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[quote name='Chienmortbb' timestamp='1498678332' post='3326326'] Where did you get the bag? [/quote] ebay search for "[color=#333333]10241 Technicians Electricians Tool Case"[/color]

terrible people... I love it

One of my favourite sounds with it is when set to clean (essentially the pedal becomes a 2-band EQ preamp pedal) engaging the Attack. It adds a really cool raspy metallic edge...

Isn't this one of the best 'unknown' overdrive pedals out there? I used to have one a while ago, then stopped needing it, got sold... Eventually I came to my senses and bought another . Both times it cost me something like £35, used. Cheap. Pretty versatile... set a mid gain sound, roll off the treble on your bass a bit... FAT FAT FAT overdrive. And with the "attack" switch you can get some really cool metallic overtones that doesn't sound miles away from the Darkglass BK3 I used to own (and sold as I preferred this little unit). It can also double as a weapon, this thing is a brick!

Very interesting idea, allows you to build your own rig in a modular manner using your choice of preamp...

There was a guy over in TB who had owned a CMD121P combo for a while, enjoying it, and then opened it to look at the speaker. Apparently it was not a B&C speaker anymore as Markbass had changed and was getting their speakers made by somebody else to the same specs. Good quality, sounding the same etc... but the guy was very bitter about his 'inferior' product, even if he had not been able to tell the difference until he *looked* at it. The Italy vs Asia thing is pretty much the same. At first I had concerns too, but it's been a while now that the production has moved and quality does not seem to have been lost. You will still get people claiming older Italian ones are better... but there doesn't seem to be any real weight to that claim.

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1498589037' post='3325752'] I used a J&D Jazz that i paid £65 for at a wedding in Italy on Friday. Didn't want to take anything valuable for obvious reasons but was blown away by how good it sounded in the recorded audio. Sadly my playing is nowhere near the standard of the chap in the OP's video. [media]http://youtu.be/1c7haVAqMrw[/media] [/quote] That J&D bass is great. I had one and sounded fantastic completely stock. I only sold it because I had too many Jazz basses and I am not a fan of slim necks... but I love the Jazz sound so I kept buying them

[quote name='LeftyP' timestamp='1498582747' post='3325694'] Then there was the lead singer who told me that one night he was in mid-song when a bloke walked up to the stage and asked him if he had change for the jukebox! [/quote] That made me think of this song, for some reason... [color=#006621][font=arial, sans-serif]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykj4Q7f-j5I[/font][/color]

[quote name='tonyclaret' timestamp='1498566072' post='3325541'] So the BF retros go lower and still have good articulation compared to the TKS S112. Had my first run out with the Single TKS S112 it coped well in a small barn with no PA support. But I bit more beef on tap wouldn't go a miss. Never consider a 2 x 10. Was looking at the super compact and Big baby 2 as possible one cab solution if the TKS didn't stand up. [/quote] I'm not sure they go lower, what I mean is they are able to give you *more* bass. That extra 'beef on tap' you mention. A lot of extra beef in fact. And you can put more power through them too, of course. I can't imagine using a single S112 except for the tiniest rooms. I think as a single cab solution the BB2 would be good, if a single S112 seems to work for you. I had a pair of them! But I never found it to sound just right, while the Two10 does. I think the BB2 probably gets louder, I think it probably has a deeper low end, but the Two10 sounds better for my taste. And two of them sound very good even when I don't need to be very loud. It's not just volume.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1498516131' post='3325247'] It's a thing. There's no real link to either your musicianship, or how far musically the stuff you have now can take you. A new bass will not make you a better player, it will not teach you scales, it will not understand melody better, it will not groove better, it will not make your band better, it will not make the drummer play in time, it will not make you more attractive. It's not really holding you back. Unless you let it. And if you form a band, normally you're playing crappy wee venues, with poor acoutics, and bad sound people, and a guitarist who can't turn down ever - and in the mix the difference between what you have now, and a squier or spector or a fedora are negligible, in that mix. And the drummer still can't play in time. Form a band, play some gigs, put on your own gigs, make your own wee scene, DIY recordings, fun an attitude, practice, practice some more, and some more, play more gigs, suddenly you've got a bit of a buzz going locally about what you're doing. And it's good, and it's fun, and it's enjoyable and you're playing better and making more good music... and well that old Cort is still going strong. Cos apart from internet forums I don't think music is really that much about the instrument. [/quote] Well put. And good point about the sound on most small gigs... I've sometimes wondered why on earth I paid $$$ if I was going to end up sounding like a muddy mound of crap anyway Fortunately I don't play many such gigs anymore, but they are there still!

