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Ah ha, I've been where you are! I've had quite a few BF cabs. I started with the 10s, and loved them. But in my naivety at the time, I though moving up to 12s would be the same but bigger and better. I was wrong, I don't like the 12s for the same reasons you're talking about. They reproduce everything that goes into them from the top to the bottom. They do sound massive though. The sound I have in my head is rounded, warm, fat and punchy, but has no top end, very old school. I went back to the BF 10s, a Three10 to be specific, and I could not be happier. With careful amp choice and eq I could get close to what I wanted with the 12s, the best I managed was with a Tecamp Puma 900 (same as an Eich T900) with the Taste control very much cranked over to the Rich side. Rob

I regrettably have an aversion to the feel of old strings, to me they don't have that responsiveness against the fingers. I'm aware this is a bit OCD as I don't actually mind the duller tone. The frequency of little parcels of bass strings arriving through the post has become a "talking point" with my other half!

Mano a Mango - Hall & Oates

Business must be slow because flatwounds are really popular again 😆

Cherry Flavored Stomach Ache - HAIM

how about if you changed the strings around on the basses you've got ?, would that count?

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You could always use flatwounds instead.

Yep that’s the issue with an amp di. Of course you can feed the pedals into the fx loop but having a di on the floor is so much easier. Plus you can fly anywhere and have your sound. it’s tough to beat the versatility of the capo.

I'm very strict about changing strings: Every 15 years, whether they need it or not.

Measure from the nut to the 12th fret and multiply by 2.

I’ve done a fair few dep gigs over the years. As pointed out above, basic charts should be a given for all bands IMO. What if one player can’t make it at the last minute and a dep is obtained but doesn’t know the stuff? Even more important when it’s covers and the arrangements / keys / tempos are altered from the original. I recently got asked to dep in a tribute outfit for one gig a good distance from where I live. They have no charts of any description apparently. I’m unavailable, but would have been able to play probably 90% of their set, just needing to brush up on a couple of songs I don’t fully remember. I suspect they will have trouble getting anyone who is willing to put the work into learning the stuff for only one gig ( if they’re not familiar with the material). If they had charts then at least they’d have a good chance of finding someone to do it.

I found this SMX250 for a good price because it was making all sorts of horrible sounds, even before I started to play through it! Replacing the original hyper microphonic 12ax7 valve fixed it and now it's as good as new.

Me? No. I have a shirt and everything.

With that head and cab you should be able to achieve the type of tone you desire. I wouldn't max the Vintage filter; just set at 25% and reduce the hi frequency control. Reduce hi mids a little and perhaps boost low slightly. Use both or just the neck pickup to get a softer tone. Finally I'd go back to roundwounds because TI flats are very mid present. I loved TI flats on my passive Precisions but couldn't get a nice tone with my active Musicman basses. I think you've got all the elements available to get your tone but need to experiment more without going to any extreme settings, either on your amp or bass guitar onboard preamp controls.