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Mrtcat, or indeed anyone else with the FR800, do you find you have enough gain to drive the barefaced cabs with the helix? I had a Kemper for a bit, then I borrowed a helix for a bit but never really tried it at full chat. I'm kinda tempted, but line 6 don't quote output and those 2.400 amps are not the most sensitive of things.
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IME there are two answers to this question. 1. It very much depends on your situation. I'm one of the people who often don't take an amp at all these days. Conversely, I have been in a band in the past that needed (I'm not kidding, needed) my 1600W QSC amp and 2 2x12" cabs. 2. Oh, just get 500W and a medium sized cab such as a 2x12" or 4x10". That'll do for 99% of situations you'll face. Pick an answer and run with it. :-)
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I just tried to find a shop selling them to check the price and nowhere has them. Have they been discontinued?
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I appreciate that, but a big draw of the original was that it was a £90 bass with a £40 pickup. :-)
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That's me resting a little easier, thanks folks.
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Downer, I was just about to get one. What's the consensus on how the new pups compare to the Wilkinsons?
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Excellent! Do please report back after a gig or two? I'm a huge fan of Didier's products, pleased that he's getting the sales that he deserves!
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Meh, that's the firmware that was originally supposed to surface in August. I've been a GK fan for years and I've many good experiences with the 6 amps and 4 cabs that I've owned but they've really dropped the ball with the Plex. Low output, annoying problems, no updates, product recalls (unavoidable, but adds to the bad taste we already have).
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For the record, ped sorted this via pm in less than 5 minutes. BC once again pulling it out of the bag. On a Sunday. -
Hello all, I'm continuing my gear clear out, so I have the following for sale. SOLD £85 Line 6 G10 - I had one of these for about 6 months and loved it (that ones is pictured on one of the boards below). Unfortunately it broke (these things happen) and I sent it back for warranty repair. In the meantime I have become comfortable using my G55 and so when they sent me my replacement G10 I haven't even opened it, I'm passing it straight on to the bass playing community. New, unopened. £25 Rock Stock Bright Switch - "But how" I hear you cry "How will I power my new Line 6 G10 that I've just bought from Jack?" Boom, enter the Rock Stock Bright Switch *mic drop* Take a boss power plug and has two usb sockets. One for the included light and the other for the G10. Or your tablet. Or charge a phone on the gig. Or, when you have wall power you can use it to charge your pedal board battery for when you don't have wall power. How clever is that? Boxed with usb light. £40 TC Electronic Switch-3 - 3-button footswitch for BH amps, Nova system, etc. In a very battered box with connecting cable £25 Boss AB-2 - slightly scruffy. Barely. I'm only noting this because everything else is so mint. £55 Pedaltrain Classic Junior - Great condition, in a soft case. Velcro on the top. SOLD £45 Pedaltrain Metro 20 - Also great condition, also soft case, also velcro! 🙂 SOLD £200 Gallien-Krueger Plex - boxed, with manuals and accessories including the EU psu that came in the box SOLD £80 Zoom B3 - decent condition, few minor scratches SOLD £110 Strymon Ojai - absolutely mint with box and cables SOLD £45 Boss GEB-7 - box, excellent condition, velcro on the bottom SOLD £10 Behringer BEQ700 - boxed, mint condition SOLD £20 Behringer BDI21 Trades sought: P bass with a maple neck in a traditional colour Electric guitar with humbuckers 2-4 channel mixer with balanced main outputs Vocal microphone Studiospares 458190 Laptop (as long as it's quite small and in good condition) Oh, pretty much anything. Try me. Sensible offers welcome! They are all in generally very good condition and all of them work flawlessly, anything else is noted with the item. Unless I've specifically mentioned it then please assume that these pedals are without accessories. Postage is included! I'm happy to meet up or you're welcome to come and try anything out. I'm around 10 minutes North West of Newcastle. Thanks! -
Hello all, I'm trying to post some ads in the marketplace but it says my subscription has expired. It may well have done, so I'm not really questioning that. What I'm questioning is, how can I confirm this? I can't find anything about payments to BC on my emails or bank statements, does it come up under a different name? Secondly, is it still a reduced rate for resubscribers? Where do I get this deal? Thanks!
