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Just so people know - this has now gone

Would B E A D tuning work for you? Like you I play stuff that uses the B and I have more fun playing a 4 string.

I have a blue FretFx (34") that came off the bass I had converted to fretless. I didn't refit as I found them too bright - instead I had luminlay side dots. If anybody wants the redundant FretFx they're welcome as it's just decorating a house plant right now...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-44209141 I was under the impression that there "classical liberal" meaning Liberal in the 19th century sense i.e. combining what is now the Liberal left and right and used to distinguish the American "Liberal" equating with the European Liberal left. "Libertarian" performs the same function for the European Liberal right. "Freedom of speech" is indeed a classical liberal principle, but it is by no means a fundamental immutable law of human society. Nor is liberalism in all it's parts. Including the progressive left liberalism embodied in part in political correctness.

One other thing I will add is at my usual practice level of around 80-85db with the RCF 1m away I can distinctly feel the bass through the floor, I didn't ever the Yamaha sub do that from the exact same player and cab positions! I have no idea why that should be unless it's something to do with the weight of a 15" driver moving around compared to a 12", though I doubt it.

That was my computation also when deciding which to get. The 2kg weight saving was attractive but; 1db louder and 12% lighter wasn't worth the extra £300. There are almost certainly more factors than this for a knowledgeable PA bod, but that's not me Living in a three floor house with my music room at the top I've always practiced through active near field monitors, and that has skewed me in favour of active FRFR from the start.

A Zoom b3n is the only thing between bass and cab. I use two main sounds that both use the SVT amp model (AMPG SVT), The 'lighter' sound follows the amp with the SVT 4x10 with tweeter cab model (SVT4x10TW), the 'heavier' sound precedes the amp with a Darkglass model (Dark OD - from memory the b3k), but no cab emulation I hope all that made some kind of sense As I still have my previous setup, Yamaha DBR10 top & DXS12 sub, I set both up and A/B'd them. There is just no comparison. I was listening from about 5m and I very much doubt I broke 100db so I don't know how valid this would be at real volume. I was expecting that the Yamaha sub sound quality would at least keep up at that level, but the RCF was just so much better - how to describe it without getting all it had a plush bouquet with plummy overtones... it certainly more heft though! 🙂 I was also expecting that the sound quality from the top would not keep up, though I was surprised at how far behind it was. The RCF was, um, okay; articulate and polished - not that I've had a lot of experience so it might be that I should have been surprised at how inarticulate the dbr was. I was using a Tannoy Precision 8D as my practice 'cab' as I found the DBR was actually quite harsh. Unfortunately it heard the RCF, got the hump and died on me. All in all very pleased with the RCF. Especially with swapping 2 cabs totalling 44kg with one weighing 22kg Thanks, though you could have started the thread 4 months earlier and saved me springing for the DXS12! 😉

Convinced by the "Interesting FRFR story" thread I got myself an RCF Art 735. It replaces my previous pa cabs, a Yamaha DBR10 - bought as I groped my way down the pa route, cos Rock&roll has been dead to me for a while now... and supplemented by a DXS12 - bought because I wasn't sure the BDR10 would be loud enough...

Over time I've ended up with three basses with N+B+P, N+B+P, P-Bassish+P (this one) And I only use the piezo on all of them because the regular pups sound so muffled in comparision

I have a fretted Radius bass and an Ibanez SRF700 fretless. While the Ibanez is a great guitar it didn't come up to the quality and balance of the Radius. So looking at my third guitar; a WAV Radius that i bought to 'trial' the Radius bass as I could not get one 2nd hand (i.e. cheap enough) when it struck me - defret the WAV! Here are the before and after shots (well I didn't have a before so that one is from a shop site) Before; After; New Macassar Ebony fretboard with fret markers in the same manner as the Ibanez and glow in the dark side dot markers. Aluminium nut. All controls removed (leaving the piezo pickup). And refinished in a satin black (as in not matte or gloss). As I can just about manage string changes all work was done by Nathan at the Brighton Guitar Workshop

Steinberger; NS Design;

For anybody wanting a cheaper RCF 735A or 745A these are on Amazon 735A; https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B014XMK1O0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1 745A; https://www.amazon.co.uk/ART-745-15-inch-active-speaker/dp/B00JMHMJDI/ref=sr_1_2 Cheers, Rick