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[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1453124946' post='2956546'] Mine are set to off as I've never found these add anything to my sound. I reckon they should remove the circuits, offer this as a stomp option and make the amps cheaper. Discuss.... [/quote] Well they did some of that, but i looks like people just want the full set of knobs, even if most of us dont use them all. [url="http://www.markbass.it/product_detail.php?id=117&markbass=Discontinued"]http://www.markbass.it/product_detail.php?id=117&markbass=Discontinued[/url] Im another user who leaves the EQ flat and mainly uses the two filters. Not too much, but these are the things that have kept me with MB over the past 7 or so years.

It's on the page I linked to ;-)

It looks like it will be a bugger to stand up against an amp etc. Definitely need a stand for that.

I'm going to place a pre order for the 4 string version.

Specs are up for the new M7 range. 35" neck for the 5 string ;-) http://www.sire-guitars.com/usa/blog/2015/12/14/the-new-breed-of-humbuckers/

It will be a Sire, that's all that really matters ;-)

My TRBX505 was one of the best looking basses ive ever owned (IMO of course). Also the only brown bass. It seemed an odd choice for me as i wanted the white one, but at the end of the day i felt the brown would fit in more with the various styles we play. I love the white but i feel it gives off a certain vibe that can look out of place. [url=https://flic.kr/p/pf4Ya5][/url]

Good luck James, I feel your pain having to wait.

WOW!!!! Are the neck dimensions the same as the 5 string V7?

I fancy getting a pair for taking to work and when im out and about, but a bit worried about the reported quality drop when using them with a cable, which ill do when im at my PC and for watching films etc on my iPad. Just wondered if anyone has used these. Im not after recommendations in any way, i just want to discuses these particular headphones as they tick all the right boxes (more or less).

People seem to like them judging by the thoughts in the existing 304/305 threads ;-) Very good basses, although i ended up getting a 505 as i wanted the safty net of it working with a dead or no battery.

Mark just brought my 1212L off me. Shame I didn't have time to have a chat but he seemed like a decent enough bloke......for a bass player :-) Cheers Mark, we must meet up for a proper chat at some point.

I saw them at the Marquee when it was in Charing Cross road. Great gig for all the wrong reasons. IIR the moment Rik came out he got a (plastic) pint glass right in the face. Even Brian May made an appearance.

[quote name='stevebasshead' timestamp='1451681248' post='2942480'] Could be a torn speaker, or a cone coming away from the surround maybe. Does it do it at all volumes and on all notes/worse on some more than others? [/quote] I had this happen a few years ago with my old 1212L cab. You couldn't see anything wrong with the drivers but it turned out there was a very small area of the dust cone not being sealed properly, so was vibrating against the driver cone. A bit of PVA glue fixed it and its been good ever since. Sounds like the OP might have a similar issue.

Ive swapped from a Schroeder 1212L to a BB2 and there seems to be a world of difference. The BB2 seems to be less coloured, certainly compared to the 1212L Some might like that, i must admit ive had a love/hate relationship with the 1212L for a few years. No question it did the job but one thing ive noticed now is that i can hear more of a difference between my basses. Before i felt the cab made them all sound pretty similar. There is more clarity and definition in the low end with the BB2 and even the very lowest notes have some growl, something i really struggled to get with the 1212L. Going from the lowest notes to the higher ones there seems to be a lack of mud and more clarity on each note. Before i fond notes were blending together more, depending on the room/stage. I had a Streamliner for a few months and really struggled to get on with it. It just seemed to be a bit too "big" for the 1212L, especially on hollow stages. I just couldn't tame it. This was coming from a MB SA450. I ended up getting a MB F1 head and ive had it for a good few years now. I think the MB tone is quite bland and lifeless compared to some heads, but they give a good starting point without too much of their own personality being overlaid. Thats my thoughts anyway.

[quote name='darren' timestamp='1450537520' post='2933756'] I've got one of these. Difficult to understand how they can sell them for this money. Great piece of kit [/quote] I'd say it shows just how much we are being overcharged by a lot of the other bag manufactures.

i dId feel a bit guilty about charging you all that money for a gig bag, so putting the bass in seemed the right thing to do :-)

Haha, i was just racking my brains trying to work out where it went. Cheers.

Ive been recording our gigs for years with a small Edirol R-09HR digital recorder. I strap it to the singers mic stand and it picks up a really nice stereo spread, plus with the vocal monitor being right by the mic stand the vocals come out nice and clear, and central. I use manual record level of course and ive never had a distorted recording and certainly no lack of bass in the mix. As has been said, with these things you more or less get the same out as going in, although it does help to place them centrally. When we started rehearsing earlier this year i also used the recorder for these and again, they come out nice and clear although with a bit more room ambience as i put it at the back of the room.

I had the white version they do, i think its a few £ dearer. Very impressed with the quality.

Haha, yeah, this site isn't always good for us. My old job also allowed me to be on the internet most of the day without any restrictions. I think boredom also played a part.

When I was young I would use any rig the rehearsal studios had and never complained or felt lacking. listening back to the old recordings I find nothing to complain about. So why have I spent a fortune over the past 10 years and only just achieved a tone I'm mostly happy with?

Add me to the list of current rig is the best users. Although i wouldn't say my bass is the best (thats probably one of the Lakland Duck Dunn's ive had), the combination of P bass, MarkBass F1, VTBass Deluxe and Barefaced BB2 is way beyond any tone ive had in the past. Its a shame my gigs are getting sparse, as i have more enthusiasm for playing now than i have had for the past 5 years, and that was regular gigging.

There is a 5 string Sire V7 for sale on here. A very reasonable £285 (I have no connection with the seller).