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1 hour ago, Rich said:

Joking aside, I'm guessing KY would do the trick? The thing I liked about the original lube was that the excess was easy to rub into the skin to get it off my fingers - it's not as greasy feeling as Vaseline.

Buy some more?

https://www.acscustom.com/uk/products/accessories
 

I’m fairly new to these, i have found it’s essential to create a seal to get them to attenuate evenly - any slight gaps and it’s overly bassy 

I enjoyed the first 2 albums. Not really liked anything by them since, but honestly the state of pop music & you take issue with Coldplay. Don’t get it!

27 minutes ago, BassAdder27 said:

The ABM210H Pro Neos are for the money and size / weight an amazing cab and I found two stacked in my rock band a good match with my Abm600 

I then took the decision to see if I could fill out the band sound even more with 15” cabs in ported variant.

Tried the ABM115H ported cab and was pleased with the depth of sound but stocks of new cabs are non existent at present ( February delivery quoted ) so I scrapped that plan 

If I could afford to keep both I would hold on to the Neos as they are so light and easy to carry around. 
I can carry both my two Neo cabs one in each hand ! Try doing that with some cabs !

For me the hunt continues but I can vouch for the Neo cabs as certainly up to the job unless you are playing huge venues ! 
 

did you see the link to musik produktiv - available for £299. Lots of people on here successfully used them when they were selling off the rm heads for cheap

21 minutes ago, CJPJ said:

 

 

I wonder if @BassAdder27 has the right idea with 2 x 115s as you'd probably get the overall ooomph of a 410 but in a more portable package! Either that or go the BF route . . .

Personally I’d be looking at 2nd hand. You’ll not know what you like until you try it at volume with a band, and even then it’ll take a few rehearsals until you know for sure.

if you go 2nd hand, you’ll be able to sell on for similar money. With regard to BF I’d definitely try and listen to a cab before purchase. Or you can return a cab after a month if you don’t like it for around £30. I had the 10’s and for me they didn’t live up to the hype. That said, lots of people love them

Available here for a bit less?

https://www.musik-produktiv.com/gb/ashdown-abm-115h-evo-iv-compact.html

28 minutes ago, CJPJ said:

Just can't decide on whether to go with the RM-414 EVOII 600W or 2 x ABM115H . . . . 

 

I’ve not heard he pro neo ABM’s, but I would go (standard heavier) ABM’s over Rm cabs any day

I love my ashdown 15’s. They don’t have horn or tweeter but they sound massive

I’ve been trying to work on my rhythm lately.  I don’t know if this will be advanced enough for many here, but check out rhythm trainer app. 
I have found some of the exercises to be pretty useful

Hi All, Recently got a 3d printer at my work and we're running some sample parts through it.

I took that as a good opportunity to design a little bracket for my power supply, to free up some space on top of my pedalboard.

I think the design should work reasonably well, the idea is I can slide the power supply out if I need to but I am slightly concerned about the tab - but lets see how it goes. I'll also create some spacers for the feet as there is not enough clearance.

Might be slightly over engineered, but its free and it'll help us understand how the printer works.

8 minutes ago, Jonse said:

I've been thinking about the Ashdown ABM 610 available in the classifieds since it's a good price and not too far from me. I've been using a Barefaced Supertwin with my ABM600 and I can't help but feel it's a bit harsh sounding with the amount of drive that I use (maybe it's my EQ?) I also have a Barefaced 610 that I'm yet to try but I feel that something like the Ashdown 610 may suit me better since they're apparently a bit darker sounding. 

I had 2 x 210 barefaced cabs. I prefer the ashdowns - didn’t expect to, but I did. Plus I picked the cabs up for £100 each, which in comparison is a steel.

I am intrigued by the BF super compact though, I think that would have been more my thing.

