PaulWarning

I've learnt, no matter how I try to fool myself, I really don't like Christmas

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1482487492' post='3200927'] I guess the people previously moving from heavy gear to lightweight gear weren't listening very closely to what they were buying if moving back the other way sounds so much better. [/quote]auditioning gear in a shop is totally different from playing a gig with a band, plus as wateroftyne said about the honeymoon period, when you've spent good money on gear it takes a while to convince yourself you've made a mistake

I suppose this is where headroom comes in, if you get a rig more powerful than you're ever going to need you're not going to turn it up so much that you damage something, back to the original question, never mind the theory I always try and have my speakers rated a little higher than my amp, just seems to make sense

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1482444104' post='3200732'] Our hearing has a built in warning system that tells us when speakers are in danger of being damaged: they sound bad. When that happens turn it down. [/quote]this is true, until alcohol and adrenalin get involved

[quote name='DanEly' timestamp='1482417483' post='3200390'] I've fairly recently gone from a Ampeg SVT VR to a Aguilar TH500 and then to a Fender Super Bassman. I found the Tone Hammer to be lacking in weight and girth where as the Bassman "feels" better. It has greater depth and more weight behind what I'm playing. Cab wise I just switched from a Ampeg 610 to a Fender 610. I could literally toss the fender 610 through the doors of a venue. [/quote]is the Fender 610 really 41Kg? bit to heavy for me to throw around

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1482326904' post='3199593'] But surely you don't get any real benefit from heavy amps and cabs in a live situation unless either the majority of your FoH sound comes directly from your rig or you are mic'ing up one or more of the the cabs and that provides most of the bass feed to the PA speakers. Same in the studio. Mic on the cab(s) only and no digital post-processing. Is anyone on here actually doing this? [/quote]majority of our gigs are pubs, just a vocal PA with perhaps a touch of kick drum, besides if you can't hear a good sound it's not very satisfying is it? it's very rare to hear a good bass sound through a PA, it's all bloody bass drum these days

I attended Strummercamp and the sound all weekend wasn't very good, no bass guitar loads of bass drum, then Ruts DC came on marvellous sound, I actually FB'd Segs Jennings the Ruts bass player about it, his reply was that they'd got their own sound man

I have actually done this, sort of, I got a Fender Rumble V3 500, after I decided I couldn't lug my TE combo around but felt strangely unimpressed, bit too clinical is the best way to describe it, plus after the Trace, the EQ section was woeful, so I got hold of first a TE series 6 head and them even better a SMX head (easy one hand lift at 12Kg), which I use with my Rumble as just a Cab, (16Kg) also if my ageing Trace does give up the ghost mid gig I've got back up, happy, so far.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1482244922' post='3198790'] Why would they have? They're just people and, by and large, people are dicks. [/quote] have to disagree with you there, some people are dicks most are reasonably reasonable, though we all have our faults, some peoples you can put up with, some you can't [quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1482245672' post='3198806'] the most important thing I learnt was that being willing to compromise more has not resulted in my willy getting smaller, as I had always previously believed. As a result I am happier in the band. [/quote]yeah choose your battles.

there's no bad music, just music I like and music I don't, so don't go around dissing other peoples work

I suspect this will be the last Stones album, it has a certain symmetry, that they gone back to where they started, not a big fan of the blues and I won't be buying this record, but good for them I say

scooped and trebley, sounds great on it's own, disappears into the mix when everybody else kicks in, especially with overdriven guitars, be prepared to be disappointed if you get near this tone, just my opinion of course

[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1482120115' post='3197785'] Great album,not every tune was brilliant but enough were to make it great. Pinched my copy from Woolies. [/quote]so it's your fault they went bust

I started a similar thread might be worth a look, not had any problems since I installed ublock http://basschat.co.uk/topic/295125-virus-security-update-error-0xb9558441-help-desk-0800-086-9828-toll-free/page__fromsearch__1

we've been using Wharfdale Titan PA speakers for about 10 years, no issues at all, oh apart from the speakon sockets, not much help to you though

[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1482122173' post='3197787'] Mick sounds like a white boy trying too hard to sound black. How did he get away with it for all these years. [/quote]they got away with because back then nobody knew how the originals sounded, and probably still wouldn't if it wasn't for bands like the Stones exporting to the USA their own music, a neat trick don't you think? I've listened to the album on Spotify but I'm not a huge Bues fan, I soon get bored with it but don't find it annoying

I've noticed a small one in mine too, I had success using Araldite on a Stingray case

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1481907183' post='3196223'] I think a lot of people think the song is called Gordon is a Moron [/quote]this is true, philistines

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1481906519' post='3196210'] Jilted John [/quote]bollocks I should I thought of that one, we do it every gig!

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1481897620' post='3196099'] I bought a second Trace Elliot because I'd forgotten why I'd sold the first one. I have now learnt my lesson, so won't be getting a third one until I've bought another Precision, somewhere round when hell freezes over. [/quote]my ideal combination, and one I use all the time, funny old world, don't you think?

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1481897615' post='3196098'] Ramones. Although the song was actually called R.A.M.O.N.E.S. Bit of an odd one as it was actually a cover of a Motorhead song from the '1916' album which Lemmy wrote in tribute to the band which they then started performing themselves towards the end of their career. Edit: and here it is, with a guest appearance from the man himself. [media]http://youtu.be/yo7hAyonWqE[/media] [/quote]marvellous, it's a lot more common than you would imagine, Pennywise

[quote name='Damonjames' timestamp='1481742756' post='3194810'] I'm pretty sure if you are running a GK NEO can of a standard head you will need the 4 wire lead. I tried a standard 2 wire speakon into my neo from a markbass head and got nothing. After a brief panic attack, a 1/4 Jack lead solved the problem! [/quote]and 4 wire speakon plugs won't even go into a 2 wire speakon socket, as I found out when replacing the sockets in a PA speaker

and I've just reread my x factor comment, it did come across a bit stronger than I intended.

never fancied old basses just because they're old, I think why should they be better than something that's had years of development, same with classic cars, poor heater no air con, power steering etc etc, but I've recently got into Trace Elliot amps for some reason they just sound better than my Fender Rumble, to me anyway, and they certainly look better

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1481833377' post='3195606'] Fair comment. Sorry. [/quote]no problem