sunburstjazz1967

wasn't the title edited early on? And the bit about biscuits added?

Just look in the shadows of any gig on tv, he turns up everywhere!

You mean like the title of the thread for example, and the cryptic one it replaced? Lol

Anything other than massive praise is classed as slagging off regarding BF cabs, this is basschat law.

I made friends with a nigerian prince on the net, I sent him a bass a while ago and but he hasn't paid me yet, I'm sure he's legit right?

There is a Tony Levin olp too.

I don't think JE is needing many cabs these days though?

I've played in a trio with an electric upright straight into the desk, electric drums and a guitarist using a variax through a vox pedal board. Clutter free silent stage!

I've actually owned one and disliked it but looking at the replies the fan club have given other people I decided not to say anything before, now I have I will be put on the naughty step with a few others, must be my amp, bass,playing, venue, cab choice for genre of music before it being not for me,that said I sold it on after six months of struggling with it without any problems or losing much money.

Who says the critics are done?

[quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1464873236' post='3063362'] I should learn not to get drawn into these, but interesting point on big amps. It does come up every now and then and perhaps this isn't the thread to address it in, but a big rig doesn't necessarily mean loudness. I find that with a larger rig I can play quieter without losing myself in the mix, or finding so much boominess from room resonances. There is also the matter of increased headroom, so chances are a seasoned pro with a huge rig isn't so much blasting the room, as providing him/herself with higher headroom and better stage monitoring. That and providing the 'look' of a massive rock rig, which no 1x10 will ever achieve. Unless you were to remove and block the other seven drivers in your 8x10, of course... [/quote] All that and the in ears, the cabs might not even be plugged in, must be 'the looks' he likes, tee hee.

Sorry I missed the memo :-)

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1464871851' post='3063324'] Just stop. We get it. Stop now. [/quote] Who made you the boss of the internet?

I can only hear symbols. Cymbals, lol.

I've played some reasonable sized venues with a decent 2x12 and a so called heftless class d head and been asked to turn it down to stop it spoiling the foh mix, I've never seen a live band where I could hear the bass properly for every song unless they ran a clean DI. But I'm not TC so what do I know? I presume this will be the new level of competence required to comment on anything in future?

He certainly won't harm the reputation and at least they are micd up, loads of people here have purchased gear based on a players live sound being good even when the player uses in ears and has no mics on the cabs, at best the preamp is on the signal chain.

I wonder where his old one is these days?

I dont rage against the machine would have sounded quite right with Maccas fiddle tone instead of the bitsa Stingray!

[quote name='skychaserhigh' timestamp='1464800400' post='3062721'] No , he plays through Mesa Boogie gear. [/quote] Macca's bass player does.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1464794577' post='3062641'] I can't think of another bassist who's had such a consistently brilliant tone. He has loads of different sounds, some of them really quite ambitious. I realise this sounds sycophantic but I can't think of another "celebrity endorsement" I'd put so much stock into [/quote] McCartney, King, Flea, Sting, that u2 bloke that would play through a Saisho tape player from the 80s if you put his squiggle on it?

I eagerly await the next time anyone on BC actually tries yet dislikes a barefaced cab (yes it does happen), "well what does TC know about gigging?" will be the standard response!

At least TC has used a different amp for each cab as suggested, Ha.

Maybe TC will send them all back after the free trial, lol. I'm sure this will boost the profile and sales though, nice big turkey at Alex's house this Christmas :-) fair play.

Only pre EB <1984 , usa SUB basses and the new classics have slab bodies.

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1464645605' post='3061161'] For smaller gigs: A pair of RCF Art 745s on top. A pair of RCF 905s usually stacked in the corner of the room. Behringer X-air XR 18 mixer. In ears all round. For medium gigs: A pair of RCF Art 745s on top. Four RCF 905s either one pair either side of the stage under the tops if we can get them over 60ft apart otherwise in a single big stack somewhere. Behringer x-air XR 18 mixer. In ears all round. Large gigs: Hired rig with engineer. Bass gets pa support at all as I di mainly. Only get to use my nice rig when depping these days. [/quote] Oh yes very nice. Those 745s on their own would kill most bass rigs but people are obsessed with having their own big rig to stand next to!