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Great gig for Red Heart rock band Saturday night although we had lighting issues !! A lot of lights and lasers etc as part of our setup but at times the lighting was hard to see fretboard !! Good crowd and we enjoyed playing Ipswich again after a two year break

Translation … the bands setlist songs sound best with a PBass played with a pick !

I’ve found so many of our setlist is really calling for a picked played PBass that’s what I do ! Adding the Keeley Bassist and DK Omicron really add something to the overall band sound

Take on me - Aha

Drives sound shocking ! Wasp in a jam jar !! They never get drives right on low end multi fx Fun home tool but tones are questionable for much else

Well folks after buying two before and both having a peculiar issue when the compressor drops out and a static noise was heard I’ve purchased a new one, third time lucky !! Awesome and whisper quiet ! Sounds bloody amazing !! Settings as below

I have the MG 800 and it’s a fantastic amp. I tend to use the contour on the blue channel but mostly off. I found the orange contour played loud started to sound a little harsh. They are great amps and I run my Darkglass Omicron pedal into it and it sounds glorious for rock. One of the most underrated amps you can buy in my opinion and I’ve had most out there to compare to !!

+1 ^ this

Or do as I suggested and bin it !

Onboard bass preamp is useful for tone changes on the fly but personally I’m a passive pickup user and preamp on the floor or amp kind of player I find the tone from passive basses more to my liking

I’ve heard people say the lids rattle so my PF cabs were the fixed top style 115 plus horn

Those amps were always rated as loud for their quoted watts Back in the day they were very popular and sounded great I recall

You should be fine then as it not a terrible cab and for home use it will be perfect.

For that head I’m sure it will be fine. I found PF cabs when pushed sounded flubby and not great but I’m sure a 20w head wouldn’t give it much concern

Nice amp although I’m not a lover of the style of it. Avoid the PF cabs, I had the 115 and it was very flubby sounding and dark The SVT 112AV is a far superior cab and look good too

We have a gig booking conditions that states parking on site and access to venue. Plus minimum set up space If a venue cannot offer that then don’t gig there !! Much less hassle that way and health & safely matters apply to us too as musicians!

Having top input . Output jacks helps in every pedal !

All nicely done, well done sir !

We are about to use BPM Live App in our band to stop drummer running away with tempo ! Will run it on an old IPad and mount it so sticks can see it !

Speak to your band buddies and agree to take a band timeout ! Dont just leave as you will most likely regret it later. It’s surprising how a few weeks away can refresh the mind and make things seem clear once more. Stay strong

I don’t think it’s been said it’s for fixing skill but improving the final sound which a compressor can do with certain styles that technique or lack of it would make any difference either way ! 😉🤣

And in fairness most pedals would do that when increasing the gain. It’s only reproducing what is a actually present in the input signal