LukeFRC

is there an equivalent programme to Bias for OSX anyone could recommend? i've a macbook but no iPad and would like to experiment.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1402139158' post='2470345'] I have 12 and can't bring myself to start downsizing though I know that I should...I think I can justify keeping hold of them by telling myself it's a buyers market and everybody else is selling so I can't expect a decent return at the moment...there done...I can keep them all!! [/quote] if the market is like that I would be a good time to buy a couple more if good deals come up, don't you think?

[quote name='intime-nick' timestamp='1402061805' post='2469673'] if Alex would make a class D powered big baby 2 i'd have my order in quicker than you can say chequebook.... [/quote] yes. I'ld need to save up mind but agree.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1401888008' post='2467863'] This is my gigging rig - and the rig that has caused me to sell off (almost) all my other gear: Avalon U5 Preamp/DI>Crown Xti2000>BF Super Twin [/quote] nice - can you describe why you like it so much... and what boxes on the floor you using too!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1401900354' post='2468082'] ...and you'd be wrong :-) [/quote] about the sunburst or the fender bit?

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1401893280' post='2467947'] Hey gang There's a particular bass I'm quite interested in buying, and I spotted that a popular online and bricks-and-mortar retailer (I'm not going to name names. Oh, go on then - guitarguitar) have a couple of examples in stock. [/quote] so wondering what it was I just went on their website and looked for sunburst fenders to find out what it is....

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1401884040' post='2467797'] I mean as in push the mids to the max level....mainly as the Bass Terror is then at 'flat' for mids....as you can only cut on it. You could always back off a little, and lower the bass as well. The tweeter/playing style/strings will have a massive effect on the treble and 'grind'. [/quote] linguistic confusion aside - that's a good point - it's very easy to set an amp "flat" and judge it on that - when of course depending on the design the thing might sound better after spending a good while setting it up. Also I'm surprised that OP didn't try mixing up the amps and cabs a bit more.... Like... I'll be honest I'm not massively sure what you're after... surely some of the cabs were closer than others.... would it help if you divided your tone quest into two - amps and cabs? That's how I'm thinking about my rig at the moment I currently run a ACME B2 - a very clean flat cab... but punchy I would expect a little less low end and maybe a low mid bump in the tone. The hellborg preamp I have going into it is very clean and clear and with a warmth you'd possibly like - but into the ACME it becomes a bit over clean and clinical (hence why it's up for sale). Say you ran that into something a little more coloured - A nice berg cab for example my guess is it would have more of the punch you're after. Otherwise, if you take the cab as your starting point, I like my ACME, it's not the most sensitive thing but it sounds [i]good[/i]. Now if I took something a bit more valvey, or a naturally punchy amp and ran that into it, I imagine I would get the punch, and as much of the clarity as the amp produced. so take one bit of your rig you like (or have liked) and start from there maybe? (or get some kinda decent amp modelling soft wear/POD or similar and try lots of different things to see what you'll like - and go from there tonally - it wouldn't surprise me if it's some kinda SVT sound into a lightweight sealed cab (berg?) that might tick your boxes)

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1401877105' post='2467682'] Try the Orange Terror through a more traditional sounding cabinet, with a tweeter. Two TC RS210's would sound great, IMO. DIme the mids... [/quote] not heard that one before, what does dime the mids mean

if no pay (as the OP specified) I wouldn't be interested unless there was some cool innovation that I could work with the (product) designer to make happen. Aesthetically, as a (graphic) designer I'ld be up for it - actually while we're here shout out to ACG who manage to make visually nice shaped basses.

that's a lot of gear - it makes me feel better about wanting to swap my rig around (again)

22 posts in and nobody's suggested you sell them both and get a barefaced yet either

ped naked type thing?

[quote name='Handwired' timestamp='1401551809' post='2464685'] Are those calculations taking in the excursion? [/quote] nope - didn't have that kinda data (hey I did your sums for you!) - hence my advice to keep them both!

[quote name='dincz' timestamp='1401451368' post='2463766'] Maybe pedantic, but some power amps need a high input [i][b]level [/b][/i]because they have low input [i][b]sensitivity. [/b][/i]Not trying to be snarky but this can lead to confusion. [/quote] not pedantic at all - I knew I wasn't writing it quite right as I was doing it. [quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1401444233' post='2463622'] Looking forward to getting to grips with this rig. If this doesn't satisfy my 'ultra clean' quest, nothing will [/quote] If it doesn't I've a preamp for sale in the sale section that might up the cleanness stakes for you!

6x10 = 6*π*(25.4cm[sup]2[/sup]) = 12161cm[sup]2 [/sup]area 4x12 = 4*π*(30.48cm[sup]2[/sup]) = 11675cm[sup]2[/sup] area therefore mathematically.... keep them both?

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1401468428' post='2463977'] One has to ask oneself which audience Fender are addressing with this initiative. Is it the consumer? Because there is little associational mileage to be gained from Messrs Hewson and Evans' participation in 'behind-closed-doors' board meetings. An 'Edge Tele' and an 'Edge Strat' would be far more effective in aligning the brand with U2. Thereafter, things become a bit more problematic. The Bono sig Gretsch is already out there. Edge is more associated with Vox amps than with Fender, despite a few old Tweeds lurking at the periphery of his stage rig. A bells and whistles Edge delay seems unlikely given that Fender's recent re-entry into the effects market is very much a toe in the water at the low end. Perhaps the marriage is intended to appeal to 40-something hedge fund bigwigs who might lob some cash into a revived FMIC IPO. Otherwise - as WoT so aptly encapsulated in post #1 - WTF? [/quote] Am I alone in thinking it's not the weirdest thing. So FMIC is probably run by bean counters and investors - who probably don't hang out on basschat/talkbass and the guitar equivalents - they are also too big a company to seemingly innovate quickly and come up with new ideas, and I doubt have much way in place to innovate. In the rarified stratosphere of company directors I imagine meeting a couple of guys who actually know something about guitars etc would be useful - and up there the U2 boys are about the only ones knocking about (and Dre) So you try and get them on board. Say one of us had an absolutely astounding idea for something bass related - and say we didn't try and develop it ourselves but wanted to give it to another maker to use... now I'm quite sure with a lot of manufacturers we talk about on here we could contact the head of the company directly - even with bigger companies like warwick the head guy replies to emails sent to them. What about fender? The industry is changing - we've gone from very big bass amps to little lightweight ones, when was the last time Fender had a bass amp that had widespread popular appeal? Anyone know anyone who's bought one of Fender's own mini amps? When was the last time a fender effects pedal/multieffects was rated? Even those nice little Mustang guitar amps with the modelling don't seem to fly off the shelf in the larger sizes (may be utterly wrong here) ... there's a whole thread in the effects post about replacing preamp and effects with your iPad - where are Fender in that field? The Edge helping oversee a R&D in that field would make sense to me.

I always find combos harder to lug around than the two units of cab and head.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1401427327' post='2463463'] Agreed. I wonder how long it will be before Fender realise that they still haven't found what they're looking for. [/quote] like button

music company finds some successful musicians to join board and help them make stuff for musicians. Not the stupidest idea ever. Mind you I imagine if I were thinking of electric guitars, and more the rig and effects and modelling stuff then the Edge wouldn't be the worst guy to have around. Not sure what bono brings to the table though!

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1401303832' post='2462303'] ... and the battery compartment will have at least one broken tag or will be held in with gaffa tape. [/quote] unless... you buy an ex warwickhunt one in which case they tend to be in tip top condition!