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+2 for the Equinox setup. £400 for a complete system with stands. Has seen much use with my pub band, usually setup behind the band on a slow colour fade facing the audience and also supporting a banner with the band name and website details and supplemented by some LED footlights out front running STL. Works well and easy to set up and control etc. Purchased from these guys [url="http://www.djanddiscostuff.com/"]Phase One[/url] by mail order but who I believe now have bigger premesis with a demo room for all of the lighting products that they stock. Highly recommended. Cheers Pete

How about a music stand case such as [url="http://www.djmmusic.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=MUS84%2DBK"]this one [/url]( The Kinsman Orchestral Stand bag also fits the Gramma Pad which is nice!) Or a reasonable price [url="http://www.djmmusic.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=KUPB5"]hard[/url] case solution?

5 of us in the rock band, but [b]14[/b] in the function band!! Do I win the prize for most stupidly sized band? Yes, we earn very little each, and yes there is no room on stage and organising the band is a bit like herding cats, but when we are on-song and the brass section is pumping out Tower of Power or EW&F numbers it's a great feeling on-stage.

[quote name='bassman7755' post='1336437' date='Aug 11 2011, 02:09 PM']Keep an eye on the for sale section, my beloved epifani 310UL (4x10 sound in a 2x10 size/weight package) will be going up soon.[/quote] Eyes peeled

Thanks once again chaps. Very interesting and much food for thought. Lot's more background reading and listening to do I think (along with scouring the for sale section ) Pete

Thanks for all the replies so far. I think I definitely need to start using both Aggie 112's for all gigs as a matter of course and see how that sounds. Maybe I have been pushing my luck a little bit with just the one cab and am not being heard in the mix so well? I'll also check out the Barefaced gear. (I do remember putting my name down to try one of the demo compacts that were going around the country but I'm not sure if that is still happening and I've certainly not heard anything). Oh to be rich and famous and have roadies to carry all my gear :-) Cheers Pete

Hi All To date in my bass playing career I've pretty much been able to get away with single cab solutions, even when playing with my pub 'classic rock' band and generally use a Little Mark II through one Aguilar GS112 which seems fine for smallish pub gigs, with a second Aggie 112 available if we play in a slightly larger venue after which I'd expect to DI and go through the FOH anyway. The last couple of weeks we've used a different rehearsal venue which also supplies the bass and guitar amps and cabs. Great I thought, less gear to lug around to rehearsal. So last week, I turn up to the rehearsal and plug into a Peavy Tour 450 and Peavey 4x10 and had a great rehearsal with a much more punchy sound than I've been used to getting, in fact the rest of the guys also commented on the great sound. So this week I decided to bring along my own amp and compare that to the Peavey and found out two things. 1. The Little Mark II gives me an even better sound (to my ears) than the Peavey - Phew! (Not that I would have any complaints about the Peavey sound, I'm just glad I don't have to consider changing my amp). :-) 2. The main 'improvement' to my overall sound in the context of this band appears to be the 4x10 cab (which is a Peavey 410 TVX). Definitely more presence and a punchy kind of sound. Now I'm not about to start lugging a 100lb + speaker cab about, (not with a back like mine) so what would peoples suggestions be? A decent Neo speakered 410 or perhaps two 210's (stacked vertically)? Any other suggestions for a lightish solution that will give me similar results? It's not as if the 410 TVX is an expensive cabinet in comparison to lots on the market so there must be something out there that will do as well or better whilst still being light weight? Out of interest I also have an EBS Neo 110 which I use for some other (non rock band) rehearsals, so maybe adding something to pair with this would be a better plan? If you've made it to the bottom of this post then thanks for reading and I welcome any suggestions which you may have. Cheers Pete

Bought a MarkBass F1 from Alan. Very easy transaction and the amp is exactly as described. Would not hesitate to deal with Alan again. Thanks! :-)

Bought a lovely Warwick $$ from Chris. A pleasure to do business with. Deal with confidence. Thanks, Pete

Just bought an EBS Neo 110 from Alex Very easy to deal with and the speaker is exactly as described. I'm very happy with the transaction. Cheers Pete

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[quote name='gilmour' post='1133122' date='Feb 19 2011, 10:08 AM']I find monitoring a real issue with upright, above all else if I can't hear myself it doesn't help my already patchy intonation. I've been toying with getting [url="http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1696&brandID=2"]one of these[/url] or something similar, and having in ears, but before the mixer so it's only upright.[/quote] I don't play upright (yet) but I have been using an 'ART My monitor'which is similar to the SAMSON unit in the link above for my vocal mic on-stage and see no reason why you couldn't use it to tap into the mic'd signal from the bass instead. The advantage is that you can also mix in a feed from the desk for a monitor mix and blend the two if needed and having in-ear phones means that you can run it at quite a low volume and still hear yourself clearly.

I've got a Sadowsky outboard that you are welcome to try (I'm not selling it though :-) ) Based in Bristol which might be local enough for you? PM me if you want to set something up. Cheers Pete

Just bought a MarkBass SA450 from Patch. Great to deal with and a great amp! Cheers Pete

I have to hold my hand up to ordering a white one on Tuesday. I'm hoping to turn it into a 'Sid' bass for those dodgy pub gigs. For £60 (plus a donation) it just had to be done... :-) Pete

Just bought/traded an EBS Session 60 from sk8. Very easy to deal with. 100% recommended. Cheers! Pete

If I can make the date in April I'll be there. Pete

[quote name='BigAlonBass' post='1088725' date='Jan 13 2011, 11:09 PM']Got a set last christmas, and they ended up in the bin! The fixing tape was thick and very non-sticky, and the light only shows up on the darkest of stages. In normal light, you can hardly see that they are switched on. I actually ripped them off half-way through the first set, because the tape got in the way of my fingers, for very little benefit, and just kept the Battery Pod as a pretty torch. [/quote] I used the stuff on my Spector and it was great for dark stages. I do agree that the tape which was supplied was rubbish so I ended up using some 'ultra clear' sellotape which was much less intrusive and more 'sticky'. The neck on the Spector was a gloss finish so the tape came off with no nasty marks when I sold the bass and I am planning on re-fitting to my PJ Special shortly. The battery pod is overall slightly bigger than a £1 coin in both diameter and thickness and dissapeared quite nicely velcroed to the back of the headstock. All in all reasonable for the money I guess. Pete