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[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1426576643' post='2719374'] is that for PA use or bass? [/quote] PA.

Try them however you like and stick with the arrangement you like.

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1426545546' post='2719279'] What a superb visit! - Yeah, Paul was great. Patient and knew that I wanted to demo the products with zero bias. He asked the right questions to help me form my choices and didn't steer me at all. I didn't take any preconceived ideas with me nor did I look too hard at the individual specifications either. Just trusted my ears and music source! Given my budget and my needs, I am pretty sure I've made the right choice. I'd totally recommend the Custom IEM Company to anyone - especially as they have such a wide stock of all the major IEM brands. I demo'd Ultimate Ears, JH Audio and 1964 specifically. Again, given my budget and needs, it did mean that I struggled a bit as they are all very good. However, there was one IEM in the price bracket that delivered the goods I needed. The JH and UE had a superb clarity and detail that I crave, but just one set I tried also had a weight and clarity in the lows that actually made me smile from ear to ear. I went to give the Qi a whirl but came away having ordered the 1964 V8. [/quote] Ha Tony - you have a friend! A quad in the lows is a massive sound. It's what I love about the JH16s and V8s and my Roxannes. You probably realised when you tested them, they are all great... but one of them will speak to you with it's sound signature... for you it was the V8 So what colour scheme did you go for?

Lightweight subs are certainly very interesting but not entirely sold on the tops yet for the price... but then again, I haven't heard them yet. Very interested in the subs.

Nup and Nup. Leccy tape is easy

How you get on?

*sigh*

Good point Pete - I remember having an issue with a PA tweeter due to a sh*tty earth. Sounded like somebody had slashed the cone with a razor blade. Turned out that the refrigerator units that were on the same power line were having quite a nasty influence.

< Obligatory EBS_Freak comment in a Barefaced cab thread. >

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1426233095' post='2715829'] It wouldn't be so bad if you were trying to be helpful, but all you are doing is making snide comments because this thread mentions the Barefaced word. You are quick to refer to BF users as "fanbois", and yet look at your own username! Or is that ironic? If you have something constructive to say, I'm all ears - but otherwise, haven't you got something better to do? [/quote] If you look back at the thread, you'll notice that I did not start any negativity towards Barefaced cabs. In fact, I do not make any snide comments towards them at all. With regards to the inefficiency of the Big One, it is a well known fact that the Big One required a lot of power to get it working to it's potential and Alex commonly said to users that the reason that they weren't getting the most out of their new purchase is that they weren't using an amp with a high enough output. In fact, his recommended amp of choice at the time was the Hartke LH1000 - due to it's large power output. In fact, I had a young chap come to me after the forum widely suggested the BigOne would be the answer to all his problems when he was driving it with a 250w amp. He saved hard, bought the BF cab and had miserable results. It was never going to work - and the BF response - the amp is the problem. No, the amp isn't the problem - that amp was plenty loud enough to gig with, it just needed pairing with the right cab. Bad advice from the forum and bad advice from BF because they knew the BigOne needed an amp with serious output to drive it properly. With regards to the "Goddamit it's about the amp", I was trying to bring the thread back to being about the Aguilar because discreet seemed to be concentrating on talking us about his experiences with his Big One which was clearly a defence of the cab rather than anything to do with the Aguilar and your problem. My "Clearly" comment was a response, again to discreet, which was tinged with sarcasm because there is clearly a problem with the Aguilar and BigOne combination, otherwise there would not be this thread. It happens - as i have mentioned early in my response. He was mounting an attack on me over an apparent Bareface "attack" when in fact, I hadn't actually mentioned anything negative about Bareface at all. All I had said is that the Barefaced BigOne is an inefficient cab in terms of power in to spl out... which it is and which is widely acknowledged. And where have I referred to "fanbois"? The problem with this community is that everybody sees the "EBS_freak" handle in a Barefaced thread and assumes that there is slagging off... but if you read my comments, they are based on the truth, yet people seem to warp them into some sort of attack. With regards to my username, everybody is entitled to use whatever username they want... fan boy or not. With regards to irony, yes, there is some irony in it, because I currently don't actually use any EBS gear whatsoever. Anyway, back to point... Frankly, handle problems, feet problems, distortion problems et al shouldn't be presented on cabs of this price point.... but if people want to buy them, that's their right. But me pointing out the deficiencies of a cab whether it be Hartke, Barefaced, EBS (yes, you'll see that I slag off their single 10s and singles 12 neos - cos they are absolutely rubbish), Aguilar, or whatever, is also my right. Nobody likes their choice of gear being criticised but it's life, so take that cotton wool off. If you want some advice, check out your amp with another cab. Hey, you may even like it.

Clearly.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1426179022' post='2715337'] Possibly, but I found it very easy to drive with a 350/500w amp. [/quote] Goddamit it's about the amp man!

Hey if it sounds good, what's the problem?

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1425894086' post='2711789'] Big compromise in tone expected [/quote] Try telling Anthony Jackson that... or Mike Gordon... or Phil Lesh... or... PA speakers have made some of the most awesome onstage rigs.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1426175679' post='2715284'] There's no reason you'd have this problem with a Big One... [/quote] The Big One was the most inefficient of them all.

Now be quiet and check out some real bass playing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A82RlqBOpB8

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1426033483' post='2713735'] I have to admit I'm still buzzing after spending the weekend working alongside Roger Sadowsky. He was just such a nice guy and had a really refreshing attitude to producing a bass for a 'working' musician. Of course, I now have major Sadowsky GAS - just when I thought I was more or less happy with my basses! [/quote] It must be love Barrie!

:-p You have a good show anyway?

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1425942764' post='2712697'] I cut the string beyond the tuning post about to about the same length as the average penis. [/quote] We going with vintage or modern stats?

[quote name='skelf' timestamp='1425941467' post='2712668'] I really should read this stuff before I post it. Turned round and you where gone and I didn't see you the rest of the day which was a pity. [/quote] where? a long trip back from London I'm guessing!?

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1425927333' post='2712392'] I now purposefully learn new songs all fretted on the five string as it makes key changes easy as pie! [/quote] To think you were a diehard 4 player... At least you got there in the end!

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1425926323' post='2712372'] Point of order, Kate Bush is certainly NOT a genius! [/quote] I dunno, kept out of the bs music industry for much of her life... Seems a smart move.

[quote name='skelf' timestamp='1425921565' post='2712275'] I spoke to the P&D guy about it for a while and I don't think they both work the same way as far as I understood it. The guy I had with me to play demos was equally impressed with it. I was surprised how well it translated all the notes even when played at speed or slapped. I was genuinely impressed with how well it work. [/quote] Now that makes it even more difficult - if the technologies are different that is!!

[quote name='skelf' timestamp='1425920025' post='2712237'] Tried the P&D one on the Sunday morning before the show opened and was really impressed with it. Did not try the Tec Amp version because I did not see it until the break down. [/quote] Bummer - now I am a bit miffed I couldn't go... both under one roof!