There is 410 on eBay for a decent price

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ashdown-ABM-410H-bass-cab-650W-8ohm-/363617414589?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

5 minutes ago, BassAdder27 said:

I’m using mine ( PBass with pick ) as image ( shape pushed in and trick is drop the 340hz slider to remove honk ) 

Dont use compressor as it drops volume slightly and smothers tone a bit

Yep, I go shape in and scoop the mids slightly. I’ll try isolating the 340hz and see how it goes

Here's my rig:

Always thought Ashdowns got a bit of a bad name, but the above rig is excellent - I've also got a 210 evo ii cab if I'm using the Pbass.

23 hours ago, Jonse said:

I'm debating whether to buy an ABM 1200 or is it that just madness 😅

I have an ABM 1200 at my practice room - I guess if you've got 2x 4 ohm speaker cabs and you want to get 600w to each, then maybe its worth looking at. Or if you want more than 2x Speaker cabs. They are pretty damn heavy though.

I'd be interested in how everyone sets their EQ, whether they use onboard compressor etc.

5 minutes ago, Jus Lukin said:

Tarantino has some classic spots- Little Green Bag and Stuck In The Middle With You in Reservoir Dogs were great, and You Never Can Tell in Pulp Fiction, too.

Loads of blaxploitation stuff as well- Shaft, Super Fly, etc.

It was only a matter of time till Tarantino was mentioned. I’m a massive fan.  I’ve seen him interviewed and he essentially storyboards his movies with music really early in the process - I think even before the script.

speaking of Tarantino, he features in this brilliant scene - he didn’t direct this one though.

I quite like it, but must admit I really haven't tried too many.

I find it much more useful when its mixed with the original signal, although I wish there was a blend knob as the sound seems to alter so much room to room & with fresh/dead strings

I'm not familiar with Taurus input - what is it?

Edit - Its the Moog Taurus pedal right?

2 hours ago, SumOne said:

 

Good times!

Nice! Wasn’t aware that portishead covered that track.

Her vocal delivery reminded me of every dream home a heartache by Roxy music, which has been used well in the gentleman & mindhunter

https://youtu.be/88Z8Bmf5p9I

I was watching the Joker on the weekend. At the end of the movie, the joker has just been arrested and is driving through a burning Gotham city, with rioting etc. All with White Room by Cream playing in the background.

This is such a great combination of music and film - Almost to the point where I almost like the song more than I did before.

There are countless examples of this in cinema, & I thought it would be good to start a thread of examples where the movie elevates a song to a new level. 

2 minutes ago, franzbassist said:

Looks like a new (possibly higher power?) LB is coming along too.

 

Looks awesome!

As does guy’s full rig

Doesn’t look like a valve drive - which is my fave feature on the ABM, so i may be able to resist temptation!

Looks cool! It’s got 1 knob where you would normally have 3 on the ABM. Given that it’s guy Pratt is it most likely an octave?

Not sure about the 210’s but my cabs are 300w. I have the compact version which are actually pretty light. There was a larger 500w version of the 115 cabs

Older, rear ported evo 2 cabs (with rounded steel handles & no tweeter). I only got them as a stop gap while I tried to figure out which cab to buy next, I didn’t expect to like them as much as I did, so that will be my rig for a good while now.

my only issue is the lack of tweeter. It’s fine when I’m using my stingray, but my p bass could benefit from some additional top end.

Im a little surprised Ashdown went sealed with the pro neos.

I know they are opening a pop up shop in Denmark street London 11-16 October. If you could get there you could see the difference between the rm, Abm & Abm pro neo ranges.

8 hours ago, Muppet said:

I’m running a Super Twin, a 210s and a 610s. Not at the same time obviously. But I am seriously thinking of moving the Super Twin on in favour of another 210s because I just love the sound of the 10” speakers.  So everyone’s different!

Yep, I’m sure I’d be in a absolute minority on here preferring ashdown 15s to barefaced 210s. Different strokes for different folks.

I’ve gone the other way. Was using 2x Barefaced 210s cabs. Switched to 2x115 ashdown evo 2 cabs. 100% happy with my decision.

I do think the 12’s from Barefaced look good though.