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[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1470850703' post='3108965'] God, has it really been 6 years? Miss ya, daft old sod. [/quote] Six! I didn't realise that. We're thinking of ya.

Why not try the other TRBX models? The 304 is a lovely lil bass and i think the top spec is the 504. There are also five string versions too.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1470835151' post='3108810'] Yep, that's my thinking. If I get offered a gig that needs an SVT, I'll just get one [/quote] "Cash allowing" of course... I'm bust trying to sell stuff ha ha!!!

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1470834649' post='3108804'] Keep it, if only to hide it away and appreciate in value. [/quote] Do you think it will? I mean, I bought my SVT for a steal at the time for £1400, I couldn't sell it for £800 as the D Class revolution had taken hold.

I used to own an Ampeg SVT 2 Pro. I dearly loved it. It did exactly what I needed and never let me down. Recorded tone was always brilliant, even via DI. It did feel like lugging a dead horse around. My back agreed. The SVT left. I replaced it with an SVT Pro all valve preamp running in to a Powersoft D Class power amp - and to be be honest, cranked, there wasn't a great deal of difference in tone, especially in a band situation. (Powersoft is a different beast when it comes to D Class though!) So that's an option to save weight. I'm running a similar set up these days but the valves have left. A serious weight saving and everything still sounds big. My deciding factor is this: If I really wanted another SVT, then I can go buy one. Tomorrow. If I bizarrely sold my Shuker, it would take a huge amount of effort and there's a lead time to get another. I'd be in for a long wait and I couldn't get one second hand. - So, if it's something that you can buy another of, then you are safe to let it go (at the cost of realising you made a mistake!) There's always an alternative too.

[quote name='project_c' timestamp='1470814133' post='3108565'] {snip} Re the USB issues - are you using any USB peripherals on a regular basis? I have a scanner, printer, the Motu Microbook and a Wacom Cintiq (via thunderbolt) in there all the time. The Wacom works fine, the others drop out for no reason. Maybe the issue is down to my mac rather than the OS, but I'm reading lots of horror stories online. I've done an SMC reset, no change, might do a PRAM reset to see what that does, but other than that I'm lost.. [/quote] I'd been running some kit that didn't use an external power supply. The USB Interface I replaced, a USB MIDI controller, My mobile was often plugged in, an external 2.5" HDD and sometimes a hub to connect devices such as pedals or USB sticks. I then purchased a powered hub which didn't get much use which had two drives running as RAID set up by the Mac. Always on, in that case. The only time I had any problems was actually caused by one of the fans not running properly. Diagnosed the problem with a fan speed app, replaced and everything has been fine since. Really sorry I can't offer up any issues to compare! I'm intrigued as having not had any problems, I am totally unaware of the horror stories. Best I go see what's occurring! My Mac is a quad core i5 and I've maxed it out with available memory as well as a SSD for the system. I say this as these upgrades may effect the situation?

The Aguilar pickups are also very good. I love the DCB soap bars,

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1470559964' post='3106657'] Although they are regarded by some as poor relations, after a lot of reading up, I fitted DiMarzio PJ s to Kert (FuNkShUi)'s camphor single cut custom job http://www.ajrguitarmods.co.uk/camphor%20single%20cut%20bass.htm Time and time again in various forums and reviews they were said to punch well above their weight, be very well balanced and also that the noiseless J was a great boon. Now admittedly I also fitted the Seymour Duncan 2band EQ for maximum flexibility, but both Kert and I have both been VERY impressed how good they sound even at fully neutral EQ. Kert has done a video demo ( I think the link is on the thread). [/quote] Yes to the Dimarzio PJ set! Definitely not poor relations and they have lots of mid grunt to them. I paired mine with a Glockenklang 3 band pre. There's a few videos on YouTube and I think the config sounds ace. I have however switched to the EMG PJ set as I wanted a clean 'Miller' kinda sound which it now does very well.

