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  1. JD1 started following SOLD. TKS S115 bass cab. 450w 8ohm. £200 Pics added. , Musicman USA Sterling 5 , PENDING Maruszczyk Elwood L5a 24 - Lightweight! and 6 others
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    Would really like this - collection an issue though as I’m in Whitley Bay. And tbh I’d rather collect too. Ah well 🙄 GLWTS.
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    As I’ve said earlier in the thread I got one of the later / last Japan Metro Expresses. Guitar Guitar may have a few left. Fit and finish top drawer. Plays like butter and only needed a minimal setup out the box. And sounds like a Sadowsky should. Love it.
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    Yes I was the first owner. It’s a fab bass. Very light, great playability and versatile. I only changed it because I wanted a full on jazz bass slap tone. It does a decent impression with the coil taps though. This is in humbucker, 80% bridge with the mids boosted a bit.
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    This was mine. Originally from Bass Direct. Great bass. And very light!
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    No hum on my Japan Metro Express.
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    Took me like 5 minutes to get used to it. 😀 I’ve got one of the last (I think) Japan Metro Expresses. Been playing it now for a few months and whilst it’s early days for me, feels like a bit of a keeper. It’s light, balances well, nice low action and the tone is fab. My first foray into Sadowsky and I’d been a bit of a (misplaced and I’ll advised) sceptic until now. With the VTC able to choke off the boost it doesn’t really feel like an active. More like a passive on steroids. Better than the USA Fender I had in every department.
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    Paulhauser - red lettering so TW’s. Not sure what the difference is? They have coil taps on them and I quite often run them single coil and switch to twin for a solo boost.
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    I’ve got a NS5H2 - USA bolt on with EMG’s and an OBP3. And I’ve had a couple of Euros pass through. The tone is completely different to the Euros. Probably a combination of the build and the circuit. Less aggressive (but still a hot output), tighter / more compressed and a more focussed mid range and a more polite top end. Little bit of neck dive due to the lighter body (and chunky neck) but not too bad and a wide leather strap sorts it. And on the chunky neck, PJ was telling me when I took delivery that Stuart paid great attention to neck stability. And I have to say he was right. In 9 years I’ve never had to tweak it - in all temperatures. (NB - one of my Euros was an early green 5 with gold hardware and solid maple wings and a chip above the bridge pickup where my screwdriver slipped! I’d love to know what happened to that. I believe Guitar Guitar in Edinburgh sold it. Definitely one I wish I had kept).
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    All of this seems to have passed me by! So couple of questions (and apologies if they’re hidden earlier). Did something go wrong with the Japan arrangement? The Metro’s seemed to be high quality and popular in equal measure? Also what is the difference between Japanese MetroLines and Japanese MetroExpresses?
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    Why on Earth is this still here? I feel like driving from Whitley Bay to get it.
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    Roger Mayer SVT DI

    JD1 posted a topic in Recording

    Anyone used one of these? I’m getting decent results straight into the interface and using the Logic amp designer stuff but looking at Other options for an external DI / amp sim. Any other options out there?
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    Ha I should read things properly! Yes it was mine. Great cab. I only sold it as I was down-sizing. I have a tie-in with Hartke now or I’d have had it back. NB if you have been running it with the tweeter turned completely off apparently it doesn’t like that and can cause the tweeter to blow. It happened once before and I remember having an exchange with Tommy about it. This is a great cab for not a lot of cash.
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    I had one of these for years and loved it. I thought this was mine until you mentioned you got it from Walshy. There’s not many of these around. Mine was actually a H115 (although it has S115 on the back for some reason). It was a prototype H115 I borrowed from Water of Tyne and I liked it so much I asked Tommy if I could buy it. He changed the design soon afterward to a smaller cab. One of the best 15’s I’ve ever had. Responsive to eq - especially mids and for a 15, very quick - and with the horn a great one cab solution.
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    Thanks Pete. Not sure tbh. The mid pot doesn’t have a distinct 2/3 position feel - just a centre detent like the cut and boost on the treble and bass pots. I may have a tweak one day when I have time and report back!
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    Couple of other pics. The “Slap contour”, recessed jack and interestingly carved back. And the control cavity. Any help welcome! 😀
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