[quote name='FarFromTheTrees' timestamp='1498509695' post='3325167'] I'm sure i'm not the only person on these forums who lives a somewhat financially restricted lifestyle. I'm sure i'm also not the only one amongst us monetarily challenged folks who battles with GAS on an almost daily basis. I dont want much in the way of a Bass...not really. A new Spector Euro LX or Rebop 5 (Cant decide) and a good model used amp and cab combo (markbass or GK) would probably do me for the rest of my days (happily I have all the pedals I need for the foreseeable future). There's no denying how much good quality instruments can improve not only our playing, but our overall sense of musicianship as a whole which in turn helps us to enjoy playing our music a whole lot more. As it is i'm currently stuck with an old Cort and a failing 400w line6 combo & i'm almost certain that having substandard equipment is holding me back somewhat in terms of musical progression and creative expression. I work full time at a minimum wage job and saving anything after paying all my bills etc is such a struggle. I try my hardest to save but inevitably something comes along which eats into any money I have saved. I go to a lot of small gigs and my mind boggles when I see everyday folks playing relatively high-end instruments. I dont feel envious however, if anything I feel respect for the effort these musicians have likely had to put in to pay for their highly prized gear. I've had enough of minimum wage jobs, of not being able to save anything remotely substantial and I've especially had enough of low-end gear so in light of that I'm trying to start my own business. I dont know if my business will work, or even if i'll get it off the ground but I pray to the old gods and the new that it will work. In the mean time i'll keep trying to save for that Spector and amp combo I desire. It may take me several years but i'm confident that i'll get there. I'm not so certain why I felt compelled to post this. I guess we all feel the pinch now and then. I see some outstanding high-end instruments being sold with incredible reluctance on the classifieds sometimes; "I dont want to sell it but my situation dictates that I must". I imagine that must be as tough as it gets, to finally own a dream bass and later, be forced to sell it on. To anyone else struggling with old, beat-up, cheap and unwieldy gear which sounds nothing like the tone you imagine in your head. Hang on in there, you're not the only one. [/quote] I'm not sure that your gear is holding you back... but I can sympathyse with the feeling. There were days when I felt the same way, years ago. Then things got better and I found that nicer instruments are nicer indeed but they did little to my ability to play music: I did not get better, nor I felt I wanted to play more or anything. Of course I like nice gear if I can get it... but these days we are fortunate in that we don't *need* to spend a lot of money to buy decent equipment. I know that if I spend more than £300 in a bass is because I choose to, not because I have to, and one of my favourite basses is a Squier Jazz I bought for £75, a little beat up, into which I put a new set of pickups and an unnecessary (but I like it a lot) J-Retro preamp. If that were my only bass, it would not affect my ability to play in any band or anything. With amplifiers and cabs... You can get a Peavey 410 for under £100 (mine cost me £70 and was ugly but did a very good job), and my first bass head was a Behringer BX4500H that cost me peanuts and didn't sound bad at all... My current gear sounds better, and is very portable etc etc, but there is enough cheaper gear out there that works well, and if I could not afford what I use now, I'd happily use that. Of course, I had to use better gear to realise that my lowly equipment wasn't as bad as I was making it to be... And that's the thing, I think: it's easy to fool ourselves into thinking that throwing money at something will make us happier and better... and to some extent it may make us happier, but it won't be a significant change in any way. So, I'd aim to use nicer/better gear, but I would not get too worried about it or compromise my budget for other interesting things in life just to buy a new bass or amp.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1498566439' post='3325547'] I would rather have heard him actually talk about the basses than showcasing his playing [/quote] See, I don't care at all about what he has to say about the basses. I'm not very interested in a comparison between basses when they are very different in style to start with, and I don't think I need someone else telling me that there are build/feel/finish differences between a very very cheap Lindo Precision copy, a Fender Jazz, and a twin humbucker Fodera. However, I loved the music, and I loved that even the cheap Lindo bass could be used to great effect. Sure, it was far from my favourite Precision sound, but it wasn't horrible either.

