longtimefred

hey dude, i have the 410HLF (american made one) and i can safely say its the best cab i have owned. For a 1 cab set up this is amazing. it does stonking lows and really good crisp highs. Cannot recommend this cab enough, its killer and wont break your back like a 6x10. get it bought!

Live shots are usually the best! If you wanna get people to see you with the bass, aint it best that they see you actually using the damn thing instead of posing on top of a hill or some crap! lol. Like has been said, Fish Eye lenses are great for shots like that. Make sure its a cool venue, not a local pub or something, looks a bit crap with a price list for carling in the background or a dartboard! and what ever you choose to do, use a proper SLR / DSLR camera!!

i have been having a good read of this thread and find it an interesting read. I dont own a BFB cab but i do really like the look of them and what they are supposed to be able to do. I quite like the whole "home made" look about them, i think if i owned one and Alex manages to really get the company flying and his products get more advanced and get more refined in looks and finishes, i think it would be a really good thing to have an early model that could end up being a classic cabinet. I have recently joined a second band and dragging my big Ampeg cab around can sometimes be a pain in the arse. I just thought i would say that if i were to go down the route of getting a lightweight cab to have just in case im doing a gig and need to chuck something in the car, i would definately go and have a blast through Alex's gear. I sypathize with him about this whole situation as things seem to be getting really busy for him and i guess it was a matter of time before something got forgotten and pisses a customer off. I hope he can eventually make the jump from doing the cabs after work to doing it full time so he can make sure nothing like this happens again as it really seems he has a product that is worth all this talk! I have seen something similar happen to a motorcycle company called Beowulf who make exhausts. One guy got pissed off with something that happened to them, posted the problem on the forum and put so so many people off buying stuff from them, even though it was such an isolated incident. I hope this doesnt happen here. Will

im not really clued up with recording brass parts but i guess its the same as any audio signal once its in pro tools eh! Could you not find the peak of the best level take you have and get the compressor to match that? sorry if that sounds a bit noobish.

if only everyone could afford to use Metallica's sound crew! Have seen them at Wembley and Sheffield Arena and the sound for both was incredible. But that does bring me to a point of unjustified gig politics and sound. Why is it at the big shows that the support bands have to sound "worse" than the headlining band. Both times i went to see 'tallica, Machine Head were supporting and i love them, but the sound was just gash to be polite! It's so unfair on support bands that this crap happens and it sucks. Sorry for the thread hijack..

sound engineers might tell you tough sh@t as powering a bass cab using their monitor power amps may use most of their amplifier and not the monitors. just buy another power amp. that way you aint putting your trust in sound guys and also venues to have decent enough monitor power to do so.

excuse the pun but why fix what aint broken.... get another Ray!

i have had 4 Spectors in the past and they have all been great. Have had the NS2000Q5 Korean 5 string Neck thru, my first one and loved it. Was awsome. NS2000REX, Korean Rex Brown signature bass with the holoflash finish. This was my main stage tool for about 4 years and served me very well, was gutted to sell it. Only downside was when it was under the microscope of the recording studio, just didnt cut the mustard. NS2000Q4 - 4 string version of my first one, had a few tuning demons so didnt last long... Euro5LX - Probably one of the best build basses i have owned. Sounded incredible and was just pure stunning. Just couldnt get on with the Tonepump pre amp in it, lacked mid range and just couldnt get it to cut through the rest of the band. If it sounded like my Stingray, i would have kept it! Go check out the Euro range in my opinion. They rule..

[quote name='MythSte' post='678062' date='Dec 8 2009, 03:47 PM'][b]Compactly [/b]killer rig right there![/quote] corrected for ya dude! lol Sounds like a great set up! go get it bought!

thats a pretty reasonable price. only thing i suggest is find someone who you have seen a job they have done, just to make sure. The guy who sets up my bands guitars and my bass charges around that price and he is really good. His name is The Guitar Doctor and he owns Kays Music in Stoke on Trent if you are close by, he is a fully trained luthier and spray dude.

hhmmm not too sure on the trans white... looks like my walls when decorating when i put a crap layer of undercoat on it! Neck looks incredible. yum yum

wow that BC rich is a fair bit of history! proper cool. Loving the Fender P, im with you on the tort shell guards man, not a fan unless its on an old burst bass. they tend to look like a sideboard.

