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I have a 2 x 10 Carvin Red eye languishing in my local music store since before Christmas. No pictures available sorry, but it is in good order and never been pushed was used as a top box on a bi amp rig and for Jazz Gigs. I'll take £100 or 1st cheeky offer.

Thames Valley area

Just a self Bump to re launch a possible sale

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Last friday of the month, just turn up £2 on the door all are welcome there. George and Andy run it for you. Hungerford British Legion, Bars open and they provide real books for all

I have a real affinity with what TimR says all through this thread.

I own the PA and lights and van. The wife runs the band gets bookings etc works out sets organises everything.

After twenty one years together with various line ups where we used to split the gig evenly and pool any odd amount to cover consumables, Gaffer light bulbs practise hall fees. We parted with our guitarist who was letting us down and generally pissing us off, and got in a guy who is pro. And provides pro deps, when he can’t make it. He has produced a pad with all our numbers written out for such events.
We pay him £150 minimum he is worth more, I am now probably the worse paid but have never been happier on Gigs, and in the present gig climate we take the hit. If we want to be out.

What this comes down to is setting out from the start how things will be. And everyone must know, no hidden agreements, I feel I should get more but in this current arrangement I accept it.

A band I knew use to split the money as if there was an extra player and that went to the guy owning and lugging the PA etc.

A really interesting thread and feedback.

I have to say I do agree with most of the comments that basses are fairly reliable and I have only broken two strings in 30 years, a G when first put on at home, and an E that parted somewhere inside and took me about 8 numbers to realise it wasn't an intermittent lead. But I do agree with GK that no back up is risky and not professional. And we are all pros when out earning on a Saturday night and amateurs or semi pro when not playing. We now have a pro guitar player and his professionalism has rubbed off on me in a good way. Firstly I had to get my act together musically, but I also now carry a spare amp as well as a spare bass to all gigs. Yes these were originally similar 2x schacks, but my streamer has taken over as my main bass and my active schack as backup. These are different in sound. And I now tend to try each out to see which fits the venue acoustics best. I also carry spare PA amp and mixer

Oh and I am a pessimistic nervous wreck, but I used to be a maintenance Manager and a boy scout before that.

should just add our drummer carries a spare snare and bass drum pedal. he also put his beater through his bass drum mid gig, and wow he had a spare in his case.

All joking apart, it is hard for them, and I have had spells where the boots on the other foot and found myself booking odd Saturday nights out for meals in our diary to keep a balance.

From our original line up the drummer, lead and rhythm are all divorced now.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

Just tell her “you want me to be happy don't you"


It helps if it earns money. ps has anyone successfully convinced the Tax man that gig money is not earnings, annd that a band is just a subsidised hobby.

it is different for me as I married the Singer 30 years ago. Which is handy as she runs the band, so when I buy new gear or a bass,
I just say “you do want me to sound the best I can don't you"

Try [b]Lushlife[/b] they do some nice arrangements

Have used them quite a lot, for cables, effects lighting, PA bits, they are cheap for Warwick bass spares, I bought a load of music stand lights K&M but they came with Euro plugs and i had to by adapters. I complained that this should have been made clear on the page as I was on the UK pages. That was the only issue i have had. Some times they are cheaper some times not.

17mm string space !!! I would have walked to your place for 19mm. here's a bump for a very nice bass.

Tumbledown Dick, Uffington way Remember them, didn't the Lady singer play the dog house bass, does this mean she's retired and think her husband was in the band also ??
Good luck with that.

Yep you havegot it, but bear in mind for future link ups, that it is the impedance that governs the power consumed not the wattage, thats just a limit at which damage may occur. This will not actualy allow you up to 450 watts just because you think you are adding a 200 + 250. They are both 8 ohms so share the power equilly which is good but you will still be limited to the lower rated cab in this case 200 watt. so 400 watts would be as high as you would dare want to push it. Alex didn't mention this because you are unlikely to get up there and these are close enough to make little difference. I only mention this as I have seen similar questions on here where someone is adding a 100w and a 300 watt cab if these are the same impedance this set up would be limited to the 100 watt cab. So together could handle 200W a 100 through each.

Most Dinner dances we do an Hour then 10-15 min break change out of our monkey suits to coloured shirts then do hour 'n' half to finish. too often end up doing two hours because the little Lady says there's no time to break now. Thats ok for those that don't have a coffee table hanging round their neck all night.

Have re-visited by board after writing that last night, back to how i started out I think, but thats always the trouble isn't it so many tweeks you can't remember what you have tried and which was best.
Now have Compressor up front set passive and Aphex last set passive. I have come to think that the active settings are there so not to over cook the signal on the output side of the device rather than what you are plugging into it. So adding a degree of attenuation to protect down stream device ?. Any thought on that theory.
Anyway sounds good and is quiet, Will try it live this weekend thats the best test at gig volumes.
any names suggested for a Looper I may go for that

Interesting thread, have not noticed a drop in mine if anything a boost when in. Set mine Oct2 off, direct level at 3 oclock and Oct 1 between 11and 1. I saw this setting suggested in a bass Mag and find it about right for most of my numbers.