[quote name='M@23' timestamp='1498561119' post='3325489'] They look ace. Have to ask though, how is the vinyl finish? Have they sorted out whatever glue issue was causing them to strip? I wouldn't mind picking one up, if that's all history. [/quote] I can't tell for sure, I've had them less than a year (I bought the first Two10 in September last year). So far, they seem ok. For the time being, they look good enough and nothing is peeling away like they did on the first run. It's a much nicer finish that on the other BF cabs, in my opinion, and I do like their softly textured vinyl more than most other alternatives I've seen in other cabs. So I hope their new glue is as long lasting as other manufacturers'.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1498556669' post='3325443'] Are they running a mic on your cab there? I always like it when venues are up for that. Edit; aah, you posted about the mic while I was typing. Makes this post a bit redundant! [/quote] Yes, they did! I was very surprised, as it rarely happens. So surprised that I didn't remember to say "use the top one, as the bottom one doesn't get the full frequency signal"... One of the bands I play in, the RATM one, requires a fair amount of overdrive for many songs. Going DI is never producing the most pleasant results. The VT-Bass has a speaker simulation but I like to use other pedals. I plan to use the OmniCabSim DI pedal but I always remember when I'm about to load the car and leave I wish they used microphones more. When you ask them about it they generally just smile and go "nah, DI will be fine and easier" and you know it's not worth getting precious about it. On the other hand... if they use a Pre DI that allows me to tweak the sound onstage and I don't have pressure to get it just right during soundcheck, which are often pretty short... so it's a mixed bag of feelings there.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1498037376' post='3322082'] I don't understand the animosity toward the guy. He's totally free to advertise it for whatever he wants, and in whatever condition. If someone os fool enough to pay hundreds of times more than it's worth, the that's down to them. [/quote] Same here... I'm confused

I have to add that the S112 pair has been relegated to home use... They're great, but the pair of Barefaced Two10 when combined with the Mesa D800+ amplifier is a few notches above the S112 rig. It's bigger, but not terribly so and not that heavy either... and it sounds fantastic. The bottom end hits you, but I retain all the definition that I loved on the TKS cabs... a great sound that blends in beautifully in the band but retains presence and it just feels so powerful. I bet the TKS would sound great with the Mesa too, but the Two10 can use the power from the amp and deliver beyond what the smaller S112 cabs can do. I'm still loving the S112 cabs, which is why they stay until space becomes an issue, but there's no contest between these two rigs. Here's the new kid:

and yes, I know... they put a microphone on the wrong speaker. I didn't think of it at the time. It seems to have worked ok still, but that was one a gig nobody said anything about the sound (except my trombone player, but of course he was getting the whole picture onstage).

