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Brilliant find... thankyou!

yeah it definitely does that. on a wooden stage that I have played on a number of times I noticed that I would have to cut the bass on my amp to about 10 o'clock lock from 12 o'cloc... with the harley benton mat I found I could actually boost bass and it still sounded way cleaner / clearer with much less boom

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Far more likely to not leave you embarrassed for oomph than the oversize practice amp.

I'm not sure if it has been posted before, if so, always worth another thread. 'Martha Reeves live in concert'. It's not very long (22 minutes) and there are a few top players by the looks of it. Some posters have named the band. Jamerson, Joe Sample (Keys), Wah Wah Watson & Dennis Coffey (Gtrs), Jim Keltner (Drums), Ollie E. Brown (percussion), Steve Doc Kupka (sax) Emilio Castillo (trumpet) Both from Tower of Power. George Bohannon (trombone) Maxine Willard, Maxine Waters, and Clydie King on back up vox. And, of course, Martha on top form!!

Then the answer is no

I had a very nice chat with him years ago backstage at the Fairfield Halls (my mate was working for Arbiter at the time and had some replacement equipment for the band so we got free tix and backstage / dressing room access). On the Jaydees he basically had the 3 active tone controls on full pretty much all the time but just rolled the bass off slightly, which pushed the mids through and gave that characteristic gnarly tone that you hear on the early albums. There’s no distortion effect, it’s all in the sound of the Jaydee bass. Other changes track to track were simply the position of the 3 way pickup selector. So slapped parts like Micro Kid, Out of Sight Out of Mind and finger style lines like Chinese Way for example were all bridge pick up whereas the slapped line on Heathrow for example was both pickups and some of the stuff on the Early Tapes was neck pickup only. If you’ve ever picked up a Series 1 Classic Jaydee you can very easily hear this difference just by playing with the rotary selector switch position (even if you can’t actually play the damn bass lines!)

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I’m sure you will be very happy with your choice, I know I was ! Great amp 🤟

This is one of those "how long is a piece of string?" questions. It might do the job, but then again, it might not. The only way to find out is to try it, but that would mean buying one. Two 8s in a small cabinet are only going to shift so much air. May be fine in certain bands/styles, but if you play music that requires you to push the bottom end a bit and venue acoustics are less than ideal, perhaps not. I've used a MB 1x12 combo in similar circumstances to those you describe and it worked surprisingly well, although it didn't shake the room (as you would expect) and it was in a soul band, so volume was not very high. I wouldn't imagine the difference between the older and current version is that great. MB gear is surprising in that it projects well and sounds good in the room, however. Any chance you could hire one and try it out at a gig? That would give you a better idea.

Hideous looking thing.

Dingwall have been stocked there for about 4 years, just not very reliably - and more expensive than anywhere else.

Just helping out my friend Mark of Classic & Cool Guitars/Limelight basses. Hope this is the best place for it but feel free to move it! It was last seen in a tweed traditional-style case. I don't know if the new owner is a member here! Hoping to make it too hot to handle... Here's what Mark has to say: On the 29th/30th December this bass was stolen on route to its new owner in Nuneaton. It was collected by Parcelforce, arranged via Interparcel. The bass is a one off completely unique instrument and won’t be easy to off load for cash. It is a custom made Limelight bass in Ice Blue Metallic, made to look like a bass used by Coldplay. An investigation into its disappearance was made, but it was declared “as lost”, and couldn’t be found. I’m not happy with this as ParcelForce know which driver was collecting that day, and the depot it should have been delivered to next. This has cost me over £1000 personally. The Police will be informed. If you see this bass offered for sale, do not buy it as its stolen goods and will be confiscated.

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