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[quote name='martin8708' timestamp='1376813411' post='2179282'] they probably sound great [/quote] Irrational Like 1 (OK, so a case can be made for that being a rational like. I admit it.) [quote name='martin8708' timestamp='1376813411' post='2179282'] look Star Trekky [/quote] Irrational Like 2 [quote name='martin8708' timestamp='1376813411' post='2179282'] difficult to spell [/quote] Irrational Like 3 Whilst I'd never imagined owning a GK, I'm sooo getting one now! The spelling pulled me over.

[quote name='WalMan' timestamp='1376787396' post='2179221'] BTW isn't it funny how people get up in arms about greedy companies legally avoiding tax but are happy to consider evading tax smuggling a misrepresented item through Customs. [/quote] Yeah, I'd agree with the general sentiment, but it's not certain these are the same people (unless you checked), and there's always the point of tax returns not always being a viable option in the country you're leaving. Personally, I happily pay my VAT and other taxes, but really hate to pay them twice -- in the process actually paying tax again over the first tax, before we've even mentioned costs.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1376772952' post='2179060'] Sorry, these basses always looked to me like the spawn of the unholy union of MM Stingray and Parker Fly! [/quote] That's cool, of course. No "sorry" needed, I think.

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1376778238' post='2179118'] Don't ask how I know this statistic but take it as good advice. [...] Please don't ask me to elaborate by pm or otherwise. [/quote] Well, it's a moot point now, as Dingus already explained how you did it. I don't understand it BTW. What if one of the condoms breaks? One can die! So you're a customs officer, eh? Innersting ...

Can't help with the wattage question. Sorry. There should not be a need to buy anything especially "tubey" or creamy, as that sound already comes from the LB. A good flat cab with good excursion speed and phase correctness (i.e. relatively expensive cabs) should be good. From my limited experience, there is little wrong with the BC 212. However, what I read on BC and other places is this: as it's a ported cab, the LB quite possibly can't control it enough. The damping factor of a valve power stage is virtually non existent. You'd probably be better off with a sealed cab. But if you like the sound of the BC212, there is no real need to shift. Sealed cabs are not a technical requirement for valve amps. Me, I do enjoy my Ashdown LB 112 cabs with the LB30, but those cabs are obsolete, and followed by the very expensive CL range, and to some degree by the cheaper VS range. Enjoy the bastard! best, bert

Here's a serious take from me as well: I tried to avoid trouble when returning with instruments, by already showing the instrumens to customs on the way out. Mind ya, this was expensive stuff. Each time, I could sense that customs didn't want me there, and certainly didn't want the administration of it. One time, I was plainly asked to drop it, and as a result I haven't done it the official way since. Have never had trouble since entering Holland or Norway or the UK, but have always been able to smile friendly at the question "Do you have a receipt?", and answer confidently: "Yup, but it's at home. Didn't fancy bringing it with me." I think the core is in the confidence. b, b

[quote name='cygnus x1' timestamp='1376747286' post='2178630'] Problem ? [/quote] [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1376747907' post='2178640'] Grumpy? [/quote] OK, guys. Thanks for the clear cut feedback. I wasn't feeling grumpy, but apparently came across that way. Sorry for that. The point stands though, even though it was worded more eloquantly by Grangur. best, bert

Well, you chose to not ask a mod beforehand, and the question is really quite lame and unnecessary, so ...

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1376743295' post='2178569'] THEY will decide how much it's worth [/quote] Yeah, was afraid of that. It's the same here in Norway now. Couldn't resist posting though. b, b

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1376694690' post='2178268'] ...and it's no good trying to tell them at customs that the 1960 stack knob Fiesta Red with matching headstock Jazz Bass you bought only cost $50 [/quote] Huh? Whatever happened to printouts of No Reserve auctions incorporating knowledgeless product descriptions and lots of speling muistakes ... and one invited bidder only ... oh and the PayPal receipt to follow it? I also dislike how some bad people use a label printer to equip a bass with the production number and barcode of a bass that is sitting at home with its local shop receipt. - Got a receipt for that? - At home. Can scan it and send it to you within the hour, mate! Yup, I [s]loves[/s] hates my label printer! Also, when bringing home your US bass, you're soooo not equipping it with the numbered neck plate of your UK one ... That would be dishonest. best, bert

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1376716266' post='2178338'] "Basses" section? There's probably loads there. [/quote] I guess there is. BC has shown more Bongos than shops in the UK can provide. Also, in the Gear Porn forum, there's a Music Man thread - not that I've checked it for Bongos: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/25449-musicman-porn-thread/"]http://basschat.co.u...an-porn-thread/[/url] best, bert Oh, and here's som humouring the OP: my 2007 Dargie Delight 4-HH: [URL=http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/mm-bongo-hh-dargie-delight-_zpsa7e53372.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r525/basstractor1/mm-bongo-hh-dargie-delight-_zpsa7e53372.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='phil.i.stein' timestamp='1376696231' post='2178287'] quite brilliant. [/quote] It is, innit. Then, what else to expect from Tauzero. But I wonder who has them in stock. I can't find one, even after spellcheck said it's not "viagram". b, b

