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Leafy Meadows - John Paul Jones. (An absolute banger, BTW. )

Surely just a bit further, between D and D#.

A work of art!

In reality I will still keep this in mind as I really need to focus on musical skills and not musical gear! Thanks for having me

I place it above lead guitar 😉

I remember when this was on here because I have the bolt-on Broadneck version as well as a through neck Broadneck Streamer Stage One. Wouldn't be without either of them. I had to get to know the Thumb ergonomics but once it clicked...

Massive T2 fail on an epic scale! At least all that new non-bass gear might distract you from failing T1...

new digital piano, synth and guitar incoming!

The acquisition of a keyboard stand would fall under tier 2, but you'd still be clear in tier 1 (which is the main event tbf). Happy to sign you up on that basis - be good!

Turn to Redwood - Killing Joak

I saw a show last March where the Xtender failed and the bassist didn't have a spare bass. I'm not sure exactly what happened to it, my friend is in the band and explained that "...it was one of those drop tuner things you have on your basses that just fell apart on him. " I've never had an issue and check my gear all the time.

Seven Year Oak - Rosanne Cash

That's a looker!

Rhythm guitar is a noble art I’ll have you know!

Just noticed this thread (and thoroughly enjoying the rumination and adjudication going on). I want to sign up but have already bought a keyboard stand this year so I can learn to use the keyboard I bought years ago. Am I out of tier 2? Currently GASing for a digital piano, an analogue synth and a strat (and building my own bass/obtaining a j to complete the set, etc, etc), so I could really do with the support/embarrassment should I fail

Thanks Phil 👍

I had an Evo II and it was a great sounding amp. As I'm not that bothered about the Compressor and Sub options as I have them as pedals already, I'm going to get one of their new UK-OBM-500 heads. Not a fan of the blue to be honest but you really can't go wrong with Ashdown in terms of tone and playability. Awesome amps.

Scene mode within a patch would be great. So you have the patch for the song and then have specifically named scenes within it. Or a song mode that has various patches organised for a song labelled for each section, that you can drag into a setlist for a gig.

What a beauty, congratulations John 😎

What extra hardware would you need to carry for a small PA (single/pair 8"/10") + tiny mixer + stands over a stick and small sub system; especially as the OP is talking about needing a small mixer either way and maybe 2 arrays? Not arguing but we have to be sure we don't lose sight of the point of this question/search. I concede that a single/pair of speaker stands would be needed but we aren't talking about an onerous amount of gear. As to ease of set up and correcting feedback - hmmmmm not much in it with a small point of source 8/10" driver and a little desk, especially if you are talking about the cost outlay for 2 array systems; you could easily be in the realms of buying a little digital desk with will have feedback elimination, scene saves (go back to the same venue and all settings are recalled in a split second) etc. which once set, you can literally plug and play. I'm not anti-array, I think they have a place (solo/duo/cafe/small bar or large venue) but the benefits blur very rapidly as you move to that mid ground 3-4 or more players and medium rooms. Arrays will still cover these middle ground scenarios but you then start to talk about multiple arrays or at least several mini-subs and 'maybe' the point of source small/mid size speaker can work best. For a lot of years I was an advocate for bigger is better (give me 15's and more of them) until I understood the physics involving volume, dispersion etc. As a gigging musician I don't think I've ever known a better time for the standard of gear you can buy for a moderate cost and the level of quality you achieve with it, hence we can debate 4" wide sticks on little boxes and tiny 8" boxes on skinny poles.

The simple answer is about biology rather than physics. As usual in science with a few provisos. The smallest change in sound you can hear is roughly 1db, you'll notice this when you turn the amp up or if you switch between two cabs but if a punter left to go to the bar and came back after you'd made a 1db adjustment to your bass they wouldn't notice. If someone asks you to turn up a tiny bit you'd probably go for 3db. It makes a small but noticeable change. Now the provisos, your 500W into 4ohm cab will probably be rated at 300W into 8ohms. You won't get double the power availability because the power supply won't perform at that power level. The difference in sound output at full power is roughly 2db but at anything under flat out the power will double and you'll get a 3db change when you swap speakers from 4 to 8. However (that word that means its getting complicated) if you are running flat out the amp and speaker will get hot, the hot components increase in resistance and the available power will drop. This power compression is significant and in the end will dwarf any changes to the impedance of the cab you are driving. Doubling your number of speakers will mean that at the same power the speakers will heat up less as the power is shared between them. Inside the amp a lower impedance increases the current and the heating. At this point it all depends upon what the designers have done about heat sinking components and it is all beyond your control. So the short answer is: technically it might sound a tiny bit louder, but you wouldn't really notice and the difference would disappear if you ran everything flat out, which probably isn't something you will do. Relax, don't worry, just play bass.

It wasn’t that clear. I understood it to say only forum supporters could ask for prices. So that’s what I did.

Fender Rumble 800 (the non effects one in my case). I don`t think it gets max power without an ext cab but as it`s delivering - at least on paper spec wise - 400 watts then that should be plenty for most venues.

Usual answer here. Either a Rumble 500 or 800. I realise that you don`t get full power with just the combo but 300 and 400 watts is plenty for pubs and clubs. I play in an ac/dc covers band with Marshalls and a hard hitting drummer and they do the job.