warwickhunt

@Lozz196 - I did check out the Ashdown 310 but it seemed quite weighty for what it is but it is on the radar. @Hellzero - It's a shame I'm located nowhere near anyone who stocks these cabs, as they likely tick the boxes but with these uber light types I'd defo need to try before buy.

Would anyone know of a commercially available standalone cab that is less wide than your bog standard 19"? I'm not talking about a 1x10; it needs to be capable of handling bass duties in a reasonably loud rock band. I'm aware of the TC RS range as I presently have a pair of the 210 cabs BUT I invariably need to take both cabs and I'm looking for a one-cab solution which is as slim as these... and I find their 212 just too chunky. I love the width of their cabs as I have a pet peeve that carrying wide cabs by yourself invariably means you have a job negotiating through doors and up stairwells. I have tried the TC RS112 but the tone just doesn't work for me.

Either fake or someone made them an offer they couldn't refuse!

...and tonight's set up will be?

...and the classic location!

Only having done this (many times) can we give out this advice... safe in the knowledge it will be ignored! The bit about the earplugs can never be under emphasised.

You are talking miles apart in quality and price if you are comparing 90's German made basses with 'new' Chinese models!

Sansamp (to add a 'little' drive) > Fishman Plat Pro (HPF / Comp / Tuner) > DI from Fishman goes to PA + line out to a Rolls device to have a direct mix of my bass from the pedals + an Aux from the desk with everything else.

If the TC K212 is an annoying/impractical size I'd be selling it and getting a cab or cabs that work for you. I have various cabs for different needs and my pair of Aguilar DB112 cabs (effectively a modular 2x12) will keep up with the loudest band.

You want more volume than the (theoretical) 300w you are presently getting and another 8 ohm cab will (theoretically) get you 500w but that is only (give or take a few percent) 10% 'louder' than you are presently. More speaker displacement is certainly going to help but it is going to make for a very loud stage environment... should the PA not be doing the heavy lifting? If you must be louder and have more speakers why a 15" cab to go with your 2x12"? If you say for more bottom end you'd need to do some reading around on BC. The ideal solution if you like how it sounds now is to simply add another 212. A suggestion might be to sell the 212 and get a better/more efficient cab, which should be achievable for your £600 (+ sale of TC cab)... but that opens a whole can of worms.

In my 45+ years of playing bass and buying them, I've rarely (not saying it doesn't happen) seen a retailer that will specifically set up a bass for a customer... and that is new instruments never mind used. I know of a couple of bass specific retailers who say this in their info but without a customer sitting next to the guy setting it up, I don't know how that is achieved. To answer the OP - all frets wear but Warwick frets do better than most but be aware that they are a wide(ish) low(ish) fret when new and some folk used to tall skinny frets can get jittery and think they are in need of a refret; as a generalisation, if the bass plays OK, leave them. Barrels are £5 - £10 so no big deal and if it is 30 years old it'll likely have been done any way. Electronics are standard and shouldn't be an issue. However, check the preamp works OK as 'sometimes' they can die but if it operates normally don't worry about it. Battery compartment lid WILL be broken but a strip of gaffa sorts it. Truss rod shouldn't be an issue as shonky ones should all be sorted by now but worth looking at the nut/adjuster to be sure someone hasn't been chewing away and rounded it with a non metric key.

You'd like to hope they would. I had an experience where the engineer wouldn't take my amp DI (a good DI btw) as he wanted a clean unadulterated signal to work with... I tried pointing out we were a Cheap Trick tribute band and my effects/amp inc valve amp overdrive etc were to recreate a specific bass tone. He wasn't happy but he was being paid by the venue to do the sound for us not him.

I have a Ditto Looper (but tbh it is redundant as I have one built into my Plethora X5) and it is simple to use, you just need to get used to how many times you are tapping it.

Jeepers! That kind of talk will get you removed from BC... the system would break if we only bought from 'local people'!

With regards to maxing volumes - Will you not have various stages where you can adjust the gain to get the volume right? I have the desk, my 'Rolls' mini-mixer and my P2 or Lekato wireless at which I can set levels; I seem to have headroom on all of these points and never lack for volume. I realise we all use different gear but I thought the sensitivity of the Sennheiser IE100 were comparable... I maybe need to research.

Interesting. I find my IE100's less fatiguing and with better isolation I can easily get a comfortable level/balance; I generally stand 2ft from the drummer and I'm well isolated from that racket and I don't need to push the volume.

Yep, pretty much all of these + Me - "Hi. I'm the dep bass player". Band - "Eh!" "What?" "Nobody told me we were using a dep tonight." Me - "Hello". Drummer (setting up) - "Hi, I'm your dep tonight and I got here early" Me - "...no I'm the dep!". Turns out we were both deps... in a 3 piece! The best one was turning up for a dep and finding (yet again) that the drummer is also a dep that night, no probs as I know his reputation and I know he is a top player. We are 5 mins from first song when I asked if the drummer or guitarist would be bringing in the first number. At this point there is a brief discussion during which we established the vocalist had given the drummer the sets and the guitarist had given me the sets... and the sets did NOT contain the same songs (don't ask)! We wound our way through the first set avoiding looking like amateurs (compliments at the end of the night from people who had seen the band many times), inc songs where one of us might have had slightly less than 100% knowledge of the number. Only butt clenching moment was when the guitarist got carried away and segued into a song that neither the drummer or I knew. We had both at least heard the song so we had an idea but I spent most of the first verse and chorus with my eyes locked on the guitarist's hand for clues for chord progressions. The 2nd set consisted of many numbers that weren't on EITHER of our lists but all four of us knew and they were busked live! I love depping but I defo pin folk down to minutiae of detail and leave no question unasked and if I get the impression they aren't of a very good calibre, I politely refuse.

I'm sure you have reasons for sticking with the KZs but just in case you hadn't considered... The Sennheiser IE100 are within that price band (£82) and I've found them far more comfortable, better isolating and a nice tone than the KZ10s that I also own. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-Ear-Monitoring-Headphones-Clear/dp/B096FJBM7B?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

KENT so nowhere near me then! LOL

Where is it? Is there an established BCer could liaise? If it is the NE I can help.

Done.