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Hi Stewart, you're right that I should have mentioned the building as it may be of help. The current one is @ 20m x 40m & is not a traditional church building. We do go to different communities & use various buildings & would also be using it at these. The bass wouldn't be going thru a small pa system like this as I know it won't have the headroom (my band have a small 1k pa system that I tried DIing from my amp into when we first got it & then found it better not to). Hope that's of more help.

I'll have a look at the Wharfdales. Any thought's on Soundlab (I know they used to be not very good in the 80's & 90's but how about now) or Thomann's the Box? Sorry Ian, they only want to buy new. Thanks anyway.

Hi all, I'm looking for some advice on active PA speakers. Here's the situation... A small church (about 40 folk max most weeks) that I go to is looking for a PA system & I've been given that task. Up until now we have been putting vocals & acoustic guitar thru my MB combo via an Alesis 8 channel mixer with no probs & the combo is barely on & has plenty of volume. I'm now going to be playing bass as we have now got another guitarist but don't really want to put everything thru my combo. As the budget is fairly limited (not sure exactly what it is, but I estimate between £200-£400) I was originally looking at a cheapo amp & speakers such as the [url="http://www.themusicking.co.uk/meridian-150-watt-pa-system"]Meridian HA104[/url] or a cheap Peavey system, but then I thought about active speakers as they're easier to pack away when we're finished. I then thought about spending as much of the budget as I can on just one speaker & get a decent make rather than some unknown & we can always add more when we need to. The ones that I've been looking at are the [url="http://www.dv247.com/pa-systems-and-live-sound/mackie-thump-th-15a-powered-loudspeaker--67614"]Mackie Thump TH-15A[/url], the [url="http://www.dv247.com/pa-systems-and-live-sound/samson-612-active-pa-speaker--45012"]Samson 612[/url] & the [url="http://www.dv247.com/pa-systems-and-live-sound/mackie-srm-350-blue--73599"]Mackie SRM-350 Blue[/url]. I've also been considering the JBL eon 10G2 but think a single 10" may not be enough (tho I know how much my 2x10 can move) & also had a look at some companies that I've never heard of, so don't know if they're any good or to avoid, they are LD Systems, Db technologies, Studiomaster, KAM (we have a couple of KAM mics & they're pants) & Studiospares' own brand (which was recommended in another post here). Does anyone have any suggestions on what would be the best option?

The Ashdown Lo Menzo (or whatever his name is) blends a clean low freq channel with the higher frequencies being o/d'd. No idea how it sounds tho. I use my bass murf as an o/d sometimes & the resonant filters can allow you to add extra depth to the sound, tho it's a bit pricy to use just as an o/d. I've also just found an old PSK Super Distortion that I got about 15 or more years ago & has never been used (still in it's box too). A friend of mine bought it to use with his acoustic guitar (not semi!) & then discovered that he couldn't use it so gave it to me. It's sat in a cupboard ever since. I'm gonna try it out tomorrow on my bass.

Hobbycraft or any good craft shop will have good velcro. I got 1 mitre of Velcro Heavy Duty for @ £7 odd. Enough to put 2 strips across the board & plenty for my pedals (2 moogers, a moog exp pedal & a boss chorus) & still have some left over. Cheaper Velcro has rubbish adhesive, so avoid unless you plan on superglueing it on (now there's an idea?).

A filter pedal to use with the EHX bass synth.

Another method is to follow the vocals & play their melody or even harmonize with them (mind & play some extra notes when they're not singing (such as after each line in the verse/chorus). Alternitavely, just play alternating octaves & pop down a disco groove

I used to have a zingy tone but my search for my sound has made me put flats on my ibby & neck p/u on full with the bridge p/u on slightly & then thru the moog pedals for extra bass (even in bypass) & a very slight ammount of od. EQ on the MB is set flat with the VLE set to @ 10 o'clock. I could discribe my sound as a fuzzy sine wave with some resonance.