[quote name='project_c' timestamp='1470781961' post='3108505'] I've just upgraded my 2012 iMac to El Capitan (from OS10.7.5 - been holding off for years because that OS worked well) and found that USB is now completely broken. What have Apple done with this OS?? Devices are not showing up, there are occasional crashes when using apps that are looking for those devices, I have to restart my Motu USB interface every time I wake the machine up, I have to unplug and plug my scanner back in every time I want to use it - it's a disaster. The OS itself is nice, and my graphics stuff seems to be working without problems, but looking around online, the USB issues - USB audio issues specifically - are commonplace. So with that in mind, I have decided to give up on USB for audio and I bought a Focusrite Clarett 2Pre today. I have not even opened the box yet, but before I do, if anyone knows of any issues with El Capitan and this interface, please let me know. I'll get round to getting it all set up tomorrow, I'll report back on how it is. First observation - I had to pay an extra £50 for a thunderbolt cable to actually connect this to my mac. For a <£400 interface, this is taking the p!ss a little bit, but I'm willing to live with it if it works as well as reviews suggest. [/quote] Sorry to hear of your IT woes! I have a 2011 iMac and I'm afraid that El Cap is working perfectly. I'm not sure why we are getting different results? Very odd and I hope it's fixable for you. I have the 2Pre too and other than making sure I had the right things selected in the control centre, it has been flawless! I'm yet to max it out - the thing hasn't broken a sweat yet! You'll love it.. Oh and the lack of latency is mind boggling!!!! I'm running plugins all the time for the shear hell of it! Loads of em! Blimey! £50? Did you buy a really long cable? Mine was only about £25. It's a great interface, I love the features and it's going to definitely be on the next album I record.

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1470683835' post='3107664'] We were discussing strings and it will be wearing D'addario's. A rough completion date has been given of 4 to 6 weeks. [/quote] Correct answer! He he! - Nice. Have you tried the NYXL's yet? Not long now then!!

Choose a decent sounding 5 string, then up the gauge of the B string. Am I the only person who thought this? - Or, if it is STILL a problem them get someone like Newtone to custom make higher tension strings? D'Addario offer some truly awesome tension/gauge resources and I would highly recommend checking those out. D'Addario also offer a wide range of off the shelf strings that can be interchanged to meet your needs of..err... un-floppiness. To put it in to context, I have a 34" scale bass that is tuned down to F# below B. Yup, if you think a B is floppy then try a bad set up at that tuning lol. So, the instrument is a premium custom. The way to get that note sounding AND tension? I use a 183 gauge custom wound string. Another tone down for an octave below a four string, a 190 at the ready.

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1470669800' post='3107505'] Yep, I use the X3 Live and you can have two totally independent signal paths with separate amp/cab sims and effects on each routed through whatever you want to wherever you want. [/quote] Oh crickey! Yes I forgot I used to use one of those too! Oh my word.. So many toys!!!

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1470663596' post='3107442'] My solution uses rackmount gear. [color=#0000ff][b]Bass --> DI box --> XLR balanced signal --> Bass pre-amp --> Power amp channel #1 --> Bass cab #1[/b][/color] [color=#0000ff][b]AND[/b][/color] [color=#0000ff][b]Bass --> DI box --> 1/4" unbalanced signal --> Pedal board --> Power amp channel #2 --> Bass cab #2[/b][/color] For the avoidance of doubt, that's only ONE bass and ONE DI box, using that DI box as my signal splitter. Obviously the DI box can be on the pedal board without actually being part of that signal chain. Note that the bass pre-amp does not have to be a rackmounted Demeter or Avalon unit ... it could just as easily be a Sansamp or a Dave Hall pedal. I'm lucky enough to have some very good quality kit, so the only really weak parts of the entire chain are the cables, especially the patches. Having said which, I'm not exactly recording [i]Dark Side Of The Moon[/i] so I doubt anyone (including me) would ever notice. [/quote] Ah! yes, you've just reminded me! For a while I ran A Sansamp for the cleans and an MXR M80 for the dirts. Instead of using a DI box to split, I used the Parallel Out on either the M80 or BDDI. Both signals were then treated separately and then mixed back together using a TC Nova Dynamics pedal. Again, I didn't use separate amps and cabs but the above would certainly be a clean solution. I like the flexibility of it all though. If nothing else, if it sounds good, then it IS good - and it's fun

