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[font="Arial, Verdana"][size="2"][color=#000000]And the other side of the story that says there is NO risk of closure and the residents (some of them been there for a decade) merely want the volume turned down to its previous levels...[/color][/size][/font] [color=#000000] [font="Arial, Verdana"][size="2"]http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/News/Night-And-Day-The-Other-Side[/size][/font][/color]

Genuine stereo with different strings going different directions is sh*t. Unless you are Michael Manring or Victor Wooten, both of whom have done it. Then there are 2 output basses like Ricky's, some alembics and the Yamaha Attitude. These are not stereo basses - these are for splitting the signal to apply FX to different parts. So on the Attitude (as I'm familiar with them) the big chunky neck pickup gets EQ'd for super deep sounds and into 1 amp.... and the Precision pickup gets a more middy and trebly sound and all the distortion you want into a separate amp. Both signals are run at the same time, so no matter what FX you load onto the mids and highs the lows always stay super deep and clear. That signal splitting routine is done an awful lot even if a bass only has 1 output. It can be done on a pedal board / in a rack as well (but with no individual control of pickup volume without adding vol pedals etc). This is in no way a gimmick and sounds absolutely massive to the point where every band I've been in with a rig like that has decided against the continuing employment of the rhythm guitarist!

Don't know how to describe it really - it's not as slinky as my thin necked Marleaux, but it's more comfy than 5 string Fenders and Warwicks I've had, and thinner than the 5 string Stingray too. I've got quite small hands and unlike the Fenders etc I've mentioned I find the ABZ5 very comfy.

There is an ABZ5 in the classifieds...

Nik bought some strings from me, super fast payment and great communication! All good!

Genz Shuttle 9.2 or Streamliner 900 depending on your taste. I have both because I'm greedy. Both awesome with their own character.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1389180382' post='2330889'] I don't think 'axe griders' is a fair description. I think it was a bit of a push for manufacturers to be a bit more honest with their ratings in a way that, say, EBS are. It's also worth noting that that RH750 costs over £200 more than the RH450. You have to ask yourself what exactly you're paying the extra for. [/quote] An extra 300 RHs obviously! Duh! And can I just say, getting each extra RH for only about 65 pence must be a bargain!

Any update? I've been watching this with interest.

Once I've decided an amp is loud enough and sounds how I want it to sound I don't care about the numbers in the marketing blurb. I had a RH750 and sold it. Plenty loud enough but wasn't the sound I was looking for. Now I'm Genz powered and am very happy. Still plenty loud enough and it has the sound I wanted. I'd love one of those much lower wattage (ahem) Mesa Prodigy things but they are about £1000 overpriced so it won't be happening.

To be fair to Elixir - they did announce an imminent 45% price increase last year, with plenty of warning. There were threads on here about it, and it was on Stringbusters / Strings Direct websites too - and in their email marketing. I don't use their strings, but a couple of mates do so they just bought as many as they could stretch to before the price rise. Oh - and they are often way cheaper on Amazon. Just have to keep looking! [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_5_6?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=elixir%20bass%20strings&sprefix=Elixir%2Caps%2C193"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_5_6?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=elixir%20bass%20strings&sprefix=Elixir%2Caps%2C193[/url]

I used a One-Spot for years until I used the same unit to power pedals infront of the amp and in the loop at the same time. Then I got bad hum. I used 2 One-Spots for a while after that. But eventually I bit the bullet and use a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2. It's brilliant and dead quiet. And you can still chain from the outputs as long as you don't exceed the current draw. So for example I have my TC tuner and my Wah chained as the total draw is under 100mA. I would have bought the Mondo if it had been available though! It wasn't out at the time.

Just met up with Mike for a part-x trade deal. He now has my Yamaha Attitude 3 and I have his Fender Urge 2! Superb to deal with and everything was perfect! Good to meet you!

Just drop to D on the E string and adjust the what you play on the other strings. All the notes are there, just in a different place relative to the dropped D.

Ear plugs. If the monitor mix is crap or there just aren't any at all then ear plugs can save you. When you've got plugs in you hear your own voice at pretty much normal volume as you get the sound transfer via the bones in your skull. But the band are lowered in volume by loads. No need to struggle to be heard at all. Vocal will be as clear as day to you. As long as you can hear the band enough for pitch and rhythm you are good to go! I keep 2 different sets of plugs for that reason. Elacin ER20 for just lowering the volume with a flat response (no underwater muffle) and some cheap foam rubber ones which do muffle the high end more. The ones I use depend on the room and the rest of the band.

I'm a big fan of the little TC Helicon pedals. Not necessarily for vocal FX / Harmonies etc, but they have a 'Tone' button that de-esses and applies a really nice compression setting to the signal. They have a few different options [url="http://www.tc-helicon.com/products/mic-mechanic/"]http://www.tc-helicon.com/products/mic-mechanic/[/url] [url="http://www.tc-helicon.com/products/voicetone-t1/"]http://www.tc-helicon.com/products/voicetone-t1/[/url] [url="http://www.tc-helicon.com/products/harmony-singer/"]http://www.tc-helicon.com/products/harmony-singer/[/url] In my experience the thing that most singers don't understand is compression and EQ on vocals. Those little boxes solve a lot of that for a pretty cheap outlay.