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I use a Tonehammer amp into my BF cabs and it works really well.

I know. It seems I have P bass fingers!!

As was pointed out the new amp is 650w at 4 ohm, not 8 ohm.

The term has been co-opted by many others but to me [i]a gig[/i] is a performance to an audience.

Your MAS45 is the 4x5" Mike Arnopol cab? And it's farting out with 250 watts at 8 ohm? That doesn't sound right. This cab should be able to handle 250 watts. On the MAS website, this cab looks like it's used in conjunction with a sub. Maybe it is struggling to handle the big lows that a DB can push out. I'd definitely try it with your HPF. Do you get this problem with the other amps in your sig?

[quote name='Muppet' timestamp='1508577675' post='3393012'] Why don't my beloved Sunbeams work on the Sterling? I feel let down...... [/quote] Depends how good your ear is and if you can tell the difference. I've just bought a serious upgrade to my amp of many years and I'm loving it with my 10's but not my 12 's cabs. Why? It's definitely a better amp but, for me, the sound doesn't work as well as the other amp. I've had the same happen with strings. Some parts of your signal chain have a synergy and others don't. Just one of those things that unfortunately costs you more money than you'd like to spend in order to find out. You have the solution (EB Slinkys) and now you know.

[quote name='clunkie66' timestamp='1500907299' post='3340981'] . . . . should I forget about it, crack on and play the way I feel most comfortable? [/quote] You can use a pick but you don't have to. Pick or fingers? As long as your tone is good and you can play the songs well then neither is better or worse.

For perfect understated bass lines listen to any Keb Mo, Bonnie Raitt, Delbert McClinton or Johhny Lang record.

Can't answer your question, but one of the new features seems to be an HPF which might reduce the "farty noises". //www.gollihurmusic.com/product/1825-EUPHONIC_AUDIO_DOUBLER_MARK_II_BASS_AMPLIFIER.html

I believe the XLR socket on a Wal bass needs to have a jack in the other socket to work. Maybe OW basses are the same?

I play the bass which gives me the sound I prefer. Currently I think that my Jazz sounds better than my Precision, so that's what I'm playing on all my gigs. I was happy with the situation, but I recently did a gig with a drummer who is also a bass player and he said the J and P sounded more similar than different to him! That was a puzzle, because I don't hear them as sounding the same, at all. . . . and then someone recorded a couple of songs on a gig and the J and P do sound very similar to each other! How do I manage to do that?

Sounds like a very good plan to me. These cabs are amazing. I have 1 and am 99% sure I need another.

I put one of the old 15" Barefaced Compacts together with a Bergantino AE210 and at front room volume they sounded very, very good together. I imagine Hi Fidelity sound isn't what you're after in a Punk band. Is the Terror 500 watts? If so split between 2 cabs you're unlikely to reach the limit of either cab. I'd ask your mate to lend you the cab for an afternoon so you can try it out. Give it a go a tell us what you find.

Looks live to me. If the bass playing is pre recorded or live and your technique isn't good enough you'll hear ringing notes either way. I struggled to get to 1.17 mins but to me he's muting all over the place with either hand in the different sections. He's also playing pretty cleanly so he's not hitting the stings he's not playing. His playing and muting sounds pretty effective.

This style of playing is not for me. I don't know if this guy is Joe Louis Walkers regular player but the guy(s) JLW uses are always very good players. . . . when they're not slapping like this. JLW and the audience seem to think it's OK though, so what do I know!

Good news Bill.

I endorse Aguilar. . . . unfortunately and sadly, they don't endorse me!

There you go. Good call. We learn something new every day.

I like what I've heard from Markbass amps but for your budget I'd be looking at used Aguilar amps. I've played the TH500 for several years (it saw off the GB STL 9.2 and Mesa D800 I bought) and haven't found anything to replace it. That is until now, but we're talking about the new AG700 which is well over budget. I didn't need to upgrade and the TH500 could easily have been the last amp I bought in terms of tone and volume. I've kept one as my second amp.

Several years ago we flew to a gig. I was lent a 5 string bass, Yamaha or something, and the strings were so close together I couldn't play it. We did 3 gigs in 2 days and I was only just getting the hang of the very narrow string spacings by the end of the second set on the 3rd gig. That was the last time I've played a bass with non Fender string spacings. I was on another gig, with an all original band, and every song included some or all notes on a B string. They got a 4 string Jazz for me on that gig! Replanning 5 string bass lines on the fly was easy compared to that bloody Yamaha!

Your amp's good but ditch the cab. You can do much better than that. IMO the best solution would be to get a Barefaced Four10 or a Six10. You'll be able to run up the stairs carrying one, you'll crush those guitarists (if you so wish) and you'll sound much better whilst doing it. I don't get the, "Don't play at high volume levels" advice. The OP joined them so he'll be playing at their level. However silly I or we think that is. Just get some [i]good[/i] ear plugs.

[quote name='goblin' timestamp='1508255473' post='3390911']Very happy with this! [/quote] I've done one gig with my AG700 and got lots of positive feed back on the sound. Another great amp from Aguilar.

So this is a long shot, is it? Anyone selling a cloth fronted One10? Even 2 of them?

I haven't heard that one but this is a close as I cab get: [i]In 1946, Everette Hull, an acomplished pianist and bass player, organized a partnership with Stanley Michaels under the name "Michaels-Hull Electronic Labs." Their mission was to produce a new microphone pickup that Hull designed. The pickup was fitted on the end of an upright bass and was dubbed the Amplified Peg or "Ampeg" for short. [/i] [i]In 1949, Hull became the sole proprietor and changed the name of the company to the Ampeg Bassamp Company. [/i] From the Ampeg website.

I've always been a P bass person and I own one of the best passive Precisions I've heard but after being [i]the[/i] bass for 5 years it doesn't often get of the subs bench these days. My go-to bass right now is an active Jazz. I'm just preferring the extra dynamics of this bass over everything else.