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Having had the CMD102p, I'd say give that a try out too. One handed lift, not too big & mighty loud with a good low end. Speaker diamiter has sod all to do with how it produces frequencies. The 10s in the MarkBass produce a load more lows than my Marshall 2x15 stack ever did. Good speaker & cab design these days means the 70s thinking of 15" for lows & 10" for punch is well & truly redundant. The more air your speakers can move, the more you're gonna move those lows. The "p" indicates that the cab/combo has a piezo. My combo was made in Italy & never had a yellow piezo. The best way to check if it was made in Italy is to look at the back right of the head, if it was made in Italy it'll say "Made in Italy". I'd try a few of them out & get the one you like the best.

Whilst I'm no Bieber fan, I do like his recent batch of songs. As for his antics... He's more rock n roll than most of today's rockers!

RMJ Mastermind GT? Not cheap, but then nor was the Moog.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1449073348' post='2920574'] That all sounds a bit sensible and orderly for my tastes [/quote] I can see your problem... You've run out of 1/4" sockets. Get some Moog & Koma pedals, they have CV so you can run 4x as many cables from each pedal.

I didn't get a chance last month. Never even got time to listen to the songs yet. I'm in for this month though!

I went for years in various Rock & Metal bands with no effects. Joined an Acoustica band & started building up a board which ended up pretty complex, but gave me a great synth sound which also worked in the Electronica band I later joined. Now I'm in a blues rock band with no effects. It really depends on the genre. Dubstep, Electronica & Acoustica definitely benefit from a good board.

After much humming & hawing, I was gonna grab the Persons iTwo studio pack, then saw the Zoom Tac-2 drop to £99, but after having a good look at it, the plastic box put me off. Then a new contender appeared that I hadn't really noticed before... OK, I can't use it with my iPad, but it's got 4 separate ins & outs, a digital in/out & Midi, so I've bought myself a NI Komplete Audio 6. I'll let you know after Xmas if it's any good.

He's recently changed a lot of his stuff. The moogs have all been replaced. He now has an eurorack for low & high pass (& bitcrushing too) & the MP201 has been replaced with a RJM Mastermind GT. The octaver he now uses is the Pearl Octaver. I used to use an OC3 into a splitter, then into dirt, Moog LPF & then some fast chorus to give that DnB wobble. Sounded tremendous & sometimes I wish I still had my rig. Like is said above, think of your bass as just a controller & tone generator & learn about modular synths.

I took the wooden panels off the sides, covered the inside with sticky backed copper foil (putting enough on to go around the lip) & then put them back on. Cut a lot of the noise down by doing so too.

I'd strongly suggest learning score as opposed to tablature. Score might take a little longer to start with, but it's far more informative. As for how to read. It's just like reading words, it goes from left to right. The stroke down to the dot indicates the speed it is read & the where the dot is placed indicates the pitch.

I'm missing this mumph. Will still be voting though.

I can only add that you're more likely to go through strings quicker.

I had an OC-3. I liked it. The poly mode has it's uses too, but I mainly had it set mono - 1oct & going through dirt & filters.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1448022244' post='2912355'] I find the seaboard really hard to get on with, my fingers want to stick to it which seems to fly in the face of the sliding functionality [/quote] Sticky fingers, eh. Never had that problem for a while. I know what you mean. I had a play on the Grand & the Rise. A rub of oil would go a long way, though you'd maybe need to wash your hands during any breaks so your drink doesn't slide out of your hand. Great concept though & the aftertouch on it is really good.

[quote name='grenadilla' timestamp='1447980045' post='2912090'] You could also remove the tweeter from the baffle -board (unscrew the mounts ); stuff a piece of foam rubber into the horn and remount the tweeter. [/quote] That's kinda what I was going to suggest, but a bit less "bodge it". Mine was going to be put a piece of foam over the tweeter & hold it in place with duck tape.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1447859835' post='2911016'] Thanks gents... much appreciated. Although everyone has suggested something different! [/quote] What else would you expect on a bass forum? TBH, they're all very viable options. It's down to you to read some reviews, watch some youchoob vids & make a choice. Have fun.

