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My superlight Scott Dixon rig; each 2x10 600 watt cab is 11kg!

It was Dave Green that sorted me out with some white line speakers several years ago, great guy.

So I’ve ordered a (new) TC Electronic BQ500, couldn’t believe how cheap they are. Not worth risking a used head if I can buy a new one with 3 years warranty for the same kind of price!

Admins, please feel free to delete or move this post, I can't work out how to.

Just spotted, sorry. Not sure if I can move it?

Actually my previous rig was Ashdown, see pic fyi. It was reliable until one of the speakers blew, but too heavy. I did speak to Aahdown and they happily sold me some replacement white speakers at cost, so yea good customer service. Those white line speakers were just heavy cheapo things though.

Yes I’d heard about these cutting out if overloaded, that was what worried me.

So my formerly trusty Peavey Minimax head died on me last night. I need a replacement quickly while I wait to get it repaired (or scrapped). Looking at a used Ampeg PF350, I’ll be running it through two 8 ohm 2x10 cabs (so 4 ohm total) with 300watt Celestion Neos. The Peavey at 500w into those cabs was never above 3 or 4 in volume so I’m hoping that the Ampeg’s lower 350w rating will be ok. I’ve seen that these Ampegs may seem prone to problems but not sure if they’re any worse than other brands on average. Any comments? My priorities are simple controls, small form factor (cabs are only 33cm wide and we play small pub venues), decent volume, reliability. And not silly money.

Here’s what I used from Amazon, it’s not available right now but gives an idea. Obviously just the smallest dots… https://amzn.eu/d/iAYoLYk

Following with interest. Any photos of the actual installation would be great.

As the one who started this thread, I’ve pretty much given up on this idea, for several reasons. 1. As well as being the bass player, I’m now also the unofficial lighting engineer in our band, so I always make sure there’s a spot pointing in my direction:) 2. Seems that any passive luminous material has a limited life of maybe 10-12 years. I have some basses that are nearly 40 years old…not that I would drill one of those, but if I did fit Luminlay I’d expect it to last the life of the instrument. 3. I’ve had reasonable success with simple luminous spot stickers bought on Amazon. If you carefully clean the oils off the neck first, they’ll last several months and are easy to replace. If I know I’m going to playing in a dark hole, I use a bass with those on. I do find the FretFX approach interesting and might consider that in the future, although if they shine brightly towards the front/audience then personally that’s a no-no, as guitars with bright LEDs look pretentious and stupid in my humble opinion.

I bought one of these a few weeks ago - https://www.multiform-store.com/products/multiform-intucon-lc400h2-f2-preset-controller-set So far I’m pleased, previously we’d used a Chauvet Obey 3 with our rig comprising four par cans on a bar, a Stairville Show bar (which we would either fit on a stand or sit on the floor) and a single 7Q5 spot (ditto). The Obey 3 controller just sat in sound to light mode and worked ok, but the foot switch on this new one means you can blackout the lights at the end of a song or use a quick strobe burst (neither should be over used of course). The Multiform also seems to extract a wider range of colours from the same lights, and it’s easier to use. Also, their customer support in my experience is responsive and friendly.

Yes I was aware of flow rate and you’re right, silence comes at a price. Unfortunately the original fan label model number didn’t reveal any info via Google apart from 24v and 0.11A. I made sure the new fan was at least that power rating (it’s actually 0.12A). I think I will just have to accept that a noisy fan is the price to pay for a powerful yet light and compact amp like the Minimax.

Black basses, eh? Its made me realise that I’ve had a few over the years despite it not being a particularly favourite colour. My current favourite gigging bass is a matt black G&L SB-2 (Tribute) that I swapped over the neck from a Kiloton, as I like maple neck. The others are a Stingray, I didn’t have that for long, it just didn’t float my boat. G&L M2000 custom, lovely looker but I sold it. Yamaha RBXA2 that I modded with carbon fibre vinyl wrap (then sold it). Oh, and a 5-string Sterling Sub that I only bought because I felt I should try a 5 string. Sold it… I also have a Hohner B2A stick bass in black that I take to every gig as a spare and have never used.