Steve Browning

Thank you. I'll do that.

I have occasionally considered going wireless but somehow have always shied away from it so cables it is. At the same time, I am also conscious of pulling the cable out of the amp on stage. To that end, I have always run the guitar cable up through the handle of the cab and the amp flightcase. To compensate, I have used 30' cables so I have room to move, as it were. In the days of the big rig (the Bass 400 and a Bass 400+ run together) I bought a Y box (which had a buffer in it). I am now using the (active) A/E and other bases in the same band and invested in a Lehle switcher which enables me to just swap and maintain the same level (I forgot to throw the active/passive switch on the amp in a rehearsal once). As you can imagine, being obviously the tidy sort, I thought I'd get a board for it to sit on. I also added a tuner (to use up space as much as anything) and thought I'd add the Y box to use the buffer part of it. Lawks! What a difference. Greatly increased volume and tone. Why didn't I do that years ago? I was always aware I was losing tone but just used the tone controls to get the sound I wanted and a Bass 400 puts out enough volume so you don't have to worry. I just didn't know how much. It was rather like listening to the Banana Boat song after the guy had 'come through the window'!

Can't disagree. I guess I'm the bass equivalent of someone who would prefer to travel on a steam train!

Having gone 'lightweight' a couple of years or so ago (at least on the cab front) I am forever thinking about hauling the diesel cab back out on gigs. The weight is wonderful but I am convinced that the old stuff just has more sonic presence. While I accept all the arguments about the science, my ears just aren't convinced. By the way, nice to be back. After Bassman Steve was rather more rude to someone that he would like to think he would be, I killed him off and have returned after a lengthy self-imposed exile.