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The BB2 will go much louder than any other 112 cab, including the Vanderkley. As Barefaced cabs are very good at putting out what you put in I'd suggest you could check your tone settings or check the cab by trying a different amp.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1452777573' post='2953361'] Ah, but were they[b][i] really[/i][/b] "designed" to work together, or do the manufacturers just tell us that so that we'll buy them? [/quote] Seriously? Mesa, Barefaced, Bergs? I'm sorry, in my experience there's so much misinformation, cynical and otherwise on the internet that I'd need it to be proved the cabs [i]didn't [/i]work together rather than the other way around.

Don't forget the tablecloth and the lace doilies.

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1452770841' post='2953235']does Guy Pratt pay full whack for his gear when he pops up in their adverts? [/quote] Who knows, but he is more likely to pay for his gear and get paid for appearing in the advertising campaign.

Dave Swift doesn't like Lull basses. I do. Amongst the many other examples, that proves to me that what others play has no bearing on what I should play.

That's part of the myth. It's not pot luck if the cabs were designed to work together and many of them are!!

Hey, this is the first world. "Because you can" is the only justification you need.

Many different cabs are designed to work together, Bergs, some Mesa Boogie cabs several Barefaced cabs and others. The attempt to make "never mix different speaker sizes" a blanket rule is misguided and wrong. I used a Berg AE112 and AE210 together for several years and it sounded great. The new Berg B Amp has a profiles for CN 12 and 10 mixes, so it seems it was Jim Bergantino's intention that these cabs could be mixed. So yes you can do that.

[quote name='ebenezer' timestamp='1452601386' post='2951447'] may not be quite as good as a berg/aggie etc but what value! [/quote] At this level it's all shades of great.

Yo. . . . you just proved my point.

The market for endorsed gear is aimed at those about 40 years younger than me. And. . . . dare I say more gullible. Who still believes that you'll look or sound like your favourite players if you use the same gear?

That's Sean Hurley.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1452526540' post='2950813'] Have Bass Gear magazine ever reviewed the Tonehammer? [/quote] No. Sadly, surprisingly Dave Boonshoft declined their request for an amp to review. Conspiracy theorists might have a field day, but if I think an amp sounds good (and this one sounds better than most) then I don't care what's under the covers.

If there was any justice the TH amps in the classifieds would be snapped up. They have been some of the best amps around for the last couple of years.

I've been playing the TH500 for several years and so far nothing can touch it with either my Bergs or Barefaced cabs. The Tonehammer amps produce a great sound with almost any cab. I liked the TH500 so much I got 2. Just in case! I have only found 1 minor gripe. . . the fan is a little on the loud side for home playing, and 1 major gripe. . . or design fail. The -10 dB input pad button is located so close to the jack plug socket that it can easily be pushed in and you loose all your volume and on a dark stage it's not always apparent what has happened!

A current Mayer favourite of mine is this with Herbie Hancock. The wonderful Willie Weeks on bass. I've managed to get this on to the To Do list for one of my bands. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5ldO3PJ5IA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5ldO3PJ5IA[/url]

And I missed it first time around as well. I liked it. Clean, tidy, fluid playing.

Sad news. I guess we'll be dusting of some Bowie classics for Saturday's gig.

Increasing your library of licks and techniques is always a good thing, but whatever else you feel you need to do, practice won't increase your stamina. Sounds like you just need to gig.

Do you mean keeping the sound of the 410? You [i]will[/i] sound different if you switch to 12's and you might even sound better. I went from an Epifani 410 to 2 Berg 112's (and later to 3 112's) and it definitely was a move in the right direction for me.

If you find a 112 that sounds good you can be sure that 2 of them will sound 5 times better.

A Jazz is a good choice but there are other 2 pickup basses out there with great tone. I'd also look at Lakland. A good used 44-01 would be in budget, and maybe you can stretch to a 44-02? These are a lot of bass for the money.

No idea. Really, I don't know. I rarely get to the 12th and I've never played the top note on any bass. I'm no paragon of bass playing but if 20 frets is a flaw it didn't seem to limit the three guys I mentioned earlier. Why 20 frets? Must have been a number that Fender thought would never be reached by any sane bass player. My guess is that, listening to early records and looking at the maple fret boards of the early basses most bass lines were played well below the 7th fret.

Dave /OBBM. . . . every time. [url="http://bassic-bits.co.uk/"]http://bassic-bits.co.uk/[/url]

If Jamerson, Jaco and Larry Graham could change modern music within a 20 fret limit then I'm not sure what problem were talking about!