Al Krow

That makes a lot of sense putting the bass cab next to the drummer, but don't you find the bass cab then setting off "sympathetic" vibrations / rattles in the drum kit, which I find jarring / irritating, when you do that? Dave - was your Q at me or to Muzz / krispn? In my case, I just focus on the sound for the audience for gigs where we don't have a venue provided PA. The drummer seems to be able to hear us all well somehow, and the singers just want to hear themselves!

SC does the job splendidly! But the problem is if it's loud enough for the audience it's too loud for the singers, when it's in backline. I've dealt with that particular issue and also simultaneously cutting boominess / feedback by positioning my SC pretty much in line with the PA, but with no bass monitor. I'm kinda hoping that the rear facing cab gives me that extra monitor feature without needing to take another piece of kit. And I get your point about the rear facing speaker being ankle height. But there's an easy solution, right? Just turn the cab upside down.

Can't argue with that. But would you agree it should be a step up from a 112 BF SC with no bass monitor? We have our RCF 310As on stands, so the cunning plan would be to site the sub next to one monitor stand (sub will be used for functions only not pub gigs) and the bass cab next to other. We just then have one monitor for the vocals. Guitarist in one of my covers bands had a new digital mixer and decided to put through several monitors for a simple pub gig that we have played at loads before. OMG! Worst 20 mins start to a set ever with loads of feedback and stop / start. Ugh!

You can ask @dave_bass5to clarify that for you if you're still not sure! 😉

The F112 is an awesome cab, no question. And I'll probably end up buying it back off Dave at some point when he's onto his next thing - haha! I know folk feel the HG310 seems to be answering a question that hasn't been asked d, but given that I am backline only rather than via our RCF 310A PA, if this cab is placed in-line with the PA speakers, it will be ideal to be at volume for audiences without being too loud for the singers, and the rear facing cab would then be a built-in very high quality stage monitor for me and the drummer. Very portable to (and in the!) boot and avoids the need for a separate bass monitor. Does feel like a very neat all-in-one solution to me, and I'm starting to think this could well be in the running as a 2020 Krow addition. (Which is good, as I've been rapidly running out ideas for new gear and fearing I might need to successfully partake in a 2020 Sibob gear abstinence challenge) 😁 I think any other solution would require a dedicated bass monitor and possibly going fully FRFR, possibly with 12" PA speakers + sub. I appreciate a lot of folk are already making something like that work well.

Had a quick scan of the amps and cabs section there, couldn't find too much comment on it - if you've got a link to the thread, I'd be very interested.

That's fair. I appreciate it's got nothing to do with the sound, but carting a 210 sized cabinet is surprisingly easier than a 212 up / down stairs and in and out of the rear seat of a car (no way will a 212 fit into my boot with the rest of the gear in there), so if it's delivering a comparably good sound to the 212, then compactness for transport would be a big plus for some of us.

Nice little review by Andy Irvine, albeit of the HG 410 rather than the 310. He's pretty positive about the "holographic" HG model and some pertinent points about sealed (HG) vs ported (HD) offerings. Those of you who are comfortable with the extra weight of the 312 are going to get a bigger sound still, which I suspect will be awesome.

That seemed to roll off your tongue far too easily! 😁

Haha - I was thinking of something a lot more fun / creative than a Mesa logo! You've got a blank canvas to put on anything you like!

It's crying out for some a-Mesa-ing art work on it, buddy!

Completely missed the arrival of the E7 - will be checking that one out further! Blimey, it's polyphonic and has an arpeggiator! All for £85. If it has decent tracking, then I suspect this could end up in several Xmas stockings. The only other caveat is that it wouldn't surprise me if Mooer release a B7 bass focussed variant.

Yeah I think @fretmeister has been waiting for his for a couple of months. I guess I was lucky in putting a pre-order in and getting one of the first batch to arrive. Seems to me that Boss have underestimated demand for this unit as there have stories of bottlenecks all over the place, not just in the UK.

Picking up on the two points above: for authentic synth sounds - I'd suggest that FI is the winner here (and not too shabby at tracking either). For outstanding, flawless tracking, the SY-1 is gob-smackingly good.

Boss SY-1 will do 80s synth sounds and has an excellent arpeggiator. It comes in compact Boss pedal form factor and is the least expensive of the current "top 3" bass synth pedals (the FI and Source Audio C4 being the other two and already mentioned above). Doesn't require any PC editing, but the flip side is that you'll need to note down your favourite settings as it doesn't store presets (the reverse is true for the FI and C4 i.e. both require PC / phone editing to get the best out of, but can both store presets). I'm a big fan of the SY-1 and also have a FI that has been recently upgraded with some excellent new firmware, which our very own @Quatschmacher was closely involved in developing. Please be warned however, the view expressed by some of our esteemed BC'ers is that these pedals: "just do an array of amusing - but ultimately of little real world use - bleeps, squeaks and farts" 😂

@No. 8 Wire - that's actually a really useful review of the pedal, thanks very much for posting that.

Well funny you should say that...but when I was first in the market for a white NE2 I actually pm'd a chap who had two white NE2s in his collection to see if he would be interested in parting with one. He wasn't, but I subsequently managed to nab one which had originally been owned by our very own TJ Spicer, who very kindly remembered he still had the original paperwork from his purchase from Wunjos back in 2016 and sent it across to me. Gotta love this forum The smart money is on @sadbass 😁

I don't have my Wick any more, but this is not a bad sound sample:

You got a particular model / setting in mind?

Guys I'm a big fan of the Warwick MEC / Ibanez Norstrand growl. I should add that my Spector EMG 40s also provide a very tasty tone, albeit with a less pronounced growl than the Wicks and Nords. It's my current personal favourite. Have any of you been able to get that in "bottled form" in the shape of a preamp pedal which combines well with more clean sounding basses?

Just seen that a white NE2 has just sold in the FS. Look forward to finding out who the lucky new owner is...

How are you getting along with your B1-4?

What's kinda amusing is that the Reading gig got pulled by the event organisers. But the Rubicon's been crossed and my not feeling that I have to take on every gig with my main covers bands is massively liberating. I think it was just an "emotional" bridge I needed to cross. Feels like we're landing in a pretty good place, as a band, with all the core line-up being on the group chat and always having first dibs at gigs. Deps only get called up when any of the core band can't make it. Means we can do as many or as few gigs as life / other commitments sometimes constrain us to do. There's been some cool words of wisdom on this thread, which have hit the mark! Thank you.