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[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1451824459' post='2943678'] If you have a cab on the floor and you can't hear it... dispersion is the least of your problems. Basically you have researched poorly ...also, your sound needs working at As for taking a large box along to put said cab on..?? ??? [/quote] That's a really helpful post Would you care to elaborate?

The best at what he did, and not many do it Lemmy's way... An utter legend and rock god. I'm not sure he'll be resting, but I hope he's at peace. Goodbye Lemmy - missed already and will be for a very long time.

[quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1450440714' post='2932821'] I think you can over think these things, if the audience are enjoying it then it's good, if not I'd imagine the bass tone is not at the core of the problem, poor song choices or wrong band for the venue, crap singer, aimless noodling, too loud etc etc all coming before the bass tone. [/quote] Not to everyone - clearly!

And on this one he plays drums, bass, guitar and sings all vocals... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OBF54a5ENE[/media] Whether you like him or not (and he certainly seems to divide opinion) it's hard to dispute his talent

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1450350248' post='2931855'] Didn't Mark play on a Midge Ure Album ? [/quote] He certainly plays on this track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dboze9wjE10

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1450376762' post='2932237'] I stand to be corrected however re Nick kershaw session. [/quote] No, you are indeed correct! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-S4ivwPXwg

[quote name='No lust in Jazz' timestamp='1450432388' post='2932676'] This has blown my mind... thanks it's almost Zen like [/quote] Ha ha! It works the other way too though - just because it's "good" doesn't mean you'll like it!

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1449927425' post='2928061'] Yeah the bigger amps with a "something or other that I can`t remember the name of" transformer... [/quote] Toroidal?

[quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1450430702' post='2932650'] Someone who enjoys a clanky ric through an old ampeg might not enjoy a sei jazz and eden amp with modern cabs. Neither are good if it's not want you need, a two seater Ferrari is not better than a transit van if you are a self employed plumber is it? [/quote] Indeed. Horses, courses, etc. Sauce for the goose is another man's poison, and so on.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1450383968' post='2932331'] Well, it might be what you like, but that doesn't make it good. [/quote] That same applies to you too, of course! If I buy the gear, and I listen to it, and I like it - then it's good for [b][i]me[/i][/b]. Whether or not it rates as good in some absolute terms, or whether [i][b]you[/b][/i] think it is good is largely immaterial to me. If my band-mates enjoy my tone, and some audience members comment favourably upon it - then I must be doing something right. You can't please all of the people all of the time, after all. If some self-appointed arbiter of sound quality can't accept that, then that is [i][b]their[/b][/i] problem - not mine.

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1450358760' post='2931990'] My 2p. I've had many cabs over the years (gigging for 25years and counting), Trace / Laney / H&H / Orange / Peavey / Ashdown / Marshall etc all the usual suspects. I've heard nothing that's as good as my Barefaced super compacts. They are certainly not lacking in heft in any way. YMMV. [/quote] I feel the same. From the mid 1980s, when I bought my first "proper" bass amplification (Trace Elliot AH250 with 1048 and 1518 cabs - which, interestingly were regarded as pretty "boutique" back then!), through use of Ampeg, Ashdown, Fender, Randall, Orange, Hartke, Gallien Krueger, Aguilar, TKS and a few others I have forgotten about... I have always had what I would think of as a "decent" bass tone. Some better than others to my ears, but all pretty good. Since I first tried a Barefaced Compact, I have owned two Compacts, a Vintage and a Big One. I now use two Berg HS210s - not because I felt that the BFs lacked anything, but simply because the Bergs came up at a time when I was looking at alternatives, and I had always wanted to try some. Amp-wise, I am now using a Markbass LM2. To be honest, I've never noticed a "neo" sound, or the difference between Class D amps and more traditional designs. I've never noticed a lack of "ooomph" or "heft" or whatever it is called. Some amps have lacked midrange control, others have over-compensated with ridiculously complex EQ sections! I think the general quality of bass gear these days is incredibly good, and costs a lot less (in relative terms) than it used to. My old Trace stack cost me over £1300 back in 1986. For that same money [b][i]now[/i][/b] I could buy a really decent rig! It's a great time to be a bass player and all these petty arguments about which is "best" get slightly wearing. If you like it, it's good. Sod what anyone else says!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1450355716' post='2931943'] Yep - my own fault. I thought a maple board would be nice alternative, but it turns out I'm dyed-in-the-wool rosewood. Adrian won't send me a neck 'cos they're carefully matched to the bodies, so... here I am. As soon as it sells, my order is going in for another. [/quote] My leanings are in the opposite direction. I just really like the slightly "cooler" feel of maple fingerboards. Having just sold two basses, I should be in the position to be able to buy yours WoT - but sadly the funds are needed elsewhere...

Barefaced foam party...?

Anything featuring Clownwhores... I'm easily pleased

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1449602225' post='2925102'] All those product endorsements evaporating Geddy [/quote] Oh, I dunno... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOVh_C7XTHA

Is it full of aimless noodling?

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1449828249' post='2927198']You can't really compare vocally "Can't Explain" with "Won't Get Fooled Again" and likewise you can't do it with "Love Me Do" with "A Day in the Life" [/quote] Aaw, come on! This is Basschat - we can compare anything with anything else!!

Just because you do (or have done) something, it doesn't make you an expert.

Dead simple (in fact embarrassingly so!), but great tone and tight as feck... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQZBaJAngH8