molan

And SOLD

ON HOLD

3 hours ago, Roger Eve said:

I have used BF cabs for many years and never found anything better. However I took an amp in for repair recently and he asked me what cabs I use, I told him and he said that he is not a fan of them as they build their crossover circuits on a piece of plywood rather than a prober circuit board thus risking a fire hazzard.

Can anyone confirm this or indeed had any problems with fire or burning ???

Ta

I’ve seen the insides of a BF cab, certainly some ‘interesting’ build techniques going on in there 😂

Reduced to £2,150 - very good price for an instrument made to Fender Custom Shop build quality. 
 

Open to trade offers for anything that might be relatively easy to sell in the future - Fender J’s or P’s for USA or Japan, Stingrays etc. 

The ‘Swiss army knife’ of basses - great for a gigging player who needs fast access to different sounds on a single gig!

10 hours ago, Clarky said:

Wasn't it Willie Weeks' prototype bass, @molan? The green KBP4 (which I also owned for a while). Either way, lovely bass

I had both 😂

The ‘Chuck’ was a tobacco burst. I think went to Scandinavia. 

I love Jimmy’s KBP series. 
 

I had one that was made for Chuck Rainey for a while but, foolishly, sold it 🤦‍♂️

ON HOLD

My ‘68J sold today so I can afford to move on price a bit for this one. 
 

Open to offers either directly here or through Will at BassBross. 
 

Sale will go through Will so that allows a few purchasing and PX options. 

I've gigged one of these many times. Great little tool and a near-perfect combination of price / power / tone / flexibility.

I watched the whole launch presentation. It came across as very much a trade launch, designed to inspire and build confidence amongst the global distributor base. 
 

I’ve attended many similar affairs and they always come across as a bit dry but they’re not really targeting end consumers. 
 

As far as the cabs go, anything that reduces weight but maintains tonal integrity is a good thing for me. 
 

Where they’re made makes no difference as far as I’m concerned. The Indonesian build quality has always been excellent and, in very general terms, I’d normally opt for quality far-eastern electronics than those manufactured in a lot of European countries.
 

Certainly more eco-friendly to have them made in Europe if that’s where the bulk of sales are (I have no idea of their market by market sales though). 
 

Definitely intrigued to hear them when they make their way into UK stores

Price reduced to £165

2 hours ago, Jimelliottbassist said:

This must sound amazing! 

Just like a classic P bass should 😉

ON HOLD

21 minutes ago, Woody1957 said:

Wow....just wow!

It looks nice from the back as well!

Price reduced to £650

The finish on this one has to be seen in the flesh to appreciate but it really is a lovely thing!

Some more pics

2 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

In my classic rock band I struggle with an 810.  @Downunderwonders quote of caffeine fuelled chimp comes to mind.

Classic 810’s tend to be dreadful for on-stage sound - unless your stage area is at least 10 metres deep so you can stand well away from the cab. 
 

We used to test big 810s and 610s in the store and measure approximately how long the throw was. 
 

A Mesa 610 was about the worst (or best depending on what you’re after). It sounded thin and without volume until you walked all the way back into the next building - then a bloody great low bass sound wave would hit you slap bang in the chest and make your ribcage vibrate 😂

8 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

I didn't say drown out anyone. Either your 210 is uber quality or you don't play so loud. Traditional 210 need two of to match drums when neither has PA support and it's really rowdy ie deafening without earplugs. Not everyone's cup of tea but not to be ignored as if it doesn't exist nor talked down to.

Neither, it’s a standard MarkBass 102P and regularly gigged with little Nano head putting out 200w. 
 

The band has 2 guitarists. One with an Orange rig and the other a Mesa. 
 

We play loud but controlled. Everything runs through our own PA. It’s also not huge but decent quality. 
 

More and more bands are realising that a controlled on-stage environment coupled with a well-managed foh mix makes a much more balanced, and enjoyable, sound for the people that matter, the audience. 

6 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said:

You should replace the 'you' as in 'you who are no longer plebs in the trenches' with 'we who etc etc'.

 

Plenty of people still need enough rig to keep up with an over caffeinated chimp on drumkit. Not generally on the big league stages though.

Sorry, I don’t agree. I keep up with drummers on large kits with a little 2x10. Using large cabs to drown out other band members is simply counter-productive to getting a decent sound to the only people who really matter - the ones out front

SOLD!

21 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

I also used to have a very big and impressive looking bass rig (not to mention expensive), that was sold when I realised that for almost all the gigs I was playing, it was offering zero sonic benefit to either myself or the audience. 

I think this is the crux of the matter. You simply don't need a massive rig on stage any more. I gig with just a 2x10 for a bit of low end stage monitoring (although often I'm cutting lows and bumping low mids). I am always in the fog mix, whatever the size of the venue.

It always gets me when people say "our PA isn't good/powerful enough to handle bass so we only put vocals in the mix" and then go on about running a large multi-cab set up on stage. The simple answer to this is - sell the huge bass rig and invest in a better PA! The audience will hear a much more balanced sound, on-stage volume will drop, everyone will hear each other better and you'll get more bookings in the future. Modern PA systems that can handle the full frequency range are so much more affordable now. Of course, it doesn't mean you'll be able to 'show off' your amazing rig but the audience will be a lot happier with a quality sound mix than seeing a lumpy cab on stage - that's even if they've noticed it!

1 hour ago, Lozz196 said:

I`m not keen on bass (or drums as it happens) in the monitors anyway, I like to keep them for vocals & guitars. I don`t my amp majorly loud on stage, just same volume as unamplified drums, as such for a venue such as O2 Academy I`d want something big enough to not struggle/be pushed.

 

Most of us have watched some of Glastonbury over the weekend, I wonder why all those pro bassists seemed to be happy with big rigs on those big stages, they could learn a lot from logging on here.

I wonder how many of those were plugged in though?

I know someone who had a major gig coming up and at a full dress rehearsal he arrived with just a pre-amp and in-ears. 
 

The tour manager wouldn’t let him play live like that so we loaned him an amp and a couple of larger-sized cabs that were purely for show. He didn’t even bother with the leads for them 🤣

By complete chance, I just saw this social media post from a music distributor:

In broad terms the, newer, Indonesian heads should be more reliable than the Italian ones. Partly simply because they are newer, but also the general manufacturing following the move to Indonesia improved reliability. 
 

Using the head in the way you’ve said should be fine. The only problem I can see is that I think the lead from the internal speaker is very short so I’m not sure if it will reach easily. 
 

You could use an extension cable or rewire it so the internal lead is longer. Alternatively, you could just use it to the extension 2x10 to see you through the gig. 
 

I think, but I can’t be 100% sure, that it may even be possible to slot the newer head into the combo if the old one failed completely. I’ll ask for you