Hey Nick, Welcome! I think we have another gent from Valencia here, so be careful with what you say. ;-) Enjoy the site some more! best, bert

I've just disliked the sunburst colour schemes since I was a lad in the sixties. Dunno why really, but I guess it has something to do with the total design of electric string instruments. Even in the sixties I felt those designs were of a different era (from twenties to fifties), and spawned very uneasy choices, and I do still feel most of them are uneasy and old fashioned as well as cliché indeed. Once promised myself to never own a sunburst. However, that promise is on the return, as I see more and more sunbursty basses that I do fancy, like some of the Music Man Honey Bursts. best, bert

FWIW, I think the "negative" comments in the isobaric cabs have mainly or all been from people who comment on the isobaric principle or on Orange's naming convention (them calling an isobaric 112 a 212). I can't remember any negative comments on the [b]sound[/b] of them, though maybe there are some. So I don't think BC comments are a reason to avoid trying them. (Me, I haven't heard them, and can't comment.) best, bert

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1376399161' post='2173324'] every time I liked a bassists tone, it was a Markbass rig. [/quote] Hey! That's [b]my[/b] line! As in: exactly the same happens to me all the time. I'm flabbergasted about it. best, bert

Congrats! Let us know how you get on with it. best, bert (GASsing for the Micro head with 210)

Quite some irrational responses here, indeed, them going all rational 'n' stuff. Me, I can't find one. Have enough dislikes, but they're about taste, and hardly interesting. (coffee table basses, sunburst, "design" that is not design but an amateur's take on "originality" .... the list goes on forever ...) Wait! Hartke! Now that [b]is[/b] irrational. The stuff [b]must[/b] be good, but I just can't approach it anymore after having heard a set with a 410 that was bloody, bloody awful, and probably just faulty. That is an undefendable dislike, and thus irrational. best, bert

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1376604148' post='2176857'] Despite not liking Sunburst (I'd put it on a par with how much I'd like a metallic pink bass) or that horrible top horn, I could sit & play a good fretless Jazz all day long. [/quote] With you on the sunburst. The "horrible top horn" is another matter though. See, it's not a top horn at all. What you are seeing is a cutout in a traditional roundish body - the point being that a cutout design is a different language than a top horn design. It's a different world, really. See? You think it's beautiful already! Mission accomplished! best, bert

[quote name='NikolasGomes' timestamp='1376596649' post='2176711'] And up for more answers! [/quote] I'd love to help, Nikolas, but: - I lack the technical gear that your test requires (good sound) - To me as a foreign English speaker, your foreign English sadly is undecipherable. I have no idea what you want me to do, and what you are asking for. Sorry man. Thought it better to let you know than to leave you in the cold, even if this is unpleasant. Good luck! best, bert

Hey Chloe, Welcome! Pro bassist? Sounds like a plan. Good luck with that. I hope the thing in your avatar is really how your Jazz looks. It's awesome with that blue pg! Anyway, enjoy the site! best, bert

However, I do indeed own this here one cello-thingie, here played by a friend who has it on loan. A classical musician, she plays it Harnoncourt style: [URL=http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/Marina20121224Bongo_zpsa09d14d5.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r525/basstractor1/Marina20121224Bongo_zpsa09d14d5.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Butterscotch Blonde for me too, I'm afraid. However, some bright mind allowed us some green as well. Here's a pre-production prototype attempt at a Bongo. Don't own it, mind. [URL=http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/MMBongoprototype510_zpsbb1c95fa.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r525/basstractor1/MMBongoprototype510_zpsbb1c95fa.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1376486612' post='2174674'] Poor bastard, stuck there in jazz hell when he could be knocking out Mustang Sally down the dog and duck... [/quote]

Sorry for the late reply, guys. Real life 'n' stuff. [quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1374578574' post='2150316'] I've just checked my LB30 schematic and the volume control is post effects, in fact it is right before the power stage. [/quote] Thanks, Geoff! I'll simply keep the volume on it down then. [quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1374589641' post='2150567'] This may be a dumb sugestion but what about selling the LB30 and the MiBass500 and use the money to fund a LB550 purchase? Are the prices too far appart? I'm not familiar with the Ashdown ranges and prices on this new units. [/quote] See, the LB550 was lim.ed. - - 50 units only. Also, IF it were to be imported to Norway, it'd cost 2,000 quid, seeing as it's already 1,800 dollars in the US. My LB30 and MiBass 550 both were on deep offer, and cost me a total of roughly 600 quid. [quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1374591198' post='2150599'] What about using the lb30 for stage volume, and DI into FOH? I've done this and works rather well: the DI out is tapped from the output transformer. [/quote] If I get to do stadiums (which in my case would mean local venues with maybe 300 seats), then we'd have no FOH at all. But yes, that would work well, I gather. I'd just be very wary about pressing the LB30 in a venue that is not my living room. I'll have to get back to you on my experiences. Sadly haven't been able to test it yet. b, b