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Hi mate, I used to have a BAsson 210 cab and although it sounded great, it was extremely heavy and, more importantly, very power hungry. I was driving it with a Mesa 400+ valve head and even that struggled to power it suficiently. The 15 is not SO hungry but I don't think you will get much volume from it with a 280w head (at 4 ohm... the cab is 8 ohm so you will get maybe 180w at 8 ohm) I would go looking for a lighter and more efficient speaker. Cheers ped

Yeah worth a shot I think. Sennheiser rarely make a duff product IME. Cheers ped

E2Cs have been replaced by SLC2s or something now - my brother got a set but we found them to sound very different to the E2Cs. Harsher and thinner sounding, I thought. Perhaps they need breaking in? Hmm.

Hi mate, Yeah I love my E2cs for bass but with the iPod they are almost too revealing, hard to put my finger on it. Perhaps they would sound better with the rubber sleeves instead of the foam ones I use for bass playing. I have some cheapish Sennheiser in ear headphones which I use when the Grado's are too cumbersome and they sound great - a little lively in the top end perhaps and being airtight you can hear any noise from moving the cable/walking/eating magnified x10 which can be frustrating! Here they are: [url="http://www.sennheiser.co.uk/uk/icm.nsf/root/500968"]http://www.sennheiser.co.uk/uk/icm.nsf/root/500968[/url] ped

Met Mistahbenn today to pick up a couple of speakers - lovely job. Highly recommended :-) Cheers ped P.s I merged your two feedback threads together mate.

Just updating my thread with my latest bit of gear: Today I got some cabs at last and now my pro quality rig for under £300 is complete. It sounds fantastic, everything I wanted. I can plug my bass straight into the power amp or use the Vbass into the amp in stereo. The cabs have a thunderous low end and are really REALLY articulate and clear. I will still be using IEMs 99% of the time but this fits the bill for the other 1%. The cabs are pretty light (about 55lbs) and quite compact (4x8 and 1x15) so moving it about should be easier and the two cabs fit in the boot of my Vectra! Cheers ped

Josh, does that Gramma pad make any difference? I would be interested to hear your thoughts. Today I got some cabs at last and now my pro quality rig for under £300 is complete. It sounds fantastic, everything I wanted. I can plug my bass straight into the power amp or use the Vbass into the amp in stereo. The cabs have a thunderous low end and are really REALLY articulate and clear. I will still be using IEMs 99% of the time but this fits the bill for the other 1%. The cabs are pretty light (about 55lbs) and quite compact (4x8 and 1x15) so moving it about should be easier and the two cabs fit in the boot of my Vectra! Cheers ped

I still want Basschat plates for the BC team... PED5 81TCH 1, PED5 81TCH 2, PED5 81TCH 3 etc

[quote name='birdy' post='433525' date='Mar 13 2009, 12:41 PM']I agree with you on this point, its almost liberating. Steve[/quote] Yeah, nothing quite like knowing the bass in your hands is 'the one' so you can focus totally on the music... ped

Cool rig, I tried an almost identical rig at the SEBB and it was superb, really suited me!

Personally a 200w power section for me is the best balance of sound, weight and volume. I also thought the visual bias system on the Trace was one of the most useful features I have seen. Other than that, keep it simple, I think. The amp should be about a great core sound without the need for powerful EQs and so on. ped

Very odd - have you tried logging out and back in again? If you don't have any joy try sending Phatmonkey a PM. Cheers ped

Yeah I loved it. Cool bass.

Wooop! Welcome

Just realised that my pickup naming thing comes form my vbass. Neck pickup is referred to as the 'Front' pickup and the bridge as the 'back' pickup.

I thought 'Front' (neck pickup) and 'back' (bridge pickup) were generally accepted terms :0)

[quote name='Machines' post='424959' date='Mar 4 2009, 12:28 PM']Have got this issue but not read it fully yet, however I think they spend far too much time deliberating on the differences between hugely expensive custom basses. There are budget/mid price basses in there, but not many. It comes across as that they are reviewing them more for their own benefit than the average bassist.[/quote] I dunno, I think high end custom basses have more interesting things to talk about than sub £300 models. Not being snobby, but imagine a car magazine only reviewing cheap hatchbacks and ignoring dream cars which we all like to look at. All reviews of run of the mill budget basses (irrespective of their quality and value) all sound the same, to me. Especially when the magazine reviews are usually always positive. ped

Cool looking bass. The front pickup does look a bit close to the neck for me, but I would have to try one to know for sure. A nice change from the norm. ped

I got mine from Stringbusters. It is more 'substantial' than a Comfort Strapp and less 'bouncy' so it works well with really heavy basses. Cheers ped [url="http://www.stringbusters.com/frameset.asp?MAIN=http://www.stringbusters.com/ko-kat/STRAPS/BROOKLYN%20GEAR/"]http://www.stringbusters.com/frameset.asp?...ROOKLYN%20GEAR/[/url]