alexa3020

Gavin bought my mojo mojo pedal. Great Comms & great guy to deal with. Thanks @Lensbod

I would recommend a compressor pedal (if you plan to use one). I think the inbuilt one is ok, but reduces your output volume quite a bit.

The barefaced 10s didn't work for me with my abm, nice and warm sounding, but lacking a bit of clarity to my ears - I felt like I was struggling to cut through the mix. Mind you they have a new version available with a tweeter which could be just what I would have wanted.

Here's the video that got me interested. I just use the gain and none of the clipping diodes. Sounds great to my ears and sits really nice in a mix in a rock setting

There's so much you can do with it via the neuro App - Its a bit overwhelming to be honest! Fortunately the out of the box presets are good. I picked one up for £80 so its a bit more budget friendly in comparison to Darkglass stuff

I no longer use the valve drive on my ABM. I've switched to using a JPTR FX Jive pedal which I set right on the point of breakup - it fattens up the tone and I prefer the breakup over the built in valve drive in the abm. I've also recently acquired a Source Audio aftershock. I'm just using the presets for more overdriven sound, but something like that might be worth considering. Its a super versatile pedal and my first impressions are pretty good.

Bought a source audio pedal from @Brian45. Super fast delivery and a pleasure to deal with. Thanks

I'm pretty happy soundwise with My ABM evo 2 compact cabs, so I'd only swap them out for something lightweight that sounded equally as good! Those 310's are fantastic looking cabs though

Those cabs look great! As I mentioned in another post, I'd definitely snap some of those up if there was a lightweight version available

I wish they'd do a lightweight version of those cabs

I bought a gator bag from Dan. Item in great condition, packed really well & arrived quickly. Thanks Alex

Dan bought a compressor pedal from me. Instant payment and great communication throughout. cheers Alex

Never been a rush fan, but I’m going to have to give Them a decent go after that! I’ve always known they were top musicians but didn’t expect them to be that good. Geddy’s tone was fantastic - he seems to hit the strings with some force

Hi All, acquired a used American ultra jazz bass recently. I have found the bridge pickup is cutting out. You can get it to come back on with a wiggle of the pickup. what’s the most likely reason for it to be cutting out? Loose solder joint maybe? should I attempt to fix it myself given that I’m novice with this type of thing and it’s an expensive bass that I don’t want to brick! It’s also active to complicate things further cheers Alex

I’m completely open to not having a monitor, in fact it’d be my preference - the less I have to spend the better right? It’s interesting because in my years of gigging pubs to concert halls I honestly can’t remember not having a monitor firing at least the vocal back toward the band. The setup I was thinking of would have been 2 speakers and a monitor - hardly a tonne of gear. But if we can do it with just 2 speakers then even better.

I may be wrong here, but Pa speakers usually sit in front and pointing away from the band. Is it not hard to hear the singer if you don’t have a monitor. I honestly can’t remember playing a gig without a monitor so I just assumed you needed one

Cheers for the advice guys. looks like a pair of active speakers and mixer is probably a good way to go. What’s everyone using for monitors?

My band are looking to gig soon and we need a PA. The band is drums, bass, 1 guitar (and on the odd occasion 2) 1 Main Vocal, & 1 backing vocal. Playing rock covers (Stones, who, Jam, etc). The gigs will usually be in pubs an the most likely setup for the PA is going to be Main Vocal, backing vocal and a kick drum going through it. There is also potential for guitar to go through it as the guitarist has just moved to a kemper but the intention is he will use his own cab. Do you think one of the tower PA systems will be man enough for the job - I'm thinking something like the Yamaha stagepas 1k or similar. I like the idea of something portable, because, as bass players we have enough to carry already and we get annoyed carrying stuff we do not directly benefit from! Any advice will be greatly appreciated Thanks

Should be sorted with this now. Thanks for the advice though

Keep an eye on musik productiv- they had rootmaster 500 for £250 last week, brand new delivered. over the last year or so they have had some excellent deals on Ashdown gear

Hi guys, quick question, I have a head with one speakon output on it. If I want to connect 2 cabs to it I assume I’ll need a speakon y splitter cable. Is that correct? N.B I have no link options on the cabs cheers, Alex