Bigwan

I've toyed with the idea of adding a One10 and a little 2 Ohm capable head like the Genz Mag. or Mesa D800 to the fold... Or going for another Two10... Or dumping the Two10 idea all together and going full bore for a Four10. So many cool options Alex has given us!!!

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1462462080' post='3043224'] Plus the amp in a case with the cables etc, and the (lightweight..?) bass... It all adds up, you know. It all seems to stem from this bass-specific need to have a 'one-trip' rig. I have a rug, a drum throne, three cymbal-drum stands, a pedal vanity case, five soft flight cases and a cymbal flight case to load in and out. Do I do that in one foul swoop..? The heck I do..! You've chosen well to go for bass. Could've gone for piccolo, though; even less to haul... [/quote] I was about to come back at you with harmonica... But I was recently at a blues gig where the harmonica player used a vintage Fender Tweed tube amp that took 2 hefty guys to carry it up the stairs in its flight case...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1462459738' post='3043203'] No point giving yourself a hernia carrying 13kg when you can carry 7kg - if that's all that's needed. [/quote] Hernia?! 13kg?! What are men made of nowadays! Tsk, tsk, tsk...

OK, the Orange isn't versatile... But it's one trick is SO good that I don't think it needs to be! I used mine on everything from wedding gigs with a Jazz bass to metal gigs with a Dingwall. Sounded great EVERYWHERE! Ridiculously loud and the gain control doesn't need to be in distortion land to get that loud. I keep saying I'll buy another, but I'm not gigging at the minute. I think the ideal rig for me would be a terror and the new barefaced 4x10...

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1462380440' post='3042565'] Ha. Here it is in its full sofa shot glory: [/quote] Wow... Just... Wow...

[quote name='w...' timestamp='1462205347' post='3041086'] I thought I'd join the fun and post my pedalboard, I think it's pretty straight forward, I don't use many effects on cover songs, but I've been involved in an originals band recently so I've been experimenting with effects... [url="http://s1064.photobucket.com/user/warliss42/media/ce092d4d-0432-41f2-ab89-e2e128bb554b_zpsgfetnubu.jpg.html"][/url] I'm impressed with the Polytune Clip, it's the most recent addition to my toolkit. I'm also toying with moving the Pandora stomp to be within the effects loop as I only use it for reverbs, chorus and delays. [/quote] How do you find the dipthonizer on bass? Madbean pcb?

None, none and no to be frank. There's no standard action or intonation adjustment, although if you're sticking with stock strings the action is pretty irrelevant really. The build quality of some U-basses leaves a lot to be desired. There are reports that quite a few have the bridges set slightly off from where they should be so your intonation is never going to be right. Mine is off just enough to be annoying. On my particular model the bridge saddle has the pickup bonded to it so you couldn't do the old sand down the bottom of the saddle trick to lower the action even if you wanted to. Also rules out changing the saddle without major surgery. Also there's a known issue with the pickup bonding in that the bonding material doesn't leave a flat surface to make contact with the bottom of the saddle channel so you can get dead strings (usually the G or E). The UK distributors fix is to loosen the strings and roll the saddle back, away from the neck just a little so the pickup makes better contact. It works, but again has made my intonation worse. There may be good examples of them out there somewhere but mine isn't one of them! To be honest I bought a Deko Harley Benton Uke bass for £40 and it's every bit as good as my Kala so I'd advise you to save your cash and do the same or look at one of the alternatives like the Short Bass One or the like... I'd sell my Kala except it was bought to me as a birthday present... If you're set on a Kala, try before you buy and be super critical - keep all these things in mind while you're doing it. Initially I was really taken with the whole Uke bass idea, but the longer time has gone on the more annoyed I get by the stupid problems on an instrument of that price.

I think the Lakland edges it for comfort - the Lakland neck is awesome. The Sire wins in every other department for me. I've owned 3 Lakland 5 strings, 55-64, 55-02 dlx, 55-01 NTMB and I'd take the Sire over any of them.

Not to be a pedant but Michael Rhodes is playing bass for Bonamassa these days...

[quote name='bigjimmyc' timestamp='1461336531' post='3033839'] My ABM500 looks perfect on top. Roll on Monday night rehearsal, I'm going to melt a drummer! [/quote] Really interested to hear what you make of it with the ABM. They're my favourite head by quite a long way...

I forgot to add that it was pull-starting a petrol hedge trimmer that caused my first bout of tennis elbow. Revenge for all the pull-start tools I've broken over the years (5 at last count, one of those twice!)...

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1461250987' post='3032911'] That's more like it! I'm counting 7 valves though. I wonder what the other 2 do? [/quote] That'll be the hybrid driver module I think.

Yup, had it in both elbows in my time. Not much fun. Rest is the best medicine (along with ibuprofen gel!) but it's not always practical - I've 2 young kids in the house! A sports clasp helps A LOT when you can't rest it. Mine was a Vulkan Epi brace. I lost it somewhere between bouts of the affliction and had to order another so you can learn from my mistake - if you're on the edge between one size and another, even within a few cm, get the smaller one!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1461238830' post='3032737'] I might as well turn this into a general HandBox chat thread... They've just posted details of a prototype they're working on, on Facebook - here's an approximate translation (thanks, Google!). [color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]"Two-Channel hybrid head, with five tubes in the pre. The first channel is modelled on the Ampeg tone stack which uses three of the tubes, and is '[/font][/color][color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]thick, dirty and heavy'.[/font][/color] [color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The [/font][/color][color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]other channel is inspired by Fender with more typical 3-band passive EQ, and using two tubes for a cleaner tone. The masterpiece is a hybrid driver module that gives it close to the unmistakeable full-tube tone. It will put out 600w @ 4Ohm and has friendly feature-weighs 4 times less than a tube equivalent."[/font][/color] It's overkill for my needs, but my gosh it looks fun... [/quote] That. Looks. AWESOME!!!

[quote name='bakerster135' timestamp='1461094743' post='3031475'] Not the same as the Blueberry, but similar in an amp - style overdrive kind of way...I used to use my SFT, and now use my COG Knightfall before the TK-421-X, and it drives it really nicely. I now keep the Knightfall on all the time, and kick on the TK when I need a gnarly, grindy boost! [/quote] Thanks! Exactly what I wanted to hear. Have made the move but haven't tried it yet as I have family staying for a few days.

Thanks Owen. Was worried they were too good to be true at the price.

OK, so my recent pedal building frenzy means I have LOTS of pedals that won't fit on my 1st gen Pedaltrain Mini. I'd like to get something that's at least twice the pedal area, but as cheap as possible. The Harley Benton pedaltrain rip-offs, specifically the Spaceship 60: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_spaceship_60.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...paceship_60.htm[/url]) look reasonably good. Does anyone have first hand experience with them, or could anyone suggest something equivalent?

Surprised nobody has asked this yet. How is it compared to the Walkabout WoT?