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  1. Jack
    Nonsense, the correct answer to your quandry is a one-cab solution, the Barefaced Six10. I'll even buy the BFM cab off you so you have money to put towards it.
  2. Jack
    @dmccombe7, yeah for a solid state amp you can safely assume that it will run at anything above its minimum, so a 4R minimum amp will be quite happy anywhere >4. 8, 16, 23.5, 604, all fine. A tube amp, however is different. There's an output transformer in there which needs to be set to run a certain nominal impedance. No cab is truly ever a perfect 4 or 8R, it varies with frequency and heat and speaker age, but you need to set the transformer to be close enough. I believe the older SVT heads only had 4 or 2R taps, no option for 8.
  3. Jack
    You can totally mix speakers, but that's not what matters here, what matters is that you dont much care for sounds that those cabinets make when they're mixed. Everything else is kind of academic really. I'd either pick the cab you like the best and buy another or sell all 3 for a nice 4R cab.
  4. Jack
    Gumtree or local Facebook groups. We have the Musicians Mart NE and North East Bass Bin where we are (ran by WaterofTyne), must be something similar up there?
  5. Jack
    I had the same amp but with a Presonus Studio Pre. Man, those PLX amps can kick! For anyone who is in the anti class D brigade, this is the most powerful amp in the PLX series that's class A/B. So that's 1600W real watts.
  6. Jack
    This is all true. I was going to suggest that lots of good PA amps have DSP built in, but now we're at the point where we have a self-powered relatively flat speaker system being DSP to be even flatter and we're back at standard FRFR cabs.... One of my favourite heads is the Peavey Tour, I like how it's a really clean pedal platform. I don't know how 'flat' it would actually be on a scope but it feels really clean and really neutral sounding. I often think about one of those mounted in an airhead as-flat-as-possible cabinet to make a really clean, full range combo.
  7. Jack
    Given how unbelievably cheap PA power amps are these days (likely because of the aforementioned boom in the powered PA cabs market) I think a lot of us would be interested in a passive FRFR cab.
  8. Jack
    There's the SWR Amplite and Powerlite, but they're discontinued and very pricey nowadays. There's the perennial GSS Sumo too, but whilst it's roughly half-rack sized, it's not exact and won't actually fit in a rack.
  9. Jack
    The problem with using a BDI21 for this purpose is (as has been mentioned) the BDI imparts a LOT of its own sound and character into the mix. That might suit you, you could for instance have the fretless with the BDI off for a super clean sound and then the BDI for the fretted, rockier, bass sound but you're still limited. I think the BDI has a very limited eq section anyway, I'm just not sure it's the right tool for this job. What's wrong with the trusty old GEB7 as a pure eq pedal? None of the inbuilt 'character' issues that the BDI has and a much more versatile eq section.
  10. Jack
    It happens more and more. In a very unfortunate former life I worked for a company car scheme. 90% of cars are straight about the engine size. You want a BMW 3 series with a 2l engine? That's a 320. The 1.8l is a 318. Mercedes though decided to hell with it. The A180, A200 and A220 are all 2l, just with different turbos. Lexus use their model numbers to give 'equivalent engine sizes', so a 4l petrol + hybrid car is billed as a 600, 'equivalent to a 6l'. I wish companies would just be straight with us.
  11. Jack
    Not entirely sure I follow you here. The BQ500 is 500W at 4R and so around 250W at 8R. The cabs are both 400W and both 8R. So if you have one cab, the cab can take 400W and it'll get roughly 250W from the amp, so all should be well. This you've said and this I agree with, the bit I disagree with is the bit in bold. If you have two ofthe cabs, then they can still take 400W each, and the amp will be at 4R so it'll be putting out 500W of juice, shared between the two cabs they're only getting 250W each, so really it's no different to just having one cab...
  12. Jack
    Depends, a simple analogue overdrive or similar can be less than 10mA or even less than 5mA. There's a realistic power draw list here, it's got more guitar stuff than bass on it, but it makes a good reference.
