Mudpup

Excellent, didn't know you could do this! Someone is beginning to drive me nuts on here.

There's a Source Audio Aftershock in the classifieds. It has about 973 different flavours of drive/distortion in it......you can try loads out without buying separate pedals

A few years ago i had a USA L2000 that had a rounded off truss rod nut. I think it was a 4mm allen key one. The Bass Gallery repaired it easily without removing the rod and i seem to remember they welded a new one on

I have a Mosfet Veyron. It's bloody brilliant. Absolute steal for £200ish new. Aux in, headphones out, great fat warm sound, decent EQ, lightweight...

That's totally unacceptable at even a £300 level and looks like it's been made by the Saturday lad. You need to send it back for a refund and reconsider your options unless they offer it to you at a silly cheap price. You'll never be able to love it because it'll leave a bad taste. Name the builder and keep the thread updated with progress. If the builder responds positively and you reach a happy outcome it's not the end of the world for them but if it goes wrong people should be aware.

Ashdown

Does the amp use an Icepower module or is it a proprietary design?

I used a pair of Big Baby cabs for about 10 years gigging almost every weekend. Never thought I would find anything better/more suited to me and they would be forever cabs. They're bloody good. But I retired from regular gigging last year. Sold them both with the intention of downsizing everything. Bought a GR212 but it wasn't the right cab for me sonically. Ended up with a Monaco and although I've only done a couple of rehearsals and a festival gig with it I think it's better than the BF cabs. It's more controlled at home levels and definitely fills a bigger room better. It's almost like the volume is more consistent wherever you stand whereas the BF cabs threw a long way but if you were stuck right in front of them (just using a single cab) then you could get a bit lost. They were still better than most regular cabs but I think the LFSys improves on it significantly. And they feel a bit tougher too.

They're still easily available for £230

I picked one up a few months back and it's bloody brilliant. I just wanted something for noodling around at home with an aux in and headphones out and a less neutral sound than the GR Bass 800 that i had at the time. Seriously impressed with it at home levels - can't get a bad sound out of it.

It'll be Herts/Essex

Reckon I'll mosey on down..... I'll bring my Spector Pulse 2 with the LHZ preamp, a Warwick Proline custom, an LFSys Monaco cab and a couple of amps (a choice between a Bugera Veyron, Quilter BB800, Mesa Big Block or an Orange 4 Stroke - if anyone would like to have a bash on something let me know your preference)