Downunderwonder

Considering the parent co is now Yamaha and Venture was their first new bass amp, all a bit underwhelming.

And minding your shirt buttons.

Ask him how long they wait until they decide they must have paid too much.

Pitch Black tuner. Sadly it died and I got a clip on that I have to remember to charge up.

OP rejected a sljghtly smaller footprint Series6 on his back doorstep as too big for the spare room. Rebel without a clue.

It shouldn't be too much drama to take along a folding table to reposition a monitor per the stand above. It's a bluegrass festival so you should be getting sound crew well used to amping DB. I would have the EUB on standby in the car just in case Stage 2 gets the sound guy's nephew who likes a lot of bass.

To set it up propetly you need war volume. Raise the HPF until it sounds like it lacks something and back it away. You should find a good dose of control comes to the bass knob on the amp. If you need a bit of bass knob boost to get the tone you want it will be far slower to cause speaker distress. If your regular tones are quite bass heavy you should be using the bassiest of them to set the HPF. At war volume you will need to be aware for potential overheating. Before you smell it you want to be noticing a drop in volume and responding with lessening the output level not increasing it!

You need a HPF. Possibly that is all you need.. Takjng out the flabby frequencies leaves power and power handling for Aftrica, to get quite a lot louder.

Reconing the Kappa might be cost effective.

I thought you were considering Round2 with a new one.

Check the design notes supplied by Eminence for the Kappa. It's a bit of a sledgehammer for that little box. Might be better to run it sealed. You could also check if your mate's one has had a substitution.

For me that would be a nobrainer, to keep the modularity.

Usually there would be a toggling push button on the panel next to the XLR out. "Pre/Post" is the usual label on it. If it is some kind of prototype there could possibly be an internal switch, or it could be hardwired one way or the other, or the label could be missing.

No chance for anything new for £230 that can keep up with drums. If there was a gunfight on you are the guy planning to show up with a knife, and not one any good for sticking in anyone. You really ought to jump on that Trace combo just down the road from you. It's not too big when your budget is so small. Someone is going to "or best offer" more than the opening gambit of that ebay Rumble and turn it into a private auction. You have to move air to make bass. Moving air takes decent speakers and amp power. If you want something you can carry in one hand you want to treble your budget. Get your head in the game.

If you take a small stand the 210 should be plenty. The only time it wouldn't would be a big stage big gig that was short of its own monitoring. If that were to occur you could set up next to the drummer and get by.

Sell your coffee table Polythene plus black tablecloth. Odd looking coffee table that makes bass noises. Reason this didn't rate a mention until now is that is.indeed a crazy low price.

More bass = more better, until it isn't.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/615134514169479/ Basildon.

I had one of those provided for backline once. A real beaut of an amp but it only just kept up with the big band jazz. I don't think it would keep up with too many pub rock gigs. That one has an intermittent fault so hard pass.

Classifieds. You are looking for an old combo with a bit of poke. Trace Elliot, Ashdown, Peavey. 150w and 15" speaker. If your practice amp is in good condition you might not take too bad of a bath px'ing at a shop.

Annual Gear Budget Zero or Less. I am in.

Count me in. I wonder if some honourable status could be maintained if one sold gear before buying anything and maintained a credit gear balance?

That was a breeze. 2025 unlikely to be any better wrt disposable income so will be into that.

On my Kala I feed twine through from the bridge and catch that inside, tape it to the string and pull it back through. The strings are already equipped with ferrules. The Kala access plate makes it easier but if doing it via the sound hole it would be 10x easier still, and using the ferrules rather than relying on knots.

Anyone is welcome to wrap my leads but almost nobody does because as soon as they start rolling them I have to teach them how to wrap them and that almost never sinks in.