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This is the problem mate - sometimes, I have been hitting the limiter on my amp which feels really nasty 'under my hands'. Would using a power amp like this be an effective solution? My girlfriend actually also has a Barefaced Compact which I can use on a few occasions, but for a number of reasons I don't want to take it around all of the time it's not technically mine for one!

Hello all! I have a Markbass SA450 amp, and I am considering buying a power amplifier to give me some more headroom on my bigger gigs with one cabinet (a Barefaced Compact) such as this one: This, by the looks of things, has an XLR in on the back and in mono configuration outputs 600w at 8 ohms which is double of the Markbass SA450. Would this interface okay with the XLR out on the amp? The SA450 also has an adjustable line out level which could prove very handy for setting the level right going into the power amp. My logic here is I can take this with me in the boot of my car and if it turns out I need for volume I can whip it out and gain instantly much more headroom. Any advice would be great appreciated!

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That sounds like brilliant stuff! Have a good one. [quote name='geoffbassist' post='1313753' date='Jul 23 2011, 01:00 PM']If anyones in Doncaster on Sunday lunch im playing with Dennis Rollins and Pee Wee Ellis. Its at Coco Ice cocktail bar in the Market Place on Sunday, July 24 from about 2. Im depping in the band so dont know what to expect but am really looking forward to playing with such an amazing horn section. My friend Mark Ellis is also playing and hes one of my favorite sax players. Obviously Dennis Rollins and Pee Wee Ellis are both renowned players. Its looking like its gonna be more jazz than funk. But as Pee Wee Ellis wrote Pass the Peas, the Chicken and co wrote Cold sweat with James Brown im packing my bass guitar along with the upright :-) [url="http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/american_jazz_legend_blows_in_1_3590995"]http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/a...ws_in_1_3590995[/url][/quote]

The Compact is a simply unbelievable cabinet. I too have also found that, when played at least louder than bedroom volume, the amount of treble available is actually more than enough for most things which makes it a pretty pleasing cabinet to EQ. Obviously, it would be good advice to try one for yourself, but I would step my toes on the line and say that it seems like a fairly hard cabinet not to like, especially given the time to get used to it .[quote name='[email protected]' post='1313234' date='Jul 22 2011, 09:02 PM']Right, all understood. I've even read this paragraph on the barefaced compact website [i]What about a tweeter? If you just want a nice clear sound, with some treble bite when you pop a note and enough brightness to always hear the details of your playing then this cab does all that without the cost, weight and complexity of a good tweeter system or without the numerous sonic downsides of cheaper and less well designed tweeters. If you like the extended highs of a high quality tweeter then we recommend our Midget T or Super Twelve T as adding a tweeter to the Compact would cause inconsistent polar response due to the mellower off-axis response of the Compact's larger woofer.[/i] But I can't help but notice the Super Twelve... [attachment=85367:spec_box...r_twelve.jpg] Either way, am I assuming the consensus is return the Ampeg?[/quote]

01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, BC Rich Eagle, Yamaha TRB5 with Norstrand p/ups and Auderre pre, Hughes & Kettner Bassbass 600 head & SWR Triad.. plus old Peavey Head and 1x15 for the Jamming Room (unless anyone has something else we can use that's better?) 02. EssentialTension: Fender Precision 62, Fender TF Fretless P, Lakland Decade, Mesa Walkabout 12. 03. Waynepunkdude : Arsenal shirt, Nick Cave underpants, Sunburst Musicman Sterling H and Ampeg SVT 2pro G&K Neo412 04. Clarky: Currently Ampeg Baby Bass, Acoustic Image/Euphonic Audio rig; By September, who knows (watch the FS forum) 05. Truckstop: MIM Fender Jazz V, pimped Kay 2B; Gem/Ampeg rig; some effects 06. Urb - either Sei Jazz or Singlecut - and maybe some pedals - possible Genz Shuttle 9 07. dc2009 - Warwick CS Corvette $$ 5, Epi TB Vs (Reverse and non-reverse), my Dean if anyone actually wants a go, Trace Head, Marshall cab (heavy and big), various pedals. 08.Shockwave - Pedulla MVP5 Mean Green machine. 09. Sibob - '71 Precision, '73 Jazz, MIA Jazz 5 if there's interest, Barefaced Compact, Orange Terror, Pedal-board if there's interest. 10. MacDaddy - Custom Shuker & Hamer Blitz or Iceni custom. 11. Essexbasscat Roadworn somethingorother + Gs112. Amp - not sure which one yet 12. Plux - Berg HT210 & HT115 Hartke LH500 Ibanez BTB 13. 51m0n - Berg ae410, MB, Focusrite and Roscoe 14.seashell - MIM Fender Precision + some sort of Marshall practice amp (I'll look it up tonight) 15.Barneyg42- Some secondhand tat bought over the years! 16.Happy Jack - Double bass of some description + Status Graphite Streamline 5 17.silddx - Hohner B2ADB Headless Boat Paddle / Home Built Chris Squire Electra Evolution 18.TomKent - Fodera NYC Empire 5, Fender Jazz 4, Vintage Stingray 5, Faker P 4 Fretless, Faker P Fretted, Krampera KVB800 Rig, some pedals too.. 19. obbm - Shuker PJ5, ACG headless 5, Aguilar SL112, Ashdown LB, GK Microstack. 20.ped - Vigier Passion bass, BC T shirts 21. Merton - Stasusey basses of some sort, Eden WT550/GK MB200 and Barefaced Vintage (who's at 19???) 22. Jean-Luc Pickguard - NS-Design CR5M, Ashbory 23. Stingray5 - Musicman, Tune, Trace Elliot, GT-6B, other stuff tba 24. Bassace - A double bass and an amp or two 25. Walman - Wal Pro 1/Custom, G&L L2500 fretted & fretless, MB LMT, BF Super 12T, assorted EBS pedals 26. SlackAlice - Squier P Bass Special........& hopefully another addition by then. Ashdown Electric Blue 180 12. 27. mcgraham - Wood & Tronics 5 string fretted & 5 string fretless 28. Pantherairsoft - Roscoe Century Signature 6 & Custom 3006 Fretless 29. Maverick - Maverick S4 Nemesis, Fulltone Bass Drive & EBS Microbass II. Possibly more, dependent on transport. 30. Grand Wazoo - Basswise I'll take whatever I like. mostly wonkey fretted ones and an Ashdown Drophead 30 31. sockdeluxe_mikey - Lakland 44-01 and possibly one or two others, Markbass SA450 and Barefaced Compact.