Yet another update. I already liked the Two10 cabs... but the arrival of a new amp has just taken them into the stratosphere. So while I wait for them to return here's a picture That combination sounds amazing (Mesa Subway D800+). The D800+ has a variable HPF control which is very useful at controlling the bottom end. Between the 'voicing' control (a 'contour' of sorts, but not exactly, there's more to it than a simple EQ curve shift between 'smiley' and 'sad' shapes) to set the general character of the sound, and balancing the bass control with the HPF, it's very easy to get a strong low end without sounding muddy/boomy. The low mids are punchy and my bass sounds big and powerful without even being too loud. I've only had 4 gigs with this setup and I've got quite a few complimentary comments. One sound guy made a few notes about what I was using because he said it was the best bass sound he had heard in a while and couldn't believe it came from such a relatively compact rig. Powerful bass that you cab *feel* yet well defined and clear across the stage (and outside too, of course, but I have a more direct experience of the stage sound, of course... for outside I go by the comments of others, and it seems to be pretty good... nobody had commented on my sound for a while, and suddenly there's this influx... this rig must be doing something right )

[quote name='OddBass65' timestamp='1498554457' post='3325403'] You don't know my guitarist ... if he can't hear me he's quite likely to completely lose his timing - for some reason he can't lock in on the drummer. I do completely agree with your point about the audience deserving the best sound we can give. [/quote] Then it sounds like the answer is not so much technology but... the guitarist needing homework. The good news is that unless he's totally useless, he can improve and won't take too long. As he's managed to make it into your band and played there a while, I assume he's not useless... so it's time to get him to do his homework

I would not separate the cabs, but stack them. It may be useful to angle the cabs a bit towards the stage. I sometimes put them at 45 degrees or so if I'm at the far left corner (as I often am), as you still get good bass coverage but it seems to help others hear better the midrange, and so pitch recognition (and I can then hear it better if I move around). Although if you say the issue is timing this should not matter that much. If he can't hear you because his amp is too loud/close to him try separating them. There's no rule saying you must play right by your amp but a lot of people seem to think that's the best way to do things... it's a good way to hear yourself for sure but not so much if you want to hear everybody else. If he wants more bass, let him move away from his amp and a bit closer to you and the drummer.

[quote name='OddBass65' timestamp='1498388701' post='3324203'] Thanks, Jack. It wasn't so much spreading the sound as having a bass cab right behind the guitarist so he can hear me keeping time ... a concept he seems to struggle with [/quote] can't he hear the drummer?

I love this guy's videos, really cool basslines and entertaining. This one has a little extra in the shape of playing basses from 100 to 10000 dollars! It's not exactly a useful comparison in any way, especially as you get a Precision vs a Jazz vs a... I don't know, a double humbucker type of bass... but it's cool to see that if you can play a bit, you can probably play anything and make it sound decent. When I was a teenager I had a terrible terrible guitar and I used to tell myself that I'd be so much better when I got enough money to buy that Fender Stratocaster... and one day I was walking in the city centre in Madrid, and this little gypsy boy no more than 8 or 9 years old, was playing a Spanish guitar that had a hole in it and was in terrible state... and the boy was incredible on that broken guitar. That was a good lesson. Anyway, here's the video, enjoy! http://youtu.be/iLDP_DchWmk

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1498486122' post='3324942'] Size highlighted, not the 'package size' below. [/quote] Thanks! It looks like it just might work? 3cm is just about the clearance I've got to the floor... shame the feet cannot be replaced as I could install bigger ones to be sure... 7cm and L-shaped ends of the cables is plenty to fit between the bars... I might just order one and see, thank you!

[quote name='Fisheth' timestamp='1498494327' post='3325009'] Don't tempt me but I'm contemplating a Fretless Speesy with F holes in the future! [/quote] well, if someone is going to do that... I'd trust it would be you!

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1498417810' post='3324449'] The 'straightforward' way is to copy the 'Share' link from Youtube, paste it into your post, and simply remove the 's' from 'https' at start of the link link. That's it; that's all. It works for me on a humble PC; no guarantee concerning other devices, though. Try it..? [/quote] no need to add the tags??? [media]http://youtu.be/YPhO5g39vpg[/media] edit: whoa! it works! and when you click edit you can see the forum software added the tags itself... couldn't be simpler! nice one