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[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1388856575' post='2326967'] Don't overlook any of the Trace 15" combos. Even the 130w GP7SM combos are very loud, and have great tone shaping. And they are built to last. Cheers Geoff [/quote] For under £100 though?

How about the nutty thing Flea plays on the Higher Ground video? Would they include a sig version of those trousers too? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=686A5yPMWrs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=686A5yPMWrs[/url]

This means when centred the outer poles will only be 2mm off. With large pole pieces like those, I don't think that it will matter.

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1387661581' post='2314419'] Picked one if these up today. UNBELIEVABLE sound, and then for a shoebox sized combo! Incredible. Think it' weighs about 4lb. It happily handles an acg 5 with low b and filter based eq section. Very transparent, I would say more so than the markbass I've recently acquired. It's not going to be much use in a decent sized venue etc but I'm very impressed and for me it's ideal, portability being my main criteria. [/quote] 4kg, 8.8lbs according to spec on Bass Direct. Still nothing though! Already owning a micro head, just the speaker bit would be nice...

If it is a large inductor, is it possible the mass of it has caused one of the solder joints on the pcb to fracture? like a drop or a bump. A quick dab with the iron might be all it needs.

I doubt it happened in one quantum jump, but incrementally over the decade. I remember a trainee engineer friend raving about the production sound of UKs first album in 1978 I think it had one of the first recordings using Yamaha's big poly synth (could be wrong here, it was a long time ago!)

Good point! I was thinking of something that wouldn't propel the cones across the room with a few hundred watts amp hooked up to it...

Sounds like a Genz Streamliner might fit the bill too, but you don't get the free body-building course included..

I was thinking about Hoffman's Iron Law and was wondering if anyone was producing a really small, very hi-fi very low efficiency cab for use at home. I'm thinking that, with the relative cheapness of power available in micro heads into a really inefficient but high quality design, something could be made that would have a micro head footprint, sound great, and not be too noisy to upset the Mrs and neighbours...

[quote name='steviedee' timestamp='1387065149' post='2307973'] In the Dead of Night is a great track I was jamming it the other day with the drummer from my band. But how can any mortal guitar player attempt to play those Alan Holdsworth parts? [/quote] I've got Steve Vai's transcription from guitarist magazine if anyone fancies a crack at it!

Are these car amps all class d these days? Only asking, as class d is going to be a lot more efficient, critical for battery operation.

I do like the sound of the Compact, but did wish it extended a little bit higher. It responds well to the tone controls on a Shuttle except tweaking the treble is barely noticable. Oddly, the Midget, with the same frequency response on paper, does react more to the treble range, possibly as a result of the cab having a higher upper-mids emphasis. I'm using fretless exclusively at the mo and the upper mids work really well with it to the extent I believe a tweeter would be superfluous.

nice

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1387036549' post='2307667'] That does show that he played far more musically when being forced into (some) restraints. [/quote] I'd just like to say I've never knowingly heard anything by him before and that cover was truly f*cking aweful. (keep yourself alive). It was like a small kid showing off his tricks. The lack of humility or feel for the original material for an apparent musician is extraordinary.

^true, dat

A friend had one that looks like the Behringer - may have been an earlier model - but it was really very poor, pretty much unfit for purpose imho. Judge for yourself though.

[quote name='muttley' timestamp='1386684324' post='2303046'] Defo use a more efficient speaker for the reasons stated above, but not a guitar speaker. Guitar speakers usually have paper edge cones (ie one-piece diaphragm plus dust cap) which are not designed to move large volumes of air. Play a bass through one at anything higher than bedroom levels and you risk ripping the edge. Fine if you want to sound like JJ Burnel but I don't suppose this will go down too well in an acoustic set. If you can find a guitar speaker with a cloth edge this might fit the bill (but note the comment in the quote about deep bass). [/quote] Don't agree with this at all. I used to use an old Cube 60 with a Sessionette 75 on top of it with my bass, did lots of gigs back in the day and the guitar speaker (Celestion G12-80) is still absolutely fine. ymmv.

I think he dissed this PJB Briefcase idea earlier on in the thread, mainly for charge life, but they ain't cheap either....

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1386353863' post='2299268'] Ive a jack that i love and never seems to goes out of tune. I'm interested in what causes the slipping issue? [/quote] The threaded portion of the tuner knob is steel and the slider/string retainer is aluminium, so a lot softer. The thread in the slider can just strip, especially if you don't keep them well lubricated. I've fixed this on a couple of Jack Basses by drilling and tapping out the slider to take an M4 Helicoil, a steel threaded insert. There is just enough meat on the slider to do this, and it only takes about 5 minutes if you have the Helicoil kit.

well spotted Woody!

Don't forget, the car audio amp will expect to be fed with line level input, so you'll need a preamp to get the power out, and you don't need 300W of bass power to beat off 10 acoustic guitars, a Cube 30 or similar would be more than adequate.

how about the E H 44 Magnum, runs off 24V 2A? 2 old Bike Batteries would do the trick, I would imagine. I always thought it would be a good idea to try a small class D amp off a couple of cordless drill battery packs