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I have the 3 knob, 3 band version and love it. Really helps remove the yawning chasm in the mids you get with the 2-band whilst still sounding like a 2 band. I do believe that the 4 knob version is the same circuitry, just different controls, so it will voice your bass slightly differently as there's a little difference between the stock EBMM 2 band and 3 band, with the MMSR deigned to sound more like the 2 band.

Again, that very much depends. Plenty of people gigging with a single 1x10". Plenty of people gigging with no speakers, I do that all the time. Well, before, you know, the world ended. You've talked the instruments in your band which is certainly one factor but that leaves out so much other information. What's the PA situation? Genre? Volume? Size of venues? What amps are the other instruments using? Could mean 'Death metal in large clubs: 100W Peavey through two 4x12" cabs, 22-piece Ludwig, double kick drum' or it could mean 'low volume jazz in wine bars and hotel lobbies: acoustic guitar through a Schertler combo and a 5-piece kit played with brushes'. I'm afraid mine are all from scratch, but they're up on custom tone.

I've done both the Fractal and Helix racks into some bass-specific FRFR and found it overkill. I'm Stomp > QSC K12.2 these days and couldn't be happier. That DXR is an amazing little speaker by all accounts. Whilst I'm sure that, if any 10" speaker solution is up to the task it'll be that one, there are limits to what one small speaker can do for a bass guitar signal. If you're a reggae band, need huge walloping low end and rarely have PA then no, it'll not be enough. If you're in an indie rock band, playing with a pick, rounds and some grind to your sound and normally through the PA then it'll almost certainly be enough.

Indeed. When I read the op I was sure it said G10. Seeing what I expected to see probably. I've successfully used the G30, G50 and G55 with active basses.

The issue is that the bug uses a trs jack to check if it's in a guitar or charging cradle and some active preamps (not pickups) send a whine down the ring connection. This can be alleviated by using an extension lead.

My apologies, mine was an 'LT XL'

I had the Warwick Rockbass LT, bought it from Thomann when they were ~£30. Loved it, worked great, one of the few batteries that can play and charge at the same time (handy if it ever died on a gig, which mine didn't) but unfortunately the hateful, hurtful, stupid invention that is the micro usb connector came out of its socket along with the cable after about six months. Great at what it does, needs to be handled with kid gloves. #whyisn'teverythingusbc?

Hmmm, turns out I had the 4 and 5 switches set incorrectly in the global menu. Thanks for your help, carry on everyone.

Quick question for Stomp users: is it possible to get the Stomp to default to 'stomp mode' when you turn it on? I have forgotten to switch it several times and panicked mid-song when buttons weren't where I though they would be.

Hmmmm, that sounds a little quieter than us. Two bands, both are 2 guitars, me, drums. One is lighter indie rock using 2x RCF 312 and a 7005ii as PA, the other is harder biker rock with an Alto TS115A and TSSub18 per side. In both bands we use my Behringer XR18. In the past I've used a GK Fusion with either a BF Compact or 2x Midget stack, and then I made the move to a FR800 (or two....) neither rig ever had to work hard. We're fairly quiet for rock bands, I'm in charge of the PA and because of that I'm happy to high pass the wedge or whatever. I guess I'm looking for 'stage volume plus', we play some very large biker rallies and outdoor festivals where the PA is provided but I certainly need to be heard on a loudish stage with a full drummer. I often just play straight into the pa and don't need to bring any of my own amp, but 'often' isn't 'always'. Whilst I'm still very much in love with rock n roll itself I'm done with the trappings! If we play pubs we have our own pa (ranging from the acceptable Alto to the quite good RCF outlined above) and if it's more than about 100 people we tend to have a proper pa company. It's just that I don't want to spend quite a lot of money on a solution that may be small, portable and a great match for my pedalboard, but ultimately not loud enough. I might just either get a pair of the QSC, a bigger cabinet like the RCF 745 or even something like a QSC for most gigs and then a Peavey halfstack or whatever for outdoor gigs....

May I ask what kind of gigs those are please? Other instruments and volume wise? I'm trying to get a feeling of what I might need and a K12.2 is top of my list.

Fwiw I'm afraid I'm going to disagree with the right honourable Mr. Krow here. I tried a 712 for a gig once (when we had really good pa support) and I found it farty and distorted to the point where I was worried about damage at gig volume and I had to run it too quietly instead. I've also previously spent a lot of time with both of those speakers in a rehearsal room. I know everyone has wildly different volume requirements but it really didn't work for me. That's a gig that one of my old Barefaced FR800s regularly breezed through whilst practically idling. Now, a 732 or above on the other hand would be a different beastie. Here's me having words with my 712. I have to say, it's a brilliant PA top, but it leaves a bit to be desired as a bass amp.

Girlfriend uses the Etymotic ones when I'm practicing.

I took the easy way out and bought the Phil Jones Bass ones, they sound great for about £70.

Are they still going? SoundOnSound seems to suggest it's over £350, which does seem like a lot...

Gk Plex hits 2 and 3 nicely. I loved mine.

Then I thoroughly recommend either the Orchid Electronics or the Countryman 85. My 85 has been to pretty much every gig I've done for almost 20 years now.

Like the stuck record that I am, I was going to recommend these but it seems I've been beaten to it. Oh well then, consider this a plus one. M81 has also been mentioned and is also great. Lastly I know hartke make a nice one but I've never used it so can't comment further.

Yeah the nano has a different case to every other PT board. As mentioned above you're supposed to run the two loops of strap around a gig bag.

How do you find them generally? I've long fetishised Adam Audio but they've never had a product in that price bracket before. I wondered if they were a bargain as a big player develops a great smaller speaker or if they were a cash in on the name and not actually very good..

FWIW the produce like a pro guy has spoken several times about how much he likes the ilouds. Is this just for audio work or also for listening to music? I find studio monitors fatiguing for actually listening to music or watching films as they're far too harsh. I spent a few years messing with eq profiles or trying to have two sets of speakers but eventually just settled on some pretty-flat hifi speakers, in my case Microlab Solo 9C. I'm over 90% listening for pleasure and less than 10% audio work though, and when I do it's just for me so I decided that them not being reference-grade was worth it over trying to listen to youtube/spotify low-quality mp3s on studio monitors! EDIT - Interestingly I loved studio monitors for the (tiny bit of) video gaming that I do. Bottomless bass and extended highs make for some really cool sound effects and foley that you miss out on using standard 2.1 pc speakers.

Sold Al my Rolls preamp and I couldn't have asked for more from a buyer. Ideal.

That's clearly a ridiculous question. You can have eight 4R cabs for 8000 watts though. :D