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I've only mine for about 6 weeks now so maybe I'm not an expert. IME it would only be suitable for a very small gig, think maybe an acoustic guitar and a piano type thing. I play in a rock band with two guitars and a full drum kit, it wouldn't cut it. I mean, I usually play ampless so it would actually suit me fine, but for the amount of volume it puts out it's within a rounding error of just being a DI box on stage. Great combo, great sound, the tone prints are fantastic. With the 2x10" or 2x12" extension cabs it may actually be giggable. But by itself it's a practice amp really.
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I know, right? If they'd made one of the outputs (or even jut made it single output to save costs) a TRS so it was balanced it would be ideal.
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I had this issue with my Ojai, interesting to know that there's a firmware update coming. Thanks for the info!
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I know, I almost feel like I'm wasting all of those effects. I've got another board that has an MS-60B and a DI box. I have the Zoom set eq>overdrive(swtichable)>SVT>comp and I really couldn't be happier. One button to press!
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Indeed. I've stuck with digital and modelling as much as possible, I've just sought out modellers that I find to have an easier interface. I've ended up with a B3 into a GK Plex. Modelly, digitally, ampless, frfr, all of the good stuff just with as little complexity as I could find without compromising sound. Other people in other situations may prefer other equipment.
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Well you can't really use the master volume as that messes up all of your other patches. The eq and gain won't save unless you purposefully save it, so when you do move patches it goes back to being wrong next time. And, unfortunately I found that you couldn't really pre-set this stuff as it sounded different at different volumes in different rooms. For instance, at home or in one room switching from an aggresive pick sound to a full finger sound might be the same level, but then if you move rooms those two exact same patches excite the room and fit in the different room differently and one is much much louder. You're defending them, and I'm not going to convince you otherwise. They just didn't work for me at that time in that situation. Modellers and digital continue to get better at an exponential rate. Not too long ago they sounded rubbish, today (to me) they sound great. Tomorrow their interface may please me as much as the sound does. Some people will always prefer a 'real' SVT.
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Yes, I've had both. Good, but still not as quick as a proper amp in a pickle IME.
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I tried 'proper' digital with a Kemper and a Helix but I really missed the lack of quick, intuitive analog controls that you could grab quickly mid-song.I have therefore gone soft with a mix of analog and digital proper old school pedals and preamps. As you know by know, there's more than one way to skin this cat. If you've already got a pedalboard that you like, add a proper preamp on the end like a Behringer Mic100 and that will send your board's signal to your FRFR. If not, now's the time to build one! Word of warning, the pedal preamps and DI boxes (what do you use at church atm?) will drive amixer just fine but if you try to send them straight to a powered cab without a mixer in between some of them may not have enough gain to drive it properly.
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I get the feeling that we will more and more though. Really good, really light PA systems and digital mixers have made a traditional rig optional for many people! Did I see you in a frfr thread somewhere? Yup, the radial out to the PA and the Behringer to my Barefaced fr800(s) if I need a backline. Our PA is decent enough that I usually don't take a backline if we're providing the PA but I always like the insurance when the venue say that they're providing the PA. The Behringer ensures that the cabs get a decent signal that I can control the volume of easily.
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I snagged a B3 on here which has replaced my MS-60B and my GEB-7...... ...but I haven't used that board yet, as I put the Zoom and a few other things on a spare board and I've now used this at a rehearsal and a gig!
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The cheat way is to buy a rack shelf with vents and secure the head to that. You can use cable ties or screw through where the feet are.
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I'm confused, do you want a rack or not? Would a rack bag be a compromise between a proper rack and a soft case? I know Tech 21 themselves do a proper bag for it.
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The issue that I have with that stuff is that the velcro bond is stronger than the adhesive bond. Whenever I try to remove a pedal it takes the velcro up off the board with it.
