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My mum once went out with an american guy who sang for Ronnie Scott's band............

Hi Tam - you found someone here who occasionally plays a short scale Mustang - and who also thinks a cube 100 is the dogs danglies - although I don't gig it often cos my drummer is farking loud - welcome dude and enjoy!!

Welcome sir - nice to see a semi = what is it exactly and how do you find it?

Well - I'm not sure of the models I tried - but one had two small (6 or eight inch speakers) and one had four. Both stall holders apologised that I wouldn't be able to hear them properly due to the loud environment - but that was exactly what i wanted. As soon as I got anything like the volumes needed to add any kind of punch - even from close by, they seemed to fart a bit. Regarding the roland - to be honest - you'd be far better off with the 100 - I'm lucky enough to have both. The 100 is significantly louder than the 30, and it has a proper DI out - switchable pre or post. The 30 just has a recording/phones out - which is obviously a jack - and cuts out the speaker. However - if you're happy with a pre eq out - you could use a cheap passive di box in front of the amp. Both are unfeasibly loud for their size. I've gigged the 100 in a trio with pa support several times with mixed results - sometimes I've found it lacked bottom, but in other rooms it's been fine. last wednesday I gigged at a local secure mental health unit with a trio in a medium room (6 times as big as a normal living room?) to about 30 people. Our drummer is 'Cozy Powell/John Bonham' loud. I used a yamaha powered desk set to half power (approx 150 WPC). We had the kick and two vox through the desk. The guitarist just went through his amp, and the cube was easily loud enough to cope with this without going through the PA - OK in fairness - it'll never flap your trousers, but it did the job. The 100 also has a speaker out - but be careful - I think it's wired in series. This means if you plug in an 8 ohm speaker you will LOSE volume. However - if you plug in two eight or one four ohm speaker, you will lose a little bit of power but gain volume due to increased speaker surface area - there's a few threads on this if you look around - the eden nemesis combos are the same. I've never gigged the 30 - but I reckon it's as loud as the PJB's I tried - with far more useable features on it. The amp modelling is very good - it has compression, chorus/flange and echo/reverb as well. I'd say save your pennies for a cube 100 - but if you can't stretch to that give the 30 a listen

The Cube 30 is fantastic....but - if you use a DI, it cuts out the speaker - so you'd have to use a DI box in front of the amp. I tried some PJB stuff at Music Live, and the Roland knocked it into a cocked hat

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='97383' date='Dec 1 2007, 08:16 PM']Get a new band going and get back out there! Recommend a three-piece. So much more fun.[/quote] +1 for trios - more room to play, easier to organise, more money each per gig. Col

[quote name='Vasquez Rich' post='96285' date='Nov 29 2007, 06:48 PM']Yes, I always end up being the daddy in the bands I'm in anyway, that's pretty much what I'm trying to do, but, and I'll be honest, it ain't easy to get people to even think about joining when your not in your 20s, or even older! Richard[/quote] I don't know what it's like in the rest of the country - I guess I must be lucky - living in Milton Keynes there is a diverse and thriving music scene with loads of musos of all ages and abilities, from indie to classic rock to folk, swing, blues and tributes. Lots of jam/open mic nights and a fair few venues also. Col

I had one - great player - lovely slim neck - versatile sound but....... If you're playing Rock music I found it lacked bottom end when playing live against a loud drummer. Nice mids on the back pickup for finger funk though.

Yup - I'm loving mine especially now I've got the confidence to gig with it. Very versatile as well with the magnetics giving a mega fretless sound and the piezo more of an upright vibe - that low B must really shake the rafters!!

Just enjoy yourself man - I've started taking my NS4M out recently and just love it - kept the stickers that sub for side dots on though hee hee!

In my humble opinion it's 100hz somewhere. My 2 punchiest basses are an 88 Stingray and a Corvette $$ - both active mm style pups interstingly

If you're a good organiser - you're MUCH better off running your own band - if you want it - go out and get it. Pick who you want and get gigging baby!!