Is the Xbox RF still around? I might be interested in this if this is for the PC to connect wireless Xbox 360 devices.

Hi all, Have finally managed to work out which pot value I need to replace in a Peavey bass - a 'proper' one from Peavey in the UK could cost nearly £15, so I am obviously looking for other options. Where is the best place to get hold of this value of pot? I'm having trouble getting hold of a center detent one. Also, does it have to be exactly 50k or could it also be something like a 47k pot? Thanks very much

Hello all! I am for the first time seriously considering importing something from the USA - a bass neck. What would everybody think be the maximum amount (i.e worst case scenario) of import duty I should be expecting? The value of the neck itself will be about 120 dollars, and the postage is about 40. Thanks for reading

I'm in a band that could possibly take this on! I'll pass it to the band leader

These are some great replies, guys! Thanks very much I've already got a set of pickups for it, but apart from that I'm going to be going as slow as possible and picking up the right parts when they come along.

Hello everybody! I should be gearing up soon to buying a bass guitar body to start serious work on a bass build, but I have normally been looking at American companies such as Warmoth at prices and specs. Is there anywhere in Britain that could build a very simple alder jazz bass body, no thrills, and for a relatively decent price? A body for about £150 or less would be very good! I am also considering doing the finishing myself, practice permitting. Thanks for reading

[quote name='dannybuoy' post='1172631' date='Mar 22 2011, 09:23 PM']When you daisy chain another pedal from the Boss pedal, it somehow shorts out the resistor and gives the pedal full voltage. You can see this for yourself if you plug just the Boss in, then plug in another pedal and the LED gets brighter. I don't fully understand how this works, but I have read it in numerous forum post and confirmed it myself via experimentation with an old OC-2 I once had.[/quote] [quote name='fxpedal.co.uk' post='1173963' date='Mar 23 2011, 10:05 PM']Dannybuoy is correct - if daisy-chained then the ACA pedals will work off a standard PSA-style daisy chain power supply at 9V provided there is at least one other (non-ACA) pedal also connected to the daisy chain. Confused?!! Actually, most ACA pedals will work fine off 9V DC regulated but there is a small handful that won't unless daisy-chained.[/quote] I can also definitely verify this too, and completely forgot to mention the first time round. Incredibly strange. I also wonder why this arrangement was conceived in the first place...? Maybe there was a surplus of adaptors that were 12V already (or some other reason why the 12V adaptor was used), but for another reason independently had to make the Boss pedal work at 9V internally? It really is confusing!

[quote name='Wud' post='1172462' date='Mar 22 2011, 07:10 PM']Interesting! I have a T Rex psu so I'll look into the 12v aspect.[/quote] I have a T-Rex Fuel Tank Chameleon, and the OC-2 has a 12V tap for itself I don't have a very big pedal board!

[quote name='Wud' post='1172420' date='Mar 22 2011, 06:37 PM']Hi, I've just purchased a made in Taiwan Boss OC-2 from a fellow Basschatter. It's turns out that in powering terms it's not the PSA version, but an ASA version. What is the difference ? Is it Polarity or Voltage ? Is there an adapter cable I can get to use with my Power Supply? I tried the Search function but didn't come up with anything Many thanks[/quote] A very good question, this one! The Boss ACA input is basically going to be a pedal that runs on 9V, EXCEPT there is a resister crossed over the power that basically means that it needs 12V to run at 9V - I have absolutely no idea why this! So, the Boss adaptor may say 9V input and the pedal may say it needs 9V, but actually it needs 12V. Therefore, all you need to do is run 12V into the pedal. This can obviously be done by either a separate dedicated (centre negative?) adaptor, or (like I and others do) get a dedicated power brick and use the 12V (centre negative?) tap from that. A Boss ACA pedal will only run at 9V if a) it's running on batteries, or intaking 12V from the outside. If you input 9V, it'll run a few volts below that and the OC-2 actually sounds a bit pants like this. You can also tell this is happening because the 'on' LED is noticeably darker when not running at 9V internally. Hope this helps!