Aliwobble
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But won’t the universe implode if we mix driver sizes? How reckless of you, Stew 😛
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The size of the cabinet is probably more important than the size of the drivers. Multiple small drivers can produce low frequencies - just ask anyone with an old 8x10 sitting around. Pretty much anything should work noodling at home as our ears are not very sensitive to low frequencies at low volume anyway. In my experience you get what you pay for in small amps.
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How about a boss ms3? You get a whole bunch of digital goodness and three loops.
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Ok, so there are not too many upsides to this Covid-19 lockdown, but here’s one: my home studio has never been tidier 😃
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Swapped out an Aguilar Agro for a Pork Lion. Very happy with the result, although yet to be tried in a live situation although the recording sounded great. You know how it is . . .
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This, although I would aim higher than a TX208. The TS series is better quality for not a lot of money. Gives you a handy little stage monitor too.
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Perfect 😅
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The TS212 should be fine for pub gigs. Adding a sub (any sub) will make the difference, especially if you are micing your kick drum. You can try things like adding low pass filters on all you mic channels (except kick, although even a 40 Hz high pass is not a bad idea here) - we set ours at 120Hz for vocals, and 80Hz for guitars. It helps keep low freq mud out of the PA. This will let your 12 inch cabinets do what they do best - mids and highs.
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Ok Covid-19. I’m ready for two weeks of self isolation 😷
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How about the Laney nexus sls 112? That’s a lot of goodness in a convenient package. Looks to be about 600 quid at the moment. Good luck.
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Congrats on your new amp! I’ve been gigging one of these for 5 or 6 years now. Great sound, and zero problems.
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Found a pic of my first board, Feb 2015. Life was simpler then
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I’ve been using a system 10 stompbox for years now. Zero issues and sounds good. Can’t comment on the G75.
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An extra cabinet certainly gives things a bit more heft. Sadly, the room I used this in was all boomy and I had to eq quite drastically so I cannot tell you if it sounded any good.
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I gig in a similar style band to yours, two guitarists with 1x12s and a drummer. My vote would be a 2x10 as this will be loud enough in most situations, and relatively inexpensive and portable. The Laney nexus 2x10 would be worth checking. FWIW I play an Eden 2x10 out of a Laney nexus head (=300W @ 8ohm) and very rarely do I need more. A 1x12 will struggle to keep up at higher volumes.
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I loaned the little vtbass to a mate who has a full ampeg rig, complete with 8x10 fridge. His response was “it rocks!”. I will take that as a vote of approval.
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I doubt that it would be bad. Just a question of if you like that particular sound, or not.
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Ok, final review. Saturday night was a party in a barn, with just a vocal PA. The little vtbass got the job done, but this did show its limitations. It is not a 30Kg Eden 2x10 cab with a 300 watt head. When pushed hard, a relatively cheap 1x12 can only stretch so far. You can just hear it working hard, and loosing a bit of definition in the last half an octave where a bigger rig holds together. Still sounded fine, unless you were a bass player with a critical ear. So, good for practices, small gigs, or small stages with PA support. Sounds very nice until pushed hard. At the end of the day, it’s only a $1100NZ 1x12 amp, and my serious rig cost three times and weighs twice as much. I’m still very happy with my purchase.
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The wireless is the audio teechnica system 10, and works exactly like it should. No drop outs, unless I’ve moved so far away that the time delay of the sound from the amp makes things unplayable anyway. They are discontinued now; I notice that the next generation of wireless stomp boxes are more compact.
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Small is beautiful. It is also wireless and battery powered 😃
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Ok, proper live gig review! Last night we played at a local up-stairs venue, but this one has a decent size stage (just right for a 4 piece) , a huge PA, and a sound man who knows his stuff. The little vtbass was working hard ( gain at 11 o’clock, master at about 2 o’clock) but was able to keep up. I suspect that it did not have much more to give. The PA was doing the heavy lifting, of course, and the amp was just a stage monitor, but everything worked just like it should. The sound man was happy with what we were feeding him, and said we were easy to mix. At he end of the night it was an easy one-trip load out. Tonight we are playing a party with just a vocal PA which will be the final test to see if the amp is loud enough in that setting.
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Well, yes it could. But in that case pretty much all the 2.4GHz systems will have the same problem as they all introduce a few ms of latency. A UHF system has no latency (I think, although I could be wrong) and so might be a better match if your signal chain is running lots of digital pedals in series.
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Yep, all valid points. Perhaps yoga or Pilates? It really depends on what Dan feels most comfortable doing. The general principle here is that stronger muscles will be working more within their capacity, and will therefore give less pain, everything else being equal.
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Any half decent powered lightweight pa speaker (qsa, Mackie, CV etc etc) and a couple of pre amp pedals should do the trick. For a traditional bass amp , I’m enjoying the portability of my vt bass 200.
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Bit of an update. I still haven’t done a decent sized gig with the vtb yet, but it happily keeps up at band practice against two small guitar amps and a light hitting drummer. This weekend for a proper workout, hopefully.
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