Apeneck Sweeney

I'd been looking at the FMC 2x8 https://fmc-audio.jimdo.com/produkte/8-boxen/2-x-8-boxen/ and the RevSound RS28V https://www.revsound.net/collections/bass-cabinets/products/rs28v I'm drawn to the RevSound but the FMC looks interesting. It would be mainly for double bass, though not exclusively. has anyone had any experience of either or both? I've been in touch with both of them but still haven't heard back from FMC about delivery, VAT and that that shall be unnamed (that makes the last question necessary).

Just bought a bass rack stand from Chris. Easy to deal with and rack was well packaged and swiftly posted. Recommended seller.

Just bought some Tempera strings from Rabbie. Very easy to deal with. Strings were well packed and arrived safely. Excellent communication. (Next time I'll try not to give my old postcode as this confused the delivery driver.)

I used it with my double bass for a while. I tried it with blending 2 pickups using left and right inputs (similar to a handful of the posts above) but ultimately found it too fiddly for this. A lot of my gigs had a very limited setup time and the less I had to mess with EQ the better. Someone better versed at dialling in a sound quickly might get on well with it. I also used it on a function gig where I had to swap between upright and electric. I tried this several ways; similar to above using left and right input so I didn't need to change patches and also with a dedicated patch that I switched between for each instrument. I did need an A/B switcher for this but did somehow manage patches with left and right inputs but I can't remember how. Again even though the gig required me to get there 3 or 4 hrs before playing the bass seemed to only get about 30 seconds of sound check time so I never really got it right. One other thing to consider is input impedance. if you're using a piezo pickup then you may be better off with something higher than the 1 Mohm on the Helix (I think). I think my (old) Platinum has 10 m ohm. If you have an fdeck or similar you could plug into that first before going to the Helix. I just picked up a Fire-Eye Red-Eye which has made a big difference to the sound from my Full Circle. There's a talkbass thread in the amps/mics/pickups forum you might find interesting. Headway are bringing out a new version of the EDB 2 in November with a valve preamp. It might be worth waiting until that comes out to see if it might be more useful to you for double bass though you may still want the Helix for bass guitar and guitar. I hope this hasn't been too rambling.

Sold my Ehrlund pickup and preamp to Rohan. Very quick and easy to deal with. Recommended.

Crispin bought an Allparts Jazz neck from me and was a friendly, easy person to deal with. Recommended basschatter. Dave

I have one of these https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/210217366881025--voodoo-lab-hx-current-doubler-cable though they are out of stock at guitarguitar atm. Maybe you can source one elsewhere.