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[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1432743527' post='2784534'] It's not rock-solid, but it's stable enough. So far I've only used in a spacious rehearsal room, so I don't know how it'll fare in a confined space where I might bump into it! [/quote] cheers

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1432736503' post='2784415'] Here's the pic from the other thread again, TC 210 on a Stagg GAS-4.2 amp stand: [/quote] Do you find that to be a sturdy set up? The cab doesn't wobble about does it? The TC210 is a similar size to my combo so i was thinking of getting one (stand that is )

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1432734630' post='2784390'] Generally it's a bad idea. [/quote] Why's it a bad idea? Apart from the example of a keyboard stand which always looks highly unstable

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1432579880' post='2782984'] That it would. It's not a flaw. There's even a name for that driver configuration, the W-M-M-W, altough in this case the Ms (midrange) would be full range, not pure midrange, drivers. It would be, which is why I have never promulgated that notion. But it's all a matter of scale. While no sensible bass rig would ever be large enough for low frequencies to be affected in a major way by horizontal versus vertical placement, it could be a concern with a large PA system. A dozen or more large subs arranged side by side across the front of a stage would be an example, unless it was the operators intent in so doing to limit the horizontal dispersion of the array. [/quote] Turning to a 210 bass cab, not the BF retro as that's a bit different. At what sort of frequency does dispersion become an issue for a 210 cab? And how important are these frequencies, if at all, to most bass player's tone? I have a 210 combo at present so would be interested to know. A previous 210 combo I had I used to stand on a table for gigs. The speakers were aligned horizontally and seemed to work for me getting it up off the ground. My current combo has the drivers more or less vertically aligned.

I watched Muse's performance on iPlayer and they are undeniably a great rock band, whether you like their music or no, they do 'it'. I'm not a big Muse fan, I like some of their material but not all. Chris Wolstenholme is a great bass player and a very good musician

Does he own a scaffolding company?

I think it just demonstrates that tone preferences are a very personal thing.

[quote name='RickyV' timestamp='1428231567' post='2739308'] Compared to some of the amazing basses appearing on here I think I would be struggling to describe my Jazz as 'gear porn'. Harley Benton Standard series jazz, bought for £27 as a 'deko' item and modded with Entwistle pups and a KiOgon wiring harness. Total outlay about £80 and I have a nice looking and really great playing jazz. Sounds the nuts too! Anyhoo.........pictures............ [/quote] That is one cracking looking bass for what is really no money at all.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1432300761' post='2780202'] 99% of the guitarists I know use Fender combo's, but I've only seen 1 bass player using a Fender rig in the last 30 years. [/quote] That must be the chap from Paul Weller's band who's just been on the telly with a HUGE Fender rig

Up until recently I was using rack mounted gear - amp, comp and an eq unit. The eq unit had a low pass filter on it and it certainly tidied up the bottom end and made it sound a bit more disciplined. I've been cutting the lows for some time now and concentrating on getting a bass sound from the low mids and mids. It's not always a pleasing sound played on its own but works very well in a band context and you don't get any dreadful boom.

My jazz bass sounds HUGE It can do a sort of P bass but it's still not a P bass, in which case I'd buy a P bass if I really wanted 'that' sound. I don't think a single coil will ever sound quite like a split coil however much knob twiddling you indulge in.

I went into a very well known Exeter guitar shop a few weeks back and was a little taken aback by how little bass gear they had. To make matters worse the 'room' had been reduced by 30% since I'd been there last. The basses were ok in general, but the amp selection was dreadful. It was even worse in the other music shop in Exeter. The bass gear is right at the top of the building, in a shabby room in the eves. The selection of gear was poor and the manner in which it had been put on display even worse. Bass dedicated shops are too far off, even for a day trip, for me.

410s are great, BUT, I found lugging the one I had around became incredibly tedious very quickly. Mine had castors but that doesn't get it off the ground and into the boot of your car. It's not even the weight so much as the fact they're so awkward to lift due to their size. I'd be looking at a good 212, if you've got a loud guitarist, (but then I'd be telling him to turn it down) probably second hand. There was a lovely Genz Benz 212 on a for sale page on Facebook a couple of days ago. In perfect condition with padded cover for £400. There's good stuff out there.

