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I wouldn't be bothered about what that sounded like.........I could just cheerfully sit there gazing at it for hours instead 🙂

And we got to play a rarely heard classic. Worked well on the night but we don't trot it out too often.

Wicked 😊 Pub gig. Crowd were in the mood. Played well.... (Yellowhouse)

They are truly awesome little amps. I love mine. Lives in my carrots bag for life just in case 😊

Seriously, I have just switched from a posh drum pedal bag to a bag for life with a picture of carrots on the side. All the cables just get rolled up and put in after a gig and come back out in reverse order. My Quilter amp sits in the top. Any little bits like a set of strings, batteries or tools go in a gig back pocket. It's all much easier to squeeze in the car now ☺️

I've been through a load of amps over the last 45 years of playing bass. More so in the last 15 years or so since starting gigging again after a long break and also because I've been fortunate enough to have more disposable income than when I was younger. If something isn't working for me or I feel like I can find something better suited to my taste I don't keep them. Listed below are the ones I have ended up with and I can't see anything else replacing them in the foreseeable future... Mesa Big Block 750 (x2!) A huge sounding old fashioned big iron rock amp. Love it to bits. It has a lovely valvey 'give' to the sound. Grabbed the second one as they're hard to find and I was scared in case my other one blew up. Orange Four Stroke 500. Can get surprisingly close to the Mesa above but has a less baked in sound. Great EQ, stupid loud and weighs half as much as the Mesa. Still sounds like a big hefty rock amp but with a more flexible EQ and a cleaner core sound. Quilter BB800. The only class D amp I've ever used that doesn't lose its ooomph when you really push it. Super clean warm sound, simple EQ once you get your head around it, weighs nothing and lives in my cable bag as a back up amp. Love it.....

I've had both an ABM600 and a Magellan 800. The Magellan doesn't sound anything like an ABM and isn't as loud in a band situation I'm my experience. Both were run at 4ohms into a pair of Barefaced BB2 cabs. The Magellan is one of the best class D amps I've had but it doesn't have as much kick as the Ashdown when it's getting loud.

Why would you want to? (Serious question BTW)

Sony DWZ B30 owner here. Bought it in Oct 2014, done an average of 50 gigs per year since then and never had a single issue with it. Not one, nada. Ever. Runs on 2 rechargeable AA batteries and I can safely get over 6 hours per charge out of it. Metal transmitter body and clip and a cable tone attenuator if you want to induce some top end loss into it. The receiver also has a get you out of trouble DI output on it if you need it and a tuner out. Receiver runs on batteries or a few mains power options. I just run it from my pedalboard power supply at 9v. https://www.guitarinteractivemagazine.com/review/sony-dwz-b30gb-wireless-system/ Looks like you can get the 2 separate components from here for about £360 and just sort out your own guitar jack cable https://www.digibroadcast.com/audio-c63/wireless-transmission-c167/sony-m54

The speculation is that it will be based on the Aviator guitar amp - maybe selectable voicings or twin channel and a slightly larger form factor.

Don't think so yet. There was a thread about it on Talkbass

New one coming and they've sold all the old ones

Didn't they already do that a few years back?

Nope, I would rather stick pins in my eyes.... How can a sport require you to drink beer and eat sandwiches at half time whilst wearing a jumper? Now, dwarf bowling, that's a totally different ball game 🙂

Minimum of 500 watts into a 4 ohm load and a cab/cabs that equate to the 4 ohms. You can always turn it down but having to thrash it for volume isn't a good plan. This will cover pretty much anything you need in most pubs. Buy used off the classifieds here. There are usually some bargains to be had on older bigger/heavier amps. Maybe find an Ashdown ABM500 or an old Peavey if you can? There's some cheap Trace Elliott and Mark Bass stuff around now and quite a bit of choice in the classifieds What's the budget?

It does seem to be getting less safe on Amazon. My missus bought some of her fave perfume from them and it was fake - she spotted the box was wrong straight away. No problem returning and refunding it but it makes you think twice about it now. I always trusted them before.

An odd weekend for Yellowhouse. Friday night at a big sports bar/pub in Chelmsford and upon arrival the manager said that he wasn't expecting much of a turnout after 2 busy bank holidays, everyone is skint. First set started and as expected there were just a few hardy dancers upfront. At half time we were trying to muster up some enthusiasm amongst ourselves with one eye on the money. Second set - batshit crazy, loads of people suddenly appeared and it was a different world. Supposed to finish at midnight but played until 12.45 and fished a few crowd pleasers out of the first set as noone had seen them earlier. Saturday was at another large pub in Staines. We thought it may be a bit quiet but it was totally the opposite. Bonkers all night.....The iffy video below is at the end of the first set and it's the sort of reaction we would normally expect at the end of the gig. Jovi London Stone .mp4

Thought I would give the Orange amp a run out this weekend instead of my usual Mesa. Venue was a bit tight width wise so it was stuffed in a corner. I'm still really pleased with it as a lighter weight big iron amp 😁