SuperSeagull

Paul sold me his TE Elf. Really good comms, excellent pictures and item dispatched quickly. Pleasure to do business with.

I played in our church for the first time in a few months last Sunday. Our Worship Pastor asked me to join him on a new song he had written to be used at the end of the service and to pitch up ready for a run through at 10 for the 10.30 service. But I arrived early just as he was starting to run through the rest of the service with him playing bass so I ended up setting up in 5 mins, he switched to guitar and I played the whole set. OnSong comes into its own at times like this - I just pulled up each song from my library as we got to it and used the transpose function to get it into the right key. Helped that the drummer is class and we’ve played together a lot in the past so it went well and I enjoyed it. Just my Precision into my MB combo, nice and simple. We aren’t using IEMs at the moment either.

The volume out of these things is ridiculous. The wedge is a good idea.

Thank you. Worth saying that the singer plays bass in another band so he is naturally listening to me more than others might. I play a Status S2 and make liberal use of the switchable mid sweep to change overall sound as the song demands it, sansamp and into a MB 1x12 combo and 1x12 extension cab. All the eq on the MB is flat. Never been happier with my sound. Make minor (v minor) eq adjustments on the bass and sansamp depending on room and if I am using the extension cab or not. Had a recent experiment with some Ashdown gear which was v nice but not quite right for me.

First chance to play a full set with the new band last night in a pub in Crawley. It’s a long time since I did a full two hours plus a couple of encore numbers, got in at 1am. Shattered today but well worth it, place was bouncing at the end. Best moment was when our singer said halfway through the first set “can we all just stop a moment to appreciate how good the bass sounds”. I doubt the audience cared but it was nice to hear.

I just used Velcro and a couple of cable ties. Now I have a much smaller board I don’t have the room to do that so looking at finding another solution but this worked well for a few years - I had a Diago supply and also a Shure one for the wireless hence the two gang socket.

Also from Sussex, welcome.

On a previous incarnation of my board I made up this. The 2 gang socket sat alongside the pedals attached with Velcro and a couple of cable ties.

Played at a pub in Brighton last night, short set of original material. Really well organised evening, PA and back line provided. Bass amp was a small Ampeg which was very snarly and a bit underpowered but lovely being able to turn up with just my bass. The band on before us were very impressive, all younger than my kids 😬 After our set a punter came over and said it was good to see us still playing “at our age”. I’m not 60 for another few months!

I always take a spare bass in case of an emergency. Just pre pandemic a string went mid number, only trouble was I had left the spare bass in the car as the stage area was so small - cue me running across the road to grab it.

I had a problem with an Ashdown ABM cab which sounded exactly like a blown driver to my ears, turns out it was the baffle not fitted properly, that went back to the retailer for a refund.

I’m no expert but that sounds more like an amp or speaker cable issue than a cab problem. Have you tried the usual things, different cable, mains lead etc? I’m sure someone who really knows what they are talking about will be along in a moment.

Starting to think it might be fine during warmer months but best to keep it indoors during the colder ones. Thanks for thoughts.

Not that cold! And above freezing.

I'm considering storing my MB combo in my garage to save lugging it up and down stairs for rehearsals / gigs - I've an Ashdown I can use in my music room for practice. Just a bit concerned about temperatures though. The garage is detached, a sealed concrete floor and has previously had rockwall insulation behind plasterboard and an insulated ceiling fitted. It is dry but it does get cold. Is that likely to be an issue for amp or speaker?

I recall hearing on a podcast a while back that a player like Marcus Miller doesn’t get the majority of his work because of his brilliant chops but because he turns up on time, is nice to people and plays only the notes the song demands.

Mine is paired with a Status bass - it's such a subjective thing getting the sound. I've used MB for 13 years - might just be my ears were getting bored. You'll find it a super bit of kit.

Yes. Also have the NY121. Superb set up and the combo easily loud enough on it’s own in most situations I have found myself. I’m in the process of switching to Ashdown in search of something a little warmer sounding.

I use an ABM Neo 112. First test with it at gig level volume is Saturday. I had two of the same cab but returned one as it the build quality was poor and it rattled. I’m holding off buying another at the moment. Will be interesting to see how it copes.

Very pleased with how things sounded tonight with the sansamp, it really is a fantastic bit of kit.

I’ve a sansamp so may give that a try as well.

Boxy is exactly the way I’d describe it but agree it feels like something that can be sorted with some intelligent use of the eq.

I’m still getting used to mine, it’s the 500. The notched volume seems to work well for me. I’m running it through a 1x12 ABM Neo cab and still not quite happy with the sound in rehearsal but think maybe I’m just messing about with the eq too much, going to leave it all flat this week and make any tweaks on the bass. Enjoying the warmer sound in contrast to my Markbass gear. First gig with it next weekend.

Should add I don’t think I’ve ever been described as anything other than a player who digs in quite hard!