HazBeen

I won't hijack the thread, but I got into a row with the singer of my Oasis Tribute recently. This guy is NEVER prepared, everything last minute, doesn't drive so needs a lift, needed the bass player (me) to help choose and set up his in-ears and vocal mic. He called me out because I did not know a song WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ON THE LIST. 5 minutes later he was sulking in a corner as I ripped him to absolute shreds. Some people hey? We've since made up of course

To me the well known European builder should be able to provide you with some solid advice. Alder is the classic option, but looks dull (hence they are mainly burst or solid colours). Ash is often a little lighter in weight and darker sounding (natural scoop), nice grain so translucent colour friendly. But what you choose also depends on fingerboard and pickup selections. To my taste an Ash body JB needs a Rosewood (sorry Cites) fretboard and pickups that flatten out the scoop a litle, Lollars for instance. Alder with Ebony or Maple board and Nordstrands or Aero.... but that is my preference. so if you are going for ebony, I say alder...

Snow business like show business

Dunlop .73mm for me, the yellow ones. Perfect for my needs.....

Anything with strings, pretty okay Percussion, mixed succes Wind instruments, TOTALLY USELESS

My Bogarts also have a semi headstock, just thread strings through holes, clamp them and hey presto job’s a good’n.

I miss my S2.... still have lots of graphite necked basses, but should have kept it.... great instruments.

So to me there are 2 things not quite right to this thread, 1. we are mainly talking 2nd hand equipment which is not the same as budget equipment and 2. We aren’t really zooming in on budget amps/cabs.

It copes really well, I stack a lot of dirt and it all came through as articulate as I expected. But that undoubtedly is also due to the Subway pre which is a great bit of kit.

Okay, so I have done a gig with it and two 3 hour band rehearsals. Time for some further feedback/intel. Firstly I am pretty sure this D class Power Amp is at least in part an own design, so it is difficult to compare directly with a “normal” Ice/B&O. The combo Subway/Sumo is most definitely louder than my Darkglass M900 and it has zero problem to keep up in full band setting with ample headroom to spare, I was unable to turn volume knob past 60% as it was just too loud. I have also been changing from Sumo to Mesa M600 fx loop in to compare the Sumo against 600w Mosfet. The Mosfet is slightly warmer and has the typical mosfet low end girth, the Sumo is very transparent and responsive and actually seems to cut through a little better with the same EQ settings on the Subway. I have tried a Subway 800 and “from memory” the Sumo/Subway combo sounds very close to the 800 and most certainly is as loud and has the same authority I liked in the 800. I do use the deep switch with the Sumo, not with the M600. I would say the Sumo/Subway is about as loud as the Mesa M600. Like most D Class amps I doubt the Sumo gives the full 1000w all the time, but it is certainly not lacking in any way, it is crisp, has enough weight and has consistent volume/tone. I use Tecamp L212s that have a wide frequency response, the Subway/Sumo is a good match. The unit is passively cooled and does get hot, after a 3 hour session it is quite warm to the touch but not mega hot and when switched off cools down quickly so heat dissipation seems pretty efficient. What I really like is that I now control both my amp and DI sound from my pedal board, and clearly I can use any amp with an fx loop as power amp so we are talking consistent sound/setup regardless of venue. Time will tell if I start missing my full sized Mesa, but for now I am very very happy and the Sumo is delivering the goods. Very impressed, especially given it’s price point. Some pics: https://imgur.com/gallery/ohjQF