MoonBassAlpha

Ha! Did you purchase the weights before or after the Trace?

I think the Celestion speaker in there has a lot of character too, and noticeably more top end than the Eminence 15" in the BF Compact. I had a conversation with Alex about the loudness of the Trace, and he suggested that it might be subtle mid-range distortion that helps the speakers sound so loud. Subjectively, the Trace combo was as loud as the Compact.

I heard one of those narrower combos a few years ago, and even with a Wal going into it , it sounded nowhere near as good as the larger combo with the twin ports. May have been the lower powered one though.

I had the same combo but with the front ports, and have to agree it does everything you need for a band situation. I didn't find it all that heavy, the side handles make for a comfortable lift for me, and I am only ickle, but quite sturdy.

Tremolo dive-bombing and the over-use of metronomic double bass drum are two things that are unfave for me. The drumming seems to be a prerequisite in many metal genres. I did hope it would die out like the gated 80s snare sound, but it doesn't seem to be about to happen. The funk/fusion guys manage to use it in fills with taste though. That's fine with me! Along with banjo, uke mandolin and other more esoteric plinky string instruments. Not sounds I generally enjoy.

No need to spoon feed 'em, Fleabag. And please don't call me, surely!

I'm sure you can get some cream for that....

I just watched with surround sound on, and thought the mix was pretty much spot on.

It's a metaphor for our overcrowded planet: there isn't much room left...

You should try listening to some of his recordings from his prime. His singing and guitar playing were really fine. He didn't become world renowned by accident.

Maybe he practises doing it?

Careful now!

Tele, Strat, Les Paul. Bingo?

@CameronJ do you use one of their Toneprints, or default, or your own edit?

After faffing around with the editor for my new (to me) Spectracomp to get settings that would play nicely with my Trace acoustic cube (5" speaker), I thought "great, now how do you get that patch, or Toneprint onto the phone so I can beam it to the pedal via the app" I fount this on TCs site: " TonePrint Editor: Can I send my self-edited TonePrints to the TonePrint app? Question Is it possible to send my self-edited TonePrints from the TonePrint Editor to the TonePrint app on my iPhone or Android phone? Answer No, this is not possible: self-edited TonePrints can be saved within the TonePrint editor, which means that they are stored in a specific location on your Mac or PC, but unfortunately they cannot be exported or moved to any other location, including our iPhone/Android app." That's a tad disappointing I suppose I could plough through all the other Toneprints to find one that does a similar job, but this was a quite specific task I set out to achieve. It is just sending a bunch of parameters to the pedal, why wouldn't they want you to do things this way, like the online user-made patches for PODs, for example?

Looks like mine and xgsjx's offerings fell firmly in the "mercilessly butchered"category ... so far!...

They didn't do a bass in this new reissue range, did they?

The older hr16 was easy to use too. They should be cheap as chips these days. You might find them advertised as faulty, as the pads can become less responsive, but this is a really easy fix!

I'm sure if you made a small sealed box with a nice 8" speaker in it, that would be ideal for in the house (not too much bass extension)

What a good voice your singer has fleabag, good work all round!

By an odd coincidence, the tune I'm covering for the December covers challenge, was originally playing on an acoustic bass guitar: first appearance of the bass is at 0.45, and you can clearly hear a difference in sound to an electric bass guitar. Andy Metcalfe is the player here. I played our version on an electric with flats through a valve amp, and it sounds nothing like this.

As few as 9 this year, 3 of those in one week, and one was a double with my band backing Anton Barbeau, and 3 as a 3- piece jam band with the hilariously mis-named Osprey's All Stars. We did have some lined up in October and November, but guitarist breaking his hand put paid to those. Really missing the band at the moment, but it could be a couple of months before we can start up again.

Nice work Skol, love the use of microtones on the bass near the end! Just like I use on my backing vocals...

My guitarist had the active neo in his old Takamine. He no longer has the guitar, I wonder if he still has the pup. I preferred the sound of it to his current Baggs piezo setup. The little battery lasted ages, and plenty of juice on tap.

I bought a Fishman neo passive for my parlour guitar without considering the size issue. It was very slightly too big, but I got it to fit with a little bit of filing (to the pickup housing) which is not visible once fitted. The passive does have a low output, and is on the mellow side compared to piezoelectric type pickups, but doesn't have that nasty artificial-sounding attack that most piezo ones have. HTH MBA