I think it's a nice looking bass, but it doesn't push my buttons & for that price I could get a really nice bass made here in the UK.

You could make a spacer to hold one cab on top of tother. There appears to be a Dalek approaching from the left!

From what I've been told previously on here, 2 2x10s stacked vertically to make one single column 4 high would give you the best sound dispersion, but will your ABM head fit on the top if the 2x10 is sideways? I'd have a try of both 2x10 & 4x10 with your current rig to see what sounds best to you.

How about the new [url="http://www.gear4music.com/Keyboards-and-Pianos/Moog-Taurus-3-Bass-Pedal-Synthesizer/CK0"]Moog Taurus III[/url] pedals? They are quite dear tho.

Started off with keys at about aged 5. My wee bro got a cheap acoustic guitar when I was 12 & i started playing basslines on it to go along with sequences that I programmed & then bought myself a bass when I was almost 14 (Vox Standard, that I am in the process of turning into a fretless) & decided it was the instrument for me. I then decided to learn some guitar & I is fairly competent on it, but I don't enjoy playing more than 2 songs in a row in front of folk.

I haven't tried the MB cabs (but want a 4x10 MB cab to add to my combo sometime), but I would get an 8 ohm & as you have an Ashdown rig so far, I would try out their neo 4x10 & you could then run a 6x10 stack if you added your current cab.

I had to use a lace out of a pair of converse all stars because my strap I got for my semi never had the bootlace. Makes wearing those connies a bit of a pain now!

I had a listen to the different EH Qtrons & didn't like the whishy whisper sound that they seem to give everything. I love my mf101 & although the filter amount only works upwards, can be gotten around by taking a patch cable from the env out & back into cutoff in. Or use an expression pedal (or 4). I also find it adds more bass to the sound & you can even add analogue overdrive to the sound. Downsides to the pedal (if you wanna call em that): If you turn the drive up to give you some OD, it can't be turned off with the bypass (not true bypass) or linked to an exp pedal. It's big. & with a couple of exp pedals it could take up most of your board. None of these are negitaves to me tho as I usually use the mf105b for OD (& other things) & only have those 2 pedals, 1 exp pedal ( but gonna get another soonish), a tap tempo for the 105b (which sits in front of the corner of the board) and a boss chorus (which I have borrowed to try some swishy pad like sounds in conjunction with the moogs).

I think the one thing I would change is the top horn so it doesn't look like a butternut squash. It's the only thing that puts me right off Fenders.

I'm another for the Dunlop .73 yellow tortex picks, tho I only use pick on a couple of songs. I've tried countless picks & find these the best for me & can easily be seen when you drop one.

I regularly put my semi acoustic guitar & a female vocalist into a mixer & then into my MB combo & has no muddiness whatsoever. Freshman make good semis at all sorts of prices btw.

The MB LMII has 1 speakon & 1 jack also. All you would need is another Bearfaced & a speakon to speakon.

I'd get a DiscumBoBulator just for the name alone, but I'm happy with the moogerfooger LPF & exp pedal.

I believe all the combos don't have a dial for the piezo. However, I only ever hear the piezo at gigging volume if I don't use the VLE, but I usually have it set to @ 10 o'clock & never hear the piezo (I don't think I've typed piezo this many times all year, let alone one post!).

I work with a girl (I play g***ar, she sings) & she knows very little about music. If she can't sing the key it's in she always gets the direction backwards, eg: if she wants me to go down a key she asks me to go up & knows ziltch about theory in any form whatsoever. But she's got a good voice & is a nice girl so I usually just ask her to sing & then I find her key (which 8 times out of 10 is Eb).

Or you could get yourself a B string & tune your bass BEAD. This way if you don't like it, you can go back to what you had & if you do like it & want the G string back then go for the 5er.

Don't be fooled by the word punchy. The 2X10 combo has plenty of depth & bassiness to shake things with. Next door to the rehearsal rooms that we practice in there is an arts & crafts room. I've moved things off of the shelves many times without having to go into the A&C room (they hate me apparently).