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I'm glad I already made my decision, because you two are driving me crazy! Amp should be here tomorrow... I may take it for a spin in the evening for rehearsal, with a single BF Compact.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1391528202' post='2358172'] Drop a PM to Wateroftyne [url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/56-wateroftyne/"]http://basschat.co.u...56-wateroftyne/[/url] In fact, I might be heading up to Edinburgh this weekend, so I could even drop it off for you! You'd need to be able to get it back to WoT though - assuming he even still has it... [/quote] Oh, that would be good! I'm pretty flexible over this coming weekend, so I should be able to meet you whenever is more convenient, if you are able to bring the cab over. I don't have a decent gig to try it on until the 15th, but I could just use it at rehearsal and return it to WoT whenever is required. Happy to pay postage for the chance to try it, or I may even deliver in person as I could be travelling down to NC to check out a drum store with a friend soon... I'll PM WoT, thanks!

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1391504156' post='2357760'] Thanks for this, I'd be very interested in a couple, or the file if you decide not to take this on. [/quote] The file I will happily give away to anyone. But I'll get a quote to make these things too, and perhaps it won't be too crazy if a few of us wants them. The company I am using have a minimum order of £85, but the question is how many I can get made for that price.

Well, I just ordered the Shuttle 9.2... I think it's more the kind of sound I'd want. But the Streamliner 900 seems awesome too... I want BOTH!!!

[quote name='Les' timestamp='1391463804' post='2357544'] where you up to pal ? It's been two whole days since you swore your oath to provide thumbrest groovyness to the masses. I'm gigging on Saturday. I even bought my own double sided tape so as to meet you halfway [/quote] Ha ha! it'll happen, but probably not until the weekend I'm afraid... I need to finish my control plate design first to get the quotes etc... but it'll happen, subscribe to this thread

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1391446345' post='2357244'] The Shuttle is the SAFE option. Clean, balanced, take pedals well, etc. A neutral (ish) platform. The LF Extension button is better on the .2 models so that will fatten it up. The Streamliner is perhaps the fun option. If you like the tone of a very powerful clean tube amp (it really does sound like a tube amp) this amp will do it for you. Please beware that these amps do have a lot of power under the hood and you can overwhelm a lot of cabs without realising it...especially with the bass boosted. Just be careful Both will soon be no more...but I think they are future classics. [/quote] Thanks, now you're pushing me a little more over to the Shuttle's corner... The amp will power a couple of Barefaced cabs (sometimes only one), which I hope will be up for it... but I doubt I have to push the amp much. I never pushed my Markbass excessively.

dang... now I want... BOTH! ah, decisions, decisions... sounds like I'd like either but, which one more? every hour I convince myself that the other is the right one. The grit on the Streamliner sounds mighty... although it's not a sound I use much... and have pedals for that. BUt adding a little bit of that to fatten the sound up is a nice option... The Shuttle seems a bit "edgier" in that respect?

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1391438275' post='2357126'] It's a massive oversimplification, but if you want it in two camps, the Streamliner sound is nearer the RH450 (tho deeper, warmer and much less compressed), and the Shuttle is a more comparable amp to the LM. I had a LMIII before either the RH450 or the Streamliner, but you can see the sound I was after by the progression of amps. I should say I'm very happy with the Streamliner. [/quote] Do you find the Streamliner has more going on on the top end? The RH450 is never really bright. I have to say that from the demo of the Streamliner, I thought the treble control was really good, I was impressed, not brittle at all...

I am in principle more interested in the Shuttle 9.2, because I like the semiparametric mids control better... But I'm slightly "worried" about the description of "hi-fi" and lacking lows... On the one hand "hi-fi" sounds cool to me. I hear that applied to MarkBass amps and I like my LMIII. But obviously I don't want something that requires massive tweakage to sound "full". I favour bridge pickup sounds, which are thinner by nature, fattened up. Think "growl" and "fingerstyle funk" with a bridge pickup Jazz bass or a Stingray. It's got to be fat enough for ska... but with definition (hence the brdge pickup). Not into very trebly stuff... but I like top end. One reason to let my RH450 go is I want more top end. The reviews by Ed Friedland make both amps sound absolutely fine, so that's not helping me a lot. My gut says the Streamliner is the "safest" option (prettier too ... but the 9.2 seems a bit more versatile to me... How would you compare the Streamliner 900 and the Shuttle 9.2, related to the Markbass LMIII/II and the RH450?

Knobbage I am not a big fan of a million knobs, but I can deal with the amount of knobs in the Shuttle, they seem pretty reasonable and intuitive. No "Kosmos" or "Grunt" labelled knobs

Thank you for the comments so far, very useful!

[quote name='mikhay77' timestamp='1391260001' post='2355051'] Hi there. Just a question to all bass players. If you bought say a Fender Jazz and the action would appear very high with the truss rod adjusted correctly.Then with the bridge saddles lowered all the way down,with no adjustment left,it was still 5mm at the 12th.Would that be ok? Cheers [/quote] of course not. It would appear that the neck angle needs to be tweaked a tiny bit: introduce a shim. Simple and painless adjustment.

I'm looking at these two heads. They seem pretty good value at the moment and I remember liking what I heard from the Shuttle 9.2 a while ago. I'm trying to figure out what are the main differences between these two amps, in practical terms. The Streamliner seems a bit "warmer" but with lots of top end still, from watching videos on Youtube, but that's hardly a good way to judge. Has anybody here compared both? I've decided the TC RH450 doesn't really do it for me anymore, and I'd like something a bit more "open" and with a bottom end that does not sound so "compressed".

[quote name='Les' timestamp='1391308772' post='2355679'] This is BassChat, we are legion ! [/quote] ha ha, maybe you're right! I'll report back

Oh, I was talking about sharing the files and let you take care of it But now you got me thinking it would be cool to get some black ones made... I have to get a couple of metal plates made so I'll ask about how much it would cost to get the thumbrests made in black acrylic/perspex. I suspect there would be a minimum order that might make this idea a bit too expensive. We will see.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1391240397' post='2354813'] was fine right up to the point where some app wants access to my profile likes friends etc etc just unliked your page [/quote] yup, same reason I did not go in there.

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1391281919' post='2355413'] I can see those becoming very common. They look really good! [/quote] I have no idea where the original one came from, whether it was made for this purpose or (more likely) someone found a bit of metal of an appropriate shape and size and used it... but it is indeed perfect. Maybe I should get in touch with the very nice guy who made my copies and get a few more made. Actually, I thought of getting one of them scanned (for profile, as I've done with control plates etc before) and generate a vector graphics model that I can then get a shop to laser cut it in acrylic, 4-5mm thick. Black would look nice. It would not cost much to get a few made. The edges may need to be rounded up a bit, as laser cutting tends to leave very sharp edges... hmmm. If there's interest, I can probably get the file made soon (not that it needs to be the same exact shape, but it is a very good shape for a thumb rest, I have to say.)

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1391265880' post='2355158'] Where did you get the thumb rest? [/quote] I bought an OLP MM2 once (Stingray clone) that had the thumbrest at roughly the place where a Precision pickup would be, held with doublesided tape. I removed it, as I like to pluck by the pickup on a Stingray, but kept the thumbrest and later used it on a Precision, as in the pictures. Someone made a few of them for me afterwards in aluminium, one for each of my P basses.