Uncle Balsamic Posted August 1, 2009 Posted August 1, 2009 Anyone on the Wirral gigging with one of these? If so, I might come and see it in action
warwickhunt Posted August 1, 2009 Posted August 1, 2009 [quote name='wateroftyne' post='557975' date='Aug 1 2009, 06:17 PM']Yay! Cheers, Alex! I imagine there'll be a few interested parties looking at it while it's with me, so it might be with me longer than a week or so...[/quote] Me for one!
Finbar Posted August 1, 2009 Posted August 1, 2009 Nice. How long is the cab staying with each person?
OldGit Posted August 1, 2009 Posted August 1, 2009 Great idea.. Keen to see/hear one in action. Can you Bristol guys give me a shout when it gets to you? Ta.
Monz Posted August 2, 2009 Posted August 2, 2009 Alex... could you put me after Sean Robbinson as he is only a couple of miles away in Rotherham... would make more sense I can just nip round and pick it up Cheers Glyn
mike257 Posted August 3, 2009 Posted August 3, 2009 Wahey! I'm looking forward to this - although you never know, I might have bought one by then anyway, i'm getting an itchy trigger finger on it
Delberthot Posted August 3, 2009 Posted August 3, 2009 Looking forward to it although I'm surprised I'm the only one north of the border interested. It must be true what they say about Scotsmen being mean - c'mon I'll deliver it to you for the cost of petrol
Uncle Balsamic Posted August 3, 2009 Posted August 3, 2009 [quote name='mike257' post='559009' date='Aug 3 2009, 09:59 AM']Wahey! I'm looking forward to this - although you never know, I might have bought one by then anyway, i'm getting an itchy trigger finger on it [/quote] Are you going to be gigging this? I may check it out.
Musicman20 Posted August 4, 2009 Posted August 4, 2009 Compact arrived safe and sound! First test run tomorrow @ Leeds Subculture.
Sean.Robinson Posted August 4, 2009 Posted August 4, 2009 [quote name='Monz' post='558216' date='Aug 2 2009, 01:25 AM']Alex... could you put me after Sean Robbinson as he is only a couple of miles away in Rotherham... would make more sense I can just nip round and pick it up Cheers Glyn[/quote] As long as its ok with Alex it sounds good to me
Alien Posted August 5, 2009 Posted August 5, 2009 I'm a little unclear on this - are we responsible for getting the cab to the next person on the list, or collecting from the previous? A
wateroftyne Posted August 5, 2009 Posted August 5, 2009 I'm guessing we're responsible for getting it to the next person...?
Finbar Posted August 5, 2009 Posted August 5, 2009 I don't know, i've kind of arranged to get it from the person before me, and the person after me is arranging getting it from me o_O
alexclaber Posted August 5, 2009 Author Posted August 5, 2009 [quote name='wateroftyne' post='561104' date='Aug 5 2009, 01:02 PM']I'm guessing we're responsible for getting it to the next person...?[/quote] That would be logical as I did the first step. However it's probably best for you to sort it out on an individual basis. Alex
Sibob Posted August 5, 2009 Posted August 5, 2009 Looking forward to the Compact! I've got HappyJacks Big One for my 3 gigs at the weekend, so very much up for A/Bing it with the Compact! Lovely stuff Si
silverfoxnik Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 [quote name='Sibob' post='561541' date='Aug 5 2009, 10:13 PM']I've got HappyJacks Big One for my 3 gigs ... Lovely stuff [/quote] Excellent 'Carry On Barefaced' quote that!
