ben604

We use a pair of FBT Promaxx 14a active tops and a single Mackie SWA1501 sub mixed through a Presonus Studiolive 16.0.2 desk. Light, powerful and totally sweet!

Just watched this video, [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDrOWoaSs-g"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDrOWoaSs-g[/url], I might give it a bash myself...

Do you guys think it's possible to get a Ray35 scratchplate made for a Ray34? Does anyone make custom scratchplates on here?! I've just bought a Sterling SUB Ray4, which looks ace, but I much prefer the Ray5 scratchplate...

[quotecoversellyKnees' timestamp='1345041205' post='1772745'] Out of interest, would that be doing originals or covers? [/quote] We do covers. We're called The Lowtones. Playing The Swinging Arm on the 31st in Brokenhead!

It's alright round our way (The Wirral & North West) we'll have done 60 by the end of the year. Move North!

Practice practice practice! I find that after a while, my mind locks certain words to certain notes within the bassline, then it's easier. If it's covers, I usually sit at home, slow the track 10% with audacity or something similar and loop it for a 20 minutes at a time, until I can take the speed back up. Once you've started and got a couple of songs right, it's much easier to learn new ones too.

We downtuned the lot to E flat for one gig to try and help us out with God Gave Rock...I found it quite difficult as I've obviously got the muscle memory for the higher tuning, so we were all over the show! We haven't tried it again and rely on the crowd to help us with the 2nd chorus haha Maybe after a couple of practices it would be fine, but we're dropping songs rather than changing key.

I bought an SVT-6 recently off here, only used it a couple of times as we've have backline provided or I've been on holiday. The last two gigs we've played, I've tripped the fuse box at both! Queue careful power management, a strict "turn on" order and my own exclusive socket! I've read up on these heads, seems to be a common issue, but it sounds like a bass amp should...the things we do for "tone"... Looks alright too... [attachment=114274:image-preview-1343479682688.jpg]

The Cavern is and always has been a live music venue, not a Beatles venue. It's the expectations of the Beatles fans which need to be managed!

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1342603512' post='1737551'] Well, yes, but not playing any Beatles songs in The Cavern is not a great start is it? [/quote] Sorry, I missed the bit out about lots of people whinging that all the hear is Beatles songs all the time in there! To lots of local people who go there, it's their actual local, they don't want to hear the Beatles all the time!

We've played both the Cavern Pub and Club in the past, I think they find it hard to strike a balance in both. I've seen both venues packed out with hundreds of people all singing along to one man and his guitar playing the Beatles and I've also been whinged at by punters because we don't play a single Beatles song when we play either venue too. You can't please everyone, and not only that, I bet it's hard to find decent live bands in packed venues in most Cities that aren't London during the week.

All good feedback. I need to get to a bash and have a listen to a wider array of cabs and amps, I think! Obviously, I'm not giving up bass forever when I go travelling, so I'll need something to look forward to when I return!

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1341405204' post='1718385'] I don't see the logic in buying a quality cab for just 6 months, so I’d suggest you stick with what you’ve got. But it sounds like you’ve already sold that cab, so, as ordering a Barefaced is going to take some of your 6 months, and if you need a cab by Sunday, you’ve got to go with the HS410. I haven’t used one but the HS410 gets very good reviews and player experiences over on Talkbass. Apparently it can go as loud as you like and has great tone. I don’t think you’ll miss either of your other choices. [/quote] I know what you're saying, it's one of those irrational gear things. I like swapping gear at the best of times, but as I've only got 6 months left, I might as well go a bit over indulgent!

I've been offered a Berg 410HS actually, after doing a bit of reading, it's a contender, but we've got the room and I can deal with carrying a heavier cab for 6 months.

I've got an Ampeg SVT6Pro. I've only just got it, but I've had the gain just clipping and the master on 7-8 to get enough volume out of my Matamp 4x10 (8-ohm) playing medium sized pubs, to maybe 100 people. They're notoriously underpowered apparently. I figured a 6x10 will resolve most of my issues and I've always liked them in the past.

I'm looking for a new big silly cab and I've liked the two 6x10s I've had (a Genz and a Markbass) so I thought I'd try another, namely the Berg NV610 as they seem to be the best regarded. For the price of a used Berg, which is unlikely to surface any time soon, I could buy a new Barefaced cab. How would they compare? Will a Super12 give me the power and bottom end of an NV610 or am I comparing apples to oranges. I know there's a lot of love for Barefaced cabs on here, but I want a really objective, real world opinion if I could! Cheers, Ben