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Wasn't feeling the gig. I made the mistake of not eating anything before the gig. Well attended ticketed event , $35.00. Part of the problem was the room . Huge room on the marina ( Lake Michigan)with extremely high ceiling and lots of glass. Great lighting with smoke but the stage sound was not good. The amp provided was SWR cabs a 15" and a 4 10s. I stood right in front of the rig and couldn't hear a thing. Not much coming from my monitor either. Our band leader/ front person stayed engaged and positive with the crowd. Daryl

Can i just say, this forum always perks me up! Thanks a load to ALL of you!

Loving the double-compressor approach, I bet the rig sounds really nice. A bit off topic but I have never seen that SFX pedal before, can't find any info on it either 🤓 and it looks pretty cool.

ACS Custom. Not cheap, but bloody good. I put off getting some for years, after having sworn by the Christmas tree type ones (Etymotic ER-20's), but decided to finally take the plunge and get some moulded ones. They're simply head & shoulders above the other "off the shelf" ones. Initially went for the 20dB filters, found them a bit too effective, so got some 17dB filters, which are perfect. Tried some Alpines, I found them fiddly and didn't sit in my ears very well. ACS Custom Earplugs

Nice job Dave. Great crowd and great looking venue. You guys sound very tight in the video. I listened to both clips with earbuds. Daryl

I have a GK Legacy 800 112 combo. Sounds great. Very portable. Very powerful at 400w stand alone and 800 with extension cab. If I was buying again, I think I would go for the Fusion 800 instead for the Tube Preamp section. Legacy is a shade under 15kg and the Fusion is a little heavier at about 16kg. Also have 115, 210, 212 and 410 options.

I have a checklist to make sure i never forget anything. I started it because i forgot my Glam Rock boots at one of our earlier gigs and had to wear black trainers but it did feel weird not wearing them 🤩 Glad it turned out ok in the end tho and that's the main thing. Dave

Evening kids! Just a quick note to say thank you to everyone who attended. @prowla and I sorted out the fundamentals and after settling out our expenses for hall hire/food, we made a £75.00 profit, which I'll pay into COATs charity when I'm there on Tuesday. Disappointingly, we overran on the presentations, so round two of 'What's That Bass?' was shelved. Next year maybe. As there was a low amount of donations for the raffle, this was parked too. We did see a Behringer pedal got left behind (this was a raffle donation), so if it's OK Paul (@prowla) will pop that up in the classifieds here. All in all, a fun day. Home now. Glass of red incoming! Until 2026, best to all! Paul

A couple of snaps from EUB corner...

Yes, great fun! Thanks to the organisers for all the work!

Ah I can’t say I live in Crowthorne, I’m just down the road in Sandhurst past wellington college. It’s a nice part of the world, I hear Hungerford's not so bad!

I bought an Eden 2x10 cheap because it's old and weighs 22kg. I reasoned that while I'm 53, I do strength training and it shouldn't really be a problem to carry it. I can do a one trip load with my head and effects in a bag, gig bag over my shoulder and hefting the speaker as well as I can, but it's not fun and I'm looking to upgrade in the near future. I'm not gigging either, one trip from a distant parking option and I reckon I'd be cooked!

I currently use Alpine earplugs to keep the volume down at rehearsals and gigs but was wondering what better ones there are on the market. For me, they take out lots of frequencies so I hear myself too loudly. That may be the only way it can be but I thought I'd ask. I'd like to hear everything but quieter if at all possible!!

As a noob, can I say THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS! That was just lovely. I managed to miss the guitar shows this year, and that really did feel like a little show! everyone I spoke to, everyone I didn’t - please connect. I love this organisation! Also: Costco chocolate cake rules. @jonno1981 - lucky you! I used to live in crowthorne, these days I’m out near Hungerford!

Home now, it’s great to only live ten minutes from the venue! Thanks Paul & co for organising, I think the venue worked really well with the two rooms. Lots of great gear on display and friendly folks who allowed me to badly try it. I LOVED Mike’s satin finish sunburst Fender MIJ Jazz bass. The talks worked really well, lots of interesting stuff from the chap from Monty’s, the 60s Jazz pickup set sounded killer. The cab demo was an eye opener, you really don’t need a big cab to get a good tone. Chris Child’s interview had great stories and experiences to share. Thanks to Mike Brooks for facilitating. Overall that was a lot of fun!

It was a fun day out; I've not been to one before so haven't yet had a chance to put faces to names. Nice to discuss EUBs, DBs etc. with the chaps there who were into that sort of thing, and to have a look at the variety of interesting bass guitars on show. I meant to take some books to get rid of but forgot, took some pedals to get rid of but forgot to get them out the car, and came away with an additional book (donation made to CRC).

This one is rather good from Audio Imperia, called 'Glade'. It's a combination of orchestral and world/ethnic sounds & percussion. You are given a serial number, so it works in the free Kontakt player. It comes in two versions: 1) Four gig download with two mic positions. 2) Twelve gig download with four mic positions. Link and details: Glade | Audio Imperia

Ooh thanks for the headsup, I will have a look!

Hello All Purchased this beast from a shop that was closing down for the princley sum of £15. Nearly put my back out loading it into a pickup. I bought the top speaker, an Eminence DELTALITE II 2515 NEO 8ohm 15" 300watt as the original was ripped. I have a Dual Showman Reverb and a Fender J Bass I'd like to use with it. Mostly neck pickup with tone off. My question, as a complete newbie to cabinet design, is can I get this to a useable state? And what should I be priortising? Its looks like somebody has closed a couple of the front open 'ports'. Should I be closing the rest off? Closed back? Acoustic matting? Create new ports? Seperate the two speakers with baffles? BTW low G to Open E farts like a good un.

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