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[quote name='MikanHannille' timestamp='1394461902' post='2391567'] They are! I owned this for yeeeaaarrss. Never failed me at all and good tones I can get out of it wether I plug into a PA or amp. [/quote] Misunderstood bits of kit, I use the Pro Rack, used it in the studio for years, and I get great tones from it, but it's a stone bitch to program. I'm an engineer by trade and I think most bassists would struggle to get much from it, the presets are dire. Dirt cheap on eBay, and I grabbed an XT bean as backup as the tone memory is identical and can be ported over USB from a computer.

Lovely bass, I got a 5 string stealth H for my birthday in Feb, always loved the look, but the sound is just first rate, I have the 2nd Gen Big Twin, the B is thunderous though that.

Bongo 5 suffers the same edge of fretboard issue as the SR5, maybe slightly less so, Ive had mine 2 weeks now and I hardly notice it TBH, lovely, brute of a thing. I'd kill bunnies for a 20th Anni SR5 though...

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1393084556' post='2376044'] Isn't that just a MIM jazz with a slimmer neck and a badass bridge though? Geddy is one of my idols but I tried one of these basses and still think that every Squier I've played blows it away. Definitely not worth the £800-ish quid new in my opinion. [/quote] Different pups too I thought, I had a Geddy and a Squire VMJ fretless, the Geddy was a better built bass by quite a long way. Sure, £800 new is too much, but for £400, its still a lot of bass.

I had the same VMJ, put a Gotoh bridge and some wizard 84's on it and it sounded great, sold it here a while back. The neck did mark up a bit with round wounds, (I use Swing Bass) but didn't seem to groove at all, just got a bit marked. Very good bass for the money.

The OLP Tony Levin 5 string is a cracking bass for the money, another shout for the Westone Thunder 1A and the Squire VMJ, particularly the Jaco clone. A bit more money, but the Fender Geddy Lee signature is a lot of bass for the money, second hand they can go as little as £400.

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1391951855' post='2362887'] Need some black strings for that Bogseat... [/quote] I'd never be able to find it in the dark then…. Might have to install a tracker.

Not a great pic, but non-reflective black basses are buggers to photograph…. Bongo 5er in stealth, none more black, and my SR5 fretless.

I have the XLS1500 into a Big Twin T, it very, very loud and very clean, suits the dynamic of the Big Twin very well, I see no reason the 1000 won't suit the Big Baby. I run in Bridged mode, 1500w into 4 ohms…. Yeah, baby!

[quote name='Grissle' timestamp='1388443785' post='2322157'] The secret magic when using the Bass Pods is to run them through full range cabs. The amp and cab sims were developed based on recorded samples of the various setups. So they basically recorded say an SVT/810 in a studio and went to work matching it up in a studio environment, with studio monitors etc. that's why if I run a Bass Pod "through" an SVT with say a VOX sim its not going to be accurate. But going from the Pod to a power amp to something like a nice PA cab or monitor will be much, much more accurate. I believe this is partly why people struggled with them. For that matter you will get a more accurate result with even the VT Bass units running them the same way. Ask anyone who's had to use their VT straight to a DI or Board and they'll tell you. [/quote] I run the Pod XT Pro rack into a Crown XLS1500 and barefaced Big Twin T for precisely this reason, no point in using modelled signals into a voiced cab, the BT is effectively a bass PA and handles any and all of the models I throw at it with ease, if you like the modelled approach (and I do) then its a perfect set up, huge amounts of tonal variation in a vey small package. The XT pods do need a bit of time to understand the architecture, but I've been using them in studios for years and they are immensely flexible beasts.

Perfect line up of influences, 20 years too young by the look of you, good luck gents.

I have one of these and for £200 its a massive amount of bass…! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OLP-MM-Tony-Levin-5-string-signature-bass-guitar-/231097967560?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item35ce8323c8

I have a Crown XLS1500 Drivecore, the XLS2500 is very close to your QSC in spec, well built, very light, very reliable.

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1381749399' post='2243039'] There will be a rear panel label on all the generation three cabs, with all the info printed on them, including the serial number, but we haven't had time to design them yet! They'll be self-adhesive and once they're done we'll be posting them to early customers to apply themselves. [/quote] How would you identify a series 2 Big twin then, being as there are no serial numbers etc.? Are the drivers serialised and recorded or something of the like?