Thanks for the heads up

What do you guys do when it comes to mixing pedals and those with attenuation switches when using you active basses? Do you set them to active or passive and where in the chain if you think this changes things.

My board = Boss OC2 - then - Boss Dynamic Wah AW-3 - then - Boss Flanger BF-3 - then - Boss Chorus CEB-3 - then - EBS Comp set to active - then - Aphex Xciter set active then into Amp

just not quite happy, I need each of these at various times in an evening, but would prefer no pedals as I feel they degrade my tone.
Any suggestions I have tried the Comp up front but feel the OC2 works best in front. Or would all the others benefit from a hotter compressed signal pushing through them My basses as below Warwick active SS1 and an 18v schack though not overly hot in output.

Thanks for putting that link on, just had to sit and watch that right away.
I was lucky enough to see them live twice, He was so charismatic as a front man, they were a real Lads band I don’t remember seeing a single girl in the audience at the time. The Rocker epitomised the band for me, but his ballads were a beautiful contrast. Great Cheers

I'll Take the TRP5II off you when you get used to the Carvin !!!!!

These are excellent basses, and the BB is the best in my opinion due to scale and offset board string spacing etc. The boards are ebony and computer machine ground for accuracy. It should be worth £700. But timing and the name does not carry the price. It is worth more as a good solid accurate instrument than what you will sell it for so hang on to it. I would rather have one of these than a Trace amp at the moment. So probably a good swap

Having all jumped from the (Do you need a 5 string tread).

My comment here would be a 5 string bass is as different to a 4 string as a 4 string is to a guitar. Don’t get sucked into the manufacturers that just turn out cheap fives because they can. A bad 5 is not a nice instrument to play and will put you off, go for a good second hand bass from one of the guys on here. And then play nothing else for a couple of years. Then you will start to understand what is good and bad about them, everything becomes more critical than in a 4 string, woods used in body and neck, pickup placement, EQ. even the strings used can change the whole feel and tone and balance across the instrument. Then you will yearn for those days when you could take your old 4 string down the pub and knock seven bells out of her without a thought, but there's no going back you'll be hooked

This will run and run
I think the main thing to all agree, is there is no 'Good' or 'bad', 'right' or 'wrong' Hip, cool or nerdy
It's what best suits you and the music you play. If I played the typical broad range of Indie style main stream Festival rock music, I would invest in a nice 4 string and be very happy.
But I have to copy these guys who played sessions on Pop records through the 80's, 90's 2000's. Using synths and 5 and 6 string basses. So had to follow suit.
Now that I am used to it, I use them for big band swing gigs. And yes even String of Pearls by Glenn Miller goes down to Eb. As Bilbo pointed out Upright bass can and do have 5 string and first appeared 2-300 years ago, so it is not a passing fad.

Just to clarify my last post, Sorry I was not trying to be disrespectful, Two similar 4x10 would be ok if you need that sort coverage and more useful than an 8x10. But modern cabs and speakers tend to be a lot more efficient than older designs. I do rate PV gear but the 10" scorpions are not as efficient as the PV black widow 12" and 15" speakers so without checking I recon the Epi will be pushing the 100dB level where the PV 4x10 will probably be in the low 90's.
My last rig was a PV 15 with Carvin 2x10 but I did bi amp these. I still think pound for pound the PV 15 is one of the best out there regardless of what fancy name or colour the speakers.

From your first statement it seemed you wanted to bi amp these cabs, or was confused about the crossover. As from everyone else you can just link these to this amp as it will handle the impedance, the Epi will be twice as loud as the peavey due to the in-efficient peavey speakers compared with the Epi. This fact alone will drive you mad. When you get the new cab you will not want to use the Peavey 4x10 again and will not need it so problem solved. The only way to solve the imbalance in volume would be to bi amp so you can turn down the Epi to match the Peavey output, but again can’t see you needing the complication of getting another amp to do this. check out the extra volume of the amp with the new cab before worrying about using two.
note. this extra volume you will gain is nothing to to do with the stated wattage of each cab but the speaker efficiency, a reason you should avoid mixing cabs like this

Played a four for years always put off going to a five, used an Octave pedal instead. But eventually gave in because I play Pop covers, dance music, everyone recording them was using 5's so you can't ignore it. That was ten years ago and now would not go back. It’s about economy of movement and it opens up two octaves under your fingers.

My Bubinga Schack weighs in at 11 lbs as pictured, you notice it picking it off the stand compared to an Ash bass, I'm 6' 2" and it is Ok on. I wouldn't want to go heavier. I do have bad posture and starting to pay for it. But the tone you get from these dense basses is worth the pain.