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[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1507574248' post='3386466'] You can if you know what you're doing. You can buy RAM off Amazon, there are plenty of how to videos on Youtube. [/quote] But would you want to go into a brand new £2k MacBook with a soldering iron?

It's pretty ridiculous that you can't upgrade the RAM or SSD yourself.

My cab weighs 34 kg & it’s on casters, so I can wheel that to my car. My amp also weighs 34kg, but it’s not on casters & carrying it to the car isn’t easy, especially as my car is at least 150 feet from my door & over mixed terrain down hill & uphill (that bit depends on how close I get parked). I’m in need of a sack trolley! This is where I miss my Markbass combo. I could carry that with one hand. I’d happily have a lightweight head & a heavy cab, as you can put casters on the cab.

Well as Bilbo wanted Rock & Funk, I thought I'd give it a go. This is no calm rocking back & forth, it's giving it yeehaah! Ends up a bit more fusion, but I've tried to keep it rocking & funky. Wasn't easy to play, but I enjoyed it. https://soundcloud.com/gxmix/rockin-yo-funky-swing The Mrs hates it.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1507203163' post='3383868'] I don't know about any other Fender cabs, but the current Fender Rumble 410 is (surprisingly) 8 ohms. That's good because if you want to get louder you can just add another cab, but usually 410's are 4 ohms. Your 250 watt amp will only be putting out 125 watts into 8 ohms so I reckon you 'll need to be looking at a 500watt D class amp to get what you need out of this cab, whatever it is. Most modern D class amps will go into protect mode if you plug the wrong number of cabs in. I would expect that to prevent any damage to the amp if you get it wrong. [/quote] I don't fully agree. You might find that the BG250 will do all you need. Watts don't let you know how loud the thing is going to go. The more drivers, the more volume. The BG250 would put out a max of 2/3 of the 250 watts, not 1/2 and it's not going to constantly be putting out the max wattage either. Use your ears, not numbers. I've no experience of the Fender 4x10 cabs, but DO NOT take 2 leads from the amp to the cab. It's more likely to be to link a 2nd cab. It shouldn't matter which socket you plug in to.

[quote name='nicsim' timestamp='1507146335' post='3383632'] Thanks for all the input on the question I started with (and the follow up!). Going forward, it's given me something to think about, but in the meantime - that Ashdown ABM EVo II 1x15 Combo dropped just nicely earlier this week! - A tad under £130 on ebay - tested and it's absolutely fine for now. Maybe a 2x10 will be added if things get more serious. [/quote] You'll find the 1x15 will be more than ample for most gigs. If you need more of the same & like the sound of the combo, get the matching 1x15 cab. You'll get more of the same. Adding a 2x12 will give you a different and unpredictable sound. Some venues it could sound great, other's it could sound awful. As for your query about driver size earlier, the driver diameter has no bearing on the sound characteristics.

I'm gonna chuck Lowden in there. When my dad in law was looking for a new electro acoustic, we went round tonnes of shops & played hundreds of guitars. He took me as he wanted to hear how it sounded from an audience viewpoint & have someone who'll play the same parts every time. We went through a lot of guitars from the big players such as Taylor, Martin & Gibson, many of them are very beautiful instruments. But we kept coming back to Lowden, an O35. The thing with guitars, like any instrument, You have to go & play it. I really liked the Martin D28, but my dad in law didn't get on with it like he did with the Taylor guitars. We both loved the sound, feel & playability of the Lowden. It's down to personal preference.

He might know his pedals & they do come in at a similar price as other preamp pedals and they do get respect from many bassists. But from watching a Youtube vid from NAMM 16, I'd say he doesn't know much about cabs or actual power amps. He has a MT 700 amp plugged in to a 4Ω 2x10 & says "Now you're going to hear 700 watts with a 210". When asked about them being ceramic drivers he also says "They sound nasty & nice, they sound heavy... We'll worry about the lightweight stuff later on".

I’ve got something started already. Got a bass part last night & worked on some drums & keys at lunch. I’ve got better inspiration than I did from my own choice last mont!

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1506880245' post='3381743'] Let's see you Rockers and Funksters make something out of that!! [/quote] I'm seeing her rocking on that funky swing.

I'd just go for Logic. It's worth the extra money. You get a great customisable acoustic drummer and a superb drum machine in the form of Ultradrum, which can play samples or create synthetic sounds & you can do a whole host of tweaking in it. The effects & amp sims are worth the extra £50 & considering if you look at just about any other DAW, you'd need to spend at least twice as much to get anywhere near as much in the way of VSTs. I took a bit of time before switching from GarageBand to Logic & once I did, I wished I'd done it earlier.

Well done Bilbo. Nice playing too.

I was going to say that it sounds like you should try playing with a lighter touch, but if you have basses with a similar action, then maybe it's the neck relief that may need adjusted. Also worth checking if the bridge needs adjusted & if the neck needs a shim added/removed.

