tauzero

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1421956314' post='2667157'] I have one of the early V-Amp2 units. One of the amp models, as written on the front, is "Amercian Deluxe". I noticed later models being spelled correctly. I held onto it hoping one day it would become rare and sought after [/quote] It could be desirable to anyone who lives in Mercia...

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1422239585' post='2670254'] I am not a fan of the [i]"open mic[/i]" and we have a lot of them over here. Usually if your not a friend of the host you don't play. Plus over here they seem to attract a disproportionate amount of newbies. Usually they are geared towards blues harp players or lead guitarist only. [/quote] Nothing like the ones over here, then, where a certain amount of juggling and time reduction occurs if there wouldn't be enough time to fit everyone on otherwise. And the host is often the one who plays least.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1422286373' post='2670682'] I haven't read through this thread but I'm assuming the previous 41 posts is everyone saying their current rig is the best they have ever heard? [/quote] In my case, it is the best rig I've had, though that's not to say that the Berg AE112s might not have sounded even better with the EA iAmp800 I used to have. In fact, I'd say that the EA iAmp800 and Tech Soundsystems ND410S was also a formidable rig.

Must try that with "Money".

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1421919674' post='2666501'] I'm a big Berg fan, but the digital interface makes me think of those awful Ashdown abonimations. *shudder* [/quote] The front end of the Superfly was rather good. The power amp side was less well thought out and implemented. I'd really like a switchable programmable graphic/parametric EQ like the Ashdown provided.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1421880393' post='2666286'] - having to park on double yellow lines whilst loading; - having to park 10 minutes' walk from the venue; and [/quote] The Grapes in Stafford is like that - park on the pavement to load/unload (the local constabulary don't mind), park on a road a five minute walk away, but on the positive side, they have a PA so they're forgiven.

Current set-up - Sei Original bass, Tecamp Puma 900 head, 2x Berg AE112s.

Unlined fretless Sei Flamboyant 5.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1421675722' post='2663813'] If someone coils my cables I have to uncoil them and start again! [/quote] And me. And Mrs Zero is the biggest culprit. At least she's a good cook.

No problems playing (up to a 7-string), I do move my watch though - I'm awkward and wear it on the inside of my right wrist rather than the outside of my left.

Tim had an unloaded Omni 10.5 off me, all went very smoothly. Hope the band gets properly under way soon! Cheers, Mike

There's a theoretical advantage if you have two outputs from the amp to run one to each cab, as if you daisy-chain cabs, the signal to the second one passes through two leads and four connections. I doubt very much that you'd hear any difference unless you were using particularly dreadful leads.

I meant GK MB150 or 200MB as a possible replacement for the Hartke. About as small as a 12" combo can be and very light.

[quote name='SingleMalt' timestamp='1421864621' post='2665981'] Picture three looks like it's been used as a hi-hat.... [/quote] You've got to hammer the marquee pegs in with something.

[quote name='Badass' timestamp='1421348478' post='2660276'] Already have a light weight set up, but very powerful. Just wanted to have a small portable combo for practice once a week, and the Hartke always fulfilled this until now. [/quote] GK MB150 or 200MB?

[quote name='skelf' timestamp='1421224922' post='2658510'] With a bit of luck everyone should leave with a prize worth more than the entry cost. [/quote] You realise that if everyone wins a 25% discount voucher then people will get suspicious?

Our guitarist is unavailable that weekend, so no gigs for us - will definitely try to make it, I enjoyed the last one. tauzero - perm a few from Sei Original, Status Series 1, Antoniotsai, Dean 10-string, Warwick Thumb, Mrs Zero.

One band - "I saw her standing there" followed by "Sex on Fire" (and we use "Comfortably Numb" to finish the first set) The other band - "Born to be wild"

I normally play fretless, though I can swap between the two and my backup bass is fretted - as, indeed, are most of my basses.

On the original topic - drove to a gig and found that the silver aluminium case I'd brought was the one with Mrs Zero's wireless mic in it, not the one with my bass amp in. "I'll use the Crate Powerblock that I leave in the car for emergencies" I thought. Then I found that I didn't have a jack to speakon lead, which was the only way I could connect amp to cab... On a completely unrelated occasion, after a break, we did the first number and I got a message from the guitarist's wife in the audience that she couldn't hear the vocals. I'd taken the mains down and left the foldback on, so I hadn't realised.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1421215324' post='2658465'] Any of you older guys want to chime in on this? [/quote] Yes. I'm 57 and I have both a Zoom B3 and a Zoom MS60-B. They're very good.

Up and down or forwards and backwards? I had one which was my first bass (barring that unfortunate brief episode with a Rosetti 7). Pickups adjust vertically, not horizontally. The pickups are switched rather than blended. The bridge is a rather odd mix of perspec/acrylic and steel. Truss rod adjustment is with a cranked rod at the body end. I shouldn't have PXed it for a P.

Could I add my covers band please? [url="https://www.facebook.com/TheLightningUK"]https://www.facebook.com/TheLightningUK[/url] Just finished going through the list and liking everyone else, and discovering that there is another band that does Don't Speak (hello The Carbonites ).

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1421407912' post='2660802'] There's an old thread about this where one of the basschatters (Stevie) did some measurements to show that the effects of running in a speaker are negligible. In any case just using the speaker will run it in so it's not something you can avoid and not probably something to worry about. [/quote] Although this is focussed on hi-fi systems, the principle is the same: [url="http://www.audioholics.com/loudspeaker-design/speaker-break-in-fact-or-fiction"]http://www.audioholics.com/loudspeaker-design/speaker-break-in-fact-or-fiction[/url]

I should add that I use the kettle system because it's handy (kettle's ten feet from where I do my soldering and other electronic playing around). I've used a cigarette lighter in the past. There is no one right answer. Just don't burn anything, including yourself.