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  1. SumOne
    Does anyone happen to know what the stock strings on the California TM5 SL are? I can't seem to find the information online anywhere. I'm quite happy with the tone from them other than the G is perhaps a bit thin and twangy for what I'd ideally go for, and I wouldn't mind a heavier B, so perhaps thicker gauges all over: if they're 40-125 I'd get 45-130.
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    I'd recommend Bass Direct too. I've part exchanged two Basses with them and they've given by far the best deals - all straight forward and fair.
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    Sold my OmniCabSim to Antonio and it all went well - quick payment & good communication. Thanks!
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    I've been looking for relatively cheap but dependable fairly light/small 500w Amp head with FX loop, DI, aux in, headphone out, tuner out. The main contenders seemed to be: Markbass Big Bang £520 Ashdown RM 500 £460 Ampeg PF500 £380 Laney R500H £360 At that price the Laney seemed like a reasonable option but then I noticed it's only £202 from DV247 which looks like a bargain - so it's ordered and I'll hopefully be able to say how good it is in a few days. It doesn't look perfect though, it's limitations seem to be: Compressor is just on/off (but has a light to show when it's compressing- and the amount is linked to the gain control), I'm not sure of it's tone until I use it and it's not obvious if the gain adds any particular type of overdrive tones or if it's pretty much clean, no aux in volume control, the DI is only pre EQ and doesn't seem to have a ground lift. None of those things particularly bother me though, just as long as it can do a good reliable, loud, clean output - I have pedals that can go in the FX loop and deal with those other things.
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    I was very close to getting 2x K12 for £750 but then had some very middle aged cash issues (dentist and garden fence!) so for the time being I got a decent enough second hand 112 cab, will get a cheap functional Bass amp and keep my old PA gear. It'll all do the job fine for now and can add to it over time, or go the active PA route further down the line. Apart from cash, I was considering some of the grotty, boozy, drizzly places I've placed speakers before and how they've been bashed about - I won't be so precious with a lump of passive cab and my old passive PA speakers that can potentially be placed away from the protected amp/mixer etc. as I would be with fancy active PA speakers (especially if I'd gone for something like a £675 K12.2 with a digital screen on the back). That's probably just me making myself feel better for not having the spare cash though!
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    Just bought a cab from Nigel, all as described and with good communications. Cheers!
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    Does anyone here have good/bad experiences with the QSC K12 (v1) for Bass? It looks like I can get 2x second hand K12 for roughly the price of 1x new K12.2. Going to give them a test at the weekend. I hear a lot of positive things about the K12.2 and as far as I can tell there isn't a huge amount of difference in the sound quality- just some design changes to the outer casing, slight weight loss, 3 channel mix vs 2, and the digital screen which provides more EQ adjustments (which I can do prior to the signal getting to the speaker either via DJ mixer or Bass pedals), none of those matter much to me as long as the sound quality is similar. My only concern is that the K12.2 has cross over adjustability whereas the K12 does not, is this this something really useful for playing Bass through it that's missing? I assume not when using just one or two K12's, as things like HPF can be solved prior to them with pedals if needed, but perhaps it's needed if splitting the signal from K12 to a sub?
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    Nice one. Yeah a few compromises on size/weight/cost/sound I've got to consider. I've been using my DJ rig of PA amp and speakers as my Bass rig but it's shoddy and doesn't sound great with Bass so I've been looking for a Bass rig for pub/small venues. Ideally 300w + amp head that could do a clean tone, and with decent EQ and headphone out for home practice but that's not essential as I have various DI, EQ, and cab sim pedals and aux in/headphone outputs. £500 budget, so was steering towards a second hand Ashdown RM 300 or 500 and a cab that can deal well with with Reggae/dub. Then I started considering if the Bass rig could also cover the DJ stuff - it's only since this thread yesterday that I was made aware that a decent active PA could potentially cover both. If going the active PA speaker route I can potentially sell my DJ amp and speakers (about £250) so will increase to a £750 budget, which lands me right at the asking price of these two QSC K12 (v1) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/QSC-K12-Active-Loudspeaker-speakers-only/274709433797?hash=item3ff5f54dc5:g:5lEAAOSwoP1gQzuZ .....seems to me that would be a decent DJ rig and a decent Bass rig (when combined with my pedals), it would save me storage space, and would be quite flexible- I could use one in the house for Bass practice, and depending on the venue have the option of using one or two playing Bass live - or use one as floor monitor etc. and can use both for DJ stuff (and if they are clear enough and work well enough at low volumes they could possibly even replace my KRK Rokit 6 active studio monitors for home production stuff but that's probably asking too much). So it's the choice between a £500 Bass amp/cab and keep my DJ amp and speakers, or sell the DJ amp and speakers and spend £750 on powered PA to do both....I think I'm pretty much sold on the active PA route as I'm guessing those two K12 (in combination with my various pedals) will sound as good for playing Bass as the £500 Bass amp/cab option as well as having all of the other benefits.
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    Nice one, cheers.
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    The best options seem to be: RCF 715 £486 1400 watts 45 Hz - 20 kHz 15" Woofer and 1.75" voice coil RCF 732A £600 1400 watts 50 Hz - 20 kHz 12" Woofer and 3" voice coil RCF 735 £720 1400 watts 45 Hz - 20 kHz 15" Woofer and 3" voice coil .....between the 715 and 735 it seems quite big price differences with small differences in speaker sizes. @jrixn1 any particular reason you went for the 732A? Or, other good option seems to be: QSC K12.2 £675 2000 watts 50 Hz - 20 kHz 12" woofer and 1.4" voice coil
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    Nice one. Yeah, I'll spend a while looking into it a bit more, that Mackie does seem to have quite a few negative reviews about long-term reliability. If I'm saving £ on not getting an Amp then I'm probably best off getting something a bit higher end like the RCF or QSC to do well with Bass.
