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Why not get a LMII? I know your first post said it was "[color=#141414][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]that can be more easily repaired". [/font][/color]I never had one bit of trouble from mine & had it for 7 years & Markbass seem to have a good rep for fixing any that do fail & they also offer a back up head. By "headroom", what do you mean? I never found it lacking in available volume & you've said that volume isn't an issue. Is it more in a physical sense so you can sit some rack effects on top of it?

I agree. Forged signature is fraud. What if someone had stolen the bass after the deliverer had left it? He was paid to do a job. If he's not willing to do that job, why does he deserve to keep that position?

If you're wanting a flexible rig, then you might want to consider getting something as transparent as possible & use pedals to get the sound you want. Going on my own experience, Markbass combos are very clean sounding & have quite a good EQ/filter section. I then used pedals to get the sounds I wanted. There's a few on here done similar. Rather than carry some old valve job, they've went for a valve preamp pedal (such as as a Tech 21SansAmp) & put it through a more transparent sounding rig.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1431459410' post='2771636'] Because if they are any good, they will be the main selling point of the band..and then they also get to choose the material as they have to sing it... so it easier to let them think it. After a few months you can slap them down... [/quote] If that's the sort of band you'd want to be in. I sacked a singer because he only wanted to sing pop rock covers & not do any original material, despite the advert saying that it was an originals Acid Jazz/funk band. When did Green day become Acid Jazz?

The sensible thing to do, would be to grab your bass & go to a place with lots of different rigs that you can try. Failing that, you need an Ampeg SVT & 2 8x10 cabs if you're to be taken seriously.

It can be hard to find a singer that knows the voice is an instrument just like any other. Practice & rehearsal make for improvement. I had an excellent singer who said to me when I told him that I can't sing "it's just like any instrument. If you practice it & get tuition, you can learn to get a tune out of it". My Mrs, who is a pretty good singer, was trying to tell me that it's completely different & that anyone can learn a physical instrument, but not all can learn to sing. I disagreed with her & pointed out that there's many musicians put in the hours & effort of the likes of Billy Sheehan, Steve Vai, Herbie Hancock etc & many fall way short. Just like there's many vocalists that have put in the time & fall short of the likes of Kurt Elling. I believe that if a singer is serious about joining a band, they should have some basic knowledge of music, & I don't mean like "Halo is a Beyonce song".

Most likely a typo, or one of the staff having a laugh.

At leat they'll price match... http://www.lean-business.co.uk/eshop/eminence-basslite-s2012-8ohm-12-neo-150watt-bass-guitar-speaker-p-864.html Think of the rig you could buy for the price of 1 driver!

Online demos are good to give you an idea of what the pedal does, but unless you're using your rig for the audio, you're not gonna get an accurate representation of the sound. My old rig never has the oomph in the videos that it had in the real world.

It'd be cool if he sang with a full Cumbrian dialect... "Ah's gan yam wi yim marrah", etc. More singers should keep some dialect in their singing. Hope he puts on a great gig for your Mrs.

Best way to post photos is to put it on a photo sharing site & copy the BB code & paste it here. Flickr is relatively easy to use for that.

Markbass used to, but last time I looked in their site I couldn't find that info.

Looking at DAWs for my new mac. I've downloaded Reaper & some free VSTis, but I've noticed with Adobe CC I can get Adobe Audition. Anyone used it? Can it host VST instruments or is it strictly for audio?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1431146422' post='2768218'] My summary; As long as you know what your doing and when to use certain effects your good. I probably was on the traditional path playing with my fingers with no effects for well over 30 years. It wasn't until 2009 when I got away from funk & rhythm & blues and more into harder more progressive rock that I switched to playing with a pick and engaged specific effects. I found it easier to execute the tone and riffs I was playing and wanted to play with a pick. Effects, there just seemed a need for more sustain than I could figure out how to get straight from my rig. I started using compression, (not really an effect) chorus and overdrive. I use them sparingly and find them to be very effective. If your using effects to compensate for any skill deficiencies, that's probably not a good idea. Blue [/quote] You played funk & never found a need for a filter???? You're weird! I think it's an added skill you need to be able to use effects.

