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[quote name='Tuco' timestamp='1495402965' post='3303540'] Believe it or not, this is the main reason I wanted to do it [/quote] This for me too. I've only recently using a credit card as a mortgage company see the difference between a very good credit rating and a too credit rating. As long as your not going takes years to pay it back then it's worth I'd tempted to get something that I would probably never get normally! What's the worst that will happen? You well sell it a few months down the line for a few quid less? No biggie

Get some footage up on here! I think we'd all love to get a sniff of your pocket! Have fun!

Must say.. that does look quite appealing. More money though. In fact twice as much.. I sold my 2nd hand lm250 for 155 quid. But if money isn't an issue then I'd certainly be keen on that!

Just recently had this quandary. I ended up getting a carvin mb10. 200 quid 2nd hand. But I went this way as on its own is perfect for home and general jam use. But adding an ext cabinet (whilst still using the internal speaker) will make it a perfectly good gigging rig. Best of both worlds. Sounds great too!

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1494500928' post='3296494'] On this topic, does anyone feel cab simulation is an important consideration when DIing without a rig? Thinking of my own impending IEM setup... [/quote] Personally... if using effects then I'd say it's important. Although not all preamps are the same. Fuzz and distortion can sound harsh. I've mainly stuck to digital (ie multifx) preamp for this reason as they tend tobyqve more control over how much 'cab SIM ' is comibg through.

Lm250 is very decent. Had one Up until last week. Plenty control, it won't get you a 'hifi' type sound but based on your post I doubt you'd require it. Good solid tone. And more than loud enough for almost all normal use.

Ron thal. In fact, I'd hazard a guess that a good few of the virtueso guitarists out there can easily hold their own on bass. My mate wrote and recorded his own metal album. He's a Great guitarist but he also done the bass... and it sounds great! I think metal guitarist techniques would transfer quite easily into a bass.

Cheers guys, you've basically confirmed my own thoughts. Apart from cost (ie free) i don't think there's any benefit going mdf. It was a silly notion! 😂

Oh... and if I did use ply, would 15mm be sufficient?

I've now got round to building a wee 1x10 cabinet. I've got access to mad for free. Would I be stupid to using it? Or should I just go get some nice ply?

Bought from our very own walbassist, i took delivery today of this wee bad boy. Not gigging at the moment and having a 1 bedroom flat dont mix too well if you want to have a lot of gear. So my thoughts were to selling all and consolidate. This (along with a 1x10 cab which has yet to be decided on) was the solution. This on its own is small and tidy enough to keep in the flat, it has everything you want from a practice amp, but will also double as my main gigging amp when connected to a 2nd cab. It's rated on its own at 200w and 250w with extension cab. But as we all know it's not just the increase in watts... It's about the increase in speaker area. I've only just been able to crank it slightly but it seems to have a decent amount of balls on its own. Thhe compressor is a bit rubbish and the adjustable tweeter will almost certainly be constantly switched off but the EQ seems pretty powerful. The low mid and high mid points are sweepable so should be able to find a sweet point. There's a knob named 'contour' which allows to get a right good scooped 'slap' type tone, which sounds pretty nice , but i would imagine this will need to be dialed down when playing with others. Absolutely brilliant build quality, i must say. It's also small and light enough to carry (like a briefcase) so making it a 'one trip from car' load in. Obviously it's now all down to how loud does it go in a band setting. I'll be realistic and say i doubt that on its own it'll stand up, but fingers crossed it'll work nicely as a stage Monitor or a decent mini rig when coupled with a extension cab!

Bought a carvin mb10 bass amp from gareth. Great deal, fast delivery and well packaged. Great guy to deal with. Cheers Fraser

[quote name='azfatboy' timestamp='1493846288' post='3291300'] Hmmm. Well I just found this [url="https://www.facebook.com/RoyalBloodUK/photos/a.498430683555598.1073741826.152689148129755/1312618565470135/?type=3&theater"]panorama[/url] from their FB page. And if you pan around to the back, you can see a drawer full of effects (most notably dual POG-2's) just sticking out from behind the cabs... DAMN! I wish he wasn't so secretive about his setup!!! [/quote] Are you him by any chance? 😀😀

I'm an '82 dude, but for fender I don't think that Was a good period. Maybe a Tokai or yamaha would be better.

My mate leviclay.com will do it for a small fee.

Pronto mama - any joy. Well worth a Spotify check out. My favourite Glasgow band.

Some quite nice 1st basses here! My first bass was a no name P bass copy. It was pretty attrocious so I'm surprised i stuck with it. I gave that away (to a girl) and never saw it again.. and i wouldn't care to seeing again. However my 2nd bass was a Yamaha bbn4 which was great. For some reason i ended upon sticking a trem on it. Them i defretted it... Then sold it on eBay for 70 quid. I would love that one back! Anyone on here got it?

Sold a pedal to floFC. Prompt payment and great communication. Would happily do deals with again. Thanks again mate. Fraser

[quote name='sellisnba' timestamp='1493460718' post='3288472'] I think the amp is fooked, switched it on and it crackled and died. It won't even power up now. 😡 [/quote] Yep, I'm not very technical when it comes to amps but that does sound broke.

Zoom ms60b would be first in the list. Even if you use it as a comp and tuner, could you get a better starter?

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1493391738' post='3288043'] If your 4-ohm 2x10 uses two 8 ohm drivers in parallel (which it almost certainly will), you could rewire it with the drivers in series to become a 16 ohm cab. Then both cabs together would be a 5.3 ohm load with the 2x10 using half as much of the amp's power as the 4x10, which seems ideal. You would want to disconnect any crossover and tweeter components in the 2x10" if you went this route. [/quote] This would be mychoice of thing to do if you are insistent in using both cabs.

[quote name='rmorris' timestamp='1493281341' post='3287044'] Not understanding this...??? [/quote] Bazztard has pretty much summed it up for me. Not being able to rejig things between songs would worry me.

[quote name='Root45' timestamp='1493066481' post='3285395'] Have you ever had a car, and stuck "go-faster" tape down the side? Ever stuck an M series badge on a bog standard beemer? Or a R series badge on a really slow Audi? Same thing. Does NO HARM whatsoever. The only folks you upset are the folks who paid the stupid price for the real thing. The rest of the world doesn't give a flying F*** [/quote] do you ever buy plain polo shirts from primark and stitch Fred Perry emblems on it? I find it a wee bit embarrassing when i see a BMW with a M badge stuck on. It works the same for instruments.