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  1. Dan Dare
    Good points, but classical musicians appear woefully ignorant of any threat to their hearing compared to those of us who play electric instruments. There seems to be a commonly held perception that unamplified instruments are not capable of causing damage.
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    Yes, I have tried one. I have owned/still own a fair amount of PJB kit. The Double 4 can be deceiving, because you can place it close to you, even at ear level due to its small size and hear yourself quite well. However, it has very limited projection at any distance. It just doesn't move enough air. I used to have a Flightcase and that didn't do the job in anything other than very quiet, smallish rooms, so a Double 4 certainly won't. As Hiram says above, you need at least a Suitcase in any real-world situation (I use my 4B - essentially a Suitcase minus amplification - with a head for smaller jobs).
  3. Dan Dare
    Good call.
  4. Dan Dare
    In response to the original question, Rumbles are good for the money. If you have deep pockets, look at AER.
  5. Dan Dare
    I disagree. I have 2 PJB C4s, plus a 4B, which I use with an AG700 (the number depends on the size of the job). A single C4 struggles to keep up with anything but the gentlest drummer and won't project far into the room, so a Double Four simply won't cut it.
  6. Dan Dare
    So true. There's nothing new under the sun and one born every minute. When I was young and the top of my head didn't get sunburnt, several bands I was in were approached by people promising the earth, in exchange for our hard-earned up front, which would pay for all the hard work they were going to do for us, the demo record (I'm that old) they were going to produce/promote, etc, etc. I'm afraid that if people are taken in by this nonsense, they only have themselves to blame.
  7. Dan Dare
    Won't cope with a drummist, even a well-behaved one.
  8. Dan Dare
    You'd have to empty it about 500 times, though...
  9. Dan Dare
    I have 2 PJB C4s (the same drivers/cab as the combo above, minus the amp). They definitely would not suffice in a rock band (I drive them properly - AG700). They have clarity and tone in spades, but just not enough h*ft. You need to use a lot of those small PJB drivers to generate that.
  10. Dan Dare
    One what?
  11. Dan Dare
    +1. It can be difficult to say no to a friend. I will lend anything I'm not bothered about (such as a practice amp, which the OP refers to), but the borrower has to collect and return it to me and make good any damage.
  12. Dan Dare
    A little nervousness can be helpful, imho - keeps you on your toes, stops you becoming blasé. It can be disabling in extremes (see Stew's post above), but a little is a good thing.
  13. Dan Dare
    You will have to experiment a little to find whether the issue is caused by neck relief, fret height, action, etc. You could have a high fret or two (I have just addressed this issue on one of my basses). To find out if that's the case, you need to remove the strings, set the neck straight - take out any curvature with the truss rod - and check them with a straight edge. It is true that a low string tends to flap a bit more than others and the fact that we often play a bit harder on thicker strings adds to the issue.
  14. Dan Dare
    I have a couple of C4s. You need a few of them to develop any weight to the sound - I use my two with a 4B and it's fine for most situations. Handy for me at my advanced age to carry several small cabs rather than one big one. They like plenty of power - efficiency is low, but don't like to be pushed really hard. You have to find the sweet spot. Very crisp and hi-fi sounding and better, imho, with a warmer sounding amp. When I bought my C4s, I actually tried them with a MB LM3 in the shop and thought it was a good foil to the cabs, for me at any rate. When I bought a new head recently, I tried the LM, but preferred the AG700, which I subsequently bought.
  15. Dan Dare
    Someone should respond, inviting him to join an Adge Cutler and the Wurzels tribute band, just to confirm his prejudices.
  16. Dan Dare
    You defo need a lid on it. Without one, the case will be less rigid and more prone to bending, which could break a circuit board.
  17. Dan Dare
    Bill, do you think it worth lining a cab with those shaped foam acoustic tiles? They're expensive, but is it worth the cost?
  18. Dan Dare
    I prefer Golden Virginia
  19. Dan Dare
    I'm sure he'll be inundated (there's another "posh word" for you) with replies from people eager to get him to a nice quiet out of the way rehearsal room where they can give him a good kicking . What a tosser.
  20. Dan Dare
    I agree with lemmywinks. Studio monitors or similar will not handle uncompressed music at anything like sensible levels in a noisier environment and anything decent won't be cheap. If you want something that will reproduce DI'd bass at any kind of level, you're going to have to spend some money. Don't, repeat, don't buy anything without trying it for its intended purpose first. That's a sure-fire route to throwing money away.
  21. Dan Dare
    You might be seen (so many CCTV cameras around these days) Dog turd in an envelope through the letterbox?
  22. Dan Dare
    It's often the case that a band will have a combination of those who stare at their fingers/shoes but who are great players and those who are at home engaging with an audience. That seems to be a good balance. I don't think you need any more than 2 who front up/chat or it can get a bit wearing.
  23. Dan Dare
    Good point. T Cut also leaves a residue, which you should ideally wipe off with something like white spirit.
  24. Dan Dare
    Now you're just meshing about
  25. Dan Dare
    I saw an interview with Bryan Beller, in which he spoke somewhat disparagingly about "coffee table basses". Sums up a lot of the preceding pic's rather well, I think.
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