ToLo

I ended up buying the Alto TX12S in the end. I was quite put off by a lot of the other ones in my price range due to the weight. This one is only ~20 kg. All the others I was looking at were >40kg. We don’t have a particularly sophisticated PA and we only play small venues (pubs mainly), so I’m hoping this budget Alto sub can get the job done!

Ok, got it now - thanks. Pardon my ignorance, but this sub appears to only have a 'thru' and not a separate filtered output as well - does that mean their output won't have a HPF applied to them? If the sub does/doesn't send the signal to the tops with a HPF, how much of a difference does that make? Will it put the tops under more strain if it hasn't had a HPF, as they're still receiving all the low end from the original signal?

I believe the tops are ALTO TX310

Do you have a link to this ebay item? I can't find anything when searching those terms.

Hi guys, I'm looking to get a sub for my pub band so that we can keep stage volume down a bit. We are on a mission to get our volume down so are transitioning to an electronic kit. Up until this point it has been an acoustic drum kit, occasionally with the kick mic'd, and then my bass has never gone through the PA - it's all coming from my amp. We want to change so that we put the electronic kit and my bass through the PA, but still have my amp on stage at a much lower volume for some monitoring. I've found these two options that both come in under £350 and are also relatively light weight (<25 kg): Alto TX12S -900W 12-inch Subwoofer, DSP-Enhanced Powered PA Speaker with 2-inch Voice Coil VONYX SWA18 18" Active PA Subwoofer - 1000W DJ Powered Subwoofer Speaker with Low-Pass Filter Does anyone have any experience with these? Also open to other options that come in under £350 and won't break my back! (I've seen lots of Behringer subs that look like they might fit the bill but are >40 kg!). Additional question (I'm brand new to subwoofers!): The two subs I've listed above have an 'input' and a 'thru' on the back. I presume that the 'thru' is going to be processed with a HPF applied (set to which ever frequency you have selected), and the PA tops won't be getting anything over the cut-off. I ask because I have seen other subs with an 'input', a 'thru' (which is unprocessed), and an 'output' which has the HPF applied to it.

Try as I might, I just can't get on with a 5 string bass. I'm therefore intrigued to know what people use for a 4 string bass tuned BEAD? Would you consider a multiscale 4 string essential for BEAD, or could you get away with a regular 34 inch scale bass? I don't really want to have to faff around mod-ing the hell out of the tuning peg and/or nut to take a B string gauge. There don't appear to be many 4 string multiscale options out there outside of Dingwall. I'm not a huge fan of the Dingwall sound - plus they're very expensive! If anyone has any experience with these I'd be keen to find out more about these: Ibanez SRMS800 G4M 972 Fanned Fret Bass Guitar Let me know if there are any other basses I should check out (preferably on the more affordable end of the spectrum).

I know BF make a three10, but as someone who already owns a two10 I'm curious how different my gigging experience would be by adding one more 10 inch speaker. For context I play in a classic rock covers band, mostly pubs and smaller venues. My two10 is a 4 ohm one, so combined with an 8 ohm one10 I should be fine as my head (genzler magellan 350) can go down to 2.67 ohms. Owning a two10 and a one10 sounds like a very versatile rig. You could play through one, two or three speakers depending on the situation. Everything from home practice to bigger stages would be covered. If anyone out there has tried it - please let me know your experience and if you think it's worth investing in an additional cab. i.e. does it really make that much difference or shall I just save my pennies and stop GAS-ing?

Any positive or negative experiences with this? Bonus points if you have already had experience with the regular pro co rat 2

I’ve actually just picked up a second hand rig: a genzler Magellan 350 and a Barefaced two10. It sounds awesome at home and I’m looking forward to trying it at gigs over the next two weekends. I really like the EQ section and contour knobs on the Genzler, I think the orange contour channel is going to be really handy in a live setting.

Yes. I have massively overthought this 😅 thank you

Ah I hadn't considered that!

Take two outputs from the pedal and put them into the same amp: OUT - (affected tone) into the return of the effects loop and into the power amp PARALLEL OUT - (unaffected tone) into the input of the amp so it goes through the pre amp of the bass amp itself I run this pedal at the end of my board, so I wondered if it could be a way of blending two different preamp sounds through one amp (utilising the preamp of the pedal AND the preamp in the bass amp)?