Having tried all Fender's Jazz lineup from the Squier to the Jaco, I'd put the Squier above the MIM for value for money. A set of flats & maybe upgrade the pick ups & it's a stonker.

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1506715648' post='3380702'] Poll says bass types ;-) [/quote] Arrr. missed that bit. I'll amend my vote.

My old Vox has one or 2 slight blemishes. [url=https://flic.kr/p/bGUdZp][/url]

You didn't say whether this was basses or instruments. I have a 4 string bass (& one in bits), a 6 string acoustic (guitar), a ukulele & a keyboard. I'm wanting a 5 string bass, possibly fretless.

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1506698098' post='3380526'] Admittedly I haven't been through all of the responses on here, but on the recent thread discussing the new iPhone and it's relative cost, I made the point that non-musicians get GAS too, for the latest iPhone / TV / Games Console etc. Basically I was saying that Apple releasing a new iPhone and the so-called 'sheep' queueing around the block for it were no different than Bass players who have a favourite brand 'queueing around the block' for the latest offering from Fender / Darkglass / Insert your favourite manufacturer here'. There were various responses saying how you can't compare Basses / Amps to iPhones, and I was essentially shot down in flames. Fine, it's an open forum and I'm perfectly willing & happy to listen to others points of view. So here we now have a thread where Bass players are justifying the cost of the new Darkglass cabs by comparing them to how Apple (amongst others) market and sell their products. You couldn't make it up! [/quote] If Apple released a product that was overpriced & poor spec'd, then it would be a good comparison. The iPhone X is expensive, but they've put a lot of features into it & released as a 10th anniversary item. I'm not gonna spend over £1k on a phone. Unless this 4x10 sounds incredible compared to other top end cabs & has some good driver filtering, then I think it may just be well overpriced for an overweight 4x10. It'll probably sell to the folk whom think "It's expensive, so it must be good".

There's nowhere about how loud the cabs are either. Not even any SPL figures.

Mine's my initials. I had a car many moons ago that had an X at each end of the numberplate. I needed an email name.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1506617178' post='3380000'] It's like 'premium' fuel for your car. In the vast majority of cases it works no better, but since it costs more the masses are convinced that it must work better. In fact, owners of higher priced cars feel shorted if there isn't a sticker inside their fuel filler door that says high octane fuel is at the least recommended, if not required. And then there's the 'Fender Special Design' stickers that have adorned their drivers since the 1960s. Most of the time the only thing special about them was the sticker. [/quote] In the US your Regular 91 fuel is about the same as UK standard fuel. We have 95 octane as regular & 98 octane as premium (which usually has additives such as stock 50 in it to help keep things clean). For performance cars with a decent sized engine, then it does make a difference. Friend of mine has a BMW M3, which he'd been filling with 98 octane from new. after about a year, he thought he'd try saving some pennies by using the 95 octane. After a few months, the car didn't start on 1st turn & the MPG was down about 5. He switched back & shortly after, it was running like it was before. My Qashqai only warrants 95 octane. If I could get the 89 octane in the UK, then that would be more than ample for the crappy engine in it.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1506584386' post='3379659'] I keep getting dreadnought or jumbo GAS. [/quote] I've got dreadnought & jumbo gas. My colleagues are gonna kick me out the office soon if I can't hold it.

[quote name='kumimajava' timestamp='1506579839' post='3379615'] Might not be of help, since it's not feedback on guitars - but Novax do provide aftermarket fan-fret bass necks for standard J/P basses. As far as I can tell, it's the same idea as you're describing - perpendicular "fret" is in fact at the bridge. If they're making them, I presume there must be (some) demand for them... thought I've not seen anyone here or on TalkBass mention using one. [/quote] Dingwall basses were one of the first basses to use them. There's now quite a few luthiers & builders putting fan fret options available. Even Ibanez have fan fret basses. Many of the fan fret basses have the perpendicular fret about the 9th fret.

That's a nice guitar & good to hear that it ticks your boxes. I never get in this part of the forum often enough. I went acoustic guitar shopping a good few years ago. Went round loads of shops in Glasgow & couldn't find anything that ticked all the boxes for me within the £500 budget that I had. I then went to a wee shop in Falkirk & tried (amongst others) a Freshman FA300. That's now my guitar. The thing about acoustic guitars is that you can really like the look of something & then when you play it, it's just not for you. I think this is less an issue with the higher end ones. My dad in law got a Lowden O35 last year & it looks, plays & sounds stunning, but then I think it should for £5700.

I can see why that would work for guitar. It could make chords down the bottom more comfortable & it retains the upper frets in a position that most guitarists are used to for soloing. I'm still not convinced that fanned fret is something a guitarist needs for tone, unless it is to shorten the scale. They don't need extra length in the lower strings to improve bass, that's us bassists job!