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You're putting these on it, right?

See if Steve at Wyre River guitars is still working, he's an older gent and had an operation on his eye last time I got some work done there but his craftmanship is excellent. He's in Bispham so not too far from you. If you Google Wyre River Guitar images you'll see the custom acoustics he builds.

I can still remember carting around our dual Peavey CS1800 amps (later a pair of QSC amps I forget the name of) with an older Peavey monitor amp in our rack, HiSys4 tops and a pair of massive subs. That's five items that were two man lifts, now we have that number down to zero. We have it so good in terms of budget kit now.

Fair point actually, probably more than a few cm given how rigid amp to cab cables usually are. Perhaps a cable with a 90 degree speakon connector would be a good idea as well? The Phil Jones C8 and C4 are only 12.4"/32cm deep and look very smart too especially in red, I have the C8 Lite with neo drivers but they only do the regular versions now. Of all the cabs I've owned it's the most "front room worthy" in terms of appearance: https://www.pjbworld.com/cms/c8-2/ https://www.pjbworld.com/cms/c4-2/

We're using Alto TS210 with a TS15S sub, sounds great and the tops can be loaded in with on in each hand. If you aren't running a sub at the moment and the Alto TS412 performs as good or better than your current cabs it sounds like a no brainer, shave some more weight and bulk off with a digital desk if you like.

There a used GR AT212 Slim at Bass Direct at the moment, almost 14" so a tiny bit deeper than your alcove though. Also £200 dearer than the one that sold on here which is gonna hurt.

Overall it looks nice, that chunk of wood for a bridge is an odd choice though and spoils the aesthetic for me, doesn't look like part of the original design.

Do you have PA support or do you need a set up to fill large function rooms on its own? There seems to be too many constraints here - if you need something gig capable but compact you'll need to spend more IMO. One possible solution is an older 2x10 on its side, there's an SWR Goliath Jnr 2x10 near you on FB for £150: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/589875380316706/

Still wouldn't be able to daisy chain cabs as there's just one socket, even on the 8ohm version so if your head only has a single output you either need to mod the backplate, make a new one or use a Y cable. Annoyingly Ashdown put the single 1/4" input right in the middle so there's no way of modding it that wouldn't look like a bodge. If I was keeping it I'd just make a new backplate and put dual Speakon Combo connectors on there.

This does mean my much maligned BN10 300s is now without a home, quite enjoyed playing through it in this cab over the last couple of days.

The empty cab on it's a bit heavier than expected, definitely a solid little thing. Spoke to my mate tonight and he's going to make an offer on a used Pulse so hopefully he'll have a mini stack soon enough. Disappointing that Ashdown only offered a single 1/4" input on these even on the 8ohm cabs, means he'll have to buy a splitter cable. The OriginAL series cabs had dual Speakon combo jacks.

A lot of the Pro JJ finishes look very poor IMO, like the old cheap jazz copies with the solid black forearm contour. The only ones that look decent are the dark natural veneers like this one and the stained ones. They did a pinkish red one which looks good but I've never seen one of those in the UK.

Just spotted this on FB, these were good basses with wide spacing and a pretty flat ebanol board, usually pretty heavy though. This one has Dimarzio pickups, a Bass Mods pre and possibly a hard case. Might be worth enquiring abour postage as £300 is a steal: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/157647100697639/

Incidentally there's an Aria IGB68-5 just come up for sale near me for a decent price, keep having to stop myself buying it.

I have one of these, I've modded it over the years and the body is the only original part though as I never liked the pickups or preamp. Not a fan of gold hardware either so I went all black but that veneer is beautiful.

Just looked inside, the ports go right to the back then upwards towards the middle of the cabinet in an L shape so I'll give the internal cab volume two separate sets of dimensions, one for above where the port ends and one below. I'll do the same for the port, I also measured each side of the port divider and added the lengths together so that's accounted for. I hope this makes sense! This is what it looks like from the front: And this is what it looke like looking down the port from the inside: There's also a curved handle cutout which I'll give the straight dimensions for, the actual amount of space the handle takes up would be between 1/2 and 3/4 of this. Upper cab (l x w x h) 262mm x 304mm x 133mm Lower cab (l x w x h) 262mmm x 240mm x 152m Horizontal port x 2 (l x w x h) 280mm x 296mm x 25mm Vertical port x 2 (l x w x h) 280mm x 49mm x 191mm Handle (l x w x h) 132mm x 39mm x 39mm

Nice one I'll have a look when I get chance, hopefully tomorrow.

The clue is in the name - "double bass". Can only have them in multiples of two.

Also using the BC standard cheapskate starter pack of KZ ZS10 and Behringer P2, although if I was buying it now I'd get the AliExpress P2 copy for £12. The Behringer itself is a clone of a Fischer In Ear Stick. Do a full IEM rehearsal before gigging. Get a few different tips for the KZs to see what fits you best as this makes the experience much better for pocket change, I'm currently using the memory foam ones from AliExpress which come in a pack of 3 different sizes. Have spares in case you lose them or they deteriorate, the memory foam tips don't last forever but I preferred them to the stock tips and also the Spinfit ones, much better fit and seal. The most important thing for me when starting out was having full control over my mix within easy reach, making the jump is much easier if you are confident making appropriate changes in a few seconds during sound check. With our old Mackie desk this meant an iPad but now we're on the XR18 I can use a Surface Go running the full X-Air Edit. I have this on a tablet holder attached to my bass stand so I can just lean over and pull a (virtual) fader down. I also use a little clip on shelf which again attaches to my bass stand, not having an amp to put stuff on means you may need somewhere to store your new gig junk such as your belt pack, IEMS, batteries and spare tips etc. This is the kit I use, looks like the official KZ store no longer carries the old ZS10s, just the Pro model. Don't know if they are different so haven't linked to them: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007937614288.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005830541489.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007463049286.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008077698289.html Getting this sort of monitoring quality and convenience for such a small outlay is pretty incredible.

These were the ME10 I was looking at btw @Phil Starr, the magnets looked similar to my other bass drivers but that's as far as my speaker knowledge goes. The serial number is 67-97320161 so I assumed the 97 part would be the year of manufacture: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335761107672

Yeah it did look old old. I'll see what my mate says about the Celestion Pulse, there's one on eBay he can stick a cheeky offer on. I did try the cab again this afternoon loaded with the BN10-300S, moved it into the back room and got a bit more distance between it and myself. It took a 100hz boost from the amp surprisingly well at volume, much better than when I briefly tested it the other day. If my mate doesn't want to chuck money at it I'll either sell it as it is or keep hold of it.

Spotted an Eminence ME10-1008, anybody know about these? Internet seems to suggest they're an older or OEM Beta or Delta, can't find much about them.

Thanks. I'll pass the infomation on to my mate at the weekend who is most likely going to end up with this cab as I have no real use for it, see how much he wants to put into it. If he's not interested and I can't find a cheap used driver I'll stick it in the Marketplace for what I paid.

Thanks, I'll have a chat with my mate at the weekend to see how much he wants to put into it and go from there. Realistically I'll most likely be holding onto it for a while to see if a well priced used driver comes up for sale and if there's no joy I'll just stick it in the classifieds for what I paid for it. Are knackered drivers of use to anybody btw? I have the shredded Kappa from this cab and also a dead Deltalite 10" sat in storage here that will be landfill bound soon.

Ah if you're in no rush then I'd wait for a bargain!