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5 minutes ago, EBS_freak said:

You may want to try some DR coated. They coat their strings before winding. I believe Elixir coat their strings after winding. When I was dabbling with coated strings, I found the DRs coating didn't start coming off like the Elixir ones.

Ultimately, I settled on non coated and found my string of preference - DR Lo-Rider.

I've got DR neons on one of my regular gigging basses and I really like them. I have High Beams on the rest. I moved to DR after Elixirs but as I liked the sound of the Elixirs I'm tempted to try them again. I also like the idea of a non neon or black coating.

25 minutes ago, Muzz said:

The newer version (which IIRC have been around at least a couple of years) don't suffer from the 'shedding' thing that the very early coated strings did. I use a pick 85% of the time (and not with a light touch, either), and I've got Elixirs which are 18 months old, and they haven't shed at all...

That was my concern. I had some a few years back and they shed the coating but maybe it's worth me trying them again. I always really liked the tone and feel.

How do they fair if you use a pick?

Whoever is running the shop in Mark's absence has probably linked every amp and cab in the shop together and is doing a Marty McFly so can't hear the phone.

28 minutes ago, Chewie said:

That looks like a room of joy......

 

Haha, I converted my shed into a recording studio. My wife never ventures down the garden so I've been able to slowly fill it with kit. She can't understand why I was so keen to have the shed included on the burglar alarm system. 

10 hours ago, BassAgent said:

Did a cover of the new Tame Impala song:

 

Nice.

Another vote for OBBM. Top quality, great service and a BCer.

Never tried one but I really rate Fusion gig bags as the best I've ever used. Even prefer them to my old mono gig bag and their customer service is amazing. British too.

Well this is depressing. 

Yes I agree, you have every right to feel the way you do. Like many others here, my dealings with Tommy have all been excellent and he comes across as a really good guy. However, business will need to be looked at at some point and really he needs to at least put people in the picture. 

Hope you get a resolution soon.

15 minutes ago, Woodwind said:

Cheers Chris,

My tech rider specifies a bass cabinet to be provided by the promoter or venue, the small driver is for something a little different

What's it for? Many drivers have a good full range potential but it completely depends on what box they're going into. The box and driver need to be paired properly and in most instances the driver coupled with what you need the finished product to do  will dictate the box design.

31 minutes ago, EBS_freak said:

Well, it depends if they've sourced and bought their parts from Maplin... in which case, £100 is a snip.

In fairness to barefaced the value of a crossover is in its design rather than the cost of parts. I know the chap who owns hifi speaker brand proac (originally celef audio) and he pins the success of his business purely on the ability to design a good crossover. Yeah the components are top quality but the cost of them is still nowhere near the £26k you need for a pair of his K8 flagship floorstanders.

1 hour ago, EBS_freak said:

Yes - body weight does impact fit.

Note to self. Get impressions done when at lowest weight next time lol.

Anyone find that the quality of fit from custom moulds changes with bodyweight changes? I do a lot of training for various things (triathlon / marathons etc) and have two sets of custom moulds. Both impressions were taken by Paul at CIEM co. The first were done 4 years ago when I had a year off due to injury so I was carrying more weight the second were done just over a year ago (EBS_FREAK was present) during a training year. If I'm carrying less weight only the second set gives good isolation but if I'm carrying more weight (like I was over Christmas due to festivities and limited training due to baby arrival) both sets work well. I never thought that small fluctuations in body weight (no more than about 6kg either way) could make a difference. 

I had an absolute nightmare with a hartke kilo which I documented on here a few years back when Samson/ korg were doing distribution and repairs. I contacted Larry Hartke direct but he didn't want to know. It turns out Hartke knew that the Kilo had a design fault and didn't want to do the right thing. The repairs done by the Samson damaged the amp further but they were almost impossible to deal with. Ultimately they took £800 off me and left me with a useless piece of junk.

I would absolutely 100% advise against buying anything from Hartke. Larry Hartke claims to be mr approachable but in reality it's just for show.

14 hours ago, JPJ said:

Looks good, but no mute? When will manufacturers learn this is essential on a gigging amp.

In 25yrs of gigging I don't think I've ever used the mute on an amp. Isn't that what tuning pedals are for?

9 hours ago, Dan Dare said:

That's a lot of money for an 8 ohm resistor, a switch and a connector or two. 

It is bloody expensive for that. The crossover is a little bit more complicated because it only runs one driver full range with the other having a low pass filter but even so theres no way it justifies a £100 price tag.

1 hour ago, thodrik said:

I always thought that the VU was a bit of a gimmick (an LED clip light will suffice for me) so having an output VU doesn't really interest me. 

Its always been the only real weakness of their amps for me. It looks naff imo and I always find it hypersensitive. Much prefer a simple led clip light.

£500

Absolutely brilliant little cab bought new in summer of 2019 and in immaculate condition. Super light with fat warm tones and a nice little mid hump that gives a vintage tone that sits really well in the mix. I use in ear monitoring so this was literally only used once for an acoustic gig.

4 / 12 ohm switch so you can add extra cabs or use it as a stand alone. Absolutely no tolex peel as this is one of the newer cabs made after Barefaced had solved the glue issues they had on previous cabs. Comes with thick padded hot covers cover that was custom made for this cab. 

Any trial welcome here in south northants. Price is firm as new cost, including cover, is £719 and this one is mint. Prefer not to ship and will only do so if buyer arranges courier.

2 hours ago, steantval said:

I assume the folks on here doing in excess of 100 gigs per year are actually pro and doing it for a living, surely you cannot hold down a normal day job with that amount of gigs.

Nope, I run a small pest control business too. The fact that I'm self employed and that I keep my day job super simple means that I can balance the two. The only issue for me is that the summer is the busiest time of year for both the band and the pest control business. 

I also have two children (5yr old and 3wk old).

3 hours ago, Higgie said:

It’d be better without all the driving! 😂

 

+1 

The most annoying thing for me is all the motorway closures in the early hours that lead to huge detours. Getting home before sunrise in the summer feels like quite an achievement sometimes. 

104 in total having played pretty much everywhere between Aberdeen and Salcombe. 102 of those were with my band (I only joined in jan) and 2 being deps. 2 were pub gigs and everything else was either a wedding or corporate event. 2020 looking equally busy.

Summer was utterly mental because I also run a little pest control business and i did just over 200 wasps nests whilst holding down regular contract work and up to 5 gigs a week on occasion. 

Well that didn't take long. Thanks to xzodar who actually delivered this to my gig this evening. 

9 hours ago, Al Krow said:

Looking to add a 1025X to your lovely 1024X I see!  Fair enough 😁

 

Yep, I'm fortunate enough to have funds available at the moment and I really want to have a decent 5 string in the stable. 

Yeah on a trace amp the active / passive switch is nothing more than a pad. His theory is correct but he is assuming that the switch is something different. As long as you have set the gain correctly so the red light isn't on too often then it'll make no difference which way you have the switch pushed.