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    ........sorry, more searching around and I can see this has been discussed a lot already. https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/315455-interesting-frfr-story/
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    Have just seen a similar topic https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/404764-the-frfr-option/page/3/#comments I'm now thinking that the active FRFR speaker option is a good one. I've got compressor, tube overdrive, cab sim, and DI pedals so can probably bypass needing a Bass specific Amp and Cab, possibly just use a active FRFR speaker- that can also be used for PA stuff and replace my shoddy setup. A good option seem to be the Mackie SRM650 which goes down to 39Hz. At £427 it's a fair bit cheaper than getting a Bass Amps and Cab.
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    Yeah, good point. My Bass doesn't sound great through my current PA setup (via a Bass Simplifier preamp pedal), but I think that's down to my PA setup being a bit shoddy (it sounds good at home through studio monitor speakers). Perhaps getting a decent PA setup will actually cover everything just as well as getting a Bass Amp/Cabs that can work as PA.
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    I'm hoping to trade my PA amp and speakers for a Bass Amp and Cab that can also be used for PA. It seems like the Barefaced super compact and big baby 2 would do a good job of this, both are advertised as FRFR and can be used for PA, and have a range of roughly 30Hz to 20kHz. (and possibly the Barefaced super compact- but that only goes up to 4kHz, perhaps not high enough?). Then I'd need need a Bass Amp that can do 'clean' sounds when using it for the PA- I'll have the DJ mixer to control the PA type frequencies that the Amp doesn't have controls for, but do Bass Amps actually push out the higher frequencies or will I need to keep my PA poweramp? .......possibly it's too much compromise and I'm best off getting a specific Bass Amp and Cabs and keeping the PA setup separate.
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    Yeah, I'd be tempted with the Agro for the same reasons, I'll be interested to hear what you think of it. I tried a lot of Ocatave pedals and the Octamizer was my favourite for it's natural sound and feel/responsiveness so I'd like to try other Aguilar pedals (but you're right- it can't track low notes, and I found it couldn't track sustained notes as well as the MXR BOD, or track low notes as well as the digital things like Pog or Sub n Up). And Aguilar pedals will sit neatly together, top mounted jacks are a definite plus point.
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    Dubstep at it's dubby best (before the agro screechy stuff took over what everyone associates with the genre....which, perhaps ironically- was also pioneered by Coki with 'Spongebob').
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    SOLD OmniCabSim Deluxe: £160 Tweakable cabinet simulator and DI (with aux in, headphone out with separate volume control, balanced XLR, ground lift, and 1/4 'through' and 'output'). Perfect working order, very good condition, boxed. RRP £259, and being from Chile with only one UK distributor that is out of stock these aren't the easiest things to get hold of. Postage via special delivery £7, or collection from Twickenham. My seller feedback is here: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/446834-feedback-for-sumone/ Will consider a trade/part exchange for an amp head, ideally >300w with FX loop, aux in, headphone out, XLR out. Something like the Ashdown RM 300 or 500. .................... Info from: https://www.dsmnoisemaker.com/omnicabsim-deluxe/yh0m9 A cabinet simulator is a device designed to emulate the frequency response of a speaker system. Guitar and bass speaker systems have a very pronounced filtering effect, rolling off the low and high frequencies very sharply due to their physical and electrical properties. Things like cone size, material, impedance, enclosure size and type, even distance from a wall, affect these filters very noticeably. Features: The Philosophy behind the design is to allow the user to CREATE their own cabinet response settings, moving away from the typical preset cabinet simulators in the market. This approach let the musician to define his own sound and getting an accurate reproduction of it when recording and playing live gigs, without depending on mic placement, amplifier or cabinet availability..Just dial in your favorite tone, tune your cabinet response and go straight to the PA or recording gear!! Mic and Line output. Compensate levels with the gain control. Tunable high frequency response emulates the steep low pass filter that different speakers produce. Tunable Low frequency response that controls the low end roll off typical of speaker of various sizes. Tunable low frequency resonance lets you dial the resonance of the low end roll off point, reproducing the effect of closed or open back cabinets, and anything in between. Mid control lets you dial “modern” or “vintage” responses. Punch control boosts the 800 Hz band, that lets you cut through the mix with warmth.
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    Withdrawn: I have decided to keep this and sell my OmniCabSim (see other advert)
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    All sold.
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    9pm to tonight the ebay auctions close for CEB-3 (currently £34) and Pigtronix compressor (currently £39) so you might get yourself a bargain.
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    I've also gone through a big list of od/preamp pedals looking for the same thing (including sansamp, darkglass, ebs). The tc electronic spark is quite cheap and small and good for some mild tube type overdrive. But the best I've used is the DHA VT1 EQ, that's where my search ended. It's massive though. But if you want genuine tube like grit you still probably need something with a genuine tube - so that's usually quite a big pedal.
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    Yeah, I like the look of the Proton, 'down' sweep is a big thing the M82 is missing....so I'm not completely settled yet.
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    I bought a Spectrum, it's very good but something about it I didn't get on with, not sure what specifically but it just didn't do it for me so I returned it. I then ebay bid on a spacial delivery but lost, bid on an M82 and unexpectedly won.... So I'm now onto my 3rd M82! Its a bit of a toxic on/off relationship - it's a bit old, not very flexible, but we've got history and it's got personally and can get quite dirty!
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