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  1. 22 minutes ago, fabbabass said:

    Tilting would seem to be the answer. If I could get a monitor that would sound really good (maybe RCF 7 series or similar), that maybe OK, but heavier than a BBII I’d guess.

     

    I tilt maybe 95% of the time and when I moved from a BB2 to an RCF 732-A I was 100% happy with the switch, including sound quality and bass response at high volumes, and dispersion.  The trade-off as you say is that most things are heavier than a BB2, including the RCF.  TBH I found a 732-A pointing straight at my face was too loud for use as a personal monitor and now use a smaller QSC CP12.

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  2. 29 minutes ago, chris_b said:

    What does it weigh?

     

    The manufacturer (Warwick) states "All basses are lightweight with max. 9.5 lbs (4.3 kg)."   Seems like quite a claim, although I suppose I've no reason to doubt them.

     

    https://shop.warwick.de/en/instruments/electric-basses/sadowsky-metroexpress/21-fret-hybrid-pj-bass/22817/sadowsky-metroexpress-21-fret-hybrid-p/j-bass-morado-fingerboard-5-string

     

    I've previously emailed Thomann ([email protected]) to ask for the weight of a specific bass (not a Sadowsky), and they did weigh it for me.

  3. 250W seems underpowered for a 2x12".  Nothing wrong technically as such, but it seems inefficient to be lugging around a large cab that you can't then make the most of.  As for mixing cabs, it is indeterminate whether the MB115 will sound good in combination with your choice of 2x12".

     

    Instead of ending up with three pieces of gear, potentially none of which will go that well together, how about selling the MB115 and LM250 and picking up a more-powerful head which is better matched to the 2x12"?

     

    Or - buy a second MB115 (or 115MBP if you can find one - the discontinued powered extension).  Having two combos also provides the backup you mentioned.

  4. 5 hours ago, Linus27 said:

    I'd like to get a fairly uncoloured preamp with DI that I can then run straight to the desk rather than going through the DI in my amp.

     

    Just going back to the original post - what's the reason for not wanting to use your amp's DI?

  5. Why not just use your existing MS-60B, and then only change if after a number of gigs it transpires you are not happy with it.  I used a MS-60B with a Behringer DI400P DI box for ages.  In the end I was pulled to EBS preamps for their feature set (as I am doubling nearly all the time), but I was never unhappy with the way the Zoom sounded.

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  6. You can test your existing cable without a multimeter, if you have any device with a 1/4" headphone output e.g. an interface or hi-fi.  Play music through that device and connect it to the Palmer's normal input ("Bass In") using say the red mono jack - then through your headphones you should be able to hear one side (either left or right) of the music.  Then switch to the black mono jack, and you should be able to hear the other side.

     

    If you are going to replace, I've been using an EBS cable on my pedalboard which has been reliable - EBS ICY-30 (30cm).  They also make a ICY-100 which I guess is 100cm.

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  7. 21 minutes ago, Rodders said:

    This is the cable I bought, do you reckon its the wrong one? 

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320517170202

     

    Yes that it is the correct type of cable (although I've had problems in the past with these cheap cables being DOA - do you have a way to check e.g. a multimeter?).

     

     

    5 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

    What he meant was, have you tried swapping the two split mono jack plugs around on the Palmer preamp

     

    The split mono jacks go in the HX One, not the Palmer.  The two options are:

    1. red jack into HX One "IN L/MONO" and black jack into HX One "OUT L/MONO"
    2. black jack into HX One "IN L/MONO" and red jack into HX One "OUT L/MONO"
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  8. Consider 3M Dual Lock low profile.  It's more expensive but you don't need much of it at all (1cm² at each corner of a pedal is more than enough), and it holds the pedal considerably more firmly than hook & loop.

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  9. 13 hours ago, WrexhamBassist said:

    the tone sounds nothing like I get at home with low volume.

     

    The sound is very muddy and lacks definition

     

    What bass do you have and how are you EQing?  What sounds good at home doesn't always transfer well to the stage.  If for example you are boosting the lows at home, that could cause muddiness and a lack of definition on the gig.  I'm playing the same style of music as you on a P bass with flats, although my amp is different to yours.  Looking at the BQ250 its EQ points are "Bass" 80Hz, "Lo-Mid" 400Hz, "Hi-Mid" 800Hz, and "Treble" 10kHz.  I'd start with the Bass and Treble rolled back a bit, and the Lo-Mid and Hi-Mid at noon.

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  10. 18 hours ago, glassmoon said:

    the neck on my Cort GB35JH 

     

    Which bass do you have?  You've written GB35JH, which I think doesn't exist, but you've linked to the GB75JH.  So I guess you probably have a GB75JH; but perhaps you have a GB35A which is an older "3" series and does have the "JH" pickup configuration?

