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Yep our baseline volume is our drummer ! Everything is balanced to him and he isn’t light handed !

So I assume you don’t gig in pubs or small venues where a full PA rig would be unnecessary in these cases ? We would mostly be playing in pubs and clubs without stages so the old ways still work for us. PA is purely for vocals and a little bit of guitar and kick drum

This seems to be the future with big set ups, no backline at all !

Yep I’ve heard good things about that pedal

It would be used with my amp ( in front of) every gig as part of tone shaping so I would know it works and in the event of amp failure it’s ready as a backup

Well I don’t intend to stop using my own backline and part of the fun is buying new gear 😃 It’s easy to buy an additional amp more so for a change but as a backup it’s where do you draw the line However Pre amp pedals seem to be all the rage these days hence my question if this is the way forward?

Been looking at a second amp head as a back up or alternative flavour to my MarkBass LM4 I thought more about it and decided to buy a pre amp pedal Di instead ! To me I can use it with my LM4 or as a back up to a PA in the event of amp failure Any others gone this route instead of a second amp ? I’ve got a secondhand Ampeg SCR-DI coming my way ( didn’t need the features of the newer model ) and this will give me different tones and a back up device if needed. Cost me around £100

Some years back I formed a band that had a very mediocre singer and eventually I decided to leave as I knew it was never going to improve Some years later they are still gigging as a band or acoustic duo and folk seem to love them but she has a terrible voice. Punters don’t seem to care !

Great amps

Any suggestions for a pre amp pedal to run in front of my MarkBass LM IV to give me mild drive, warm tones, Ampeg vibe ? Must be a pre amp pedal with DI as it will also serve as an amp backup etc if needed

At least they don’t shut down like their class D heads !

Many cabs have rubber feet on bottom and sides now ( MarkBass 58R series ) If I recall with the Monaco the compression Driver is angled / designed for standard vertical use. Stevie offers the option of rotating it 99 deg if you lay cab on its side

TE Elf and a decent 4ohm 210 cab

I agree large rubber feet would make it better

I agree that would be awesome

Get a 2 x 12 4ohm cab and it will be all you need I ran my ABM600 into an Ampeg SVT212AV cab and it was glorious Ideally your single 8 ohm cab needs to be 400w or minimum 300w but a 4ohm cab rated to 600w would be all you need

I had the EICH T900 and it was an awesome amp and very quiet

If you add a second M58R cab you will find it’s awesome and full

What do you think of the MB58R cabs ? I think they are amazing and so light Sound really good too

Cab covers are expensive I feel where sometimes you just need a rain / dust cover. I have MB58R 102 Energy cabs and one cover ! So one cab without at the moment Can’t decide if a second cover is worth it

I joined a 80’s stadium rock covers band last year but I didn’t gel with the singer and his voice didn’t suit rock in my opinion and the lead guitarist was hard work and far too critical of every note played or not played Consequently I left them but the concept was good and some great songs

Yeah I still think it’s underpowered for loud bands as I found 100w valve the best minimum amp size for room to spare and not goosing the input gain !

I would say it will just about cope but may sound a little less clean !! My V4B 100w worked well in a loud rock band using a 2x12 and it stayed clean if I wanted it If your drummer isn’t too heavy handed it would be fine I think

Well I can report the MB58R cabs stack nicely vertically or horizontally! yeah I know the logos are not the right way round but it sounds awesome