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Quite an odd thing - it's very clean-sounding and the controls need to all be wound up a long way to get what sounds like much out of it, and it's supposedly rated at 70W, which sounds ludicrous at first because it's really not loud at all, even given the tiny speakers, which can't be very efficient - you can easily talk over it even when it's up full. But in fact, it has a curious characteristic in that it's actually louder than it seems in terms of filling a space - especially if you put it on the floor, which really adds a lot of deep low-end. It has a passive radiator on the back too, and it seems very undirectional. You might even be able to get away with it for a quiet coffee-bar type gig, although I'm not sure.
It's very much a 'jazz' bass sound and not a 'rock' one though - it's almost impossible to make it do anything other than a very clean controlled tone, there's no real punch or attack to it. Very specific, and probably the opposite of what you want!
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One of my favourite recorded tones uses PJB stuff - Kyle Eastwood's "Metropolitain" album.
It's a lovely plumy thick but articulate tone that just seems to be there rather than punchy.
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Probably exactly what you *don't* want if you're trying not to annoy other people in the house.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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It's just far more versatile than I expected.
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the fly is IMO a step up from playing with no amp, but that's as far as it goes. good for what it is, but limited.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
It covers everything and performed admirially on my last pub gig using a 78 Fender Precision