Jack

Nope, in fact you could run 2 x 8ohms cabs just fine if you wanted as well.

Stack the 2x10" on it's short side, so that you have a vertical column of all three speakes.

Has anyone seen these? [url="http://www.hotoneaudio.com/nanolegacy/thunderbass.html"]http://www.hotoneaud...hunderbass.html[/url] Tiny, 5 watt, SVT-inspired head. Their guitar amps get pretty good write ups and retail for £99. Does anyone have a release date or know anything else about them? I must confess I'd quite fancy one of these, it might make a decent practice amp with my Barefaced Midget.

You can catch Bob Gallien himself on Talkbass under the handle 'rag' if you need a hand. He's awesome with this kind of stuff.

Is that what they're worth these days? I have a natural with an uprated preamp that I was thinking of moving on to a more loving home, but if they're only worth £180 or so I may keep it!

[quote name='72deluxe' timestamp='1397206574' post='2421709']If you are shoved into a corner, you could put the bass at an angle straddling the corner and you'll create a bass trap which will be incredibly loud / boomy. All speakers suffer from proximity effects when close to a wall so this will help. I always found that I could hear myself better if I stood forward from the speaker (instead of standing right by it), [/quote] Yup, all true. [quote name='72deluxe' timestamp='1397206574' post='2421709']as the note needs to throw forward a bit, considering that the length of a low E note is 837cm, so stand about a metre away (or whatever your lowest note is).[/quote] And here, complete nonsense. What does the wavelength of a note have to do with any of this?

Actually I agree with all of your post, especially this bit: [quote name='barkin' timestamp='1396438216' post='2413553']Set the levels as low as you can get away with. Most pub bands that I see play far too loud. If anything can't be heard, don't turn it up - turn everything else down![/quote] Well, nearly all, we ALWAYS put kick through the PA.

I sometimes find that a low-output or passive (or both) bass can sound weak and distant with a passive DI. The same is certainly true for guitars. You're right though, in most circumstances a passive would be fine. Certainly, seeing as mine sits on a pedal board being fed a buffered, hot, signal, maybe I should have gone passive............

I've lost count of how many gigs I've done using just my bass, MXR M80 and the PA. Even if I take an amp, we take a feed from my pedalboard into the PA. There are problems in the system (broken equipment, user error, mismatched levels) somewhere if you can't get a great sound from just the sansamp into the desk. The same goes for you spinynorman, the DI on your portaflex is specifically made to do just what you asked it to, it should work and if it doesn't it's broken.

Yeah my tired old mixer at home can't give my countryman enough phantom power to give it huge headroom. It works flawlessly with our proper full band pa mixer though. My point is that a 'better quality box' may not actually solve your problem. A cheaper alternative to a new interface or a new di box is a [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/millenium_pp2b.htm"]phantom power supply[/url], but an even cheaper solution than that is to just use a battery.

Countryman on my pedalboard. I don't take a back up head, so I wouldn't dream of gigging without a DI box. Of course, if the band just had speakers on sticks for vocals and no 'proper' pa then I'd be stuck. Curious to hear what happens with your Behringer. My guitarist has the guitar version and other than the fact that it HATES phantom power, it gets used quite regularly when he doesn't have his amp or can't be bothered to mic it.

Oh I know, I know. You're talking to someone who owns a b7k amongst others but it does seem like a lot still. No offence meant if you build them Sibob.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1394282421' post='2389834']Like old girlfriends however[/quote] [quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1394287353' post='2389907']It's hard to decide what you really like without trying a few things, and even then, you can never be sure the next thing isnt going yo be better.[/quote]

I know all pedals are the same, but the idea of charging £90 for a few pence worth of resistors and caps is crazy. You see those circuit diagrams and wonder why we bother don't you?

Or, I could buy an MXR M89 from the for sale forum here. I pick it up tomorrow! Thanks folks, but if that dod is worth keeping original then that'swhat I'll do. :-)

The Fafner is damned special and justifies it's price the same way an Aston Martin does. My point was that the Orange will have to sublime too.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1393832717' post='2384687'] If that's at all true (I'm sure it's on their website) then looks like they are trying to justify, weight and price. For that money I'll just buy an EBS Fafner [/quote] Or a pre/power rack with more power than the Orange and any preamp you want. The Orange sounds great but these days it's about more than that. Loads of amps sound just as good and are smaller and cheaper. Screw the Fafner, for the same price as the sleeved version you can have an OTB 1000, a GK MB Fusion AND an Ampeg 350.

A tiny head and two small cabinets would cover pretty much anything.

If you're at all handy with a power tool or two then try any of the DIY designs from Greenboy or Bill Fitzmaurice.

My original was £20 on eBay though! Hmmmm, this requires some thought and some used pedal hunting.

Wow, here I has all set to take your advice, but the reissues are £90!! I'd considered putting it in a loop actually, but I am already really short of pedalboard space. Thanks for your help guys, I might just have to hold out for a used one.