Kevin Dean

1 hour ago, thebassgallery said:

We do indeed!

Not in Stock according to your web site ? Other wise I would have been up today  ref  Embee12" & Elbee 1210 .

The DB Embee stuff looks a good idea for near side monitoring .

In fact Ashdown are going to host an annual ****up  paid for the highest earning Ashdown bass player that year ....( I've just made that up ) but still a good idea .

Now that the light weight stuff has been around for a while Has anyone been happy with just one cab or like myself ended up getting two ? If so what have you got ?

I've owned a barefaced super 12T & two Barefaced super compacts , I'm currently using two Ashdown RM12s  all do the job , it's then down to budget & personal preference .

On 5/30/2018 at 17:29, la bam said:

In conclusion, it doesnt take a genius to see that thicker, better constructed wooden cabs, with more speakers have a phenomenal effect on everything - volume, tone and presence. However they also are x amount heavier, bulkier and more awkward.

I've been experimenting & I'm not sure thicker wood makes a difference , Construction ,Number of Speakers , ceramic or neo  definitely  do.  Personally  I prefer the ceramic speakers & I'm finding it's the design of the cab that makes the biggest difference to the weight . 

On ‎24‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 11:28, mxm said:

Got a 1x12 600w DB, great little cab - minimal weight, tiny footprint, excellent sound dispersion and easily keeps up with an aggressive drummer in gig situation.

My only gripe - not a fan of paint finishes on cabs.  Each to their own.

How are you getting on with it ?

I wonder how many named players use it & don't know it because their bass bass tech deals with it , I know of one .

Does anyone have any experience with these ?

If we all had road crew I think most of use would have a 8 x10 anything else is a compromise .

I've owned  2 x BF super compacts & a super12T  Amongst other makes & I really don't think that you will get a 1 x12 to match any 4 x 10 that I've  heard . For myself I found something like a Ashdown RM 1 x12 on top of a RM 1 x15 gives me  all I need  , light weight & both for the same price of a high end  1 x12 .

I'm my opinion  I'll make a big thing about mistakes at band rehearsal ,but on the night it's the performance that counts & keep smiling , atmosphere & groove going  9/10 times only the band notices not the punters out for a good time ...as for my musicians friends that just stand at the bar ,I ignore them   

Weighing some of these neo speakers against the standard speaker I can see most of the weight saved is in the actual cab design & material used & not so much the speaker .

22 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

Id say all the ones that post in the others threads :-)

Unless you are actually going to count the posts why not make a poll, otherwise this will just be yet another 1 of dozens of Comp threads.

 

Yes, i use one, no i dont need to.

I've had a quick look & I have no idea how to make a poll  on here ?

Now in a guitar Shop in Southsea if you want to try it , bump.

Now in a guitar Shop in Southsea if you want to try it . bump.

1 hour ago, PaulWarning said:

I may be wrong (pick player only) but I suspect finger players with no gain or especially slap players do find a use for them, pick players don't tend to suffer the same spikes in volume when playing 

I play mainly pick & I'm  finding it's helping keeping a tight balanced sound across the fret board .

1 hour ago, dood said:

You should create a poll!

Can I ?   a 18" one or 18ft ?

11 minutes ago, T-Bay said:

Lots of threads on here about compressors so worth a search, I use a Spectracomp, I play finger style in a hard rock/ indie/ punk covers band.

yes I read a lot of them , I'm just interested to know what proportion of bassists use them .

Just out of interest  & what style do you play .

Very tempted , What's the range of tones or is it designed for CP type sounds ?

13 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

I rarely play with a pick at all but I generally find I get a bit of something different from the 2x10. It's not as "full" and rounded a sound as from the fifteen but there's something different I can't put my finger on. 

I stacked the 2x10 and the 1x15 together last week for the first time and will gig them on Sunday night. At very low volume it sounded good, but think I'll always prefer the 2x15 sound. 

A manufacturer does need to make a 2x15 that doesn't upset the wife/ partner/ significant other by taking up so much space though...

 

If You get a chance try a RM 1 x12 on top of the 15 ..I found that the 15 gave a rounded mellow low & the12 went pretty low but added mid punch .

Going to the correct venue always helps , unlike my band on Sat night  ,I pulled up to British Legion club turns out it was completely the wrong town & not even a British Legion Club ...other members not being organised makes me anxious ,saying things like can we play this in a different key tonight & bringing a second guitar on the basis that it's pre tuned for a certain song & its still in it's case & not tuned but they swap guitars anyway?

I've recently experimented with 20 different types of plectrum ..& 8 different fingers & two thumbs

52 minutes ago, The59Sound said:

The initial stickiness does wear off. 

But all  bright punchy tone I like has gone , I play plectrum style . I suppose they might be OK for other styles , just not for me , they sounded OK on the first gig , definitely not worth the money in my opinion .