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I agree. So many do look much of a muchness, that is until you start spending £5k+ & my ears won’t justify that. I didn’t really want to pay more than £500 for a turntable, but it turns out that all that £500 will get me is a nice sounding deck that looks the same as every other £500 deck. It’s not that they are ugly, just that they don’t appeal to my visual tastes. This visually ticks my boxes… This doesn’t & would look out of place (though in my last house, it would have went well)…

Those are headphone outs, so will already have an amp built in to them. Most mixers dont have those and just use standard passive outs. I sometimes do the same with the headphone out on my XR18, straight in to my IEMS using a long stereo TSR extension cable.

I think these look great! Something a bit fun!

I stand corrected! With my poor eyesight and a small laptop screen it looked like it said Indonesia. Doh.... lol!

I’m probably minority here but apart from the white one mentioned , they don’t do anything for me .More knobs than the Houses of Parliament. Is there really any need for them ?? Doubtful if the punters at the dog and duck would notice much difference tbh

My end pin was buzzing, typically on the E, F or F#. I used to adjust the end pin up and down and it changed the buzz note - harmonics on the pin, drove me mad. I've now changed my end pin to one that is tubular steel (the old one was solid steel) and the buzz has gone - I assume the harmonic range is different or maybe the tubular steel one doesn't shake that way?

Cool, TY. With the Zoom lt 12 you can plug straight into the desk if you are wired - I have a long trs for small gigs but use my nux transmitter if I’m not standing next to the mixer.

It says Ensenada on the headstock...

Your IEM system, transmitter, whatever (which is an amplifier), so some additional hardware not directly the headphones themselves.

Indeed - but that is just adjusting standard AUX outs, which you could do on mixing station or whatever on the behringer, the X18 also has 6 outs (its what I use in my main group). Just does limit the number of stereo outs you can get from a mixer to 3.

Hi I will be downstairs again in my usual spot. Been going to the Birmingham show for many years and have always done it with my friend Haydn Williams a guitar builder. It is very helpful to have someone that can look after the shop if either of us has to leave. I will not be in the bass room upstairs so please drop by if you want to see what I have available to try and buy. Alan

Good to see Joey B has a couple in there 👍

OC-2 Comparison.mp3 Ok, so I've plugged in The OC-5, followed by an '84 'Octave' OC-2 and then an '83 "Octaver' OC-2. All are soloed on the -1 octave (OC-5 in vintage setting on Bass mode) All three are individually powered by a Boss RPW-7 to make sure they all have the correct voltage hitting them. I'm using an MIJ '57 Reissue P bass with worn in flats, tone on full, straight out of the DI of an Ampeg PF800 pre EQ into Logic no processing. Playing around the sweet spot of 7th to 12th fret for the little riff in the demo. I can't feel or perceive any latency from the OC-5, what I can hear is that they all sound a bit different and the OC-5 is much louder due to a better noise floor.

Another update from me… Some tweaks to the setup of pre-amp, compression and drive. Signal chain Tuner>Comp>Pre… I then I have a signal split Pre-amp DI out>CabM+>FOH/IEM and Pre-amp 1/4”out>Genz4OTF>LDP>Box ofWar>Thumpinator>Amp Box Of War - this is a custom shop version with the mid switch which fills out the scoop / fattens up the low mids from the 0700 to 1100 position but isn’t much use to me personally dialling it above noon. I keep the mid-switch engaged and am enjoying the thick muff tones which grew up listening to in the 90’s grunge stuff. My guitarist doesn’t really use much dirt live (he’s a cowboy chords kinda player) so there’s scope for the bass to do the more driven sounds in songs like Zombie and 7 Nation Army. LDP- boost and drive. The drive is a pretty solid sounding unit with bass specific touches and does the low gain to a moderate gain sounds we can appreciate on the gig. I like it set to low ish gain for character. The DEEP switches are engaged on both sides and they add a pleasant bump without getting muddy (I’m guessing around 100hz). The Boost side comes after the drive and is really good on its own to put a touch of something on the basic overall bass sound. I have the Tone knob rolled back for taking some of the zing out of my jazz bass in tracks like Proud Mary. Winding it up over noon can liven pick playing and I use it a lot finding it can be a really satisfying always on and versatile tone enhancer I.e turning the tone down completely for a warm pillowy sound which isn’t as muffled as turning g the bass tone control fully off. I dig it and it’s a pretty cool looking black and gold unit which I prefer to the older more industrial look Rodenberg used previously. API TranzFormer Cmp Wonderful sounding unit from studio giants API. It has the API output transformer and is a VCA style comp which can often translate to a faster punchier style of compression. The unit definitely has a colour to it from the transformer and that was part of the appeal. I have another VCA style comp which is great maybe a bit more transparent but the API ‘colour’ is real nice! In front of the tube pre amp it is adding its own thing and lifts the whole pedalboard. There’s some preset switches for attack and release so if these aren’t enough control this may not be the unit for you but there’s no denying the pedal adds something by being switched on and imparting it’s own vibe. It’s actually really straightforward and looking forward to gigging with it tonight. The blend is nice as you can push things a little more and hear that comp working but dial back in the clean to keep things juicy. I'm usually a one in, one out type of person but glad I nabbed these when I did and like I say looking forward to this board over the coming months for the live shows.

Quite a few have gone down the tried and tested Rega route, visually (other than the RP8 type) these are little changed since the 1970s. I replaced my much prettier Systemdek with the RP3 nad the sonic improvement was significant. It comes down to what the priorities of the user are, and how deep the pockets.

Hopefully a limited run of 1.

GnR have popped up with three between 50 and 44, SCOM is still to put in an appearance.