warwickhunt

I could be wrong (often am) but as it doesn't mention VAT I'm fairly sure that UK residents have to pay the VAT on top of that price.

Is that + VAT?

It could be the fit or equally the tone of that particular IE that needs sensitive EQing but I've found work-arounds now and I can find ways to get what I need using multiple options; so all good.

I might have been having an off day with the early IEM experiments but I was finding that I needed to have the volumes up more than I felt comfortable with to offset the drums. Oddly when playing with backline and regular attenuated plugs in, I found it filtered everything uniformly and attenuated the drums better.

I think it is difficult for drummers to embrace the SS idea because trad acoustic kits have a different feel to electronic or 'flats' kits and if you maintain a full acoustic kit with no backline I think (or experienced) that it is fraught with problems.

Old story but I got tired of being the only band member who knew how or would set up the PA so I gave each band member a job, from putting stands up and speakers on to putting out the 2 floor monitors and associated leads etc. I would do the actual sound and levels. 2 gigs in with new regime and I found the singer hadn't bothered to plug in the monitors (power and lead)... well I certainly wasn't going to so we did the whole sound check inc the obligatory "Can I have a bit more vocal in the monitor" AND gig ,with no monitor! Nobody even noticed when we were stripping down. Not a word of a lie but it happened at EVERY subsequent gig for about 15-20 gigs. It was only spotted by the guitarist and when asked I just shrugged and said "That's not my job, have one of you not been doing it?". Conclusion to this fine story: you'd think would be that we'd have had a more thorough system; nope the singer decided if we'd managed without monitors then there was no point in having them... thus absolving himself of a job! Genuine story.

Were they 'identical' cabs (drivers and physical dimensions) other than the port position? That is an all together different matter. Agreed in which case the OP liked the tone of the cab potentially/partly/possibly due to the size as opposed to the porting location. You could equally get a larger cab that was rear ported and that could/might sound as good OR a front ported cab that was smaller and it might sound worse!

Why front porting specifically? It has no impact on sound projection etc.

Natural discolouration from daylight; the finish under the guard never sees the light of day. The extreme of this used to be when smoking was allowed in venues. Your bass would have a yellowish tinge in no time regardless of finish or colour... and your case stank of it.

LOL indeed. When I clocked the pics I was 'Having that!'... then I saw the weight.

For £250 more, you can buy an absolute 79 stunner... hmmmmm. https://bassbros.co.uk/product/1979-music-man-stingray-4/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1c0u0Cu5rU4-fTPdVp2cPPa6B5RQlUqefbZYCLiuO-lXf4zJ-d_mdh50Q_aem_AUwg8Kvw2nyzVzRiY6XMcYvlX66J62YE38Y2VjvoQ7KE_qsCuXyvyclajQfFFQdpFN8_-x4z-gLx1TeL3z1xgt44

If I'm honest I play in a tribute band which is 'probably' best known for having a big hit with the poppiest/bubblegum sweet song ever... I Want You To Want Me (Cheap Trick); yet that song is about unrequited love AND that is about as light as that band get! They have songs about suicide, STD, murders, sexual grooming, male prostitution, depression, mental illness, drug abuse. Literally every song is 'dark' if not depressing... and I LOVE playing them!

So that will include everything that comes under the banner of 'blues'... well for me personally!

Ludicrous price for a dog's dinner of a bass! There are plenty of Pre EB Rays that are in perfectly good nick and they are cheaper than that. Why would you pay more to then have to refinish and lose even more money?

I've shared most/many of the experiences of the above @JPJ / @Phil Starr and in a very short 12 month period went from 'old school' backline projecting to FOH for guitar + bass + loud drummer (I've worn custom plugs for 20ish years... still lost a bit of hearing), to silent stage, IEM, PA carrying everything; in the process I've also ran bass/others through monitors +/- IEM +/- backline etc etc (as @Phil Starr suggested). Some/most of these have 'eventually' worked for me but my main two caveats have been that your IE have to isolate effectively (designs/shapes vary and make this tricky) and more importantly the person working the initial PA/mixer set up has to know what they are doing! I spent many frustrating months trying to get a sound through my IE that even resembled bass never mind MY bass tone. I dabbled with all sorts of pedals / DI's et al to no avail, eventually establishing that the mixing desk had some architecture that had (guitar) pre-sets integrated into the desk/interface input I was using. I was all but ready to say 'stuff it' and I remember reading all the threads and thinking many on BC were putting up with rubbish tone for the sake of the Emperor's new clothes... but it worked for me eventually! As it happens I am now happier that I do not have to go down any one route; I now regularly swap between ALL combinations depending on the situation - there is no right/wrong!

A little 1x10 or 1x12 cab will work for you. Don't get hung up on wattage or even ohmage, most manufacturers give half truths and sometimes even tell outright lies. A 4 ohm cab will get the most from your amp but tbh the kind of useage you intend (at the moment) it won't make a jot of difference if it is 4 or 8 ohm; an 8 ohm cab that is possibly more sensitive than a comparable 4 ohm will even things out. An 8 ohm cab choice will mean that at some point in the future you can add a 2nd 8 ohm cab. You may need to go somewhere to A/B a few cabs to find something you like the sound of... all cabs do not sound the same!

Sadly since Brexit, you can't simply send and/or receive a bass and claim it is swapped/free! You will need to pay tax on its true market value; whether you can then go about claiming back the tax is another matter (I simply ceased considering a swap when I established this).

It wasn't a 'standard' for Warwick to have hardware in any particular finish back in the late 80's early 90's. I've seen gold coloured hardware (knerbs and bridges) as often as I've seen black. The only other finish was titanium (dull nickel coloured) which was introduced on the Dolphin iirc.

I don't generally use pedals at all (one tribute band I do), hence I don't like the uncoloured sound of some cabs inc Barefaced... and by Barefaced I mean I have tried a range of the cabs and not liked any but I can't categorically say I dislike every single one.

I don't like the tone/sound.

Fixed it for you.

You are hitting nails on heads mate! I don't want or need a staggered driver 3x10 (though 3x10 makes sense) as the width of the cab doesn't make sense to me and drivers in a vertical cab are closer to my ears. If I start buying quality cabs and dismantling them/building new boxes it will be silly/expensive.

There's an Ashdown ABM iii 500 Evo for £175 (North East) but the guy is a BCer.

"Would anyone know of a commercially available standalone cab that is less wide than your bog standard 19"?" The ABM210 compact is either 21" or 24" depending on how you stack or carry it and isn't likely to be any better as a stand alone cab than my present TC RS210!

Ah so you certainly have the option of putting bass through to support your 1x15. Oddly the doubling up on my TC210s is less of an issue on gigs where we take a PA with bigger tops and a bass bin (or 2) because the backline then is solely for me (and the drummer) to hear; PA does the heavy lifting and other band members have IE options. This scenario is really only relevant when my backline is carrying to FOH punters without PA support.