Stub Mandrel

Given his causes, it's ironic they didn't also display the Turkish flag at the end!

When I tried out the cab at BD I used the GR800 with all the EQ dead flat, got a lovely range of tones from a USA Jazz. Also used it with sub bass up a bit just to 'prove' the bass handling.

I wanted a backup, and had to settle for a Phil Jones C2 as it's just about the only thing that's smaller and lighter! Like a fule I ordered a red one and it's nearly three months' wait.

Not for me!

Yes, someone ressurected it... but the question is stll interesting as another 12 years has changed the perspective and I think Westone/Matsumokos basses from the 80s are being more appreciated.

Used it again tonight with an ancient Westone Thunder, and got massive praise for the sound.

I haven't had a BF speaker so I can't offer a comparison. A low B on the AT212 sounds a bit 'flabby' to me, it doesn't break up but almost sounds like a rapid series of pulses, I wodner is this is because it's close to its resonant frequency? That aside, I keep getting plaudits about the sound from the cab. I've used it with a 35+ year old Laney head, a Bass terror and an Elf and every time I get compliments about how good it sounds. It's also scary loud, you don't need to turn amps up a lot with it.

Over the last four rehearsals with the covers band I've taken along a Fender Flea Jazz, Fender Performer, Squier Jaguar SS and tonight my lowly Westone Thunder. The guitarist came up to me at the end and said "that's a fantastic bass, that's by far the best tone you've had".

Why not add it on to the existing 'donate £10'? My main worry is that marketplace membership would encourage me to sell things...

Those starlings look knackered.

Most typical MP3 compression used for the web has a 'brick wall' rolloff at 16Khz, and this almost certainly applies to YouTube videos.

There doesn't seem to be a way of becoming a supporting member without the marketplace. There should be a way to be supporting member without the full whack for the marketplace, although I may want to shift some kit down the line...

And every day I read posts saying 'big amps are a thing of the past, everyone DI's bass these days'.

I'll resurrect this thread rather than start a new one. I got an Elf as a backup amp, but thought I would test it at a rehearsal. We play at pretty much gig volumes. I used it though a GR bass AT212 slim. I had to turn it down a bit, ended up about 2 o'clock gain, 9 o'clock master volume. All tone knobs about 1 o'clock Turned up to 3 o'clock it was very loud, enough for any gig I've done, louder and it started to distort unpleasantly. Definitely much louder than my Laney 150W, but not as loud as the Bass Terror. Very happy with it, but the cheap Stagg jack to speakon lead turns out to have a jack plug 2mm too short that vibrated out of the socket if the amp was on the speaker.

Well, the Thunder 1 went down a storm and was really pleasant to play. It sounds 'more precision than a precision'. First time I've played it in a band context, would be more than happy to use it live, although not a very broad sonic pallet, even with the tone rolled back it still sounded quite rich, and I missed my bridge pickup honk.

I have a proper signal generator, but its in a shipping container...

Could have a go, but it will be subjective. The at212 gets 'flabby' by the time you get down to a low b but reproduces it.

Intersting, my little computer speakers became audible at 40Hz, properly sounding above 50-60 Hz although the volume increased up to about 200Hz. Either they or I topped out at 14000Hz.

I am shouting how good my AT212 is from the rooftops. Should be able to bring it to a couple of bass bashes.

I will take my Thunder 1 to rehearsal tonight.

Great job! Are sensitivity figures reliable enough to use? Worth adding a note about tweeters being fixed, switchable. multilevel or adjustable? GR Bass use AES figures for power (which are about 20% higher than RMS, but have the advantage of being properly comparable with other cabs using AES methodology).

I've noticed that the 'remove formatting' button doesn't. It seems when someone using light mode pastes into a message, they create a block of black on white text that is then impossible to make white on dark grey without stripping its formatting in something like word. I'm thinking of the lists in Bass Bash threads that get copied and updated many times.