Alright, based on this thread, I had ordered my setup. The amp finally arrived yesterday. This is my first amp in a while. After my Park combo seized, I've just been playing acoustic bass. I haven't been in a band for 20 years but this Carvin rig sounds ready to gig. I just did a quick soundcheck and will have to take a better picture. For EQ, I turned all the eq knobs to 9am. For the speaker cable, I got a Planet Waves 5'.