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Once you do find the level, are you happy? Or ultimately are you not happy with your current fretless bass? What was the pre-amp you tried, and did you not like it because it changed the tone as well as the volume? Would a "clean boost" pedal be any good?

The Peavey Bandit and Studio Pro are guitar amps so would be no good for bass as they won't cope with the lower notes. However, the Peavey TNT is a bass amp and that's what I'd go for at that budget. I used one in a rehearsal studio recently and it sounded good and was loud enough. I'm not sure of the difference between the different TNT models but in a recent thread their praises were being sung: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/337330-peavey-tnt-130-vs-ashdown-electric-blue-180/

Will this also affect the action though? The strings popping out could be caused by something else e.g. the way the strings are wound.

I like the look of this. I use a MS-60B live and have a B1on at home. For me, the MS-60B is fine for gigging but it would be nice to be able to switch patches either way (the MS-60B you can only move forward to the next patch), and be slightly less fiddly to change individual effect parameters. However, I do want a small unit, so didn't want to move to the B3n. From looking at the photos of B1 Four, I hope the buttons marked 1 to 5 will be a direct way to edit each of the five effects of the current patch.

Yes, I recently was studying Chuck Rainey's line on the Aretha version of 'Until You Come Back To Me'. There is so much to learn from these great recordings.

Search YouTube for: "MrHitcher65 no bass" He has quite a few.

Well, he said he's got a Helix so it makes sense that everything after that is as neutral (flat) as possible.

Are you looking for a powered speaker, or passive? If latter, Fearless go up to a 2x15.

Out of interest, what strings do you use?

Are the speakers out of phase? How does it sound with just one of them connected?

Sorry to hear about the Warwicks. As for 5% - it was rounded up, but based on ParcelForce's website: "£1.80 including VAT for the first extra £100 cover and £4.50 including VAT for every subsequent £100". So that's £15.30 to cover a £350 cab. Perhaps other couriers are cheaper.

You're right -- it's a sliding scale depending on each person's financial situation. If suddenly losing £4,000 will bankrupt you (or at least seriously mess things up for a few months) then yes get insurance. The service the insurer provides is to smooth out random financial peaks and troughs which one might not want to absorb oneself. It's a valid service to pay for -- I suppose all I really meant was that sometimes it's worth considering not insuring something.

My opinion is never pay for insurance (this applies in general, not just to speaker cabs or musical instruments). The reason is that, mathematically, it doesn't make any sense. Suppose it costs 5% of an item's value to insure it. I'm sure you will make a claim less than 5% of the time; the insurers know the true claim rate, and of course they price their insurance higher than the true odds. The difference between the percentage cost and the percentage claim rate is how they make their money. Therefore on average, you save money by not buying insurance. You also save time in not having to mess about with the insurance company should the item go lost. Just refund the buyer and walk away from it all, knowing that you are still up financially, on average. The only time you should buy insurance is if losing the value of the item will bankrupt you.

Upgrade the monitors? I hope the others are paying for this new bass rig btw 😁 I mean... you're not going to benefit from it at all (as you're already sorted with your in-ears)!

I don't really know about amplifying cajons. I've not heard of the "Malone" brand but it seems really cheap (...too cheap). The level of your other equipment is higher quality - MIJ Mustang, GK, TecAmp, Eden; I'm not sure you'd be happy with this "Malone" budget offering. Something like the RCF 310 mk3 costs a lot more, but I currently use RCF and found them to have great sound, volume, and build quality.

I don't see the need for a head & cab setup in this situation. Since you're fine for FOH, the only problem is monitoring. Why not just put more bass through the monitors (for the band members not yet on in-ears)?

How loud do you need to go? What type of venues are you playing? Is there a PA system? What does the other person in the duo play, and how are they amplified?

A powered PA speaker. It could double for cajon and bass too, if you return to that plan.

Was it this one? https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/238458-herts-bash-2-the-precision-test/?do=findComment&comment=2494670 The maple vs rosewood answers look pretty random to me.

Just literally two days ago I was thinking I need to do this. Thanks for the reminder!

If you mean noise, then yes I also found it a problem in conjunction with other pedals, and in the end I needed an isolated power supply. You're right about the bypass situation - this pedal won't be the correct solution for everyone.

I also liked the Xotic BB Bass emulation on my Zoom. I used it for a while in my live setup. Have you seen this comparison video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbENF9j10iA

I've used http://www.jacksinstrumentservices.com/custom-scratchplate-cutting.html

The manual is here: https://www.acousticimg.com/#/support/manuals It gives the definitive answer. (Spoiler: it's ok to operate without a speaker load.)