chris_b

Give it another 20 years and you'll be fine.

The whole concept of music stands saying anything about a musicians professionalism or ability says much more about the failings of the audience than the musicians. I saw 2 bands in pubs this weekend. One, a very good cover band, with a stand for the vocalist and the other was a stand using Laurence Cottle doing his amazing stuff. Anyone walking out on those two gigs would have been musically shooting themselves in the foot.

The players in this band are very talented and have a mountain of musical ability. What a bass player. I wish I could play as well as he obviously did when he was 5. Not my kind of music but I have nothing negative to say about them. It's my kind of band.

I get that Twin Reverbs sound great play loudly. I was playing with a cranked Twin guitarist last Wednesday. Even through my ear-plugs, he sounded very good. But it was his band to I played at his level. If a musician in a band can't get his "sound" without being too loud for the band then he's either using the wrong amp or the wrong mind-set or both. What did the rest of the band think? I'd tell him what the problem is and that it's his problem to fix.

As you've got the 15 you could add a 210. That [i]could[/i] work, I played through a Mesa Boogie 115 and 210 rig for years and it was fine. But, always be prepared for the mix not to work. Then you could sell the 15 and get another 210. On the other hand I'd recommend you sell the 15 right now and get a 212 cab. IMO, they are the best "does it all" pub gig cab out there.

You could play very quietly. I play through my amp and cab at TV and radio volume. Or you could get this amp and a headphone amp, or spend the money on an amp that better suits your criteria and playing situation.

I totally understand why someone would want to buy an AC or Fodera. That's a no brainer to me. What I can't understand is why anyone would want to pay millions to live in Kensington or Camden when they could have a whole estate 10 miles outside the M25 for the same money. Then again, why does anyone play more than £20K for a car? The bow for a concert grade double bass would set you back more than the cost of an AC so we should be thankful these basses are as cheap as they are.

Thumb is same advice as for the pick. You'll have to mute with your left hand fingers.

Hit the E then the 2 D notes on the A string and after each D your RH plucking finger should come to rest on the E string, thus muting it. Unless you use a pick, I don't see how you have a problem with that. With a pick you'll have to let a non fretting LH finger slightly overlap and mute the E string.

I've had a set on a jazz bass since the summer. I don't play it much but they still sound nice and bright and feel pretty good to play. I'd recommend them.

Love it.

When will the CN210's be arriving?

The TH500 is good but I don't like it as much as the Genz Benz STL 9.2 through a BB2. I prefer the TH500 through Bergantino cabs, but the GB seems to compliment the BB2 better and without much EQing.

So far, I've been paid cash, cheque, had to sign a receipt for the money, had to send in an invoice and been paid a weekly retainer. I wouldn't worry about the money until I found out if the band was worth joining.

Or you could go for this for £275 and add a 210 cab when you get to the gigging stage. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/249840-tc-bg500-210-combo/"]http://basschat.co.u...g500-210-combo/[/url]

An occasional jam? What about this for £100? http://basschat.co.uk/topic/249960-for-sale-fender-rumble-75-reduced/

If you want to play at home, to records, for £49 there's this in the BC classifieds http://basschat.co.uk/topic/249519-laney-rb1-combo-l49-incl/

You seem to be making the assumption that the amp with the most stuff in it has to be better in some way. If Markbass are doing their job properly, and IME they usually do, I don't see any reason to expect a technical upgrade to be anything other than just that.

Martin, thanks for a good sale. Cheers Chris

Progress? I would expect there to be a lot of R&D going on in the D class amp world. ..... and in the analog amp world.

Big drums, tuned down, not quite a detuned as Micky Waller used to go , but that's my drum sound.

Flea uses a lot of hammer ons and pull offs, so I guess your action could be too high? I've just had my Lakland "serviced". It was pretty good to play before but it's so much easier to play now. Look at getting a set up, and practice until to can easily play what you want to play.

"....from where I'm standing...." Which is OK, and the rest of the room is OK because he'd putting the bass into the DI then through FOH. His 210 is nothing like the 210 you're looking at. So you can't draw any conclusions. This rig could work out in the room but you'd only know by trying it.

A closed mind in music is a good reason to take up golf instead.

A comparison from the Barefaced website: [i]Why this rather than the much revered Compact? The treble is brighter and more audible around the room, the midrange has more punch and also has better dispersion, the lows are just as big but better controlled and less boomy. It isn't quite as loud with the volume knob in the same place but it has more power handling so you can turn up more and it'll play pretty much as loud, despite being a lot smaller.[/i] Sounds like the Super Compact is a good one cab solution.