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Just to chip in with my 2p...I think Yamaha suffered with the pricing of the old 202x series because they were the ultimate 'sleeper' bass: I played one for a good while at Bass Direct when they first came out, and it was the best thing I've played in there when it came to feel and tone. Very very nice indeed - whatever voodoo they were doing, it certainly produced a terrific bass. As we've already said, though, it's hard to distinguish visually between their flagship (IIRC they were about £2400 at first, then dropped to £1600 when retailers started unloading them a year or so later) and their entry level basses some £2k less, and I think this was the problem. I'm still unsure as to whether to pursue a 2024 (the reunion gig I bought the 414 (and a 1024x) for was a success, and we're playing some bigger gigs next year, so I can justify it), because I still don't know about the neck profile: I sold the 1024x because the 414 had a slimmer neck, and that's become a deal breaker for me over the last few years, and I don't know about the 2024 neck profile vs the 1024. If they're the same, I guess I'll save myself a big chunk of cash, because the 414 is just fine. Back in the day, I had a BB3000A (I'd have another of those, too, but the prices are daft now) and a backup BB300, and I never minded using the 300, as that was a great bass, too...

If it's a no-drum gig, then ignore my advice about the Rumble 100: it'd be mahooosive overkill for that sort of gig...

Yup, it looks like I've got the industry against me...oh, and physics, too... 🙁😁

I think that @Stub Mandrel would be more than covered with the Rumble 100, and it really is very, very convenient and light... @Al Krow I don't think a 110 is gonna cut it if a 112 isn't no matter if the Promethean is putting more watts into the 10...hence my Plan B to put a more sensitive 12 into the Rumble to squeeze juuust a bit more db out of the Rumble's 100w... If the 210 Rumble was vertically stacked, I'd be looking hard at that, but that diagonal thing makes the cab too big...ditto a lot of 210 combos...

I don't think 23kg is a lightweight solution, unfortunately (especially for a 110)...and a combo is what I'm after...

I'm in a similar position at the moment - a lot of our gigs these days are smaller bars and pubs, and that's a good thing, as they pay the same as bigger pubs, but the amount of gear we need is much less. I have a Rumble 100, which is physically perfect as a very small light cube (the smaller gigs, by their nature, have much smaller spaces to set up in), the only issue is I'm pushing it right to it's limit - last gig it was starting to squish...a lot. There's lots out there on the net about lining the cab and fitting a different Eminence speaker, which is around 5db more sensitive (the original speaker is an Eminence, so the numbers will be at least comparable, even if they're not necessarily definitive) and would run me to about £70 The alternative would be something as close as I can get to the size of the Rumble (taller would be OK, as long as it doesn't get wider) but with a little more ooomph. I already have the Walkabout and two BF cabs (Compact and Super Twin), but I really want the convenience of a combo. Tone isn't a major factor - I have the Stomp for the heavy lifting on that front. Anyone got a suggestion for the Rumble 100...Plus A Bit?

I hope he kept the receipt if they're all like that...

With the covers band, we generally do a 45, then the second set is longer (an hour, or an hour and a quarter) because people are more likely to dance and sing the more they've drunk...funny, that... 🙂 We're generally flexible, tho: there's one place we play regularly that wants 3x45s...it's a city centre pub, tho, so they have a pretty steady churn of punters... The originals band reunion gig we did last month was about an hour ten, which was enough, despite folk having paid to see us...always leave them wanting one more... 🙂

I think the action on that might need a tweak; I can see his tie through the gap...

And from personal experience of pretty much exactly this, make sure you have an Ampeg 810 that you can't shift on your own, so you have to ask for a lift with... Worst. Flounce. Ever.

We had one of those 'Make the company sound more interesting by bringing your hobby in' type photoshoots in work the other week...

How many accordions? That's one more than two...

This. I've had, I think four (with a couple of US Subs, too), and though I love them in every way, everybody else sounds better than me playing them.

Black/Black/Maple...the bestest colour(s). Enjoy 🙂

For everyone drooling, it's even more beautiful in the, erm, wood, so to speak. A work of art that is also a musical instrument. To the OP, keep it and play it: only you will know if it's a keeper after that.

Ooooog, those are small holes - my ACS is basically one large hole... 😕

Motorhead. Volume 10. Stand well back...clears mine a treat. The tricky bit is getting the residue off the ceiling... 🙂

Funnily enough, I played a 40th last week, and before we started the second set the DJ was playing some banging dance choon*, which went on and on and on, so the three of us (we're a trio) started to play along (it was two chords, basically) while we were waiting for the thing to end. He clocked us, and dropped the song out while we carried it, then brought it back in again, then out while we picked it up etc, for a couple of minutes. Great fun... Any time the singist/BL suggests something new, I love the challenge. * I'm 55, gimme a break here...

Well, my Stomp arrived before New Year last year, so that doesn't count (even though it's very, very good), and my new Shuker isn't due till March next year, so that doesn't count, so I'm left with three things I've bought, all for very practical reasons...I may be getting boring: Best BB414 - exactly what I needed as a reasonable and cheap facsimile of my old white BB3000A for a one-off 30 year reunion gig. Still a great, simple PJ, and punches wayyyy above its price range. Rumble 100 combo - for small acoustic gigs where the inears aren't a goer, it juuuust about copes with the louder end of those gigs. I might still line it and put a better speaker in there, but as far as simplicity and form factor is concerned, a winner. Worst BB1024X - not all that bad, but too heavy and too chunky in the neck for me, and doesn't sound any different to the much-cheaper 414 which replaced it...looked nice, tho...

This was the first one that come to my mind...great song, tho...

It's surprising how many of the songs listed I've heard bands play very very unconvincingly, and a lot of the time it's the bass that's at fault. We play Elbow's One Day Like This which is basically E/octave on the bass all the way through, but to make it sound good it's all about the dynamics of those two notes. As someone has already said, it's not about what you play, it's about how you play it...

Yep, i agree completely: it's the sort of thing I fall for, and never, ever use. Are those flats? 8 of them? Crikey... I love the marketing promo on the last pic: 'Fine Modern Basses'...sounds like it comes from the days of Empire, when men were men, and 11lb* fretless 8-strings were hefted about with impunity, the better to impress the memsahibs... * I'm guessing here, and I may be doing it a disservice...but it looks heavy...

I had this very bass in my hands the other week...it's a thing of beauty... 🙂

Yup, Stomp here, after a range of others like the ME-50B, MS-60B, B3, HD500X, etc.

Although our drummer has an acoustic kit with triggers, for simpler/problematic setups we can use just a kick and overhead pair, and no backline. This is in a lot of pubs. Our drummer is a good one, inasmuch as he has several gears between brushes, hotrods and shedbuilding. The inears are basically plugs with speakers in that you have a volume control over, so not attenuating the drums enough isn't an issue. At a push if he's a proper gorilla (and your 27dB filters suggest so - imagine how loud you all are to the pub punters...), you could just run the guitar, keys, bass and vocals into your inears (including wired ones for him), treat him as background noise and adjust Mix With Mongo accordingly...a half-decent setup would allow you all independent mixes... 🙂