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Presumably you still get the valve drive, octave and compressor regardless of if pre or post is selected. What about the shape🤔

24 minutes ago, ahpook said:

 

I'm having to put a lot of time at the moment into getting faster at picking as my band's songs run at about 140bpm with flurries of 8th and 16th notes. Ouch. The only way I can do is to cane practicing. Increase the bpm a bit at a time until I get faster....sorry not to be able to offer anything more insightful than that !

 

140bm - ouch indeed! Sounds like I'm on the right lines with what I'm doing at the moment. Set my metronome to increase every few bars and play a line/scale in 16ths over the top of it. Hopefully if i focus on doing a little bit of that everyday the pick playing will naturally improve. Thanks for the advice

Resurrecting this thread and just changing subject slightly. I know that some of the tracks I play would be better with a pick. I've always played finger style and my technique is decent, but I really feel I've hit my limit with speed - I can play through c major scale in 16ths comfortably till about 95bpm - above that is doable but not as clean as I would like. I know with a pick I could go faster. But I just don't sound as good playing bass lines with a pick. Also with finger style I'm usually muting with my right hand, but you can't do that with a pick (unless your palm muting). How long does it take to master playing with a pick and does anyone have any decent exercises they can recommend?

Bought a trace Elf from Sam.

Excellent dealing with you from start to finish.

Thanks

Alex

28 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said:

 

Nope.  I hadn't touched it it for a few days and when it switched it on today it's conked out.  FFS.  It's been used about an hour.  It powers up, but nothing.

 

I'll need to chase up Thomann.

Oh dear, well I was on the fence about getting one of these - but that's me put off. I think maybe an elf or gnome might be better as a backup. Played an elf last night and was super impressed.

On 29/03/2024 at 07:41, NancyJohnson said:

I've been cranking the thing up.  Blimey!  Epic.  I'm really impressed with the output, clarity, transparency etc.  It's completely silent too; no interference from dimmer switches (like the A/O 900).

 

I suppose the real test would be when I get in a room with people, but if it's no good for that, then I'll just use it at home.

 

It's stupid cheap; at £68 it's less than a night out at the pub and a kebab.  What's not to like?

 @NancyJohnson have you had the chance to play it in a band environment? 

50 minutes ago, SimonK said:

 

He's so good he needed 200 drummers:

 

Proves my point really. Amazing playing and skills on show over a simple drum beat. Reasonably entertaining but very gimmicky. If that's on my playlist I'm skipping.

Get him in a band with some musicians of a similar calibre and you might get something special! maybe.

9 hours ago, SimonK said:

I'm trying to work out why no one has mentioned probably the most talented bass player alive today and very definitely a youtuber:

 

No doubt he is an incredible  player and I find some of his videos quite entertaining, I cant help but think he is wasting his talents on these videos. I'd like to hear him play in a really great band with  a great drummer. Perhaps he's already done this but it hasn't shown up on my radar yet. Maybe Youtube is the best way for talented musicians to make decent money now - which is a bit sad really.

Plus one for Pat Finnerty 

Also like Dead Wax, Drumeo, That Pedal Show

9 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

I’ve always thought of the Shape button as the “get out of the way” option, it just seems to put the bass in a place all of its own.

That's exactly what it did - all the flabby  mids that seemed to be getting in the way, it removed. Similar thing with the sansamp bass Di for me - I've got quite a mid rangey bass & it gets rid of the unwanted frequencies

Spent the day at the recording studio, going through various ampeg amp Sims. Wasn't 100% happy with the tone. Re-amped the Di through the Ashdown and a trace 410, shape on and slightly boosted mids, and that was it - the sound I was after and so much better than what I had before. I've never usually engaged the shape button live, but it worked so well recording  I might have to start using it live.

Hi @Alanbass

Here's some photos (I've tried as best I can) 😄. I've never tried to get a really low action - as it is, is good for me. 

Traded a TC head for a markbass head with Kim. Easy hassle free deal.

Many thanks

Great amps

Yep headphone out is on the back.

Good overview here:

I prefer the silver cloth on the RM cabs, compared to the previous styling.

£335 for the 115 seems quite reasonable too

https://ashdownmusic.com/products/rm-115t-evo-iii

How cool do these new rootmaster and original heads look

10/10 from me on cosmetics. The RM has cab Sims too. I think they should have done the ABM Evo 5 in the same style. 

That said, here's an ABM with a blue/gray facia. Looking cool. Prefer it to all black

12 minutes ago, sandy_r said:

 

I feel sorry for BCers like the OP who just want a clear, honest and usable answer

 

I don't mind, in fact I think I got the answer reasonably early on. I just wish I could keep up with the conversation - it's a bit like trying to get a chimp to understand... Well speaker cabinet design I suppose 😂

Appreciate everyone that's commented

Is the RMS power rating for an amp head based on everything at max including EQ?

I had a really good online experience with them, after I received some faulty Fender goods. They were super helpful in getting the issue resolved.

This is becoming quite an interesting thread. I have decided to power the speaker with a markbass LM3 500w instead of a tc bh800. I'm slightly more comfortable with a lower wattage amp although I know I still have to be really careful and use my ears for any distortion because the amp is still possibly overpowered. 

The aim for this rig is to use it as an alternative lightweight rig for when playing smaller venues or when I know I'll have decent PA support and I just need to use it for monitoring onstage. I played a gig in my local pub and my current rig was overkill.

Ideally I would have got a higher rated speaker, but I didn't want to spend huge amount and the cab came up fairly locally & speaker sounded plenty loud enough when driven by a GK MB200.

I picked this up in a trade around a year ago. I was going to use a lightweight alternative to main rig. Only problem is I've picked up a lightweight 200w 4ohm cabinet. I have been assured it will pair ok with the cab (providing I don't crank it) but in all honesty I'd be a little more comfortable with something that has less power (I'm thinking 300-500w range). Must be lightweight.

If you're interested, let me know what you have to trade.

Cheers,

Alex

Cheers guys

800w class D into a 200w 4ohm Cab is not a good idea right ?

However...

Will I get away with it if the head is not cranked. The head is a TC BH800 (renowned for overexaggerating wattage) and did I read something about not having to worry so much when dealing with class D heads?

Thanks

Alex

Absolute bargain!