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Which mx5 do you have? I have a mx5 nd (4th and current generation) and can tell you that a barefaced 110 cab does fit in, two barefaced 110s will not fit in the mx5 (nd) boot so a barefaced 210 will not either.  Some 112 cabs may fit but I would definitely check first if you can. I would expect that many 112 cabs would not be able to fit in. I believe the nc boot is a little bigger.

I think it's related to ebay (and probably others) offering to sell items with no fees for listing. People stick things on for crazy prices thinking that if it doesn't sell its no loss and that they might get a big windfall.  People with stuff to sell then see these items and think that's the market price, they then put their items on for these unrealistic prices.  A small weekly listing fee could probably change this.

A Wal custom 4 ,fretted and fretless.

A couple of le fays, probably a pangton and one of the Rimington steel fretless basses. An original Ampeg scroll bass.

That's it I'm easily pleased.

1 hour ago, Mrbigstuff said:

It’s got the semi quavers underneath. I’d suggest to the OP count the rhythm as you’re playing it. The note pattern itself is simple.

You're right, it has. 

There's no indication of rhythm, if it's straight then it's simple enough. The parts mentioned above might seem unintuitive or awkward but if you play it slowly then speed it up after you get used to it, it should be fine.

The pictures in the link show a NS upright bass. I'd be pretty suspicious if I were you

3 hours ago, rOB said:

I've sometimes thought about a cheap, headless, stick bass to have as backup. Small and light package to load and store on stage.

 

Something like this 

 

Has anyone taken that approach?

I usually take a hohner b2a as a spare bass for the reasons above. It has a passive mode if the battery is playing up too.

Probably the best (home use) guitar sound I've ever got was a trace elliot v6 into a acme low b2  cab, it was super detailed, all frequencies really clear and very smooth. This was a clean sound though and there was no way I was going to try to get the v6s 400 watt valve power section to distort! I suspect that with the right pedals this would have been an amazing although inconvenient live rig.

If its just a couple of low key charity gigs then fair enough I suppose, but to me it's not the sex pistols without Lydon and shouldn't be billed as such.  Ex pistols maybe?

I've got  wt 400 and 550 heads and a metro combo.  I'm a big fan of the 90's /2000's  world tour heads.  I also like all valve heads and would say the eden heads are kind of valvelike in that they can be smooth,warm  and "soft" sounding but as previously mentioned not in terms of distortion or natural overdrive.  They also have very variable eq with lots of possibilities.  As I say I'm a big fan and consider them to be one of the best solid state alternatives for people who are used to or prefer valve amps because they have very little "harshness" in the sound. As a bonus the wt 400/550 are compact and fit perfectly on a barefaced 10 stack.

In my house it was all beatles and Simon and garfunkel.  I don't think my playing has been consciously influenced by McCartney but I expect it has to be in some way.

Don't have any problem with cover bands. Tribute bands I'm not keen on particularly tributes to bands who are active now.  I've seen several tribute bands who play the songs of bands I'm very familiar with and have found it extremely boring and somewhat embarrassing really. I've also seen a tribute to a band I know almost nothing about and oddly really enjoyed it , was like a new band to me, with really good songs.

Basiccally I'd echo the previous posters.   The cabs are fine for a rehearsal room situation where they're going to sit for years but very heavy and bulky for moving regularly. The head though heavy might be a good option from a performance/price point of view.

I think you can say that most basses work fine for most styles,  I found the ovation magnum bad for slap and the status eclipse bad for reggae though.

There doesn't seem to be an obvious frequency gap to me  so I'd guess the tweeter is pretty well matched, it sounds consistent to me.

I've got a 110 t and a straight up 110.  For me the 110 t takes the slap sound from being kind of ok to being a proper slap sound. Other than that it doesn't make much difference to me. I suspect the 110 has a high enough responce for most bass sounds anyway. I think it's quite a subtle tweeter/hi fi component , Not a night and day difference even when slapping and popping. When playing a cd through it it is very noticeable though. Personally I think it's only a worthwhile addition if you're into the treblier bass sounds.

Bought a Shergold bass from Ash,  everything went well, communications were great and everything was straightforward. Top basschatter

Out of the two cabinets you are looking at I would probably go for the 1 12 , the low frequency response of 65 hz on the 2 10 concerns me a bit. I know that the lowest frequencies are not very present but in my view the 65 to 100 range is fairly important and I'd be concerned that the 2 10 might be weak in this area.  The way I interpret the pretty incomplete specs on the warwick site is that the 2 10 is probably louder but maybe a bit low end shy. For your needs I would go for the 12. Of course other cabs are available.

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Great, I appreciate this. Thanks

Eden wt amps also have a 3 band parametric eq , its a great feature to have IMO.

I bought an ovation magnum about 10 years ago off a cool hippyish guy. He demo'd it by first selecting just the neck pickup (huge quad coil right at the neck) turning down the tone knob fully and then turning the bottom half of his trace  12 band graphic up full and the top half completely down and thrashing the low notes. He then selected just the bridge pick up (placed right at the bridge )turned tone fully up, set the lower half of the graphic to the bottom and dimed the top half. He then thrashed the highest notes on the bass. It sounded like an earthquake followed by  an accident in a glass factory. actually an awesome bass.

Although I usually use an amp with basic compression (eden wt400) I'm not really bothered much. At home it doesn't really matter to me and at a gig the soundman will virtually always compress the bass anyway.

1 minute ago, EssentialTension said:

There are people who think The Clash weren't punk.

True , in my opinion the clash were definitely punk at first maybe not later on.

I am a Simonon fan but I would say Bruce Foxton was better although some may not consider him to quite be punk.