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Ha! I do other stuff too. If there was enough magic work then I'd quit everything else.

I have a Sonic Port. Great bit of kit and the software is good. Also compatible with Amplitude.

As you lot haven't bought one, I'll have to take one for the team. The rack units won't land for another 4 or 5 weeks, but one has my name on it.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1457084907' post='2995079'] no, it's yet another cost and layer of bureaucracy to bands that just play at the pub a couple of times a month, it's a hobby not a profession for most people [/quote] And if your PA crushes someone's head when it falls over you'll be sued for several million. Even if you don't have a house to take (they will if you do) your earnings will be subject to a garnishee order for the rest of your natural life. Or you could have a PL policy for under £100 per year.

EMGs (no ground needed) and a wireless then. Gotcha!

I hope there's a beer filter in those vents.

I'm looking forward to this. I had the original but it didn't have as much drive as the rack preamps - so I'm hoping the new one does do the fully saturated thing like my SVP-BSP does.

If I pitch up to the local orchestra and say "bassist" then I'd be handed a Double Bass, not a bass guitar. If I just said "bass player" - I'd be asked what instrument? There's a good chance I'd be lumped with the bass clarinets. So it depends on the situation and who I'm talking to.

My Friedman Mini Dirty Shirley with Zilla Studio Pro 2x12. Usually fed with a selection of fuzz and overdrives, with a strat. And a univibe of course.

Facebook, Twitter, Forums. 99.9% vacuous content. You appeared surprised.

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1455925157' post='2983798'] 490,000 BCers eh? Sorry for the grump, Roland. However, your eagerness to inform everyone about your new purchase struck me as vacuous because it lacked any real information. I'm sure your opinion will be worth reading when you post it. [/quote] Are you new to the internet?

I like it, I earned the money, I bought it. Job done.

The bigger the room, the lower the onstage volume needs to be. I'd go with in ears if possible, but if not then wedge cabs that point up towards your head. between them and the hopefully supplied monitors you'll hear yourself.

One guitar bands are more fun. Get your Jack Bruce on!

Fired. Then shag his missus.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1455552882' post='2980133'] I wonder if LaBella could be approached about making a set? I've heard of people ordering other custom length sets from them, so they might be open to the idea. [/quote] I asked a couple of years ago - There was a minimum order amount. 6 or 12 sets I think. I didn't have £300 to spend on strings so I didn't go for it.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1455629566' post='2980839'] +1. Intuition says that horizontal drivers will give wider dispersion, but the opposite is true. Where the behavior of sound waves is concerned intuition is usually wrong. That's why acoustical engineers aren't born, they're made, through education. [/quote] There's a guy on another forum who claims he can hear the difference in his hifi depending on whether the IEC power cable is straight or curved.

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1455645813' post='2981094'] I've got a Retro Two10 and at 13Kg and -125dB I can't see the point of having 2 separate 1x10 cabs. I use mine for quiet practise at home to full on gigs with a very loud drummer. Apart from packing considerations in the car / van, am I missing something here? [/quote] Yup. When you play with an educational group that has maybe 8 room changes during a day you don't want a single ounce of unnecessary weight.

At some point I'm going to build one too - but I'm going to do a 5 string. My far off plan is to use a Sandberg VS5 passive as the basic instrument and work from there. There are some small pickup builders who will do custom pickups to fit. Maybe in 2020!