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It all worked out well with a single 212, we were playing on a stage with a roof and open sides, I just cranked the bass a bit on the amp

Walk right back - Everly Brothers

It’s one of their Teambuilt (so German-made) annual limited models where they change things up a bit in terms of spec. It’s the bolt-on LX model and has a black korina body and Bartolini soapbars in it. Here’s a demo (playing at 2:09 onwards):

I don't think we have enough information to answer definitively. How big is the garden? How loud do you need to be? Are there any wlalls around you.? The problems outside are ambient noise can be louder people further away and for the bassist the sound from behind the cab being lost. Since the sound behind is just the lower frequencies you lose bass. If there is a wall behind you lean the bass cab back against it and the bass sound will be enhanced. If you have two cabs I'd take both on a precautionary principle, if I had them available. There's only one way of finding out waht works and you can't do it if the cab is at home

I don't think it was a daft thought, it just needs to have a little work done on it. You can feed a speaker level output into an active speaker but it needs the voltage reduced and some impedance matching. You can buy a DI box which will reduce the signal roughly to a thousandth of the speaker signal and sort all that out for you. In terms of power it would work like adding in an extra Rumble, you'd have the extra power coming from the amp in the active speaker instead of coming from a reduction of the impedance to 4ohms. You'd also have a bit more speaker area radiating sound so you'd get extra volume that way. Though the active might not be as loud as the Rumble depending upon what it is. Connecting the speaker output rather than a line out or FX out from a bass amp means all the tone controls on the Rumble will affect the sound from the active extension. It won't sound like the Rumble though as the combo's speakers are meant to be coloured and the PA speakers to be uncoloured. It might be something to try if you just want a bit more volume but get that matching DI box

That sounds squiffy!

Actually, PMT had recently started selling servants and apprentices but there weren't enough customers with the knighthood required to purchase them. Just one of the possible reasons for their untimely demise.

Bit of Fun, last week, playing with the youngsters !

Me too, my early USA Fender Stu Hamm signature "Urge" 32ins scale bass had pau ferro fret board, great finish, very closed grain, absolutely fine.

Cool, I had an idea it was a daft thought. Lesson here is don`t post nonsense after being down the pub for a few hours!

Thanks man, really appreciated, was fun to make. Liking your jam too, think I can hear some Pentangle too in between Syd’s psychedelics 😊

I love this! Sound very Air -esque.

A partial transcription this time; Matt Penman's bass part for the YouTube version of Stevie Wonder's 'superstition'. I just wanted to see where the arrangement was going (there is more to it that I have captured here but I lost the will after I got what I came for.....). https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/superstition-sfjazz-collective/

Searingly honest and reflective words @lee650 - food for thought for all of us, and thanks for sharing... Music has always been the help and comfort that got me through times, too. Wishing you the best of luck with everything ( now you're 19 again)! 🙏😊