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Interesting read for me as I'd come to a similar conclusion to - I bought a little Yamaha DXR8 a few years ago and have since found it very capable of carrying vocals/keys/acoustic guitar etc in a pub scenario at a quality we'd have been amazed by at the turn of the century. Apart from the easier weight and the smaller storage footprint, the (lack of) visual intrusion up on a pole is a very nice bonus. Couple of things that follow from what Phil has said - the quality and design integration of horn, crossover and compression driver matter a lot more than the woofer and you can see this in these mid-price little cabs. The Yamahas have a fairly decent Celestion compression driver and cross using DSP with FIR. The woofer is just ok. Cheap out on the top though and it would be much more objectionable. I think our low-end bias as bassists, and a DIY culture that has focused on bass response partly because that's easier to model, clouds our focus a little bit. 500-5k is where the money is IMO. In the age of DSP it's really hard to beat what can be done with modern active FIR crossovers and bespoke programmed multiband compression. I've built several good, flat and well-behaved speakers with passive crossovers using that excellent Bagby spreadsheet program combined with outdoor measurements, but it's a lot of work and the passive components are expensive especially if you have to tweak spec from a prototype. About the only way to make it cost-effective would be to do what LFSys appear to have done and turn it into a premium product. If those cabs had a PA form-factor and big brand behind them I expect they'd cost a lot more (and some components would be downgraded too!).

So, I've finally got space to do a bit of work on this cab to make it worthy of using. I pulled the speaker, cleaned all the black tarry gunk off the edges, cleaned it up, and I've fitted 3mm high density foam speaker gasket. I've glued and dowelled the speaker mounting holes ready to sand down and re-drill. Some of the speaker mounting holes were a bit stripped and the screws couldn't be tightened. All the corners have been removed, sanded and repainted. I'll give them another coat tomorrow before refitting. The whole cab has had a really good clean, and it's come up very nice. The biggest job today was fitting the castors. I went for fairly big ones, 75mm grey rubber, with the front two having brakes. These are mounted with M6 bolts through the cab into internal T Nuts. There's no way these are going to pull off, and it will make it so much easier to move around. Next jobs - re-drill speaker mounting screw holes, more acoustic wadding inside, re-do the speaker wiring. Pics!

Man Thiago is soo good. I’ve done a lesson with him a few years ago. He is so humble and his approach to music is super simple and really focused on music rather than techniques. His talent is incredible. Thank you for sharing.

After years on never giving up on the Roses getting back together, I'm so grateful he had this moment. The first time they took to the stage again, unified. A free gig they threw at Warrington Parr Hall. Gives me goosebumps every time.

Hi. I've been drawing on influences of the likes of Steve Harris and their impressive phallic bass moves. I'm working on my own moves and know the importance of practice but need some advice, and where better to ask than here. The move I'm concentrating on primarily is 'The Zip', executed in standing position. I place the butt of the bass body into the inner thigh extending the bass towards a would-be audience. At the end of each phrase I thrust hips forward, slipping the neck through my fretted hand to produce a glissando. That's all fine. I'm struggling to remember the correct technique for the switch back move. Mine's not looking so graceful, and I seem to end up with my feet to far apart? No doubt I've missed something silly but hopefully someone can remind me how it's done and I can get this popular move practiced to perfection.

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Always amazed that the tiny pickup on the mustang can produce so much. Why do other basses have dirty great big things with loads of poles showing?

It's equivalent to a 1x10 in terms of cone area, but things such as excursion are also relevant. In practice, I've never found a 1x10 that betters one of my C4s or 4Bs. I felt a couple were equivalent - the baby Barefaced was one - but none were superior. That's imho, obviously.

I've seen the guts of both (well a Origin Bassrig, not the new one) and they are very different in terms of the electrical complexity of what they are doing - so I'm not sure it's as simple as saying one pedal can do two sounds and another brand needs two pedals to do the samething.

We gotta get out of this place - the animals- the late Chas Chandler Kyle Eastwood - any of his albums which feature a mixture of fretted and fretless bass and upright bass. Really accomplished player and a good composer.

I am really proud of this one. The tune is 'Emerald Tears' from the 1978 Dave Holland solo album of the same name. This is a challenging piece to write down. There is an explanation on the website of what my thinking was when putting this down on (virttual) paper. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/emerald-tears-dave-holland/

63 yo This is a great loss to the music world and to all Bass players out there .Rest in peace dude you really Rocked that Ricky.

I'm going to my music room now to plug in a bass and play along to I Am the Resurrection. It seems like the right thing to do. Ta-ra, Mani. Thanks.

I have had several 5-string basses over the years and have found 35" scale basses to have better B strings than shorter scale instruments. I purchased a Lakland 55-02 Skyline online, mainly because I have heard of the legendary tone and I'm on a bit of a budget. I have to say that I love most every aspect of the bass. However, it seems to have a dead spot on the B string around the 4th and 5th (Eb and E) frets. In this range, notes sound tinny and do not have the robust growl the the bass does have below that. The open B is exhilarating. Has anyone else observed this on their bass? Is there a fix? Or do I need to pony up for the USA model?

Shit, what a loss. Much as I already loved the roses it was his filth on vanishing point that completely sold me on him. That said, the only time I saw him with primal scream was a bit of a tepid affair I saw him with the roses in dublin a few years back though and it was an absolute belter. It was really cool to hear the crowd singing all his bass lines back at him. As an added bonus, the bass and guitar seemed to be panned in the mix and we were on the bass side so mostly got mani and reni

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