Matt P

i've just noticed the 40cm wide aim, this is perfect for me as i'm using Barefaced Midgets which are 38cm wide, 1cm overhang on each side is perfectly acceptable to me. from memory the Handbox R400 was a good fit on my cabs at 375mm the 100W valve one is a bit wider at 460mm, so more overhang than i'd like. Matt

Excellent! big thumbs up for a more original look (as long as it's not too wide) as a Tyneside bassist myself i'm hoping i'll be able to give the prototype a good run (need to get some gigs booked i guess!)

i'd want it to be able to get to gig volume clean also, a setup more like a guitar amp with gain and master volume would suit me, set the gain to determine how dirty it was, then the master for the overall level. Matt

I've Briefly mentioned this to Martin in the past (he has serviced a fem amps for me over the years) If it can sit nicely on my Barefaced Midgets then i'm interested, 100W would be plenty for me and a nice simple layout like the YI200 is perfect. I'm guessing the all-metal casing will be something like a Terror bass head? Matt

these might be a bit cheaper? (no idea about postage) another option is to find a bearing supplier locally and phone them, i'd expect that they would be a couple of quid each and they would sell you them through the trade counter as a cash sale. just ask for 18mm outside diameter and 16mm inside diameter and make sure the length is right, many of the cheaper options are easily trimmed to length with a stanley knife (nylon or polyamide) I would avoid Oilite beatrings as they are designed to leach oil out slowly which might damge the finish (possible staining of the wood under the finish) Matt

i'm alternating between acoustic and bass at the moment (never both on the same Sunday though) for my acoustic i'm using a T-Rex Soulmate Acoustic (a fantastic bit of Kit) as an interface and for the Bass i'm using a micro pedalboard with Tuner, EQ, Compressor, Bass Soul food and a chorus with a radial DI at the end of the chain. I'm thinking of slightly simplifying the bass input with a rack preamp as there is a small rack case just next to my usual stage position and occasionally there will be a different bassist on a sunday and they don't have any pedals/preamps. we went to IEM's during lockdown so the lovely Trace head and mismatched cabs that were in use before have gone (the trace is now mine) when there was a bass rig it was easy for anyone to just plug in and play, i'm thinking that a simple preamp that looks like a regualr amp would make it equally easy for other bassists to plug in (as well as giving me the chance to slim down my bass pedalboard even further) What preamps/interfaces are people using for their bass? Matt

Martin at stoneham has been my go to amp tech for a while now, I have suggested a 100w bass head to him and he seemed to suggest that it would be possible, if it was narrow enough not to hang over the edges of my cabs I'd possibly be interested as well.

I have a near identical (but home-made) cable and 9v battereis in my gig case too, the Mooer Di is more of a back-up on my pedalboard as 99% of the time i'm running the link output into an amp and would use the Di on that if i was going to the PA (a very rare occurrence as we play pubs etc and our PA is vocal only) the Mooer Di has been used for recording though and did a great job. I actually have a couple of Passive Radial Di boxes (a stagebug and a Pro) that get more use but there wasn't quite room on my board for them so the Mooer is there instead, i've had the Mooer the longest and only bought the Radials in the last couple of years as they came up used at sensible prices Matt

I have this Mooer Di on my bass pedalboard, It is indeed a fine unit with a very usable sound, my only minor gripe is that it needs a 9v power supply as it can neither take a battery (understandable owing to it's size) nor run from Phantom power (as far as i can remember) Matt

Do you know what the item number was? I've had a search and couldn't see them (might have been looking in the wrong place or using the wrong search terms) Matt Edit, I think I might have found it, This one?

ohh, that's nice, which one is it? might have to add one to my next order.

Bought a Focusrite trakmaster from Pete, it was a perfect transaction in every respect. deal with confidence people Thanks Matt

i've just measured my gen2 Midgets and they are 48cm tall, i think the metricdimensions are correct and the imperial conversions are wrong. Matt

I have a pair of the 2nd gen midgets at home (some of the last before they were replaced by the 3rd gen, i can measure them up when i get home from work. Matt

According to this post over on talkbass there is a circuit board inside the FS4 that handles some of the switching logic, normally each footswitch needs 2 connections to activate the switch so the most that a 1/4" jack can handle is 2 footswitches (one common and 2 switched connections on a stereo plug) for 4 button footswitches it either needs a multi-pin connection or some kind of switching circuit in the pedal, Ashdown seem to have taken the latter approach, as the cable is only 2 pole. Unfortunately for your wallet the only option is to buy the Ashdown FS4. Matt

Just bought a mic preamp from Dave, it was carefully packaged and arrived quickly. thanks for the great deal, trade with confidence folks. Matt

I've searched for these before, i bought a rack case that someone had modded with a connector on the side and i wanted a cover to seal it back up. I used a plastic one though as i didn't need it to be structural. I'm also one of those obsessive techy people who can remember things like what this particular kind of connector cutout is called but couldn't tell you my home phone number without looking it up first. Matt

I'm assuming this is one of the standard ones with the d-sized rectangular casing? (like this ) If so then what you need is a d-sized blanking plate, THESE would do the trick (i just did a quick google i'm sure they could be found elsewhere) then just cut a suitable hole to fit a regular jack socket in the centre of it. Matt

i've looked at the guitar versions of these for a while, this bass one is very interesting, i'm thinking that it would be excellent through my Barefaced Midgets (both of them in order to get the full 50W) hmm off for some price investigations i think. Matt

I've always gone for the rough on the pedals, most of my pedals and boards have been bought secondhand so have had the velcro already attached and this is how all bar one or two have been done. i'm a big fan of the heavy duty velcro (the Velcro branded one) I bought my last lot at screwfix i think. Matt

my church bass setup is fairly simple, we've just swapped over to IEM's so i put together a mini board just for church use, Polytune mini - Spectra comp - Vong HPF - Mooer EQ7 - EHX Bass soul food - TC Corona mini - Radial stagebug DI. 9 times out of 10 i take a 5 string (mostly my short scale singlecut swift) but occasionally i'll take the 77 p-bass, the u-bass or if the songs suit i'll take the Stagg EUB. recently though i've been playing quite a bit of acoustic guitar (I started as a guitarist) so I take my McIlroy AS25 and run it into a T-rex soulmate. we've got pretty good PA guys and they're happy to set my channel flattish and let me dial in the tone using the EQ controls of the soulmate or the pedalboard. the mini pedalboard (a mooer m5 with some mods to allow me to fit everything in neatly)

i've had 2 basses built for me, they both have Hipshot Ultralites fitted (and Hipshot bridges as well) If i ever get the chance to have another bass built then it will have hipshots as well

these cables could be described as cheap, if you want some high end HiFi snake oil then try These Matt

the price is actually for a pair of 0.5m cables, they are intended for HiFi use as a connection between separates. I'm not trying to justify the cost (which i think is a joke) but it explains the images (2 x male to female leads) my hifi is mostly connected together with the same Klotz AC110 cable that i use for my bass, with REAN phono plugs. done that way so i can use sensible length cables to reduce the clutter behind the HiFi rack and because i bought a 100m drum of the cable. matt