     

     

    2 hours ago, glassmoon said:

    I checked out the Cort GB35-JJ on the Cort website, and it's 35" scale

     

    Cort's webpage for the GB35JJ says 34".

     

    If you have the older-series bass, I saw there is GB35J on cashconverters at £150.

     

    The scale lengths:
    GB75JH: 35"
    GB35JJ: 34"
    GB35A: 34"
    GB35J: 34"

     

    I don't know if the neck of the older basses (35A and 35J) fits on the bodies of the newer basses (75JH and 35JJ).

     

     

  11. 20 minutes ago, mybass said:

    It’s difficult to find their weight, as in this link showing everything but the weight, a nice looking 5 in swamp ash.

    https://sire-usa.com/collections/marcus-miller-p8/products/p8-5st

     

    Sire's FAQ give a typical weight of 4.67kg for the P8 5-string.  But each instrument could be more or less since wood varies in weight from one piece to the next.  franzbassist did well to get a lighter one at I guess around 4.3kg before changing the tuners.

     

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  12. I'm probably not a typical user of Slinky Flats... they are too bright for me 😄
    My starting point is generally with the tone rolled about halfway down.  However the reason I like them for live work is because on those gigs when occasionally everything's sounding a bit muddy for some reason or another, I have the option to get a bit of clarity back.

     

    Anyway, if they've mellowed over time, it's less than any other flats I've used.
     

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  13. 9 hours ago, Schlippy said:

    Looking for a set of short scale strings with the feel and low string noise of flats while retaining the high end articulation of rounds

     

    "the new Flatwound Short Scale bass strings are the first flat that actually feels like a flat and sounds like a round."

    https://www.ernieball.com/guitar-strings/bass-strings/slinky-flatwound-electric-bass-strings/slinky-flatwound-short-scale-electric-bass-strings

     

    I don't have any short scale, but I have the long scale set on my P bass.

  14. 4 hours ago, Alien said:

    Is 'lightweight and portable' even in the same ballpark as Ampeg?  I thought the two were mutually exclusive!
    I know the more recent stuff's been getting lighter, but Ampeg are never going to be competition for Barefaced are they?

     


    The Ampeg Venture 2x10 and 4x10 are lighter than Barefaced.

     

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  15. 2 hours ago, chriswareham said:

    You can return an item within fourteen days of receiving it without needing to state a reason and without it needing to be faulty. It's the Consumer Contracts Regulations, which replaced the distance selling rules in 2014.

     

    1 hour ago, Elfrasho said:

    Not for a full refund if the goods are of diminished value. I'd assume you've opened it and tried it. You've diminished the value. As you say, it's not a try before you buy. The fact that it is broken though gives you rights to a full refund with no deductions, and in fact, any real impact on you.

     

    There are at least two bits of relevant legislation.

     

    For distance selling, the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, regulation 29(1) allows you to return the item within 14 days, without a reason: "The consumer may cancel a distance or off-premises contract at any time in the cancellation period without giving any reason".

     

    The consumer pays the cost of returning the goods - but note in regulation 34(2) that the retailer's refund must include the original outbound delivery cost: "The trader must reimburse any payment for delivery received from the consumer, unless the consumer expressly chose a kind of delivery costing more than the least expensive common and generally acceptable kind of delivery offered by the trader."

     

    As for "try before you buy", the consumer is allowed "to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods", as long as it does not go beyond "the sort of handling that might reasonably be allowed in a shop".  So for a bass guitar, you can unpack it and noodle about on it.  But you couldn't go and do a gig with it.

     

    Separately, whether for distance or in-person selling, the Consumer Rights Act 2015 allows the short-term right to reject goods which are not of satisfactory quality, or unfit for purpose (e.g. faulty goods).  The time limit for that is given in section 22(3): "The time limit for exercising the short-term right to reject is the end of 30 days [...]".  In addition, the trader must pay for the return of the goods - section 20(8): "the trader must bear any reasonable costs of returning them [the rejected goods]".

     

    It's important for both the consumer and retailer to know why you are returning the goods.  For example, if the goods arrive faulty but you simply return them as unwanted (under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013) or without giving any reason, then when the retailer receives the faulty item back they will likely claim you damaged it and are therefore liable.

     

    Finally, a reminder that any retailer's own T&C cannot overrule the above legislations.  So if the retailer's website clearly states "No returns" or "10% restocking fee applies", these things are not enforceable since they go against your statutory rights.

     

     

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  16. 12 minutes ago, pn_day said:

    Change to flat wounds on the Yamaha, and then use the P pickup with tone rolled back slightly

     

    And a strip of kitchen sponge under the strings up against the bridge.

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