Learning which effects do what is important. A multi fx unit is a good way to learn. As for suggestions, that's like suggesting what sort of transport you need to go to work without giving any further info. A drive pedal might be a good choice, but then it might be the worst pedal you could have, depending on what you're playing. I used to play electronica & had various filters, dirt, octave & chorus. But I wanted my bass to sound like a synth. Now I play just clean bass in a blues rock band. No fx, not even a tuner. It's down to what You want your bass to sound like & the best bit is trying different fx & having fun in the process (especially when it comes to trying out all sorts of signal paths for the fx).

[quote name='Muppet' timestamp='1447941144' post='2911673'] Use input and output leads with right angled jacks [/quote] +1 Or buy a drill.

Fine for in the bedroom, but if he does decide to join a band, then he'll struggle for volume. However, many rehearsal rooms supply backline.

[quote name='Che' timestamp='1447920352' post='2911414'] [b]One more question[/b]; How can a 4" woofer and 1 dome tweeter be 50 Watts ??? That sure is loud for such a small PA cab [/quote] Simple. Watts are not decibels. My air con unit is 2250 watts & goes pretty cold. Volume is measured in Db. The closest thing you'll probably find in the tech spec to give you a rough idea of how loud it goes, is the SPL figures. It's alł about moving air & that's kinda like getting a sheet of card & wafting it. The bigger the sheet, the more air you move. Don't expect a single 4" driver to put out the same volume as a single 10" driver. But it depends on how far back & forth a driver can move too before it breaks. However, when you start adding more drivers, you move more air. PJB cabs use multiples of 5" drivers, but they're also in well designed cabs to make the most of those drivers. For a single PA cab, anything budget with a driver smaller than 10" is really a monitor for in the home studio.

Another to have a look at is ipostparcels.com I've used them many times & they've been excellent. Very cheap too.

[quote name='Che' timestamp='1447802431' post='2910633'] First off thank you all for chiming in After hearing what you say and looking at some prices those darn all tube heads do make my wallet sweat so will have to look at this last option I quoted here. Ok if I go with a PA Speaker what kind should I get? I mean do I go only with 1x tweeter or the one with 1 x woofer 1 x dome tweeter? As mentioned Im on a low budget now so will have to manage with affordable gear. I am looking at this one at Thomann [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_box_pro_achat_104_a.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...achat_104_a.htm[/url] I will not gig or anything so mostly home practice. It does say 50 Watts on that box above. This Behringer preamp seem to be getting some decent reviews so I will go with it [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/behringer_vtone_bass_bdi21_analog_modeling_preamp.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...ling_preamp.htm[/url] Ok in this case of going for an active PA Speaker I can even afford a amp sim pedal from Harley Benton for the guitar. And I can use the PA speaker to monitor my recordings too I guess. How do I connect the PA speaker to my laptop since it has a XLR in and out ?? Thanks again this thread was helpful! Dad if Im to get that 2x15" cab I would need to take my bed out of the room and sleep on it instead [/quote] I'd go & try some if you can, though with Thomann's own brand stuff, a trip to Germany might be needed. I would say get as good a PA cab as you can afford.

Another option is the many audio interfaces that support plugging in an iPad such as the Presonus iOne & iTwo, & the new Stienberg UR interfaces. The Presonus ones are on offer just now.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1447791669' post='2910485'] ... I don't suppose much can happen with pianos until they get more than 88 keys. [/quote] Or they could make the keys more expressive... http://youtu.be/T-ErKSrKDsc

It really depends on where you're shipping it to. Since I moved to Perth 8 1/2 years ago, I've never had parcel farce deliver to my door yet. Phoned them & complained several times. Had cards through my door telling me the parcel is at the local post office, only to go there & be informed that they've no idea what I'm talking about & then found out that it's actually back at the farce's sorting office (on more than 1 occasion).