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[quote name='charic' post='1184337' date='Apr 1 2011, 10:14 AM']Brilliant I'm going to have to start the organising for the next bash soon(ish) I've got a few extras I want to throw into the pot. If I'm gigging by then I'll probably have a second cab too. Hmm... anoth 2x10 of just go straight for the 4x10 [/quote] If I make it to the next one I'll bring my RS212 - try connecting those up together! A back problem plus enforced change of transport dictated I move to smaller gear. I bought neilb's Trace off him last year and he mentioned at the time he was taken with the TC stuff so when it came for me to change I looked at that, the Orange, Markbass and the Shuttles. It was the closest to the 'tone in my head' that I could find so I went with it, though I'm sure in future something smaller and better sounding will come around - that's life! As far as power goes, there's plenty in the RH450 for me. I guess if you're absolutely set on playing without any PA support when others are going through it then maybe it's not loud enough but in any other situation I'd be worried about your ears bleeding!

[quote name='JTUK' post='1166146' date='Mar 17 2011, 07:11 PM']I have a couple of Hiscox cases and a proper flight case... but I am off Jct 9 M20. I might have to go to London by car next week[/quote] I've travelled with a Hiscox case and it's been put in the hold many times without any issues. Feel free to borrow one of mine if you can get to Cambs or Milton Keynes to pick it up.

[quote name='Mr Fudge' post='1106184' date='Jan 28 2011, 01:33 PM']bump [/quote] I use DR Sunbeams 45-105 on my 4003, with zero neck relief. I like the sunbeams for feel, clarity of sound and longevity. I have tried a lighter gauge but always come back to the 'medium' set. I use the same strings for my Jazz and Precisions but the Fenders are all adjusted with a small amount of relief.

Given that all you need is for your drummer to clearly hear your synth player then you've a number of options, I think. You can take a monitor feed from your desk if you've got one spare that's just got synth in it and send via headphones/wireless monitors to your drummer, or using a mini mixer, take a feed out from your synth and route it to a set of headphones for your drummer. Using the MIDI signal won't work as you've got nothing in the chain to interpret the MIDI. If your issue is mainly timing the drummer to the arpeggio then you could just send a click to the drummers headphones/earpiece instead.

I use a MXR microamp immediately after my tuner. I set both bass outputs on full and adjust the microamp to match the outputs of both basses - I switch it on when I'm using the less powerful bass. This way I have the same signal level going in to the rest of my signal chain so I don't have to muck around with gain level on pedals/amps etc. Also, it's worth looking at your set to identify guitar changes and plan accordingly if you can, for smooth transitions.

[quote name='MythSte' post='395080' date='Jan 29 2009, 11:59 PM']I have to admit, after extensivly using the Ampeg VST plug in, i really am coming round to that tone...[/quote] Yup, but you'll be using an amp model as well as a cab model,rather than just as cab as per the OP. Out of interest, which combinations [in the plug in] work for you? I'm using the 4Pro and the 410 cab settings and it's fantastic.

Excellent, that's your cab sorted. What amplifier are you using?

What's your band set up and how much of it do you want to put through your PA and how much are you relying on the backline?

Some bass bins have inbuilt crossovers fixed at certain frequencies (I think 150k is common). Everything above that is filtered out and can be passed though to the tops. The better but more expensive way is to take the desk output, feed it in to a crossover unit, then take one feed out to an amp feeding the tops (set at your desired frequencies) and one out to an amp feeding the subs. This allows you to independently control the output of the tops and the subs.

Hey Jamie, I've got the book too, and having seen your playing (one or twice), best you read it... haha only kidding mate... Actually it's not bad, to be honest! S

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='349277' date='Dec 9 2008, 01:05 AM']hiya steve, so does that mean you can't adjust the tempo mid song?[/quote] With this unit you can, but as far as I'm aware, not whilst it's playing. I stop it, then tap, then re-start. If this unit can do it whilst playing that would be great and maybe I've not read the instructions well enough, but I get away with it at the moment cos I'm using small loops for parts of songs.... cheers Steve

Forgot to say, drummer couldn't hear loop when we tried it that way round so locking in was difficult and it could change the tempo of the song, so matching the loop to the song was the best way. it works most of the time!

I use a Digitech JamMan. It has a tap tempo function so I tap one pedal couple of times before I activate the loop using the other pedal. I've also loaded prerecorded stuff on to it via the memory card and wanted to use one channel to send a click to the drummer with the other channel going to the desk but couldn't cos it's mono out, so I use a mp3 player for this. cheers Steve

[quote name='Prosebass' post='337545' date='Nov 26 2008, 06:24 PM']Close-ups of truss-rod access and fingerboard wood. Thanks for all the info so far, whether any of it turns out to be Fender will be interesting. It is superbly finished and has a real "piano" tone to it. The neck is as nice as any I have seen on a Precision.[/quote] I had an 83. These are the thing I noticed. Tuners are incorrect - with this logo they should be covered gear tuners String tree incorrect type and placement Neck - truss rod adjustment should have a dark surround Body - should have 14 holes for the single ply pickguard Pickups - defintely not Fender and should have white covers anyway Neck plate - should not have Fender Corona, just Fender Colour - should be ivory, black, sienna burst (mine was) or brown burst Apart from that, looks fine. Steve

I run mine in to an amp and use the EQ on there