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[quote name='allighatt0r' timestamp='1435934385' post='2813797'] Combine it with a pair of these (cheap Chinese earphones that get top audiophile reviews): http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00S5P7S16 [/quote] Very timely. I'm about to buy some new earbuds. Hadn't come across these before, but I'll give 'em a go. Cheers

[quote name='paddy mcbride' timestamp='1435480845' post='2809062'] The zoom r16 looks like a good option as does the zoom H2n. [/quote] FWIW, I asked a (kinda) similar question [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/242497-zoom-r16-recording-a-band-with-built-in-mics-doable/page__view__findpost__p__2517861"]here[/url] - and apparently the R16 uses the same mic capsules as the H2

Switch both the cabs to 8 Ohm (for a combined impedance of 4 Ohms) and you're good to go

Big Hartke fan here. I've an HA2500 and an LH500, and don't plan changing 'em any time soon.

Upload it to a free Google Drive account (15GB?) and share it?

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1432569732' post='2782775'] For reasons I don't need to go into on here, is it possible/safe to use a powered desk if you use powered speakers? [/quote] Just don't connect the (powered/active) speakers to the speaker outputs on the desk.

Zoom B1on. Tuner, drum machine thing, and a looper too - 45-ish quid.

Not quite what you're asking, but...if I were in your shoes I'd be all over the Yamaha BB424x in the For Sale section.

I had 4 basses. Then I got a BB1024. Now I have 4 more than I need.

Get the amp that you really want. If it doesn't have a headphone out, get a Zoom B1on

Never used them myself, so not a personal recommendation, but - I use rehearsal rooms in Stevenage from time to time, and the guy who runs the place has all his repairs etc done by http://www.theampworkshop.co.uk/

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1430495435' post='2762076'] The very fact that there are venues/promoters who think that music should be provided for free and feed performers no sustenance other than BS about what great "exposure" it'll be if they play their gig is why this article exists. If you can't (or won't) understand that, then you've clearly never experienced it. [/quote] When an agreement is struck to do a gig, part of that agreement is surely "what are we, the performers, getting out of it?" If mere "exposure" isn't sufficient, don't do the gig. [quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1430495435' post='2762076'] That's great for you, but spare a thought for others who have gone through what feels like a bruising haggling session just to squeeze a drop of fuel money out of these tight fisted so and sos. [/quote] If you're aware beforehand that it's a freebie, and the gig was accepted/agreed on that basis, what exactly are you haggling over?

Nor me. Either do a free gig, or don't. It's not compulsory. And if you Choose to do a freebie, don't moan about not getting paid.

[quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1430323750' post='2760326'] I used a Superbass with a 1212L for a while. Was a good combination. [/quote] [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1430325673' post='2760351'] I'm not familiar with that amp. Is it another 'affordable' model? [/quote] Ultrabass perhaps? I saw a band in a pub a couple of weeks back, using a little Ultrabass combo, and it sounded bloody great!

Can't say for certain - work got in the way of last years, but I'll be there if I can.

Sounds like the OP's TB sig. neck is the same as the one on my standard V4... 61mm heel too, so not quite as easy to find replacements.

[quote name='6v6' timestamp='1429548368' post='2752493'] See what I did there, I turned the exploding amp disaster into a new-amp-day! Don't tell the wife! [/quote] I pulled that trick at the weekend, but all I got was a new lawnmower

Don't know about basses, but I've owned a couple of '80's Tokai guitars - Strat & Les Paul copies - and both were very, very good.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1429482559' post='2751903'] The main problem I have with otherwise perfect basses is colour. [/quote] Me too. Call me shallow, but I really can't stand sunburst finishes. No matter how good the instrument might be in all other respects, if it's sunburst I simply won't pick it up.

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1429265323' post='2749777'] A couple of nights back I went for an audition with a band at the Practice Roomz in Stevenage. The kit was all good, room very spacious, comfortable seating and everything clean. [/quote] Kris is a real nice, helpful guy too. Not all of the rooms are spacious though...

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1429365971' post='2750840'] [/quote] I forgot the smiley...it's all good mate

[quote name='thebuckets' timestamp='1429371978' post='2750916'] Ive just sold my 1024 to a guy in Australia! Was up on here but noone seemed genuinely interested. [/quote] Saw that. I'd have bought it myself, if I didn't already have one. Rock monsters!