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It's got to be different for different folks/bands. Some like to cut through the mix. Others like myself like to very much sit in the mix. But I went from an Ampeg 15" cab to One10s. Took time to play around and now I appreciate and hear the differences better. It takes me a few weeks of noodling to decide if I like a new piece of equipment whether it be amp, cab or bass.

I also confirm as much.

Now I'm an amateur and stand to be corrected but my experience is that the particular venue/room makes most difference whatever cab you use. At one particular WMC with a very high ceiling, (I think it's called the Harold Wilson Labour Club in Cradley in the Black Country), it was so difficult to get a good overall sound. I think the reverberation time for the room must have been several seconds. Down the road at another WMC the stage was so boomy, that along with hiss picked up by any guitar without humbuckers i.e. Strat's, from the tube lights over the stage. My routine would be to move around the stage listening and tweak my amp controls to get 'my sound' in the mix. But that's the on stage sound of course. If I had someone out front with trusted ears I might ask if the balance was OK. Sometimes I might go FOH and ask another band member to play my bass. So setting up and doing the mixer/PA got me interested in acoustics and I read up a fair bit. But learning about and good practice only comes with experience and developing 'good ears'. Sadly now mine are cream-crackered. As for what cab well, since getting my 2 BF One10s I'm sorted for the rest of my days.

The drummer can make or break the band. Played with a couple of very good drummers. Played with a couple of passable drummers. Played with one or two poor drummers. If the drummer is good it lifts everything else.

I am enjoying it thanks and may keep both. Great pieces of kit.

"The main part of the problem though was that our 'singer' has absolutely zero mic technique and no interest in learning either". Are you quite sure about that?

I've purchased a Beatbuddy from Beedster and am comparing with my mini. To be honest I don't know whether I have the time or inclination to fully use all the options it offers above the mini. I may well end up moving it on and just carry on figuring out which beat on the mini suits the particular song I'm noodling with at the time. I'm certainly learning a lot about patterns and beats. Previously I've just locked in with the drummer which I've always found easy to do without necessarily really knowing the time or name of the beat pattern. So I'm finding it a good learning tool but the idea of designing my own drum score from scratch with the Singular sound software is a bit daunting. I expect some of the younger guys here with a quicker mind might be much better at such. I ordered the Footswitch+ from GAK so am looking forward to using that, for me the pause function will be useful.

Thank you for the Beatbuddy, all good. C

PLAYLIST You Got The Silver - BLUES 3 - 130 - 6/8

I don't care!

I I like it, it's got some nice pictures.

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The drumming, bass & guitar playing are just perfect, restrained and just enough. Keith sings this really well.

Some prefer it on but for me I took it off my violin bass better to show the wood and I think the symmetry.

TC BG250-208. I've used one alone and with ext cab. Alone it projects well and with a bit of compression from the spectracomp surprised me for a 2 x 8. With an ext cab I thought it lived up to it's wattage rating. The Fender Rumble range are amps that you can't go wrong with. There's one to suit all. I use the BH250 head now through 1 or 2 BF One10s. Plenty for me but only you know how much loudness you want.