alexa3020

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.

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.

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.

I ended up selling my 2x210’s on fairly quickly - great cabs, but not really what I was after. In my opinion, they would have benefited having a tweeter. Therefore I’d consider a 110t - although I haven’t seen any reviews on them just yet Also, I asked Alex during the buying process about the tolex. He confirmed that was no longer a problem.

I don’t know if you’re a fan of ashdown, but there RM 800 is for sale here for cheap https://www.musik-produktiv.com/gb/ashdown-rootmaster-rm-800-evo-ii.html I use the Abm range so have no real experience of this amp, but it has a pretty good reputation

Good idea. Thanks

A few years ago I replaced the standard pickups in my jazz bass with Aguilar 4j-hc pickups. The pickup covers have cracked beyond repair so I replaced them with what I assumed were identical covers. unfortunately the hole spacing is ever so slightly different (different enough that the poles didn’t line up with the holes). To get over this issue, I opened up the holes on the covers by roughly 0.5mm. Now I have gaps between the holes and poles. I doubt this will affect performance (correct me if I’m wrong), I’m sure it will act as a dirt trap. Should I try and plug the gaps? If so what material should I use? Alternatively I could go on the hunt for the correct covers, which proved a little difficult last time I tried many thanks.

I’ve gone through various combinations of Ashdown, hartke, Tc electronics, Gallien Krueger, Barefaced, trace Elliot. my current setup is Ashdown Abm 600 evo iv and 2x ashdown 115 evo ii cabs - no tweeters. I’m only 2 gigs in with this setup, but so far it’s the best sounding setup I’ve had. Is it because they’re matching? Doubt it I’ve just stumbled on a combination that works for me (and the cabs were super cheap in comparison to the others I’ve used). I know it’s difficult, but I think you’ve really got to try these head/cab combinations in a band environment. I’d suggest buying used and shifting them on for a similar amount of money if you don’t like them

Worked brilliantly for me when using an amp with a limited eq. Don’t really need it anymore with a decent head, but I’m sure it will come in handy

The BDI 21 pedal might be the best £20 I’ve spent on bass accessories

Alain bought my Barefaced 210s cab. Excellent comms throughout. Pleasure to deal with.

I did get as far as putting the 210 in my basket & going to checkout. There was a disclaimer about additional charges for non eu countries. That was enough to put me off

Im so tempted to get an abm 210 @ £217 - crazy price! I dont really need it - must fight urge!

Might be best to stick with what I've got then. It does seem like my stingray is has all the highs it'll need. My P bass could do with a boost in the highs occasionally, but that can be achieved with EQ. Quite tempted to do the same or get a dolly, so I can move both cabs and head at the same time.

Thanks for the advice. Yes PMT is an option, although I never really find you get a true idea of how they're going to sound until your in band environment, but given that I know what it roughly sounds like already, I can get an idea of how much the horn opens the sound up. I think I'm leaning more towards the heavier cab. I have done the lightweight thing, but in all honesty I'm not too fussed when gigging. There's usually a load of stuff like PA to load in, so a slightly heavier bass cab is not the be all and end all. as long as its not a heavy 410 or above then its usually not too much of a problem. It does annoy me carrying heavy stuff to practice, but my practice room provides a rig.

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Thanks Guys. I didn't realize the Pro Neos were sealed - I guess that will have an effect on volume? Just to give you a bit of context, I picked up 2 second hand 15" Evo 2 compact cabs, which to my ears are excellent - real trouser flapping bass. However they are not fitted with a horn and I'm wondering whether to replace one of the cabs for Ashdown EVO IV 15" cab with a horn. If so, should I get the Pro Neos or Standards To be fair the top end that I want is there at the moment with fresh strings - but might diminish as the strings deaden. I'm thinking that the current heavy ABM 115 might be the way to go - its not super heavy anyway. Or I just stick with what I've got. Perhaps the old Evo 2 cabs without a horn were tuned slightly differently because there was no horn.

The Ashdown pro neo cab range have been out for a while now, and I'm just intrigued to know how people find them in comparison to the standard (heavy) ABM range of cabs available. Thanks, Alex

There’s a Peavey mini mega 1000w class D on eBay that you could get for £250ish. I don’t know too much about them, but seems like a reasonably good deal. Looks like it has a load of features though - which I know you probably wouldn’t use