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='676625' date='Dec 7 2009, 12:37 PM']Alembic F-1X Mesa Boogie Strategy 400 Mesa Boogie Strategy 400 Matamp 8x10 (finished like the cab above) Matamp 4x10 (Also finished like the cab above) I want to get some pics of the 400+ on top of the 8x10 and 4x10 [/quote] bloomin nora!!! That lot must sound like God having an orgasm!!!

they look great! loving the finish, just make sure you dont turn that radiator on!!!! Always been tempted to have a custom spray on my Stingray as its looking a bit crappy now. hmmm

loving the Van Halen esk paint job on the one on the left. 80's tastic! good stuff.

mesa400+, bedroom amp? Whats your main one? lol

been reading this thread for a few pages then decided to skip to the end for a post. Been reading who people think are overrated etc and i have been trying to think of someone who i thought it. And to be honest i cant think of anyone, well bassists anyway. I love bassists and all their crazy different styles from Jason Newsted and his pure rhythm pounding aggression to Roger Waters who may not be the best technical player or anything, but to be able to put a good rhythm and melody that fits perfectly behind the man that is David Gilmour then just kicks ass! At the moment the one person on the planet of music who i think is overrated is Morrissey! i just really cant stand him! lol.

sod it man, get it done! get up there, do your thing, enjoy yourself and bring home the money! If you dont go down well, its not your problem, you were booked for it. you should play musthang sally in a minor key or something, really mess with their heads

nothing else matters was done with a fretless stingray, a lot of the other tracks he used the Spector (wherever i may roam, enter sandman, holier than thou), alongside his Alembics. Jason started using the Sadowskys towards the load and reload era. Jason was one of the reasons for me starting to play bass and i craved that sound for years. Then realized it would cost a hell of a lot of money to get it! The Jazz with some EQ scooping can get close to this. I found that when i got closer to this kind of tone, it was getting a little lost in the mix, i guess you need Metallicas sound engineers as well to make it work.

[quote name='waylander' post='675675' date='Dec 6 2009, 01:45 PM']ye i kno not gona get much from a 15watt, but came with the guitar. i been playing bout with it n gettin some "sound" from it, enough to practice with. will be gettin paid just after xmas from some part time work been doing so thinking of getting a Behringer BXL 900A 90 watt amp which should be enough to then properly learn on and running it through a Ibanez PD7 Tone lok phat hed bass over drive pedal so can have bit of fun with some effects[/quote] have a look at the Orange 'Crush' practice amps, really good little amps with a decent EQ section. And they look cool. You may find one for sale on here in the for sale forum.

[quote name='Linus27' post='674609' date='Dec 4 2009, 11:48 PM']See what I posted above. It looks like at some point they will.[/quote] ah righty, i thought they were just going to rotate between the colours they had released now. Didnt realize. If thats the case, winner!! anyone know of any price ranges yet? I would search myself but im knackered from a very very late show last night and not getting back home til 5am and only 4 hours sleep. rock n roll!!

No way! Westone stuff! forgot about this. I had a Westone Thunder II with 1 P style pickup that pretty much did nothing. I loved it as it was a step up from my nameless P bass i had before. Tempted to buy it back off the guy who i sold it to now!

did my first show with it not too long ago and was more than impressed. The new 6550's have really cranked up the amp and sounds nice n dirty. Tempted to replace the pre amp valves for somethign a little less harsh up the top end, or in fact could just turn the HF horn down! duh!! anyone know any good tubes for the job? The Cab is incredible, has made so much of an improvement on stage and out front. really pushes the bottom end out and gives even the higher notes (not that i do many) some real depth. Ampeg got it spot on with this and it really is a proper compact touring cab that gives everything you need that doest break your back or fill up all the room in the van!! Looking forward to the next few shows i have over the next couple of weeks.