gafbass02

I've been thinking of a rig idea which I reckon would suit me perfectly on any size stage, and believe me I've covered em all. But it seems obvious so I'm probably talking pants. Using the barefaced cabs as an example would this work? Imagine a set up where you have behind you a standard head/cab set up, let's say a compact and little mark 2. All good, when I go towards the backline/drummer there's my sound all nice n fat. But when I'm on a big stage or the onstage sound is cluttered when I move forward to sing/change fx/ show off I no longer get as good a sound, my rig is too far back to feel. ..ok ask for bass in the monitors? But honestly that dosnt often happen and causes issues and often sounds awful. So what if I had, at the front my 2nd cab? Let's say a midget/t but with a kickback cut away so its angled up at me right at the front by my fx. So wherever I move on my side of the stage, front or back my tone is there. The front, kickback cab would ideally have fitted a volume attenuator knob so i don't p1ss off the guitard on my side too much and would have to work well off a longer than average speaker lead of course. From recent gigs and festivals this sort of arrangement would really suit me. In my 'glory days' in double cross I used to use a laney kickback 2x10 combo at the front on a line out from my trace stack. Although to be fair we were lucky enough to play some huge places with perfect monitoring so it became less nessecary but recently at festivals etc where my amp is 20ft behind me but the monitors are all vocals I'd have loved this set up. Can/could it work? Should I just shut up?

I really like em. I've used loads of cables and currently own Monster, elixir and zaolla amongst others and I can safely say my preferred brand is monster. I've never had em splay a socket and they are dead quiet with a slight low mid hump and a nice punchy sound by comparison to my other cables. Infact every cable in my set up is monster inc speaker and patch leads. But i bought em back when the pound was much stronger. That said I will most likely try obbm next time.

I swear by compression and won't take a bass anywhere without one. I find they add punch and make playing more effortless and allow me more touch sensitivity making the whole thing more responsive and alive. Funnily despite having owned many compressors i always go back to the good ol boss cs3 it just works for me. If you check out my band lounge fly in my sig that's my sound and I don't think it suffers from it at all :-D

I don't know what to doooooooo!!!! I'm now starting to think about just buying a midget t and selling the STD 102hf and keeping said compact in question!! Aaarrrghh Dave and I need to STOP drinking together. We've talked ourselves into a pickle !!!

Hah hah. Sorry Dave, That was an expensive pint for a guy that only drank soda water! ! But I'm sure it's the amp for you :0)

I'm not after a one cab solution either

Lol heh heh

Hah Hah yup. I did a session for a band called ashdowne on the song eyes wide open and even though I clearly recall the twelve hour day the bass sounds nothing at all like me, but it is.

great review bud, and huge GAS!

[quote name='guybrush threepwood' post='881128' date='Jun 29 2010, 04:46 PM']I asked Mark bass and they said it will be fine- it blocks phantom power[/quote] Ace, thanks bud, good to know

That's very cool but I need two cabs sadly and one 4ohm wouldn't allow me to do that

cheers again all, ive PM'd the folks and im hoping to shift my markbass 102p now to get the ball rolling. I really must learn to drive, that would be a far better solution!!

Thanks everyone for the brilliant advice. Especially Alex and Frank to whom I'll reply by pm once I'm off my phone and at a keyboard. Upshot is I think I'm gonna hang onto my 102hf and sell the traveller and my line 6 studio 110 and get a midget as I reckon that'll give me a good mix of power (102hf) for most gigs and portability (midget) for the others. I'm sure I can run both when I absolutely need to although I rarely need that much poke these days Now to shift the 102p bet that takes an age! Always does when you need the cash lol

Yeah but at at 49lbs and a no doubt huge price tag it's a non starter I'm afraid. My thinking of a bfb compact and midget stack was flexibility with extreme portability and power. Sort of what I have now but more carryable but tbh it's looking like it'll be too big a compromise on power. So I'll have to pipe dream of the day I can just buy a midget separately to my rig I reckon.

I took a peek at the bergs btw. But at 31lbs I'd be no better off cheers for the thought though.