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[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1426538769' post='2719155'] With a frequency range of 42Hz - 160Hz there's not a pre amp in the world that will make it sound like a bass amp. It's clearly a dedicated sub..............AND I WANT A PAIR!!! [/quote] 16 kHz !!!!

I had a GK 1001rb for a short while... if the amp is anything like it... turn the master output volume up near full and use the gain to control the volume and see what that sounds like.

[quote name='Kenny Gair' timestamp='1426005999' post='2713337'] The Warwick puts out about 450W at 4 Ohms, which pretty much OK for small venues but if I grab an 8 Ohm cab that produces about the same output, it will then allow me to add another cab once I have convinced myself it's OK to wave bye bye to my fridge shaped lover. I really do love the 810 but really don't love shifting it. [/quote] poppycock! [b]450w at 4ohms[/b] will tell you the firstly the cabs power handling (either thermal or displacement based) and the cab's nominal resistance. It won't tell you how loud the thing will go. My guess is that the Barefaced Big twin would go louder than the either of your current cabs.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1425995163' post='2713179'] You appear to be getting upset, if I may observe. Fender did not "turn a blind eye". They started making Squiers in order to beat the copyists at their own game, by legitimising some of them - getting them to make legitimate Fenders for the Japanese market in return for them taking their own branded copies off the shelves. An arguably more positive approach than the necessary "threaten everyone" approach when you go down the trademark/trade dress approach. Am I the only one who finds the whole "Chinese junk" thing a bit off? A bit disrespectful in my opinion. [/quote] They also tried first to protect the IP of the design and trade marks of the shape of body and headstock - and it was shown that as they hadn't historically tried to actively protect their IP the designs had become generic ith the only part trademark able being the headstock shape - which is why you see japanese guitars using their own headstock shapes from 1982ish onwards. rickenbacker [b][i]have[/i][/b] to show that they are protecting their trademarks in order for them to still be upheld... hence they have to go after everyone from real forgers to japanese guitar lovers... my guess is given the choice - or if they were based somewhere other than the USA they would do otherwise - but they have to do what the law in the states wants them to.

I get how some folk will cycle through a large number of instruments trying different things.... I've done it myself in the past... I don't get how you might order a custom bass, wait months for it to be built and then stick it on ebay a year later - but I guess it keeps the builders in business....

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1425501051' post='2708017'] I've had people on here get funny with me for not replying to PM's straight away. Sometimes, amidst the absolute carnage that is my job, I may get the chance to take 30 seconds to see if a BC'er has replied to the message I sent at 7am before work, but I will often unlikely have the time to fire back a response. If it's a payment for something, well that would mean waiting til I can get home to log in to my online banking, which would have to wait until after I've picked up the kid, fed her, put her to bed, walked the dog, cooked dinner, ate dinner, at least attempted to make the house a bit tidier, before I finally get around to sorting it out at roughly 9pm. 3.5 hours wouldn't work for me. [/quote] I have had my phone in my pocket randomly reload pages so it's marked as read on basschat even if I've not realised it's open on my phone in a window somewhere. Possibly my fault but *shrug*. [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1425521538' post='2708233'] My gumtree name (if there is such a thing) is randomjoebollocks53. PM me sometime and we can quote Swinburne to each other. [i]And in other news...[/i] This 'Will sell to quickest payer' thing could easily be misconstrued as seller's hyperbole similar to 'First to see will buy'. Throw in some stuff like 'drives superb', 'shabby chic' and 'plays like buttah' and there's every chance people might come round just to slap the seller in the chops. And rightly so. It's funny, because I've been unloading all sorts of stuff on Gumtree recently. The non-musical stuff attracts pleasant, reliable people who pay the asking price, arrive on time and depart with the goods. The musical gear often pulls in drab, hopeless teen f**ktards who open with 'Knock of fifty quid M8 and I'll hav it' then get tearful when you say 'Thanks but no thanks'. [/quote] My best is still the guy who offered me half the amount I asked for as it had a few knocks.... on a 30 year old bass! utter tool. [quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1425603888' post='2709087'] Where oh where is Fumps? [/quote] Over the other side of the river to me here in Leeds - want me to go wave at him from the window?

I'm not going to say anything but just leave this here.... [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfB_K4RGtDo"]https://www.youtube....h?v=IfB_K4RGtDo[/url] [size=1]sorry[/size]

Solid state sounding clean valvey? mesa walkabout Aguilar TH500 Tecamp Puma (well the powersoft ones) Purple Chili Phat bass.... even the TC RH750 - not my cup of tea but emulates a big old valve amp (more SVT) fairly well or depending on the church I've had good results in my church using a Zoom B3 to feed both the PA and my own amp and use that to provide the tone