[quote name='Urban Lions' timestamp='1431042824' post='2767345'] I have a..... If it's 300w each side then if I used a two 1/4 inch jacks to one speak on cable and took both loads would this still be 4ohms or would it go down to 2ohms? [/quote] It would probably go boom. At very least become a smoke machine. The "Impedance" thread at the top of this forum section is a worthwhile read, but what Chris said above is spot on. If you plug your 4 ohm cab into the amp with a single cable, the amp is going to be running at 4 ohms. If you plug a 2nd cab in, then you're going to lower the ohms which in turn makes your amp work harder & greatly increases the chances of it burning out.

[quote name='Hugh971' timestamp='1430981446' post='2766430'] I've heard good stuff about Logic Pro X. It seems to have some nice features. I've not tried it though. Personally I use Reaper and really like it. If you're already using Reaper and are used to it then I'd definitely recommend sticking with that, if not either should do the job. The price of Reaper is unbeatable though! Hugh [/quote] I use Reaper occasionally on my old iMac as well as GarageBand. I used to use Reason & Cubase many yonks ago (Reason was on 2.5 at the time). I'm gonna stick Reaper on the new iMac & have a play about (& download some free AUs/VSTis), but I like the "all in one" idea of Logic & that it comes bundled with what appears to be some excellent AUs. By the time you spend money on a couple of VSTis for Reaper, they both work out about the same price. Both seem like a bargain compared to most other DAWs.

Just got myself a replacement iMac as the old one is almost 8 years old. Went for a 27" 5k display with an i7 4Ghz processor. Hopefully in the next month or 2 I'll get some decent software. I was thinking about getting Logic Pro X, it looks like a bargain. Any users of it care to share their experience, am I better going for Reaper & buying some VSTis? Once I've gotten my DAW sorted out, I'll be looking at interfaces. Edit: Just realised I've posted this in the wrong thread! See you & your link Lurks!

I don't, though I do in part. If you played through Larry Graham's rig, you'd sound like you playing through Larry Graham's rig. It's not gonna sound anything like what you do playing through your own rig (unless you so happen to have the same rig, strings & EQ settings), but it would still be your style of playing that comes through. When I switched from round wound to flat wound strings, the sound was very different. The playing style is still very much me.

The standard of reporting still leaves a lot to be desired... [quote][size=4] A [url="http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/dangerous-driving"]bored driver[/url] shocked motorway users by playing his bass guitar during a [b]30-minute traffic jam[/b].[/size][size=4] The unidentified man was snapped with one hand on the instrument as he navigated [b]congestion on the 70mph A27[/b] in West Sussex.[/size] [/quote]

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1430775296' post='2764530'] A trivial detail easily overlooked on a quiet news day. [/quote] True. Who needs trivial details when they get the finer ones spot on.

I take it the reporter doesn't know that you have to sit in the right hand seat of that car to be able to drive it?

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1430609065' post='2763101'] All good on that one. [/quote] Good stuff. I take it that posting in the marketplace is a bit like off topic, it doesn't show on the post count?

There's another thread that seems rather similar. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/261185-sadowsky-modern-5-25-nyc/ May well be genuine, but all the posts are from first time posters.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1430573942' post='2762762'] Which is the case in the Retro Two10. [/quote] In which case the only noticeable benefit would be when it is place vertical with the filtered driver at the bottom, putting the full range closer to ear level.

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1430547688' post='2762435'] I beg to differ if we talk about Barefaced cabs. I swapped my Ampeg 4x10 HLF Classic for a Barefaced RetroTwo10 mainly to save my back but I have also found: i) The Barefaced moves as much, if not more air than the HLF. ii) Something in the design of the Barefaced makes for an omnidirectional cab. I have found that it makes no difference to my shot ears (and punters who have commented) on whether the cab is set horizontally or vertically. Just [u]feel[/u] the bass, man. [/quote] I don't disagree with you on point 1. I've not used either cab, but from what Alex says, the drivers he uses are great at moving air. As for point 2, that could only be possible if one of the drivers were low passed.