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I’ve just gone through this myself and ended up with Ashdown ABM head and Barefaced cab. Well happy with my rig. Of all the class D heads I tried, I thought the Aguilar th was the best, but the ashdown rm was good, as was markbass lm3. if weight is not an issue, obviously I’d recommend ashdown Abm evo iv, the other head that caught my attention was the Handbox R400. Unless you could try one you’d be going off YouTube and bc reviews, as I’m not sure anyone stocks in uk. There is an extensive thread on here. Good luck

I wonder if there will be tweeter versions of the rest of 10” cabs

Not strictly bass (but neither is Rick Beato who has been mentioned) is Warren Huarts produce like a pro. Loads of cool content & he’s got some really cool bass tracking videos with Billy Sheehan and others. He’s now doing a video series ‘songs that changed music’ which is essentially the same as Beatos wmtsg

I can see you've got the valve drive cranked too. Nice!

Great rig! I do like the diagonal array of the 210’s making the rig fairly high.

I guess it’s being demo’d here?

Anyone know if Barefaced ever do Black Friday sales? Or any sales ever?

I’m no fan of Madonna, in fact I can’t stand most of her stuff. That said, I do have a bit of a soft spot for this track

Badly set up basses in an instrument shop.

This chap has some decent pipes on him even better though, is the song. feel like we could all use some mid 90s positivity.

Yeah, I love that one too. also this Zappa did a video using similar animation which was way more out there, I wonder if that’s where Peter Gabriel got his inspiration

Hi Bill, thanks for all your input, it’s been really useful. I am trying (but struggling) to understand this. Are you saying there’s no point in having an amp that can push more than 200w to a 2x10 cab, because each driver can’t handle more than 100w each? if that’s the case, why are these cabs rated as much higher wattage (barefaced 2x10 is rated at 500w or up to 800w if clean). I know it will be louder with 2x 210s, but ultimately I’m trying to understand if it’s worth me spending another £600 on a cab, if the difference in volume will be marginal. I would also like to point out that I’m really happy with the 210 & on its own is in most circumstances plenty loud enough. It’s certainly the loudest 210 I’ve ever used.

I’m considering a hard shell cabin suitcase for my ABM head and a few cables. Then attaching my pedal bag to the handle. it’ll be well protected, only downside is I think I’d prefer to carry it on my back. That way I might be able to unload my gear in a single trip. perhaps a good quality backpack would be better.

It’s a good line. Like it how he lets loose on the last chorus

Thom Yorke can be a bit hit and miss, particularly on the busier stuff. This is superb though (particularly the last minute or so) It’s all about tone isn’t it. There are really good singers, that can hit all the notes, but I just can’t take to them - Miley Cyrus springs to mind. And others that are more limited that i much prefer to listen to. speaking of tone, I’ve always loved Dusty springfields voice, so cool & unique in a soul setting

Sorry I haven’t explained myself very well. I do expect 2 cabs to be louder than 1. A single cab at 600w I assume will be louder than a single cab at 250w (which is what a single cab would receive roughly if paired with another in the above scenario and assuming watts to volume relationship is not linear). So my train of thought was; if at 250w it reaches 75% of the volume it reaches at 600w, would pairing 2 cabs be 150% louder than a single cab. after a bit of research I can see it’s really not that simple.

Since I posted this I’ve checked out some info online and in all honesty, I’m probably more confused. so far I know that +6db is double the volume (I think!). Did you take 6db as double the volume and divide by 2 (because your halving the power) to get a value of -3db? I did read that relationship between watts and volume is not linear. Thanks all for the help so far

I have recently acquired a Barefaced 210s and Ashdown ABM Evo iv 600W Its plenty loud enough for most situations (I do think its as loud as a good 410 as advertising suggests). On the rare occasions when I have a bigger gig with no PA support I intend to pair it with another cab. I have an ampeg 410 that I can pair it with, but I'm considering replacing that with another Barefaced 210s. A Barefaced 210s can run at 4ohms or 12 ohms. The ashdown head can push 600w at 4ohms. So a single cab can potentially receive the the full 600w from the amp. If I run 2 cabs, Ill need to switch the cabs to 12ohms, So I'm guessing I could be pushing around 450w split between both cabs at 6ohms. Therefore is the potential volume of a cab on its own is way more than that of a paired cab? Would 300w to a single cab, be half as loud as 600w (is it linear)? What is potential volume increase as a percentage if I run a second cab? Hopefully the above makes sense. Thanks Alex

I use Camtasia for work occasionally. It’s fairly inexpensive and ok for my needs, not sure I’d wanna use it on a regular basis. I had a quick look at EZ vid. It looked fairly similar to camtasia in terms of functionality. Most people I know that make videos on a regular basis use Premier

I’d go Colin Greenwood. I think he’s underrated by Radiohead even as he’s generally pretty low in the mix. He’s no virtuoso but I think he picks the right notes at the right times, can groove, and if you listen to something like jigsaw falling in to place, it’s a pretty inventive bass line for that chord progression, the ghost notes work really well.

If you like that album, this is pretty interesting. In all honesty, with a few exceptions, it’s a bit much for me. Clear spot however..

I play the 1200w ABM Evo 4 at my rehearsal room - love it! So much so that I bought the 600w version a couple of weeks ago (before the b stocks were available). It’s a great amp, love the valve drive on it. I tried the orange terror 500 in a shop, I didn’t really like the way it distorted

Yes they’re good. I’d love to get some decent hifi stuff but I don’t get to listen to it too much as my kids have taken over the entertainment in the living room. I mostly listen to stuff on my phone with some decent headphones or in the car

That’s a great spot!

If anyone still interested, I decided not to go class D. In the end it was between a Handbox R400 (WOT’s demos are great) and the Ashdown ABM. I know (and love) the ABM really well, so went with the safe option, also I found myself wanting to go British and support my local shop. So, I kind of half fulfilled the brief of putting together a lightweight rig! Id love to try a handbox at some point. Hopefully there will be some events in the future when this COVID crap goes away. very happy - thanks for your help everyone!