I got one in the scout combo a few weeks back - I love it - the bass sound in my head! Sounds good with the ACG preamp in my streamer (not all amps do) so I bet it goes with your ACG nicely TheGreek What cabs does it pair well with? (aswell as TKS ) There's a limit to how much a single 12 can do so wondering what else would pair up nicely with it on the bigger end. 8ohm cabs are out the question. When I got mine I also tried it in a Ashdown 8x10 and a barefaced 1x15 - for me I missed the tweeter/top end. Ideally I would build something but lack the crossover knowhow

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1424799064' post='2700602'] What is it about GAS that you move on gear for perfectly valid reasons at one time, only to sometime later wish you had it back/another one? It took me a good few Jazz basses to come to the conclusion that I don't like them very much. I felt like Charlie Brown where he keeps going to kick the football, and Lucy moved it every time...but he keeps going back, because this time he'll get it! ....and the cycle starts again! [/quote] ive done the same with jazzes... had more of them than any other type of bass... great but never gelledwith them at all.

Ive got one bass that cant be improved - for me theres no way I could improve on it. ive got another that my wife gave me and is awesome sounding. and a third that is lovely and realistically I wouldnt find an improvement unless I added a lot more money to it. amps ive fannied around with so much stuff the last few years- but finally found an amp that both sounds amazing and also fits with the basses ive got. Sometime a fretless and a ray would be nice but... im happy for now.

[quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1424631827' post='2698554'] Why not borrow some old valves from someone to see if you hear any difference. If not, then there will be no need to waste your money in getting some of your own. On some circuits the valve seems to make a huge difference, on others almost none. You won't know until you try. You should be able to get decent old Sylvanias, Brimars and Miniwatts etc from ebay for about £30 each. Make sure the seller states that they are tested and gives the actual results and, ideally, offers a refund for faulty ones. I must have bought several dozen old 12AX7's over the years from ebay and not had a duff one yet. IMO genuine Blackburn Mullards are the best, but they do cost. [/quote] good idea. [quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1424709111' post='2699422'] Frankly, the best thing to do is go SS. IMHO, the difference valves make, be it a hybrid or all-valve, is unpleasantness for hybrids and too much weight for all-valve. Unless you have a roadie. [/quote] had all solid state for years - some solid state amps are nice to my ears, others horrid, some hybrid amps are nice, others no so nice. Some all valve amps I guess are great and others not so great (but all heavy). I've got an amp that I like a lot and it's happens it's got some valves inside it. *shrug*

[quote name='taunton-hobbit' timestamp='1424554187' post='2697736'] See, the problem I have with all this twaddle (how do you do the 'cross out' thing?) stuff is that I come from the 'bung another 83 in & it'll work' generation - and, amazingly, it did ! [/quote][s] it's the strikethrough - the s with the line through it[/s] - as to the valves you're probably right as too "working" , but theres a bit of me that's curious [quote name='Anders' timestamp='1424571599' post='2697953'] My experience with NOS tubes is that some amps are built for the tubes to make a difference in sound and some not so much. [/quote] good point

nice! I like the back/body wood that they use as much as the AAAAAAAAAAAaAAAAAAAAAA+ grade top woods

so I got a new bass amp last week (Mesa Walkabout Scout12) and it's amazing - but also my first amp with valves in it So the tinkerer I am I wouldn't mind trying some other valves in there. Not cos I need to, but just because - reading the 12million walkabout posts on talkbass and there seems a consensus that there's not much improvement over the mesa valves currently in there - unless you get some nice older valves... .... which led me to ebay and the old valve sections.... man what a minefield, and £200 for a valve!!! wheres the best place to track down old 12ax7 valves? I'm not after some thing in a pristine box that's never been used before, just a different flavour to try out. Mind you is one valve costs £80 I might give it a miss!

without photos it didn't happen.....

on another note one of the reasons i've got a Zoom B3 pedal at the moment is that the models helped me work out what amp-sound-type I was after - it was quite useful - I ended up gravitating to the B15 model (with the cab turned off) .... so I ended up getting an amp that sounds in the same kind of tone-field.... Shame you're not a wee bit closer, you could pop over to geek out with that.

[size=4]Models a SWR SM-400. [/size]

[quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1424388124' post='2695938'] so its the Ashdown and a second hand Bass Pod then [/quote] I never found the ability to do that on my old Bass pod....

[quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1424196952' post='2693748'] So what is the difference between this amp and the similar Ashdown black box, except you cant get hold of one of these and they will be twice the price when they arrive. [url="http://ashdownmusic.com/files/product/img/img_20130709063359_99202_thumb.png"]http://ashdownmusic....99202_thumb.png[/url] [/quote] well it will be more like 4 times the price.... but apart from them both being black.... very little. One is an exercise in producing a cheap, low spec affordable bass amp for students. the other is an exercise in producing a top end bass amp using DSP to tune it to a range of cabinets using Eq, and multi band limiting and so on... I mean what's the difference between a Citroen C1 and a Mercedes AMG GT are ostensibly both cars for driving on the road with 4 wheels... except you cant get hold of one of these and they will be twice the price when they arrive.