lemmywinks

Not carrying backline along with having a very compact PA is probably why I can still enjoy gigging properly. My entire bass rig including preamp, cables, IEM setup and tablet fits in a gigbag, our desk (with router, power strip and bluetooth aux adapter) is in a 3u shallow rack bag and all our cables are in one of the Thomann cable bags. Never been easier or faster to load in, setup and packdown. We had a band member and PA re-shuffle a few years ago and decided to go for the most compact PA as lugging a ton of stuff around was becoming a chore which we just didn't enjoy any more. Had a think about how we transported things and ended up with a tiny setup that sounds great and gives us excellent monitoring on any stage. Wasn't even expensive.

Perhaps the Reunion Blues Incontinental Voyager would be a good choice in that case?

Yeah I wouldn't walk far with it, if your priority is getting through doors and up stairs easily then it might be good though.

Gruv Gear Gigblade (original version) might be an option?

Haha this is the best solution, amazing how quickly the problem (and subesquent whining) goes away when the solution is that person buying, carrying and setting up their own piece of equipment.

You can't feel your clothes flapping due to air coming off backline cabs, especially at a decent sized venue. Was probably the air con.

It's a weird thing, everybody going for massive SUVs (which mostly still feel like smaller cars on the inside with little headroom) then moving into cramped new build estates where the roads are just about wide enough for one reasonably sized car.

I picked up my MS60b for £50not so long ago purely to use as a tuner and preamp for when I take my SInsonido out of the house. I wish it could drive headphones properly. There's a simple mod you can do to make the 2nd output stereo so a basic rechargeable headphone amp would work, can't see a headphone out on the new one unfortunately.

I've wanted a C2 since they first announced them, already have a matching red TC head! Don't even remotely need it as I have a little EA 110 with a neo speaker in for home use but just want one, need to stop looking at them. The Nanobass X4 looks like an incredible bedroom rig as well, just 16cm x 20cm x 20cm with aux in and bluetooth.

Bax have the MS60B+ listed at £143, link to the listing is down but still visible if you look under Zoom bass effects: https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/bass-multi-effects-pedals/zoom

Bought a cheap AliExpress replacement bridge to replace the bendy baseplate on an old bass, I quite like the patina on the old parts so reused them so have these spare. There's the three posts with inserts, four saddles and saddle screws.

I'd get this setup then buy red leather sofas to match.

Yeah I had a mate who did house clearances, could get them for free. Helped him carry one up some stairs once when he did manage to get twenty quid for one of them, not offering to do that again.

For a while I've wanted a 3 band preamp with dual concentric pots on each band - a HPF on the bass, a mid sweep (going quite low, like 100hz) and a treble rolloff so I can add highs I like and just nip off the nasty, ice pick in your ears stuff. Volume pot should be an optional plug in module as I never use 'em. Dunno if one like that exists but it should!

Great build and write up!