lemmywinks

Have you ever used one of those ALPS bridges at all? Seen them floating around on AliExpress and they look ideal for converting a bass which doesn't have enough room behind the bridge to accomodate regular tuners, ie most basses!

Unfortunately I'm in the position where I need to buy a cab to use at rehearsal as the rooms we usually use now can't be relied upon to provide workable (or even fully working) amps/cabs, as I'm all IEM live it's purely for that purpose. I already have a small TC head with an EA CXL-110 cab (with a Basslite driver) so was thinking of just adding another 1x10 to this for a mini stack and have spotted the Ashdown RM-110 for around £200 new, basically the same as the old OR-110 but with a bit of a naff visual design overhaul. Has anybody used these with a 200w-250w head, if so do they struggle with a drummer and what is definition and clarity like? Also how do they perform compared to the Elf 110, Warwick Gnome etc? Don't really want anything big or heavy really as it's just for a rehearsal extension cab, we only rehearse when running through new songs and it will be stored away for the vast majority of the time.

Thanks for including the frequency centres of the eq, the Markbass preamps always seem to sound better than the Bart MkI which has some odd choices RE frequency points. Weird that the C series is outspecced in this regard (for me anyway) compared to the more expensive models.

I keep looking at the 5 string jazz they do in the same colour, if it had a rear access panel and a battery box I'd be in danger.

First port of call would be those Harley Benton Mustang clones I would think. I just like the colours really.

Weird, I had a Westfield P copy from the same era with the slimmed down F style headstock (earlier ones were a direct copy), was a perfeclty serviceable bass. Nice bargain project for someone.

Ordered the WS-90 from Lekato directly for £40, they seem to have coupons on everything. Was tempted by the UHF one at £30 but it says may not work with active basses which is a shame.

Really cool design, probably very useful for converting a headed bass too as the tuners don't stick out a mile.

I'll probably get a bingo marker in the eye!

I'm sure the old dears at the social clubs I play at would love me having a wander during an Abba or Tina Turner number!

I did buy one but got a message this morning saying the seller had just one in stock and it was faulty, they relisted with the item location in China so probably one of those with a fake UK address that ships express from overseas. Annoying but will ahve a look at that Sub Zero one, cheers! I also saw this one that apparently uses UHF for £40: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403107968206

Yeah, you don't have to carry all that big heavy stuff!

Just gone for the WS-90 for £47 delivered on eBay, thought it best to stay away from the 2.4g version dongles as one of our rehearsal rooms has a crazy amount of wifi stuff going on, not sure what sort of operation he's running in there but the first time we tested our XR18 there we could barely connect to it with one device using the built in router. Cheers guys, hopefully it makes my life a little easier and my ears feel the benefit of being on the other side of the room from the drum kit!

I don't have any basses with recessed sockets, hate those things! My old Ibanez EDB 555 had one and I had to buy a new straight jack cable.

Weirdly enough I tested the Aklot again one earlier after fully charging the batteries again and it was a little better, still the odd dropout and weird sporadic inteference sounds on long notes. Was most reliable with my fretless (Duncan Designed pickups and Artec preamp) but still not 100%. Unplugged my mixing desk, laptop and moved my phone away from the area but made no difference. Tried it with my piezo equipped Sinsonido and got a huge loss of signal.. Batteries were fully charged prior to testing it previously so no idea really.

I take it this works with actives too, you have an Ibaneeez like mine I think?

Nice one thanks, will have a look at that. My gigging basses are all active 5 strings. I did try the Aklot one with my only passive bass and it did the same thing but to a lesser extent (the odd crackle and dips in signal level), that has a DImarzio Model P in it so maybe that's still too much. May try and borrow a guitar off a mate to check it's not a faulty unit.

Looking for a dongle style wireless to use at rehearsals, won't be for gigging as I only need it so I can move away from the provided amp and our drummer at the rehearsal spaces we use, basically to make best use of space without trailing cables everywhere. Bought a cheap Aklot 2.4g unit as our guitarist uses one for the same purpose but it doesn't play particularly nicely with my gigging basses which are all active. Seen the WP-5G models which use 5.8g and are supposed to be ok from posts on TB but wondering if anybody here has experience. Is there anything out there or are the only usable options more expensive? I always gig with a cable and wired IEMs so will just be used at practice really.

Rather handily the trim pots for the pickups (and also the three jog wheels for the bass/treble frequencies) are accessible when the pre is installed so should be realtively pain free. Should just need a screwdriver to adjust them. I've just put an East Uni in my backup bass, it's pretty transformative but unfortunately I want one in every bass now.

Check the trim pots for the pickups aren't all the way down

Reminds me of the old Behringer Xenyx 302USB but with a mic preamp on the 2nd channel rather than just a line in, looks very handy. Can it be configured to use the second channel for audio playback over USB?

Probably the one nice bass tbh. I only use active basses with a mid sweep (and it needs to go pretty low) live and AFAIK the HB don't cater for that. I'd most likely pick 3 Harley Bentons with my choice of pickups and preamp over any standard passive USA Fender though, as long I got to play them first obviously. I love cheap basses, as long as an instrument has a neck/board profile I like and is well put together we're 90% of the way there, everything else can be changed.

I don't understand that mentality of not having a spare, everybody knows it's just a thinly veiled ruse to buy another bass.