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I'd go with raising it up, from my experience the Super 12 is a very very loud cab, there'll only be you not hearing it! If that's not a goer, perhaps have a play with putting some mids into your sound for definition?

I've spotted your problem...stop listening to the guitard...

[quote name='odysseus' timestamp='1414514599' post='2590102'] Some old biddy came up and cupped my balls down at some social club in Penzance. And her husband was at the bar 20 feet away.... I felt dirty... and not in a good way.... [/quote] This...this is why basses should be worn lower. that Mark King bloke runs this risk every time he gets on stage...

Yeah, cross-posting there...

I used a Streamliner and an F1. Rather different amps. I found you pretty much get out what you put into a Super 12. I found the Streamliner was best with a Schroeder - the low-mid voicing of the cab seemed to tame the big arse end of the Streamliner.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1414502459' post='2589888'] Well... You could try the Barefaced website. [/quote] Boom!

Only just seen the pictures - very very very nice, love that board... My build has EMGs - I have to say I was expecting to have to change them out (I originally wanted Nordys, but I'm an impatient bugger and the bass was for a 50th birthday present, so time was tight), but they've been fantastic - I have two 40Ps, and they sound (with the East U-Retro) as good as anything I've heard. It's my go-to bass. Along with my other Shuker...

I'd be straight back to Jon for another 2 Shukers, and I'd buy the same Dingwall. The Thunderland I'd be screwed for, as I doubt I'd get another Lakland neck for less than 10x what I paid for mine. Rig-wise, I'd get a light 1U power amp (still using the iPad for preamp duties) and I'd be looking at Alex's website for a Series 3 cab...

Oh Lord, there's plenty, here's a quick selection of the ones I still wince at: 1. Playing Jillys nightclub in Manchester in the 80s (on a three foot high prefab stage) I jumped unwisely under a beam, cracked me head, bit the tip of me tongue off and as I landed I pushed two of the stage sections apart, so spent the remainder of the song bleeding profusely a la Gene Simmons on the cover of Kiss Alive II in an increasingly dynamic and wide-legged stance as I attempted to keep the parting stage together... 2. Snapped a string (again, back in the 80s, haven't done it since) and attempted to pull it off out of the way. Nearly took the top of me finger off, again, claret everywhere... 3. Blanked totally for the intro of a song we were covering. The band started, I didn't. The band stopped, the guitarist shouts the name of the song at me, I stare at him blankly. The band starts again, I still didn't. The guitarist walks over, plays the intro riff at me. I stare at him blankly. He plays it again, and then, like a dam breaking, it all comes back. We all start again, I'm in the wrong key... 4. Walked over to the drummer mid (guitar)-solo, knocked the overhead mic stand over, it topples slowly towards him, until it hits him square on the forehead. There's a huge BOOM, but like a trooper, he keeps playing. His forehead is now very closely mic'd and making some very strange noises. Still frantically playing behind the obliviously-thrashing guitarist, I try and right the mic stand with a foot. The stand is now mic'ing the drummer's shoulder. Eventually one of the audience takes pity, gets on stage and rights the mic stand. He gets a huge and ironic ovation, which the guitarist, delighted, thinks is for him...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1413980890' post='2584327'] Those pics are pretty crap (which doesn't bode well, I'll admit) but from what you can see there's no real evidence that it's badly-refinished. I wouldn't go for matt black obviously, but it's not totally outrageous. Problem is I do have terrible GAS for a Wal, so I'm probably biased! [/quote] Well, I was going off the (few for £1400) ropey photos, and the description of the refin where he says it's a 'reasonable job' and applying my EBay Description Paranoia Filter...

Hmmm...a badly refinished Pro 1e at £2k? Dunno if it'd have gone at that...last one on here went for £1600 in good nick with the original case... As you say, tho, it's all a gamble.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1413920285' post='2583694'] Had fun watching that! Someone got a bargain. [/quote] D'you think? Dodgy electrics and a dodgy refin/paint job? I had a look at it and thought it was plenty of money...

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1413898916' post='2583291'] Crikey! You must be rough on gear! [/quote] I'm about 40 gigs in with my Compact. Nothing missing, nothing broken, a bit of paint scraped on a couple of edges, that's it. Doesn't have a cover, either. Maybe it's in too good nick, that's why nobody comments on it...?

I was about to start a separate thread entitled "Missed My Mids" about how I used my only gigging bass WITHOUT a John East pre* (my Dingwall) the other night at a gig, and despite it being a fantastic bass, I really, really missed the John East pre, especially the sweepable mid control. I'd just become so used to relying on it live that I hadn't realised how much I use it. Santa might yet be bringing me another U-Retro for the Dingwall... * Both my Shukers have U-Retros, and there's even one in my Thunderland (in my avatar).

5 kilos? As Duncan Bannatyne would say......... "Ooooo me back..."

Nobody, but nobody has ever commented on my rig. They comment about the band, yes all the time, the basses very very occasionally*, but not the rig. Apart from the rest of the band, when we're loading and unloading. Then they say "I'll carry your cab, you take my kick drum/PA cab/combo...". All the time. * "They look weird, you want to get one of those Fenders, mate..." said by punter looking at my Dingwall and Shuker...

Yep, Set List Maker here, too, great for synching amongst band members...

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1413383102' post='2577738'] How do you carry your amp? I'm seriously considering buying a trailer for my bicycle reckoning that I can get a combo in it. Spare bass would be tricky, I only have one back to put a gig bagged bass on, but could carry a spare with the neck removed - hmm... may take time to become tuning stable after reattaching the neck. [/quote] Double gig bag? I use one all the time. Not on a bike, tho...

Is no-one gonna do the gag? OK, I will: I could play "Stairway To Heaven" when I was 12. Jimmy Page didn't actually write it until he was 22. I think that says a lot...

I'd be interested in a comparison between the Barefaced Compact and the H115.

Nope, haven't noticed any difference in attitude. Me, I'm very even-handed: can't be doing with any of it...

No experience of the TRB, but I had a 3000A for twenty years, and the build quality and playability was as good as anything I've encountered. Good solid PJ tones from them, and a decent 2-band EQ. I'm kinda sorry I sold it now. IIRC, it went for about six hundred pounds, I'd expect the 5000A to go for a little more...