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Honestly this is the biggest bargain on that site: https://thebassgallery.com/collections/bass/products/fender-jazz-bass-1992. I'm sure that £5 off £20k makes all the difference...

It's still showing as available at the original price for me.

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That very much does help, thanks! Maybe I'll save it for when I can buy an extra two and can run all three cabs at full bore. Might need another amp at that point though. Hmm...

I think after I've acquired myself a new SMX the VTC upgrade will definitely be happening at some point. I don't often need a tone control but it would be nice to have, and if the overall preamp quality is better then it just seems like an overall good thing to do. I'm surprised they still haven't done this - even including the VTC preamp the new models would still be cheaper than the equivalent Fender (I assume they're choosing to ignore the existence of Sire...)

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Think I'll get a second one eventually but for now budgetary and space constraints say that one will do

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He should have offered to do her a favour and take a couple off her hands for free, since Geezer would have been unlikely to have noticed.

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That sounds distracting to say the least

It's in the dictionary after "liar" 😉

Ah, now that's an entirely separate matter 😂

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I've played through a 4x10 before, is it much different?

Ah, my enabler chimes in 🤣

Just to clarify the Barefaced Two10S cabs are switchable from 4 to 12 ohms each, so adding the second speaker would require both of them running at 12 ohms, so 6 ohms total, which is where the 450W figure came from. But I fully take your point.

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OK, so as I understand it in a nutshell, as long as the venue isn't large with no FOH PA one cab will probably be fine. Thanks chaps!

Usually it's vocals (x2) and synth through the PA, the guitarist and I use cabs. For a larger gig it may well be all of us bar the drums going through the PA.

So far this hasn't been an issue, and the only time I've had to DI is when my amp blew. That's what I'm thinking. We're playing at a small festival in October and at the moment I'm looking to DI, but as it's a VW camper festival and not a music festival I'm wondering if relying on the PA would be advisable. A pic from last year's event: While she's a personal trainer she is quite short so I reckon I could take her. Our synth player is quite wiry and smokes like a chimney so no worries there either 🤣

From the reviews I've seen the V5s look to be fantastic instruments. Honestly, if they'd been a thing when I bought my V7, I wouldn't have my V7.

If it were me, I'd think that Tech21 aren't widely known for much beyond preamps and effects, so I'd be a bit wary of trying one of their cabs. The Ashdown would appear to be a safer bet in terms of a known quantity, and in particular if anything goes wrong with it you'd find more resources to help.

OK, time to attempt to ask the question that's been rattling around in my brain for a little while - when is one cab not enough? Specifically, I have an Ashdown ABM600 and a Barefaced Two10S. This will likely do for most of the gigs I'll play, as they're mostly in pubs, working men's clubs, sports clubs, etc. but there's a nagging thought that says "you might need another one if you play anywhere bigger". Is that thought correct? Chances are at larger venues I'll be able to DI into the in-house PA so will only need to worry about hearing myself on stage, but at what point does doubling up on cabs become a necessity, and should I rely on venue PA being good enough? I'm conscious that my amp is realistically 500W @ 4 ohms into the Barefaced, but if I double up it'll only be c.450W @ 6 ohms with 2 x 12 ohm cabs. So less power but more speaker area - does that equal louder, better dispersion, people at the back being able to hear, or does it just equate to a waste of several hundred pounds for no benefit? If it were to become a necessity would I need to get a more powerful amp able get the full power from the speakers? Apologies for the lack of technical terms and vague ramblings, I'm just not quite sure how to express what I'm asking.

Interesting, I've not run mine full bore without a compressor in front of it. Might give it a try at the next gig! I suspect I can probably do without the compressor for most of our set.