Delberthot

I meant to say that I had one of the first series of the MB combos and loved the sound but felt that it was the cab that let it down. That was the 2x10" combo plus 15" cab

I am about to take delivery of my first Barefaced cab - the One 10. For years I've raised my cabs off the floor using various cab stands so when the question was asked if I'd like a top hat fitted to it, naturally I said yes. I have a simple set up - wireless into the amp and then into the cab. DI out from the amp to the PA. I plan on having the cab at ear level on a standard PA speaker stand as I like to be able to keep the stage volume as low as possible and I'm guessing that for most gigs it will be about 2-3 feet away from me, maybe 4 feet at the most. I also have a microthumpinator if needed. I'm not going to be in a position where I'm playing humungous stages, this is more or less it for every gig we play. With my current Rumble combo, I have always struggled to get the volume low enough to still sound good. I've never been one for tons of deep, low end either. My current conundrum is what amp to buy. I do like the idea of the Peavey Minimax which will theoretically pump out a maximum of 350w into this cab but I'm a Gallien Krueger fan having had 800RB, 700RB & 1001RB amps over the years. I was wondering if the MB200 would do the trick? 140w into the 8ohm cabinet and so light that it could be permanently velcroed to the cab and kept in the cajon bag I bought to store and transport the cab. I play right next to the guitarist who is pretty quiet on stage and I have a great drummer who doesn't have to hammer the bejesus out of her kit. My main source of volume on stage is from one of the PA speakers which is normally about 5-6 feet in front of me. I know that there isn't a great deal of difference between a 500w amp and a 700w one other than headroom but will 140w be enough given what I am going to be using it for? Granted it's not your average cab. I've narrowed it down to the Peavey Minimax, GK MB200 or GK MB500 (if required) with a 4th option of the new Hartke TX600 which will be coming in at around the same price as the MB500

My £250 Yamaha BB425 had a great B string. I completely agree that it's not all about how much money you spend. A badly designed bass is a badly designed bass regardless of its price tag. I've had some great 5 string basses and never spent anywhere near £2000 Granted there should be less basses with bad B strings at that price having spent so much money

I bought my Sterling without trying one as I couldn't find anywhere that had one. Luckily it's a fantastic instrument and really suits my playing style. Alternatively I could never ever get on with Stingrays. I didn't like the feel of them and could never get the Stingray growl. Turns out I can from my Sterling.

My experience of the Resolites was when I was putting together a Warmoth bass. I must have drilled the holes slightly too small and instead of getting resistance telling me this, one of the screws snapped

When I played a 5 string I always used [url="http://www.daddario.com/DADProductDetail.Page?ActiveID=3769&productid=142&productname=EXL165_5_Nickel_Wound_5_String_Bass__Custom_Light__45_135__Long_Scale"]D'addario 165-5[/url] strings which come with a 135 B string and this is only marginally lower tension than the E

I found those strings on a single coil Precision tuned down a semi tone were amazing but yes I can't imagine playing these strings at full tension either

I've had both and didn't think the GK was up to the job. It somehow felt fragile, that if I took it to a certain level it would break. those were just my thoughts at the time so I decided to sell it after a couple of months. It was a series 1 combo I had with matching 15" cab The Rumble on the other hand feels solid and powerful but a level of power that I don't ever need to push it. Soundwise, the GK didn't do the GK growl for me having owned 800RB & 700RB II amps. From what I've heard the MB Fusion gets a lot closer. It sounded plain and kind of meh to me. Might have been the amp, might have been the cab or might have been both. The Fender sounds a better amp regardless of what bass I've used with it. Having said that I will be selling my Rumble combo in a week or so when my Barefaced cab arrives as I want to go even lighter and don't need so much power. I'll put up a for sale ad when I do.

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I usually go for designer labels such as F et F, Jorge & Matt Allan

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1468762641' post='3093144'] You use a 110 for low B? Be interested to hear it! Basically, my opinion of these is that if you need to drop mid song, then they are invaluable. Any other use, its just as easy to quickly tune down, you'll learn to do it by ear and muscle memory quickly, I can easily just give my tuning key a quick turn without thinking about it and hit D on the nose. I do have one fitted to one of my basses, I hardly ever use it. But they are very good at doing what they do, no complaints! [/quote] I drop to the B for Uptown Funk and Get Lucky. It still sounds and feels pretty good but if you overcook things you can push the string off the edge of the fretboard when fretting a note due to the drop in tension. A standard 130 roundwound D'addario string tuned to B has a tension of 34.5lbs whereas a 110 Chrome string tuned to B is 29lbs so it's not as big a difference as you would think. I don't use mine much either but I was finding my Stingray 5 to be a tad heavy so I went through the band set list and worked out what I needed a 5 for & what I could modify my playing for to see if I could use a 4 instead. Turns out it wasn't as bad as I thought so sold the Stingray and bought a Sterling instead. Much lighter. I had used drop D for years but I had to learn how to use drop B which was interesting

I have Chromes and use a 110 E string and a Hipshot double stop so I can go down to D and B during songs

Have you tried Roland UK? I needed a load of bits to repair a pedal a year or so ago and they were really cheap

[quote name='paul_c2' timestamp='1469116890' post='3095920']out of tune bagpipes is the main reason why people dislike them, its quite a complicated process to get them in tune!! [/quote] So I take it no one in history has managed it yet as they all sound like a bag of cats

I too had a TNT160 which I traded a couple of years later for a Trace 7210H combo and then added a 1048H cab. At the end of the 90s I bought a Trace 1153 and Gallien Krueger 800RB.