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I was going to say my squire 60s precision bass but a few days ago I purchased a Digitech Drop pedal and that has replaced it on top 😂 wanted one for ages

Best? Without a shadow of doubt, it's the LFSys Monaco. It's not just a cab that I like, it's changed how I think about backline and what the function of backline is. The Monaco changed the narrative completely for me. So many people have commented on my sound since having the Monaco and it's not the character of the cab that’s doing it, because it's FRFR, it's how it disperses the sound and enables you to be heard. Yes, it's light, it's compact, it goes incredibly loud and drowns out a vigorously played drum set (these are features that we’ve come to expect over the past 15 years or so). What’s different about this is how it does what it does and that is the feature that makes this such a good product. The construction of it is also top notch and beyond that of comparable UK boutique builders. I absolutely love these cabs and they've changed the whole gigging experience for me; I can now hear the detail of what I’m playing all the time and don’t have any of that mid wash out that sometimes makes playing notes guesswork. Ive got 2, and together, one horizontal and one vertical it's like another dimension as @stevie demonstrated at the SE Bash recently. Worst? Nothing, really. If there was, it would have been returned.

My festival experience this year has been different. I've played a few festivals and venues with its own back line and it's all been quite good. There was an Aguilar Tone Hammer and 4 x 10 at one festival. I liked the amp enough to buy one myself! I always carry a small pedal board with an Origin Effects Bass Rig so can DI from there if necessary. I'm sure that every gig I've played this year, we got a list of the back line and if we didn't we asked for it, so we knew what would be there to use. This enables us to ascertain whether the back line is suitable and can negotiate beforehand if we feel we needed to use our own equipment (we didn't). Admittedly, it doesn't help if the equipment doesn't work though, but still worthwhile. There will always be outliers, such as the time I played a gig years ago and their "bass amp" was some child's practice amp from the 80s with a blown 8" speaker. No proper foldback either so I couldn't hear anything I was playing and taking a preamp pedal would not have helped. That was before I learned to find out what the back line was!

I’d say an end pin is under the ruling of a bass stand. Just checked my messages and last bass I bought was 2023! Unfortunately it’s not through lack of GAS though, so you must have a disease 😂

Let's Get Blind - Sack Street Rock

I don't need that sort of negativity in my life........

Blinded by the Light - Bruce Springsteen

Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne

I asked chatgpt but the info is all over the place. thanks

A bit of modification on my stingray5, changed the pickguard and made a control plate out of an old standard 5 pickguard

So true. . . .

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Because most of my cabs never get truly finished I've a lot of loose wires in many cabs, and vibrating wires do happen but not often. I usually fix one end to the speaker itself with cable ties leaving enough slack to avoid stressing the connections but tight enough not to flap around. I bury the other end under any wadding and that stops that moving. I don't leave a lot of slack though, just enough to be able to remove the drive unit easily

Me too.

I came up with the same number as you did, none.

£99 on Andertons. https://www.andertons.co.uk/behringer-meatball-envelope-filter-pedal/?search_query=behringer meatball

yes it certainly sounds like the preferred option, thanks very much for all the responses. a combination of a curved body, a belly carve and a front carve like the mk1 should work well