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1470661806' post='3107418'] What the OP is proposing isn't bi-amping but two channel operation. [/quote] Correct, 'dual parallel', as (for the most part) both paths get a full range signal and the are not split in to LF and HF components. Although sometimes the edges of definition do get a bit blurred: My drive path has all of the low end shaved off to stop it from getting stodgy and naturally, to mimic the roll off of a guitar speaker, the top end rolls off too. Which is sort of band-pass, which sort of happens in three way PA! My modulations where possible have no low end in them but my octave favours low mids and low... - The OP mentioned wanting more top end for certain effects too which although is only top boost, of course favours HF content over LF. - I mean, I'm just splitting hairs really lol, Bi-Amp has a specific definition and like you, I don't like using the phrase 'Kettle lead' lol - So yeah, I know what you mean!

Hey Dunc! Well, For many years I have ran dual signal paths. More dual-parallel rather than Bi-Amp as I sent two full range signals out to cabinets rather than having one cabinet especially for hi and the other for low. There are so many different ways to do it once the signal has split, but for my latest band thing, I have massively downsized, which sounds like it's something that could work for you too. I originally started splitting my signal at the start of the chain so I could have a separate drive path with effects and a clean path with other effects, but then later I set all the effects to come in after the clean and driven signals were remixed (to simplify). My current solution is working very well for me and is a way of getting around needing separate amps and cabs when space is limited. My current (much shrunk) path looks like this: Bass > TC Electronic G-System (pedals in loops) > Power amplifier > Cabinet(s) The G-System is awesome. It really is. It is my 'central hub' for being able to control a multitude of effects but it also allows insertion of external pedals and signal paths that can all be switched by MIDI, or in this case, TC's dedicated controller. The 'brain' section that can be removed from the pedal board controller sits in my rack case with the amplifier and pedals. In my rack I also have a digital programmable 24 band stereo EQ. It's a half rack so takes up no space really. This is essentially the bit that 'shapes' all of the drive and clean sounds being two channel - an EQ for each path if I need). I may put TC's Spectracomp in there too and that can be switched in and out of the path when needed. I have to say though, the bit that I think will work for you is that I started off using a Boss LS-2 that allows me to run two parallel loops of signal path, but I have changed that for an EBS Billy Sheehan Signature Drive. Not only a brilliant bass drive pedal (my fave) but it has two effects loops on it. One for post drive effects and the other for clean effects. What this could mean for you is that instead of doing all of your 'audio mixing' using two amps etc etc, do all the audio processing earlier in the signal path. The two sounds are mixed back together before being sent off to the next device. In my case this is back in to the G-System's processor where I can add all the crazy stuff - chorus, delay, phase, octave, pitch, harmoniser, reverb, filters etc etc.. I use a QSC stereo power amp. It's a lightweight one and nominally chucks out about 1200W per channel I think. I'm just using the one cab at the moment, but should money allow, I WILL get another Barefaced Big Twin II and run that as well. Mono is absolutely fine, but there's nothing like messing about in the right setting with a full shimmering stereo set up with sounds bouncing around the room! (Not to be mistaken with overbearing noises from cheap effects boxes lol!!) - on the subject of crossovers etc, the power amp I have does have a whole bunch of DSP on board and is very capable of Bi-Amping as well but as I say, it's not really what I go for. I hope this helps - I love tinkering and it's a lot of fun! Onstage, my back line doesn't look remotely out of place as everything is hidden from view. I've never been very good with leads and pedals everywhere you see!

Love these! Great fun! - I've only played on one briefly, but it's something I'd love to have on the guitar stand to mess about on!

Upstaged by a moggy! - Humphrey rocks! - His face at around 8.19 heh heh! - Great review, I've never had a chance to try one of these so nice to hear what range of tones are available from it. Thank you.

If your on board electronics are all EMG, maybe this a go: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=191917878998&globalID=EBAY-GB EMG electronics will happily take 27v, so this 24v mod could be just the ticket!

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1470414818' post='3105885'] I think the NG2 would be close, the bridge pickup looks like it's in the right position, it's bolt-on, but another one I'd like to give a go [/quote] It's in the right position - also if you lift the pickguard you'll see that the NG2 & the Combustion (starting from when the NG was released) both use the same body so you can move the 'front' pickup in to jazz position to see what that sounds like - routes for both basses are under the plate! Cool eh!!