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Y'see, the problem with the statement, completely aside from its' abrasiveness, is it doesn't work. Every single person I've met whom I'd classify as a 'timewaster', has no idea that that's what they are, because self-delusion is part of the package...

I've owned (and gigged fairly extensively) a TC Classic 450, a RH450, LMIIs and IIIs, and the MB combo/extension, and I've never even considered reliability - they just work.

Rocky?...

Everyone's tying themselves up to justify choices here - this topic needs about as much justification as one entitled "BC bass colour obsession - why can't you all just like red?"

I'd guess there'd be much less "You can't kill me...look in your heart" and much more "I hate you, Butler", or they'd actually tell you who you were going to see...

I'll switch mid-gig between Shuker and Dingwall without a thought - it really is that little of an issue. I put an East U-Retro in my ABZ4, and it's basically completed (for me) an already superb bass. I'd have more Dingwalls if I played a 5.

Oooo, be careful what you wish for: I had a B20-8 back in the day, and it had the most vicious neck dive I've ever experienced (and I like Thunderbirds), plus a very strange triangular neck profile. And the break angle to the higher register strings used to snap em every now and then... To the OP, it really depends on what you want to spend: I had a Dean which was pretty nice for the money, tho the EMG HZs aren't the greatest, but at least you'll get an idea if it's gonna be a thing for you or a passing fad. I've had three or four 8s and 12s - I keep buying them, and realise months later I'm not really using them, so I sell them again. Then I fancy another...

[quote name='planer' timestamp='1443527039' post='2875500'] ...I still don't know where they keep all the loud. [/quote] I've had one and yeah, this. ^ Oh, and let's not forget the sheer comedy value of putting one on a 2 x 4x10 stack...

Nope, not at all, I'm afraid...

I pushed the button on a PB50 last week, and it turned up today: I've had worse basses for ten times the price, I really have. Not too heavy, either - will have to see what it sounds like amplified, but I can't find a thing wrong with it...

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1443352458' post='2874001'] Assuming were talking about this one: [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/prosound-200w-rms-passive-speaker-n93fn"]http://www.maplin.co...e-speaker-n93fn[/url] Would definitely be an interesting project to analyse the dimensions of this cab and see if there are any potential drop in replacements for the driver from the likes of eminence or beyma. [/quote] Holy moly... 64 quid?!

I had to get my 1515L from a retailer in Sweden, and yes, the 1212/1210/1515 series of angled cabs have the low-mid hump which suits some people's sound more than others. I don't know of anywhere that stocks them, but I could be out of touch on that one. They're certainly not widely available. It always amazes me that on here we seem to strive for a panacea which will please everybody and will be the 'ultimate' cab, as if we all had the same sound requirements for the music we play. It's bananas. There's lots of guys on here whose opinions I respect completely, but it took a while to realise that while they know exactly what they're talking about, what they would consider great I'd probably hate, and vice versa.

Life's too short for boat anchors... I've found basses that sound the way I want without weighing more than 8 1/2 lbs, I'm happy. It's a purchasing factor, like any other - if it's important to you, then it's important, and no more an 'obsession' than liking maple boards (or rosewood boards) or Fenders, or whatever.

If it wasn't the worst...tell us what it was better than...I dare you

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1443032568' post='2871722'] I'd look something like this, it actually works much better as a means of putting more sound at ear level than raising a cab off the floor and has the advantage of not messing with the floor coupling so much which is useful especially for smaller cabs. [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stagg-Foldable-Monitor-Floor-Stand/dp/B000YL952E"]http://www.amazon.co...d/dp/B000YL952E[/url] [/quote] I've got one of these - great for when I had my 1515L. Now I use it to point the guitard's cab at his head if he's too loud... Edit: actually, it's all the wrong shape for an RS112...the principle's good, though...

Yup, exactly the above with the RWC...good news is we get to watch the match after we've set up...

Andy's currently sending me some LEDs for my Streamliner after I contacted him on TB...service above and beyond the call, frankly...

We've got a wedding gig every Saturday through the RWC, and all England's games other than the first are Saturday 8pm kick-offs. We're gonna tactfully suggest a later start for us to the clients, just in case they haven't realised - the sight of a steady string of blokes (and some of the ladies, too) sloping sheepishly off when there's a match on is demoralising all round...

I wouldn't want most of them back, none of the Precisions (couple of 70s and an 80s - in those days I didn't care what year they were) and definitely not the Jetglo 4001, oddly the only one I'd have back would be the B&W Aria ZZB Custom I flogged off for bugger all in the late 80s...

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1441531904' post='2859479'] Very apply named. Assume he doesn't play like that all the time..?? [/quote] As a mate of Nige's, I have to say that's a parlour piece which sells a lot of strings (he works for Rotosound), and he's a great player fingerstyle or, earlier this year, on a G&L 2000 with a pick on tour with Dare. Without Brian C this time...