Sibob Posted August 7, 2009 Posted August 7, 2009 [quote name='silverfoxnik' post='562454' date='Aug 7 2009, 12:50 AM']Excellent 'Carry On Barefaced' quote that! [/quote] Literally unavoidable I'm afraid Si
tonybassplayer Posted August 7, 2009 Posted August 7, 2009 I would like to add my name down to the list if possible I live in the middle of Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield just off J26 on the M62 and more than happy to collect and deliver within reasonable distance either way. Looking to go lightweight and up in quality later in the year when funds permit Regards Tony
davidmpires Posted August 7, 2009 Posted August 7, 2009 I don't want to sound greedy but if the cab makes it's way to London/Sevenoaks area can I gig with it please? I would like to know how it works with my other compact. 1 compact = good 2 compacts = better
Delberthot Posted August 9, 2009 Posted August 9, 2009 Due to one of my famous changes of plan, I may have to take my name off the list after having bought a GK combo. Bu then again, that's only this week, who knows what I'll be after in a couple of weeks
mike257 Posted August 10, 2009 Posted August 10, 2009 [quote name='Uncle Balsamic' post='559825' date='Aug 3 2009, 11:47 PM']Are you going to be gigging this? I may check it out.[/quote] I sure hope to be! I'm right at the bottom of the list, so god knows how long it'll be before it makes it here, probably a good few months, but hopefully it'll turn up at the right time for a gig or two. Although, if you want to do a before-and-after check with my current rig, you could pop down to the Barfly next Monday
alexclaber Posted August 14, 2009 Author Posted August 14, 2009 (edited) Due to various things (not least of which being a pallet of woofers vanishing) revised routes as follows: Route 1: musicman20 cleethorpes casapete hull finbar sheffield sean.robinson rotherham monz barnsley hubrad bradford rik (esa) bradford wateroftyne newcastle delberhot camelon lemmywinks blackpool josh3184 preston guyl manchester bassbunny manchester bass culture chester protium chester mike 257 wirral steve soar wirral Route 2: bassbod bristol mr foxen bristol sk8 bristol gunsfreddy2003 cheltenham phil the bassist newbury barelyl4 salisbury voxpop reading sibob high wycombe alien milton keynes bananaman leamington spa giblett123 birmingham adee corby redroque norwich physcoandy ipswich pete young ipswich crez5150 wickford dannybuoy london/surrey bythesea shoreham However, I realise it's going to take a while to get round these routes so once I have some spare cabs I'll subdivide the routes and send them out. I'll also send some Midgets around, stick your hand up if you want to see what a really really small cab can do. As I said previously, could y'all endeavour to post your experiences directly on this thread, for good or for bad. Photos/video/audio would be a bonus. Please bear in mind that although the Compact can go very loud it is inherently a smooth fat sounding cab, not a honky midrangey growly bottomless thing. This means that if you want to try it in a rock band where you're up against a couple of 4x12"s you will need an amp with enough power and growl - Musicman20 fell foul of this by using a friend's SVT3, which is top of my hit list for famously wimpy amps at wallet-shocking prices. If you're in a band where you're not doing the dual 4x12" battle then a couple of hundred watts will do fine, and tonally you're not going to need to add colouration to bark through the mix, you can just bring the natural fatness and punch. So to repeat that, any old solidstate amp of 200W+ will do fine unless you're in a LOUD rock band, in which case bring more like 500W and angrier tone. Anything beyond 1000W is overkill - be careful with the gain and EQ. Low power valve amps don't seem to like the Compact due to the high power motor giving them a difficult impedance curve (which conversely makes it an easier load for solidstate amps). More powerful valve amps are fine. Not sure about the middling (200W) ones, let me know! Oh yes, and some earlier Class D designs appear to be a bit finicky too - UL502 and AI Clarus - so be interesting to know more about them. Other than those curious beasts it really doesn't care what you shove into it, it's easy. Alex Edited August 15, 2009 by alexclaber +1
Gunsfreddy2003 Posted August 14, 2009 Posted August 14, 2009 (edited) Happy to test out a midget too (if you know what I mean!!!!) Edited August 14, 2009 by alexclaber giant quote
BassBod Posted August 15, 2009 Posted August 15, 2009 Just a quickie.....but the Clarus (III) worked splendidly with the Compact on a liitle jazzz gig....I'll report in detail in few days BB
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