Picked them up today - just about to put them on. Blimming post office and there £8 international handling charge - what's that all about!!?? I actually gigged my NS last night for the first set of our gig doing soft rock stuff - it sounded excellent - just feel a bit rooted to the spot - I like to move about if I can - I'll post once the strings are on, Regards Col

Well - that's jolly decent of you Daf!! The Albion is pretty 'spit and sawdust' but at least they promote live music - which has gotta be good! Col

Ooooh - thanks for the offer - Just fired off the order before I picked up your offer of a tryout. Are they still having bands at The Albion Arms - played there a while ago - not to keen on the venue TBH - got out alive though! Cheers Col

[quote name='daflewis' post='88380' date='Nov 14 2007, 01:17 PM']I think the problem most people have with the original strings is that they sound more like a fretless bass than a double bass, this is certainly what i've found; and they are horrible if you use a bow! I can wholeheartedly recommend Corelli made by savarez, not easy to get in the uk but i got a set here: [url="http://www.gollihurmusic.com/category/5-STRINGS.html"]<a href="http://www.gollihurmusic.com/category/5-STRINGS.html" target="_blank">http://www.gollihurmusic.com/category/5-STRINGS.html[/url]</a> a fairly thin string with a bit more tension than the NS (but not too much) and work well with the magnetic pickup. I paid £100 for a 5 string set (a 4 string set is currently $105) so they're well priced too! (I've always liked these on double bass too, especially for jazz.) daf[/quote] Okey Dokey Daf - i've taken advantage of the good exchange rate and ordered a set - fingers crossed! Col

I've got a CR4M. I have to say, i get on OK with the strings - could maybe do with a bit more tension though. Just going on other threads I'd looked at - thanks for the link. Col

OK peeps - I keep reading on here about how awful the original strings are on NS EUB's. I want to be able to sound more acoustic bass like - and thought changing the strings might be the way to go..... But what should i get. I love playing the thing and I'd hate to spend the best part of £100 and find it's much more difficult to play! Looking forward to your thoughts, Col

I used to have a Spector Euro 5 LX that had a walnut slice through it for added tone. I rekon I saw an Italia jobbie with a Bakelite slice through it for added 'tack'!! Not played one so I'm being a bit unkind, but sorry, not for me!

After lots of experimenting with different FX I'd like to seek some opinion on what you guys use when playing live - in particular your experience with the compressors included on multi FX. I've got a Cube 100 that I use for smaller gigs - and I love the compressor on it - very unobtrusive - my favourite small multi is a Zoom BFX 708. The compressors on this, which include a few variations are all unobtrusive. However - this pedal is a bit delicate for me, as the in/out jacks are wired directly to the board and therefore vulnerable to damage. Going on my experince with the Cube - I thought a GT6B would be useful - again - very harsh compression imho - I didn't like my POD XT Live, generally, but the compressor on that I found to be very good. Then I had a Korg AX3000B - which seemed very similar in operation to my Zoom stuff (same company maybe?) - compressors harsh, but limiter better. So I bought a B2.1.u. This is much more robust than the older Zoom, but has some shortcomings........You can only switch from patch...to the next adjacent patch - you can't find a patch - then push both pedals to select. Also you can't name patches - so you have to either list, or remember which patch does what - a big minus in my book - advantages - robust, tap time on the delay function. I also find the compressor to be REALLY squishy and obtrusive, although the limiter seems to work much better than the compressor. At 'Music Live' I was interested to see a bigger pedalboard - aimed at guitarists - on the Zoom stand - can't remember the number of it - I love zoom stuff as they seem easy to use , and they always track so well (octavers/synths) I asked about a bass version, but the guy on the stand - who didn't have time to talk to me, said the bass market was to small to justify a larger bass multi fx. Rambling a bit I know but I'd be interested in your thoughts/experiences with Multi fx compressors.