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I run a 900w Streamliner into an 800w-rated cab, never given it a second thought. I listen to what I'm playing, and I'd hear the thing struggling. The only time I'm cautious is when I use the octaver. I guess if you use heavily distorted or driven tones it'd be harder to spot, though.

[quote name='johnwww' timestamp='1386266922' post='2298050'] What the build quality of these cabs like? They look quite 'DIY' in the photos I have seen? [/quote] I've been gigging a Schroeder 1515L for two or three years now, build quality is great, it doesn't have a cover but still looks good.

There are undoubtedly people with natural aptitudes in every area, and the lucky ones get to find out what that is, and have the opportunity to develop it. How far they then get is, I think, a matter of the degree of aptitude and also their own drive/desire, and of course the application of lots of hard work. Scott LeFaro came from a musical family, had studied music since he was five, and spent a quarter of his life playing the bass - I stand to be corrected, but I doubt he ever had to hold a mundane job down or do anything that wasn't involved with music in his whole life. In that respect, he was very lucky. He could also have been a blinding talent as a plasterer, but we'll never know

There's a couple of Schroeder 2x12s in the FS section, too - very small, light, and in a band mix, very very good. A friend of mine uses one in a band, and it more than holds its own against two half stacks...

The S12 is 4 ohms, using it with a Compact (8 ohms) will mean presenting a 2.666 Ohm load to the amp, which will release the magic smoke... You can use both cabs together, but you'll need a special speaker cable to do so, tho that'll mean they're in series, and presenting 12 ohms - the PF might struggle to push them.

At the moment (and it does change quite regularly), it's a toss-up between Van Halen's Jump and Luther Vandross's Never Too Much... I may be musically bipolar...

Awwww, I thought this was a completely different sort of thread...I was gonna suggest something light and swingable...

Can I have two please? My Dingwall's just the best fit for me in a bass I've ever played: play-all-day-light, all the tones I want, plays beautifully (great string tension for pick playing), and it looks very understated. I do love my Thunderland, tho - it's unique, I built it, it's exactly what I want in a rock bass, and it looks exactly as I had it in my head before I started. I couldn't sell either of them, and that's me speaking as a total gear-tart...

That's not the first Ibanez SR I've not been impressed with close up - a while ago I was all set to buy a new one (love the Big Singles), but once I had a couple in hand, I wasn't convinced with the QC for a £1000 bass.

I had exactly this issue with a neck, and in the absence of any cheap options, I strung it up (I didn't have a body at the time, so it went onto a 3x2 plank with a bridge bodged on ) with some D'Addarios I had lying around (high tension strings anyway) and tuned it up to F#-ish, then left it for a looong time (IIRC it was about 18 months) upstairs. I checked it every few months, and after a good while it started to come back, so I was able to start to wind the truss rod back in, and eventually it settled down into a useable state. It's been fine since. From a few discussions I had with luthiers, it's a pretty hit and miss method, tho, but at least it's cheap...

Not been impressed with the ones I've tried. Small, yes, but heavy for the size, and not very deep/loud.

Thanks for the suggestion, but the mic's off, unfortunately...

[quote name='JimBobTTD' timestamp='1385230910' post='2285923'] I've not had a problem with volume. What I will say, though, is that I have been pretty much underwhelmed by it. I use it with the GK app and I'm a long way from being ecstatically happy with the sound. [/quote] Did you try it with amplitube? If so, how was the volume with that? Don't want to throw more money after bad if it ain't the app that's the problem.

OK, soooo, in a bid to curry favour with SWMBO, I decided to to switch from using my Roland Bass Cube in the back bedroom (with headphones), to an iRig, but even with the full version of Amplitube, I cant get the thing up to any sort of useable volume. Tried several basses, and three different headphones, but all I get is low signal and lots of unwanted distortion. Tried the standard things like Input levels in the Settings, No Feedback, etc, etc - all useless. Anyone else encountered this, and is there a cure, before the thing goes back for a refund? Cheers, M

I had a 4001 from 79 till about 86, and I loved it at the time, but moved on - this seems to be a common scenario with most of the 'iconic' users, who are very often quoted as users, but in reality used them in the past but now no longer do. No problem there, they're a Marmite instrument, which woudn't be half the issue it is without the sterling* efforts of Mr John Hall, the Rickenbacker Chief Sales Prevention Officer... * See what I did there - I'm having a Ball here...

I use a couple of pieces of that knobbly acoustic foam, works just as well (and it's a great idea to isolate the cab from hollow stages), cost beans and is as hard to transport as, well, a square foot of foam. Having said that, I use a small, light cab and head (38lb 2x15 Schroeder), so it works fine, it probably wouldnt work as well under a stack or a Peavey 410...

There's evocative, there's referential, there's homage, then there's sounding and looking exactly like 1981. They're like a well-done tribute band to a band I missed at the time...

[quote name='pst62' timestamp='1384413839' post='2276305'] Hmm I coulda sworn I'd made a favourable and constructive comment on this thread? [/quote] I thought that, but there's two pretty much identical threads going at the moment...

Well, now he's part cyborg, he'll definitely outlive us all... I'm guessing his 'lifestyle changes' might be going to bed at 3am, whether the bar's still open or not...

Clever idea, hope he gets a result. I do, however, now have a mental picture of him getting it back and saying "Oh no...it's been damaged..."

We had a request for an Irish mini-set last year for a wedding, and in the right environment, stuff like that and 500 Miles goes down a treat: little old ladies elbowing the kids out of the way to get the dance floor . So easy to play you can have some fun with the punters, then you can go back to playing the more challenging stuff. We've made a point of putting all sorts of stuff into the set, and I really enjoy the changes of technique and pace which comes from playing things like Bon Jovi, Johnny Cash, Luther Vandross, Paul Simon, The Dubliners, Kings of Leon, Toto, REM, Stevie Wonder, Guns and Roses, Bruno Mars, Journey and Daft Punk. Ten years ago I'd have shied away from anything that wasn't rock-based, but I take myself much less seriously these days, and I'm a better bassist for it. There are new standards in stuff like Sex On Fire (I don't like it, but we always get asked for it), but with a bit of imagination you can keep people very entertained without playing Mustang Sally Oh, and we were once requested to play Enter Sandman and I Hate Everything About You at a wedding...

Love the pickups and surrounds - the look's very close to what I was going for with my Thunderland, although mine are just the covers and rings over Dingwall pups, and I couldn't find split older-style stacked knobs anywhere... How do the pups sound?

Yep, I'm sorry I sold mine, I should really pick up another as a backup. As long as you don't actually stomp on them much, they're fantastic.