rest of the band compose their own parts. If the singer or any other band member doesn't like what someone is playing, then they make suggestions to try other ideas (no demands made). If I can't work out the chords I ask him (I usually just look at what he's playing if I can't pick it by ear). When I write songs, I write the chords, melody & bassline (& sometimes vocals or a solo). It's then up to each musician to make the song "ours". I was talking to a Banjo player yesterday & said my singer plays banjo too, but he prefers to play guitar when singing. He asked what kind of band I was in & I said "I've no idea. There's the singer/guitarist, me on bass & a mandolinist who plays penny whistle". He asked if it was a folk band? I said nope, probably closer to Jazz & we ain't jazz either! If I left & a different bassist joined, it would be a very different band. Sorry about going completely off topic, but my point is that a musician subconsciously wants to better themselves & playing in a band enhances that desire.

You banned envelope filter?!?! Why not have him in on writing some baselines with you? Get him interested in what he is playing & then he'll get a better understanding of what the bass' roll is. A lot of my baselines follow the vocal melody, usually harmonizing.

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1336760331' post='1650760'] That claim is normally made by people who have done it. It may not be the whole truth, but at least it's based on practical experience. On the other hand, those talking about dispersion, mixing drivers, matching motors etc. are generally parroting what they've heard. [/quote] Maybe with your 80s rig, I don't know. I found that getting low end depended on the cab & not what sized drivers it housed & was why I went for 2 15" in separate 3 1/2 foot tall cabs. Now I use 10s & can still get just as much bass. [quote name='stevie' timestamp='1336760331' post='1650760'] So why are Fender Twins better on their end? [/quote] Harder for the audience to read the F word & get offended?

'twas posted about a year ago, but still good to see.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1336684229' post='1649611'] The wattage thing is old news. TC processes their signal and boosts it to 450 and 750 watts or the equivalent of those watts in loudness. The RH450 and Staccato are as loud as any 500 watt amp I've owned and the RH750 is very much louder. TC had a lot of people beating them up when these numbers came out. It didn't alter the fact that the volume coming out of the speakers connected to these amps is as loud as TC says. [/quote] I wasn't rehashing the wattage thing as I know the RH450 is a very loud little box, I was just curious about the output at 2.6Ω. Even if it is 11w more like TC say, there's still more cabs to move more air. The wattage wouldn't stop me buying one (it's lack of money that does that ). You've answered my other Q regarding the RH750.

You do realise you're gonna have to sit that on top of an 8X10! Nice portable set.

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1336678310' post='1649482'] I really hope it's 450, that would be amusing [/quote] It would have been!

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1336678246' post='1649477'] No idea, but given that TC reckon there's only 11w difference between 8 ohm and 4 ohm I'd chance an arm and suggest... not a lot! Even more curiously, the RH750 puts out the same 236w at 4 and 8 ohms. [/quote] Now that is rather odd, on both counts! 11w difference? I know watts don't equate to loudness but I thought it was roughly about 1/3 difference between 8Ω & 4Ω. Does the RH750 achieve more volume than the RH450?

Another Q here. slightly off topic, but still TC related. See how the RH450 was measured putting out 236 watts at 4Ω, what wattage is it at 2.7Ω?

Very nice

My Ibanez has a gap like that, but that's only because I stripped off all the paint. Beforehand, there was no gap. Send it back. Shuker P is nice. & have a look at Bass Direct too.

Sounds like the logical thing, but play about & put the compressor in different locations. Same goes for the other pedals too.

It was £80 & a schoolkid had first dibs. Don't know if he took it. The shop mainly sells party goods & black pudding & the bass was sitting next to the black pud.

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1336600375' post='1648393'] But this is taking the matalan suit putting armani labels on it and selling it as a Matalan suit. Maybe not 100% ethical but he's not the one calling it something it's not. [/quote] Okay, Armani Matalan suits. But he's put Fender on the Headstock, surely that is calling it something it is not? How can we be sure they're even Squires?

Isn't this fraud? [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Squier-Precision-Bass-Guitar-/180878713697?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a1d362361#ht_2325wt_1312"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Squier-Precision-Bass-Guitar-/180878713697?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a1d362361#ht_2325wt_1312[/url] If I bought a Matalan suit & tarted it up with labels saying Emporio Armani & advertised it as an Emporio Armani Armani Exchange suit, I'm defrauding someone. Even if I'm not making much money, it's still lying to the purchaser. The bass could then be sold to some unsuspecting person as a genuine Fender (even though it isn't) & then when they go to sell it, end up in trouble for trying to sell it as something it isn't. I don't agree with this practise.

I'd play about until you find what You like the sound of. I've never used the MXR filter, but I like my filter after most other effects.

Texas Customs aren't the same. The one I've seen just has Texas on the headstock that's shaped more SX rather than Fender (almost identical to the one in the pic). Though the one I've seen does have decent looking tuners.