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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1464727316' post='3061984'] [size=5]To hell with it, I WILL buy that second One10!! [/size] [/quote] Do it! You are a BC member right? It's the done thing!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1464727220' post='3061981'] *Looks nervously around the room* [/quote] :-p We know who our next BGM cover artist is then...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1464725952' post='3061955'] Wow, great news! Congratulations, Alex!! Wait a minute... Didn't someone on this forum say that internationally-famous professional bass players won't have heard of Barefaced and would never buy their gear even if they had? And that most Barefaced customers were actually BassChat members??* *Yes, they did. Just to be clear. [/quote] Let's focus on the "most" word in that sentence. Anybody would think Ampeg has just lost their whole artist roster! Also... I would like all those that googled TC's name upon reading this thread to put their hands up... :-p Did TC buy this rig? And if he did, did he pay full retail?

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1464712703' post='3061730'] I'm confused; so he's playing through the industry standard 8x10... that is an Ampeg rig isn't it? [/quote] Indeed - so the biggest endorsement to date is based on 10s - which Alex originally said were fundamentally flawed! OK - only one column is producing treble to mimic that of a PA line array - but going from the mics, the sandman couldn't careless about that! Having said all that, congrats to Alex for landing TC. That's got to be an exciting prospect.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1464712955' post='3061731'] A better test would probably be a gig. Any benefits in the dynamic (imagined or otherwise!) would probably be lost in a half-empty room. Personally speaking, I'm under no illusion - the whole concept of 'heft' is lost on the audience. It's about the tactile feedback of standing in front of your cab, feeling the notes. [/quote] Completely agree. Indeed - the feedback you get from playing your bass and what comes out of the speaker next to you, doesn't track with the audience because they aren't involved in the playing aspect.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1464716949' post='3061804'] I guess he's running some sort of wet/dry or clean/dirty multiple signal path setup? [/quote] Indeed he does. He also uses in-ears. Probably just as well given the amount of sound moving in his vicinity.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1464716606' post='3061797'] I ordered a second One10 the other day. Now I'm feeling inadequate. [/quote] Don't forget the JBLs too!

Why he need so many cabs? I thought these Barefaced cabs were loud? Sorry - just using the same jibe that Alex said to me about my 4 cabs back in the day...

Nice work. Whats the synth?

I quite like the Neutrik clear rings you can buy so you can label on the XLR. Very useful when presented with a loom box and a shed load of identical looking cables!

Go with OBBM's classic tweed!

A lot of people are going to chime in OBBM but I believe he only makes black cables. For a coloured cable, I don't think you can beat a Van Damme with neutrik plugs. Get Designacable to make them to your spec from their website or from their eBay shop... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gold-Neutrik-Guitar-Jack-to-Jack-Lead-Long-Van-Damme-Cable-3m-6m-10m-Electric-/161211536768?var=&hash=item2588f4d580:m:mQp66EkdbGBr1aeXINo4YVQ I have used a lot of Van Damme cables and never had any fail - and of course, they sound great too. Good enough for Abbey Road, Air and the Beeb, good enough for me etc...

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1464682609' post='3061308'] [color=#000000]Behringer iNuke NU6000DSP Power Amp[/color] [color=#000000]Behringer X Air 18[/color] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000]Into 2 "[/color][color=#000000]the box pro Achat 115" Subs [/color][color=#000000]and 2 [/color][color=#000000]Solton MF 300L tops.[/color][/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000]2 [/color][color=#000000]Behringer F1320D Monitors[/color][/font] 2 lead vocals, 2 backing vocals, keyboard, kick drum, one overhead, a little bit of guitar and a little bit of bass [/quote] Ooh - never heard of Solton before... *googles*

That's a nice rig. :-) Spookily similar to mine in fact - I'm running 745s with 8004s with GLD80/DL32R

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1464647071' post='3061183'] I believe Richard Osman does Two Tribes when not on Pointless... [/quote] DS gigs with the other one - Alexander Armstrong.

[quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1464611672' post='3060757'] I don't want the sub 80hz on stage. [/quote] Indeed!

Gruv gear fump

[quote name='mike257' timestamp='1464600680' post='3060584'] I managed to leave home without my amp head for a little three piece function gig a couple of weeks ago. Just used a DI through my HK Actor DX rig and stuck a little bit in the wedge and was a lovely quiet stage! Might do it more often. [/quote] I always prefer to go that way now - the last three or four years has been me, my bass and a microbass 2 preamp into the PA. Its great - especially if the whole band are inears. The band just sounds better out front. I love the thunderous lows of subs without having the mush on stage.

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1464605339' post='3060670'] This is a spectacularly illogical poll. If you honestly think that no class D amps can do heft then why on earth would some £200 9V powered effect pedal be able to add that heft? What I call 'heft' is the ability of a rig to produce unencumbered weighty sonic output below 80Hz. Others may consider it something else... [/quote] Quite! Don't you know that putting go faster stripes on a car actually makes it go faster? :-p

Should say that I favour hi beams though.

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1464596368' post='3060512'] Anyone have experience on how long they last before needing replacing? Wouldnt mind giving them a go [/quote] Depends how often you play and how sweaty you are. I play a lot but sweat very little - I tend to manage 5-6 months.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1464593879' post='3060479'] I love a good jazz bass but the control set up is flawed for me... A balance / volume / tone setup would be far better IMO. [/quote] Agreed - I hate the vol/vol thing. Although a balance doesn't yield the same results as a vol/vol.

I've yet to find anything in the same ballpark as DR - both in terms of performance and sadly price :-(

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1464593477' post='3060476'] That's what I was trying to say - if lack of heft is due to the power amp then a pedal wouldn't help. But if heft is just a nice dollop of bass boost in the preamp then it just comes down to preamp design rather than the power stage. [/quote] And you can't fix that with a pedal if the preamp is HPFing before the poweramp.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1464593674' post='3060478'] I use a class d amp run flat and no pedals... I've no idea what heft is but this set up sounds deeper, punchier and more powerful than any I've had in the past... It is of course possible that my ears are not capable of detecting heft or any other perceived tonal advantage of a rig weighing the same as a family of hippos, but if it's a failing on my part I'm glad I have it. I couldn't be happier with my gear at the moment. [/quote] Which amp are you using?