  13. Jack
    They probably don't even draw their full rated current even when they're on. Chances are you'll be fine.
  14. Jack
    Moi aussi.
  15. Jack
    Not stupid, you just haven't thought about all of the factors. Your problem is assuming that it's all about the impedance when it isn't. In moving from one cab to another you've done more than change the nominal impedance, you've also changed: the number of drivers the maximum excursion of those drivers the sensitivity of the drivers and, as a result, the total sensitivity of the cabs the frequency response several 'non-textbook' factors such as the age, quality. lifespan and general condition of the cabinets and speakers If you changed between two otherwise identical Trace 1x15" cabs in the same condition from the same year, one 4R and one 8R then you'd be unlikely to notice a difference. That's not the case here though.
  16. Jack
    So, no to flat packs? 😊
  17. Jack
    He posted, he didn't like where the thread went, he pinged a mod to close, mod didn't close, so he removed his initial post himself. Not the best showing to be honest. 👎
  18. Jack
    Step one: find a job you love Step two: become very, very good at it, to the point where you're successful, financially worry-free and world-famous Step three: sack it all off and live the quiet life. Sounds bloody marvelous to me. I don't know about you folks, but between Deacon, Taylor and May, I don't think that John is the crazy one here.
  19. Jack
    I thought the basschat ones were a diy design rather than commercial products? Seems a bit harsh like.
  20. Jack
    I'm not sure that that would be hearty enough to be honest, inbuilt music ducking, the storage space and the power rating all suggest 'children's birthday party entertainer' rather than 'rock band vocals'. I think something like a Soundcraft Notepad and a pair of Alto TX cabs would be a much better bet. I have the notepad 5 (£77 new) and the TX10s (£150 for the pair, open box return) for my tiny system, you'd probably want to go up one model each to the notepad 8fx and the TX12 for your use. Or you could spend the entire budget on one good powered speaker with a mic input and live without a proper mixer for the first few gigs? I've seen RCF 312s go for less than the price of the Behringer. PS - This should probably be in Accessories and Misc.
  21. Jack
    I've put these up for the same price as the last one on BC went for, but if it's too much then please do feel free to make an offer.
  22. Jack
    Hi everybody, I'm selling my Barefaced cabs! I have two of these excellent FRFR cabs, both in mint condition and both with Roqsolid covers. For those not in the know, these are essentially the Big Baby 2 cabs with an inbuilt Hypex 600W amp. 1 of the cabs has covered nearly everything I'd ever ask a cabinet to do, but the correct amount of kill is overkill as you know and I have to say that 2 cabs (1200W, 2 barefaced 12s and 2 horns!) is absolutely amazing to behold. The big thing I've found with the cabs (as they're quite small) is that I use the top hat and a stand at nearly every gig to really get the sound up to head height and out into the audience. PRICE DROP - £1000 NOW £900 each. Official Barefaced Link I'm near Newcastle if anyone wants to come and try them out. I can post a cab quite happily, but I can't imagine that it'll be cheap. I'm also happy to deliver pretty much anywhere in the North East for petrol money. Oh, I'm going up to Edinburgh and Glasgow next month too. Lastly, my brother lives in Northallerton so delivering them around that area isn't a problem. Cash is, as always, preferred but I could be persuaded to trade, let me know what you've got. I'm especially interested in: HX Stomp QSC K12.2 Sire Jazz V2 Fender Rumble Stage 800 Maple/Sunburst P bass Shure GLXD16 try me, I'll take pretty much any bass that will be easy to sell on
  23. Jack
    Also very interested, gutted I missed out on the one in the classifieds.
  24. Jack
    In general I'd say anything with a 'big' name on it and you'll be fine. If it's going to be for important stuff rather than just for home use I'd stay away from anything chinese and ebay.
  25. Jack
    The beauty of the Helix is that you don't need anything bass specific. I have a 'distortion pedal' in one of my presets that's actually a Peavey 5150 preamp and I have plenty of presets that don't have anything bass-specific in them at all. Hell, one of mine is simply a compressor and a generic studio channel strip.
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