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Thanks for the offer Steve you have always been a great help and source of advice on Mesa. I really appreciate that. I dont fancy waiting another year Steve and getting the one from the guy on TB would probably cost an arm and a leg plus the risk of it going amiss or getting damaged puts me off. Andy from Mesa told me a good few items have gone amiss when sent seperately so i'm not comfy with it. The guy was good enough to offer and i wouldn't want to ruin that if anything went wrong. I think my journey with Mesa has come to an abrupt end altho i will be keeping my Mpulse600 cause its lovely but i want something a bit less weight. Also an EBS TD660 has tweaked my interest but its a heavy beast too. I'm currently looking at a few other amps including Darkglass Microtubes V2 900 altho i'm not a big fan of the distortion thing but you can add just a little to colour the tone, also the Handbox amps look and sound good altho the mid contour control might be a bit limiting as i like to boost my mids in the punk band. Others that aren't lightweight but new that i'm looking at are Ashdown ABM EVO IV 600 which listening to youtube clips quite surprised me how warm it sounds and reminded me of the Mpulse in many ways. If i came along to try yours it would just make me feel even worse if its as good as i know it will be LOL Where are you playing in Kinross ? Dave

A guy on TB sent me a PM offering to sell me his TT800 and take a cut on what he was looking for to compensate for the shipping costs. It was a hugely generous offer but i dont want to take any risks with the amount of money involved and if it went amiss it was create a bad feeling between us so i've said no. He has no knowledge of shipping outside of UK and what's involved and neither do i so best he sells it in US and gets what its worth. I just thought it was a genuine nice offer from a fellow bassist. He wants to go back to his first love a D800+. Just shows what a nice bunch of people us bassists are. I was quite overwhelmed by it. Dave

I was patient because i assumed it would arrive soon. Bit disappointed i didnt get it Steve. I kept seeing guys in US getting their orders within 2-3 months and here's me waiting almost a year and now its cancelled. It does make me feel that Mesa has let me down a bit but as i said most companies are having supply issues. Time to look elsewhere for a new reliable amp. Dave

I cant find any with seperate channels with different voicings and still lightweight. The Magellan 800 is an option i might look at where you can switch the drive on/off with a footswitch. Only just started to search for an alternative as i had my heart set on the TT800. Genx only do the 350 and 800 Magellan amps as far as i know. Tech21 do a twin channel amp but its 23lbs and both channels have same voicings. You can get their dUg version at £2.4k with a high and Low voiced channels. The high channel has a guitar amp voicing and you can blend the two channels to get dUg Pinnick tone whatever that may be. 😂 My Mpulse is a great amp but its getting older by the day and i have had a few niggling issues with it recently so want something modern and reliable but still offering that tube warmth. Any suggestions welcome guys...............be polite as i've just been dissed 😂 Dave

It is down to part shortages rather than licensing etc. Apparently some parts are on 60 week lead times so its causing a lot of issues and probably not just for Mesa. I now need to find an alternative and start from scratch. I spent 2 yrs researching the SW amps before finally taking the plunge. The thought of another 1-2 yrs researching another amp is quite daunting. Not sure where i'll go now. Dave

Update from Andertons today. Looks like i wont be getting a Mesa TT800 after all. Time to look for something else. Shame as i was really looking forward to getting it soon. Have to say i'm disappointed. This is the Mesa email to Andertons. Dave “Due to supply constraints, as well as proper EU compliance timing, we will not be shipping Mesa Boogie to EMEA (Europe) during FY23 (April 2022 – March 2023). By September 2022 we will be able to confirm if we start shipping to EMEA per April 2023, if all Mesa Boogie products are compliant with Europe CE/UK CA certification and supply constraints are resolved. By then we plan to re-launch the Brand Mesa Boogie in EMEA, also based on adequate inventory at Europe warehouse. We will give an update in September.”

I got it for my 50th birthday many moons ago and it never leaves the house except for the occasional visit to a friends studio to help him out with bass lines. I've never gigged it as its expensive but a little heavy for a full gig. I love playing around with the fretless at home tho. There's something "more" about a fretless. Dave

Nice Rob. Like Alain Caron. One of the reasons i bought my Overwater custom 6er fretless. Dave

That doesnt sound too good Choked up wie diarrhoea comes to mind there. Hope he's well soon. Dave

Our singer and guitarist tested positive just after our last gig with Glam band and all clear for the next. Singer still has a bit of a breathing problem and thats 3 weeks now. I was told the secret to avoiding long covid is rest as much as possible when you have it. No idea if that's genuine or true but i'm gonna go with that if i catch it. Our other bands singer's wife now has it. 1 in 11 up here have it apparently. Hope he gets back to full health quickly and you guys get back to gigging again. All the best Dave

A Will Smith is required for idiots like that.

Any pics would be nice to see it. Used to love the Mockingbird basses. Dave

Nice gig in Bathgate Dreadnought venue tonight with the punk band. Started off a bit slow with regards audience attendance but it gradually got busier as we went thru the first set. Lots of dancers on the floor and turned out to be a great night. Sound guy was a bassist so i had a great sound out front. On stage sound was perfect. Could hear everything clearly. Great feedback at the end of the night. Sound guy said he had seen the band many times in this venue but this was by far the best the band had ever sounded. Really tight and driving punk songs. I told him its just that the band has gel'd and there's a great atmosphere in the band and we are all quite relaxed within the band. Several punters said it was acracking gig and they loved the band. No pics as yet. I packed up and left after we finished so dont know if we've been paid for it LOL Dave

Now that is a nice looking P bass

That was a really nice post. I remember our local music shop having the J & P versions of the Fender Antigua basses on display. I was stunned by the looks of them but never managed to buy one. Over the many many years i always return to J basses after trying other styles. Dave

stalking most of us by sound of it.😂

Superb Rob. Thanks for the Rush songs, loving it. Dave

No leakage there then

Ordered 2 sets of the Longevo nickels 40-100's and fitted a set to my MarloweDK and love the tone but i've noticed the E string sounds a little bit quiet compared to the others. Bass set up hasn't changed much altho i did have to tweak the neck a touch but the Marlowe seems to sit on the edge with the neck. Might just be this set. I have another set i'll fit to my VM4 and see how they get on. If its a generic thing i'll end up going back to my D'addario nickels again. As i've played the bass at gigs i've also noticed the strings dont cut thru the mix like my D'addarios but not much in it. Think they'll suit the Glam rock band better where i dont need as much bite for most songs. In the punk band i have a distinct edge on the top end. Dave

What bass are you using there, cant quite make it out. Sounding good there. Enjoyed that. Dave

I'm very particular about my clothes. Any T shirt and jeans will do. Dave

I've never been a fan of relic'd basses in fact i deliberately would give them a 2nd look but i bought a MarloweDK because i love the tone and feel of the bass. To be fair since buying the relic'ing has grown on me and i definitely dont worry so much about dinging it at gigs compared to my other "perfect condition" basses. Had i tried the bass without seeing it i would probably have bought it. That's a change in attitude for me. Dave

I played it in a band 5 or 6 yrs ago and it was a good song to play. Dave

Dont laugh but few new ones for Glam Rock covers band Spirit In the Sky by Dr & the Medics The Bump by Kenny Lets Stick Together by Bryan Ferry Lets Get Together Again by Glitter Band Dave

ROCK AND ROLL Dave