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Why he need so many cabs? I thought these Barefaced cabs were loud? Sorry - just using the same jibe that Alex said to me about my 4 cabs back in the day...

Nice work. Whats the synth?

I quite like the Neutrik clear rings you can buy so you can label on the XLR. Very useful when presented with a loom box and a shed load of identical looking cables!

Go with OBBM's classic tweed!

A lot of people are going to chime in OBBM but I believe he only makes black cables. For a coloured cable, I don't think you can beat a Van Damme with neutrik plugs. Get Designacable to make them to your spec from their website or from their eBay shop... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gold-Neutrik-Guitar-Jack-to-Jack-Lead-Long-Van-Damme-Cable-3m-6m-10m-Electric-/161211536768?var=&hash=item2588f4d580:m:mQp66EkdbGBr1aeXINo4YVQ I have used a lot of Van Damme cables and never had any fail - and of course, they sound great too. Good enough for Abbey Road, Air and the Beeb, good enough for me etc...

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1464682609' post='3061308'] [color=#000000]Behringer iNuke NU6000DSP Power Amp[/color] [color=#000000]Behringer X Air 18[/color] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000]Into 2 "[/color][color=#000000]the box pro Achat 115" Subs [/color][color=#000000]and 2 [/color][color=#000000]Solton MF 300L tops.[/color][/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000]2 [/color][color=#000000]Behringer F1320D Monitors[/color][/font] 2 lead vocals, 2 backing vocals, keyboard, kick drum, one overhead, a little bit of guitar and a little bit of bass [/quote] Ooh - never heard of Solton before... *googles*

That's a nice rig. :-) Spookily similar to mine in fact - I'm running 745s with 8004s with GLD80/DL32R

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1464647071' post='3061183'] I believe Richard Osman does Two Tribes when not on Pointless... [/quote] DS gigs with the other one - Alexander Armstrong.

[quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1464611672' post='3060757'] I don't want the sub 80hz on stage. [/quote] Indeed!

Gruv gear fump

[quote name='mike257' timestamp='1464600680' post='3060584'] I managed to leave home without my amp head for a little three piece function gig a couple of weeks ago. Just used a DI through my HK Actor DX rig and stuck a little bit in the wedge and was a lovely quiet stage! Might do it more often. [/quote] I always prefer to go that way now - the last three or four years has been me, my bass and a microbass 2 preamp into the PA. Its great - especially if the whole band are inears. The band just sounds better out front. I love the thunderous lows of subs without having the mush on stage.

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1464605339' post='3060670'] This is a spectacularly illogical poll. If you honestly think that no class D amps can do heft then why on earth would some £200 9V powered effect pedal be able to add that heft? What I call 'heft' is the ability of a rig to produce unencumbered weighty sonic output below 80Hz. Others may consider it something else... [/quote] Quite! Don't you know that putting go faster stripes on a car actually makes it go faster? :-p

Should say that I favour hi beams though.

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1464596368' post='3060512'] Anyone have experience on how long they last before needing replacing? Wouldnt mind giving them a go [/quote] Depends how often you play and how sweaty you are. I play a lot but sweat very little - I tend to manage 5-6 months.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1464593879' post='3060479'] I love a good jazz bass but the control set up is flawed for me... A balance / volume / tone setup would be far better IMO. [/quote] Agreed - I hate the vol/vol thing. Although a balance doesn't yield the same results as a vol/vol.

I've yet to find anything in the same ballpark as DR - both in terms of performance and sadly price :-(

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1464593477' post='3060476'] That's what I was trying to say - if lack of heft is due to the power amp then a pedal wouldn't help. But if heft is just a nice dollop of bass boost in the preamp then it just comes down to preamp design rather than the power stage. [/quote] And you can't fix that with a pedal if the preamp is HPFing before the poweramp.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1464593674' post='3060478'] I use a class d amp run flat and no pedals... I've no idea what heft is but this set up sounds deeper, punchier and more powerful than any I've had in the past... It is of course possible that my ears are not capable of detecting heft or any other perceived tonal advantage of a rig weighing the same as a family of hippos, but if it's a failing on my part I'm glad I have it. I couldn't be happier with my gear at the moment. [/quote] Which amp are you using?

Heft, from what I can gather, appears to be a term that is used to describe the TC or B&O power modules perceived lack of punch.

I know this is a morbid thought, but if Jools was to snuff it, what other gigs are these guys doing? I know DS was doing something with that guy off Pointless - but what else keeps these guys busy?

It's just an intrigue really - I've got more PA stuff than you can shake a stick at!

Class D isn't the problem. You check out modern PAs and you'll find a great majority running racks of class D amps. The problem lies with which class D amps are being used in these lightweight heads. These heads have to be made to a budget - and in order to compete with the competition, they can't be running lab gruppen or powersoft amps. It's a compromise - and for most - the lure of a lightweight, affordable, giggable bass amp wins out.

And the question we all want to ask...what about monitors?

Parallel then!

[quote name='Painy' timestamp='1464539524' post='3060194'] Very loud rock covers band playing mainly pubs and clubs but with quite a few outdoor/marquee type gigs at beer festivals, biker do's etc. All Peavey apart from the desk which is Yamaha. A pair of 4ohm UL215S bass bins on the bottom powered by a Peavey 2600 and then 2 pairs of 4ohm UL15 cabs for the tops powered by another 2600. Used mainly for vocals and fully mic'd kit bit with the option to put bass and guitars through it when needed. [/quote] That'll shift a bit of air! The tops - you are running the amp the tops in series I presume?