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I tried a lot of them. TLC, Compressore (which I had for quite some time), MXR M87. Never got round to testing the Diamond (which is good but pricey).
The only really bad ones I had were the Ashdown dualband which flips out completely on active instruments and an old Ibanez BP10 which isn't bad but isn't good either.

Once I made a switch to old Trace Elliot amplifiers with the mighty SMX preamp and its dualband comp I never looked back.
The SMX comp is exactly what I was looking for in a compressor: More punch without squeezing the lows. I am hooked!

High tension is lovely for slapping though. Makes life much easier.

BUMP! Because its sold and I like to do useless stuff.

Come to think of it: this board screams RIC-O-SOUND!
Ordering the cable for this ASAP.

Increasingly also-playing-guitar so divided my board into two sections.

Left hand side is a complete guitar tube preamp with analog speaker emulation and a nice TC Trinity reverb pedal in its fx loop. This goes straight into a mixing desk/line in, bass rig or guitar amp (with the speaker sim switched off).
Right hand side is a complete bass preamp with analog speaker emulation and two nice dirtboxes by Darkglass. This goes straight into a mixing desk/line in or bass rig (with the speaker sim switched off).

This config also allows me to work on songs with our guitar player, simply plug the floorboard into my laptop and slap on a couple of headphones. Smart stuff with no modelling crap going on. Tons of tone!
A smaller and better 1A power adapter is on its way as the Gator has a really stupid tiny fragile retarded idiotic connector towards mains that keeps falling out.

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Ow it seems the forum software automatically resizes images while you upload them. Smart! But in this case not so handy. I don't think the images will become much more clear then this though.

Here are photos of the filter circuit in higher resolution. Sadly I do not know much about electronics or filters so I hope someone can see what the filter configuration is supposed to do.

Simle logic dictates a simple high pass filter at around 4kHz should work just fine, a filter doesn't need to be exactly the same as this original Trace Elliot one. It just needs to cut off the lows.

Hi Quentin, I was meaning to respond sooner but last week didn't get round to checking the filter circuit board. Will do so somewhere this week.

The speakers British Audio have for sale are from an acoustic guitar amp. I am not sure if they will work in a brightbox design where you want the speakers to reach up to 8kHz or more. I have no specs on the speakers you mentioned here...

Played a JV squier Precision recently. The Nate Mendel sig sounds a lot better, much more oompfh!

The guy who bought it got a pm on facebook from a certain lover of Dolphin Pro1's...
/me whistles innocently

Reaper is AWESOME! But I switched to Cubase (artist) to be compatible with my old man's studio. Best money ever spent on music stuff.

At one time I ventured into Linuxland to try some of the free software that is available there. Stick with Reaper is my advice if you are not inclined to using linux and rather stick to the Windows operating system.

If however you do fancy a bit of adventure you can try out Ubuntu Studio which features the Ardour DAW

Relevant links:

http://ubuntustudio.org

http://ardour.org

Ow but in my cass it makes a LOT of difference! Mainly more clarity when using my active Warwick, EBMM and Fender Marcus Miller jazz. It does make sense since anything higher then 5kHz goes MIA without a hf unit or brightbox.

If your instrument doesn't produce any usable noise in the treble range you won't need a brightbox or hf unit in your cab. This is perfectly alright and can sound great too. I was looking for more of the clicketyclack when slapping though and am perfectly happy with this brightbox solution.

Hi Quentin,

On tuesday I'm practicing with the band and will bring the brightbox home with me to see if I can get all the details on that filter circuit. Basically it is a simple high pass filter that supposedly kicks in from 4kHz onward thus filters out anything underneath that frequency. This works great with the 2x15 cab as that runs up to around 4 to 4.5kHz.

I suppose depending on which midrange 5" speakers you choose to utilize you can use any generic high pass filter at 4kHz for a custom brightbox. Just make sure the midrange speakers you choose can deliver tone up to around 8kHz and are loud enough. I am quite happy with the Celestions I chose as they don't cost a lot and handle the job pretty well. The brightbox gives me the extra definition I was missing by using just the 2x15 cab. If you spend a little more you can find speakers that are a bit louder and can handle 10kHz. though.

Pfffft I don't have a clue what people talk about when they mention lbs or ounces or whatever. It is just some arcane and retarded system.
Using the metric system should be mandatory nowadays.

Okay. This is obviously the best bass in the world. Forget all the nonsense I posted earlier tonight except for the part where I said it sounds great of course. There is no room for honesty on here.

Jeez Louise so much for being honest all I said is the mm sig I have has better fretwork then my NM sig, AND that its a great sounding and good but not great playing instrument. If that offends you I hold little hope for you as a person.

Been setting up lots of basses doing a lousy job then most probably (like 80 percent of all guitarshops). Perhaps it is time for a carreer change Andy.

Its mexican neck is hard to setup if you want ultra low action. Nowhere near the quality of my other signature fender - a MIJ marcus miller sig jazz.
It does sound really good though and is well playable, just not great. Mine will require fret sanding to become great.

Although I largely do not care about instrument weight (I do consider myself lucky, am not ignoring the fact others require light weight instruments) I did sell my six string solid mahogany Chris Larkin Bassix because it was unpleasant for me to play. I used to move (jump) around a lot back in those days playing hardcore/metal/funk crossover and that axe kept lagging behind because of its weight.

Heaviest bass I own is strangely also probably the smallest, an EBMM Sterling bass. Beats me why it is so heavy for such a small bass... Sounds DA BOMB though!
My P (Nate Mendel sig) is pleasantly Light.

G E N E R A T I O N S - Which do you prefer? The great SMX series or the later models with GP12X pre? Or do you maybe prefer the even earlier Mk.V or Series 6? IMHO still nothing beats the SMX range of amps.

I bought Mike's Trace Elliot AH400SMX amp. He stated it was in good shape.
That was an understatement, the amp is almost as new!
Communication with Mike is very clear and smooth running, would deal with this gentleman any time.

Thanks Mike!

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Nice! Had one of those, I still regret selling it.

OK. Nice Warwick Pasha!
What am I missing here.

Just sold my TB-600 for too little money. These amps are really great but relatively unknown. The overdrive channel sounds (as expected) pretty oldskool. Clean chan is very lively and responsive it really did make my Precision sing. This TB-1200 will blow any "lightweight" amp out there straight out the water.

I am however nowadays addicted to early 90's amps that are green and have blacklights built in so ended up selling the TB.

Invalid.

Firstly one speakon connector is enough. I can't imagine anyone needing two.
I use both XLR speaker outputs on my main rig but my amp has a stereo powersection without bridging option so here it makes sense to do so, otherwise I would have 300 watts instead of 600.
On a mono rig you really only need one output. You can chain two 8ohm cabs it won't hurt and there is not any difference output wise,

Secondly, If you don't like the subharmonic, you don't HAVE to use it. It is okay to keep it off really.
Dialing it in just a little for dub works really nice btw,

Just my 2p.

Nope, mine seems perfect as it is really, although the thinner neck was harder to set up right (set it up perfectly, 1 day later neck bow is different again. Getting it right was sort of a balancing act that lasted about a week)

Took it to the local jamsession last night and every bassplayer was loving it.
Sadly the old Warwick amp with 1x15 there could not really cope with its thunderous lows and was making fart noises most of the night.

A hefty bass stack is a must with this bass.

I like my action low as possible on most basses eventhough my right hand thumb is named Mjölnir.