badboy1984

Another Berg cab will do for a very long run consider you DI all the time.

I own a Ashdown LB30 which is exactly the same as a CTM30 but have a much aggressive name to it lol. I run the amp to a Trace Elliot 15" cab and it serves well for practice, recording and my stage amp. It works on stage because I DI my bass all the time so I just need something to monitor onstage. Plus my band play quiet onstage so the vocal can hear herself.

The best amp and cab is the one that gets the job done lol.

[quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1444297426' post='2881928'] I bought a TC Electronics bc250 210 (here [url="http://www.tcelectronic.com/bg250-family/"]http://www.tcelectro...m/bg250-family/[/url] ) which cost £350. It has stacks of volume, a lovely sound, a built in tuner, aux in and headphone out, and downloadable / programmable Toneprint wizardry which serves as effect pedals. I honestly think that you couldn't do better as a newish bassist. I only wish such combos were around when I started playing. [/quote] TC combo is good and light weight. It would be perfect for your situation.

I use one of those redsub 100watt combo 10" speaker for smaller gigs. I use it as stage monitor and lineout the amp to the PA for bigger sound. It's a pretty cool little combo to use and sounds good as well. I would suggest having a look at the use market for one of those SWR Workingman 10 combo. Quite hard to find one but they are good.

[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1444240753' post='2881525'] I am trying very hard to hold my resolve, I have a house and a wedding to pay for... Will PM you all a bit later [/quote] Keep buying when you still can, after wedding it will be very difficult ....... I have GAS for Bareface cab atm but wife says no. Maybe I need to hurt my back when lifting the trace elliot to prove i do need a bareface cab lol.

I wish I have that problem to deal with, my valve amp is too small to produce that much boom in band situation. My LB30 cuts thru the band onstage when driving abit hard but sounded like lemmy when solo which I don't quite like lol.

around 7kg for 1 cab is very very light and I like the weight. I just need to save up £600 for 2 now.

My big problem atm with my setup is the LB30 produce too much bass when pair with a trace cab lol.

[quote name='dustandbarley' timestamp='1444222539' post='2881285'] Thanks Merton. I have only used this setup (LB30) on one rehearsal (7 piece ska band - no pa support) and it sounded fabulous. I've giggled the cabs with a TH500 (with the same band) and was very happy with the cabs' tone and that I didn't run into headroom issues - which I think I would have done using the LB30 without PA support, but the bands backline is too loud - period. These cabs are very capable and think they'll do great on variety of different band setups / music styles etc. Happy Days. [/quote] Thanks for posting the pic man. I was wondering how it will stack with the LB30 becaue clearly these cabs is pretty small. I'm using a Trace Elliot 15" cab atm and it gets the job done ok but nothing fancy. I'm already start saving up for two of these simply for tone, weight and storage. It looks like the cabs can easily fit into my Vauxhall Insignia without a problem. Probably for once all my bass gear can fit into the boot without putting the sits down lol. I use PA support all the time for my gig so pairing them with my lb30 will be no problem for gigs. I even gig with a redsub 100watt 10" combo before for backline monitor with PA support.

With the retro 2x10 is 12ohm or 4ohm option. With a 4ohm amp it can drive more then two of the retro 2x10 right?

Thinking about two of these already to use with my LB30.

I was also unsure when I first got my 6 string but after awhile you get use to it and the 6 string become my go to bass now since it is so versatile.

Thats not too bad, infact is very light. My trace cab weight 30kg.

Whats the weight on that 8x10?

ok mate, I shall wait for your review. At the moment I'm pairing the LB30 with a Trace Elliot 15" cab. Nice sounding but lack abit of volume. I will probably need to run 2x Trace cab to get good volume but that would be a pain to transport lol.

I needed something light to transport but dish out decent volume for my LB30. Most likely I will be DI to the PA but I still want decent volume to monitor on stage. Price wise the retro 2x10 is pretty cheap and affordable.

Is the BF retro 2x10 any good? The price for that is £449.

Yeah, maybe I need to save up for a VF cab. Got to admit I like the LB30 tone. Even the break up sounded lovely. To behonest you can't really hear the break up unless you isolate the bass track. For songs with bass intro I just play it with less attack and when the drummer kicks in I start smacking away the strings lol.

I'm still thinking shall I get rid of my Ashdown LB30 which is the same as the CTM30. Running it with a trace elliot 15 atm but not enough juice if no PA support, but with PA support its all good. BF cab is too expensive for me atm but I keep hearing the BF goes well with the ashdown LB30/CTM30.

I use to use the Ashdown EB180 12" combo with the Ashdown Mag 15" in rehearsal room and the rig sounded pretty good with plenty of volume. Don't think you will have problem gigging with that.

I went for the B3 because it have DI and I like the idea of adjusting the 3 effects in the patch easily as well.

Noted. I got the cocktail toothpicks at home. Those will do. Just wish they all use the same type.