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Just sorted a G-Bone 5 space pedalboard (and a Boss Bass Chorus Pedal). Unexpected Friday spend, aaagh!!

They’re a bit more hit & miss pre 2008, as it’s local try it out, let the hands & ears decide.

Thumbs up from me, nailed it.

Decent amps those, and you can get different sets of valves that “change the flavour” of the sound. I went for the higher gain set with mine and it was very nice.

That really is a good call, if a set up is liked in a gig environment that’s the best way to determine if it suits or not.

If the answer to the following question is no, go for it: Is it likely that there will always be an area of resentment in your mind over how this has happened?

Didn’t know about the 800 EVO II, must have been napping. Although I’m not in a band at present - and even factoring in that my RM500 EVO II is both great and massively loud - I’ll have to check one out. Thanks for the anticipated dent in wallet 🤣

I’m not going to recommend my own amp, I’ll recommend an amp make that I’ve always, when heard them, thought they paired well with BF cabs, namely Markbass, especially when used with a Precision.

I’m happy to do a stint - am in Herts so if anyone can get it to either Scratchwood services or J8 on M1 I can take over and get it as far as Northampton services (J15a on M1).

Yeah, thought it was a word from days gone by.

I experienced something like this years back, a well known retailer said they would accept an instrument in px but wouldn’t offer any guidance as to how much they’d offer. So I said that I was going to be driving 90 miles to them, and that if when I got there they offered me half it’s market value I would hit the guy over the head with it, as such would they recommend I get in my car and make the drive. I was advised to stay at home.

And a very nice chap as well, much funnier than his surly looks would sugges.

I remember panicking big time at Rebellion a couple of years back, there was no output from my bass at all. Which I eventually realised was due to not plugging the lead into it!

I had Tonehammers and was very happy with them, used to add in a Sansamp for that little bit extra. Then on a visit to the London Bass Guitar Show I tried an Ashdown RM500 and it did the sound of the Tonehammer/Sansamp combined. Given that Mark Gooday of Ashdown was at TE I’d check out their products, you might be pleasantly surprised in both your ears and wallet.

They sound great, Stew, exactly what I’m after as my current ones just sap all life from the sound.

I used my ear plugs last week and although it made everything quieter it really sapped my enjoyment of the rehearsal. I only bought cheap ones mind, so I’m going to give the hear for musicians ones a try. I’ve been in the prehistoric ages for years with my approach to sound, determined to try and put at least one foot forward.

Mine too, the Ashdown RM500 EVO-II. I’ve had many Class D amps, all have been good but for what I want the RM tops them all.

When it comes to big stages I’ve found that’s when the game is given away. Whilst the new lightweight gear is plenty loud enough for those stages the older heavyweight gear just has “something” to the sound that commands those large areas in a way that the lighter gear doesn’t. That’s why I went with the Ashdown ABM series, it just delivers. Now I’m not in a band I’m offloading it all as I’m unlikely to play in a band that requires such a set up again.

I do like Eminence speakers, I had Beta 10s put into my Ashdown RM210s to increase the power handling and the sound, just wow!

Take a look at the Markbass CMD121P - it’s an easy lift and has plenty of power, far mor than you’ll need for what you’re doing so you won’t get the distortion mentioned.

I remember them, they were great, I saw U2 in Hemel in ‘81 so must have been the same tour. Fast forward a couple of years and the crowd I hung around with loved the Comsats so got to hear them a lot. And true to form I can’t really recall much of their material, aside from Independence Day.

New pedal day. Had a rehearsal with some mates in the week and wanted a “tighter” sound than my usual Precision/Para Driver sound. So made my mind up to use my Stingray, but to also get myself a compressor to just tame the peaks a tad. But which one, so many out there? Well I saw a band on Thu - already put a post up about it - and the bassists sound was great, and I particularly liked the evenness of the tone, so took a look at his pedals and there was an MXR M87. So decision made, and a quick trawl through the For Sale section saw our very own @Billy Apple was selling one, so arranged the purchase and collected it today, with a very useful lesson on how to use it very gratefully received. At home practice use I can hear the tightening that I wanted. It’s one of those things, if it wasn’t there it probably wouldn’t notice that much but it’s that extra 5% - plus with my ham fisted technique it will really even things out as the music I’m now doing requires a lot less power and a better technique. So given I have too much of the first, and not enough of the second I’ll let the M87 help me out.

Went to see Airbourne at The Astoria in 2007 and although they were great the support, The Stone Gods (Dan Hawkins from The Darkness’s band) imo were better.

One of the things that has affected these in the past has been sporting events, so once we’ve got some ideas on dates maybe put them out there to make sure we’re not putting it on when there’s conflict of interest?