16ths or anything fast. My fingers just don't move quick enough. And pick playing, absolutely useless at it.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1432054619' post='2777638'] That's not the point at all. The fact that the bass was undamaged and not stolen does not preclude the fact that it was an idiotic thing to do. There must have been a point when this delivery guy weighed up what sort of crap storm could result if the OP complained. He clearly thought the benefit outweighed the risk and from where I'm standing on his own head be it from that point onwards. I wouldn't want anyone to be sacked, but I very much doubt that if indeed he was, it was solely as a result of this incident. I also have a great deal of trust in my postman. He handed me a parcel two streets from my house only yesterday, but this thread isn't about postmen. [/quote] He would most definitely have been sacked, I have no doubt about that, and it could have been over just one incident. If there's one thing Royal Mail Group Managing Directors don't like then it's this sort of stuff landing on their desk.

[quote name='grumpyguts' timestamp='1432053965' post='2777626'] Checking out my phone bill on the Talk Talk website and happen to look at the "news" page; it turns out Prince William plays bass. [/quote] He's probably sh*t at playing guitar then

I had an Ampeg B410hlf and replaced the castors. I just got a set of generic ones from ebay. However, I've had a search on eBay and they don't seem to be available anymore. You could try a set of Fender castors. The ones that fitted my Ampeg cab were identical to the castors I had on my previous Fender cab. They stock them at Thomann. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_rollen_fuer_verstaerker.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_rollen_fuer_verstaerker.htm[/url] They should fit.

[quote name='funkle' timestamp='1431969611' post='2776764'] Is it too inflammatory to say that, after years of researching and trying out gear, I still think the player makes the most difference to the sound in the room? [/quote] Yes, it is completely off to say it's the player...it makes the whole thread pointless Great couple of posts.

Seems a bit strange to move it to off topic...BB King was a hugely influential musician not just an influence for guitarists

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1431431519' post='2771208'] Also bassists and keyboardists, violinists, trumpeters, saxophonists, hurdy-gurdyists etc. etc. loads of bassists I've played with actually, really loads [/quote] Hence I don't do bands at the moment ☺

I've only been in a band with one singer that I would describe as a musician. She'd clearly practice between rehearsals, learnt all the words, didn't use a music stand ever and learnt guitar parts...and she had a cracking voice. All the others have turned up to practices with words printed off the Internet and blag their way through the session. Between practices no effort is made to exercise the voice or learn material. singers are the worst offenders but there are plenty of guitarists and drummers who do the same

My gear lives in the dining room. Two basses, both cased stand in one corner at the end of the side board thingy. My Fender combo, box of leads and effects pedal sit next to the blanket box near the end of the stairs. It takes up very little space so not an issue There are a couple of small combos under the stairs which I'm trying to get rid of (the combos not the stairs)

I drive an old Mondeo to practice and gigs, think I'm automatically excluded. And I don't own a p bass. And neither do I wear sports stuff

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1430915629' post='2765859'] So what, in your opinion, did that particular pro say that was incorrect? [/quote] So does high cone excursion result in poor transient response, as implied by the 'pro' and said not to be the case by Alex Claber and Bill Fitzmaurice. Which is correct? [quote name='stevie' timestamp='1430915629' post='2765859'] The people who have actually made a difference to the gear we are using are the ones who design and make the modern drive units and power amps. The names you have quoted are all niche market box stuffers using web forums to flog their wares. They are doing exactly what the major players are doing - only on a much smaller scale. [/quote] The niche players are definitely driving the major players into different attitudes, and in that niche I'd include Vanderkley, Bergantino etc. The internet and forums such as this and Talkbass have made people aware of these niche players. By major players I'm talking about the companies that are in pretty much every music store you go in. Back when I started playing 5years ago what they had to offer, maybe bar MarkBass, was frankly quite poor

Everyone's got ears and tonal goals are entirely subjective and down to preference. Everybody's hearing is actually unique and what someone will find harsh and middy others will find to be the tone they want. Stick your gear in the 'real world' and the engineering and science will explain why you are hearing what you are hearing. There's nothing wrong with picking up a pro, or anyone else for that matter, for making statements that are for all intense and purposes incorrect. I found the statement made to be very similar to someone arguing that you shouldn't learn theory because it'll stifle your creativity. What the likes of TKS, Barefaced, Roger Baer, Bill Fiztmaurice and Greenboy, to name a few, have done in the past few years is to make it more difficult for the major players to do what they did for a long time and just stick a driver in a cabinet and say x,y and z all based on spurious nonsense.