Bass Pod XT pro, always get great results from that either as player or engineer, slap a DI down too and you can always use the Pod to re-amp later, or even run a real amp.

To be fair, my guitarist and drummer already look somewhat worried when I fire up the Big Twin T, that rig does everything that I wanted a rig to do, if the BT2 is bigger and badder I fear I'll be playing by myself....!

I used to use an Ampeg 8x10 fridge, a TE 4x10 and a GK 800RB, bi-amped, sounded lovely, weighed slightly less than a small planet and needed the services of several beefy gentlemen to get it into the car or van... I now use a BF Big Twin, which, despite being the biggest of the BF cabs, is still a 1 hand lift into the back of the car. It's louder than the old rig, has much better dispersion, and is capable of producing a much wider range of tones. I'd say that lightweight cabs are absolutely as good, and for my application, better than older designs.

I have the Pod XT pro, and it's a remarkable bit of kit but it not the easiest thing in the world to use, the factory presets are pretty useless and the sheer complexity of the unit will baffle anyone use to basic tone and gain controls on bass amps. If you spend a bit of time getting to grips with how the various modelling components work and how the EQ and effects sections are used then it becomes a bit of a monster... If you're looking for a pre-amp to dial one sound into and leave it, then it's probably not worth the effort...! That said I've been using the XT in studios for a long time (am a pro engineer) and its a very very good unit for getting great bass tones from a single box. I have mine running into a Crown XLS1500 and a Barefaced Big Twin, and this rig is capable of amplifying anything I throw at it from the pod, I use 5 string fretted and fretless and quite a lot of tonal variation so it's useful to have a cab that runs full range. Usual power/impedance rules apply when choosing amp and cab however, and the XT has both balanced and unbalanced outputs so a wide range of amps are fine. Some people report that the output from the XT is a little on the low side, but it's never given me a moments problem into the XLS (and an XTi1000 before that). You have the option of modelling amps and cabs, so a cab capable of being neutral is useful if you intend to get the best out of the modelling system.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1372503249' post='2126494'] It's true. So are BFM cabs. Is that MC Escher's eye in your avatar..? It reminds us of our mortality... [/quote] Yes it is, most people miss the skull... Never heard a BFM cab up close, but I hear very good reports....

Barefaced Big Twin T, Crown XLS1500, Pod XT pro... It's a PA for the bass essentially. Lots of Barefaced love for the non PA set, bloody loud cabs.

[quote name='intime-nick' timestamp='1369957612' post='2095065'] Little practice rig from band rehearsal last night. The rack is mine but the Ampeg isn't - still prefer my two Barefaced Compacts though (as does my back !) [/quote] You've gone the same way I did, Pod XT Pro, XLS1500 and BF cabs, I have the Big Twin T though.... Great combination for changing tones and basses on the fly, very versatile and very powerful, it's the BF cabs that really make the Pod work as a live pre-amp I think. ...and I've just realised thats a shot from Quad in Leicester too, I've played through that 8x10 before the BF turned up!

I've got the Line 6 Bass Pod XT pro, coupled to a Crown XLS1500 and a Barefaced Big Twin T. It's effectively a bass orientated PA system it's loud enough for anywhere and competes with silly guitarist volume and big hitting drummers with ease. A good power amp will always work, but the key is the quality of the Barefaced cab. Any tone I care to dial into the Pod is faithfully reproduced at any volume. Can't recommend them enough.

[quote name='intime-nick' timestamp='1364386172' post='2025669'] shots of my new 'large' rig i've just put together.... Sansamp RBI (hopefully will have an RPM to add to the rack soon) Crown Drivecore 1500 Barefaced Compact x 2 pedalboard with : Line6 wireless TC Polytune Sansamp BDDI (not used with this setup - it's for my smaller rigs without the RBI) Used with either my Vigier Passion IV or Shuker Jazz It doesn't suffer from a lack of headroom...... [/quote] I've just added the XLS1500 to my Big Twin, replacing an XTi1000, can't believe how capable such a light amp is...! Headroom FTW...

OLP 5 string, dirt cheap, if you can find the Tony Levin model it's a brilliant bass for the money, mine cost £200...

[attachment=131617:SR5 1.jpg] This is my hybrid SR5 pretender, essentially its a OLP body with an SR5 neck thats been defretted, it's got Bartolini pups and pre's and a very tidy anonymous MM bridge... Had a new scratchplate made and the whole thing tidied up and it's a beast, plays like a charm with a range of very usable tones.