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Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow? - Stones

Seeing this video for the first time tonight and bloody hell! 🤯 He doesn't even break a sweat! Mark

Hi @brickers I've used DR low riders and Fat Beams, but not high beams, so can't make a direct comparison. Compared to those I'd say the dragon skin plus last longer but not dramatically so, like elixirs do. I much prefer the feel over elixirs though - but I guess that's an entirely personal thing.

Plug in cab volume. Plug in driver if your version supports the Beyma. If not, give it the T/S specs from the datasheet. Tell it you have a tuning of 50hz and two 4" round ports. It will tell you the length, also the port velocity and response chart and displacement chart for whatever wattage you input. It's a big enough box you might get away with a lower tuning.

Hi Good morning Thank you very much for sharing the data on Dean Edge fretless basses, which is very helpful and informative. My apologies for not responding sooner. Thanks Steve

Almost an all new gig setup for me at the moment with the exception of the Sadowsky M/J which I've ben using a lot in recent times and done a few gigs with now. First outing this week with a new LFSYS Silverstone II, and my fully restored 1994 Trace Elliot AH250 GP12 SMX. Lots of clarity, exceptional low end performance, and excellent sound quality so far from this combination. I've also stopped using my trusty LMB3 for now, and I'm relying completely on the dual band compressor on the amp.

Gig last night was a little two hour, two set, Thursday night soiree. Everything went ok and it was free from any technical or equipment issues. The pair of G4M 1x12 powered pa speakers bought used for less than a ton nearly a year ago as a stop gap when our previous singer left with his EV’s continue to provide sterling service, and have more than paid for themselves. They aren’t hugely powerful but 1x12 + horn seems an ideal configuration for pub gigs. It’s only vocal, saxophone, and kick going through them. First time out for my new LFSYS Silverstone II cab, and also first gig with my newly restored Trace Elliot SMX head. Both worked perfectly and the clarity and sound quality were quite astonishing. I used my Sadowsky M/J for this gig. If there was anything to be noted for after gig discussions, it was that the second set started to get a bit jazzy rather than blues and perhaps a bit louder than was necessary. Both the guitarist and drummer were suffering from “The Guiness Effect” by then.🤔 Venue was Baker Street in Stirling, not the most spacious of venues. The band name seems to be sticking now as Blues Delux( for the last three gigs). Must admit I prefer the Sunday afternoon shows at this venue rather than late week nights. It also rained tonight, and the venue was late advertising the show. So it wasn’t a big crowd we played to, but they seemed to enjoy it. Everyone was happy, the band all enjoyed themselves, and we got paid to boot. I’ll take that any day. I believe there was video footage but it's not available yet. That maybe a good thing😊

It's amazing to me how a 90s act like Alanis can still get the big gigs. Daryl

IME this is the issue. The lack of control most bands would have had over how their first album sounded cannot be overstated. What the band intended and what the record company paid for are very different things.

afraid not… that MXR does look tasty, but I have fallen into the Future Impact… when you get your head around the PC software, its amazingly capable…

Thanks @stevie. This was exactly what I was getting at. This is my goal as well. Have a cab which basically sounds exactly like the DI. I have tried various cabs and the closest I've ever got to this is my Vanderkley 2x12. Even that isn't quite the same to the exact details. As you say, the graph is of course subject to the mic position and all the other factors such as room reflections. I'm not sure if the idea of having the DI feed being the same as the mic'd cab is practically attainable or even possible, but it's in an ideal world what I want. My question was a roundabout way of asking if one doesn't know how to mic the cab properly, how can anyone say what goes out is what has went in?

The Dimension was a serious contender. Its lack of sales was saddening, as in HH Elite spec it was a serious MusicMan crusher. I owned and played one for eight years until it sadly had to be sacrificed as a trade-in towards my KingBass Mk-II. I have a feeling it will be back at some point, as it was one of those hyper useful Swiss Army Knife basses.

Agreed. The Ultra II model's use of the top side truss rod adjuster and rear truss rod skunk stripe smacks of production streamlining/cost cutting. The Elite was a definite quality high point. Mine is sublime and one of the best Jazzes I've played. (It's up against some stiff competition in my own collection as well!) I played one of the early Ultras when it was newly launched and the setup from factory was utterly unplayable.

We both drove a huge way out of our way yesterday evening and met on the M4 for a very good sale/trade. Highly recommended!

Girls On The Avenue - Richard Clapton