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Had a good run through with this on Thursday. Fair sized practice room (about half size of a normal gigging area in a pub. With lots of damping and sound proofing, due to it being a designated practice room. I'd taken my ashdown abm 2x10 which I knew would be weaker and thinner than a 12 or 15 and break up quicker and my yamaha bb424x. First thing I noticed was even with the 2x10 volume was not going to be an issue. Nothing was set over 12 o'clock. That includes gain, level and master. The amp felt like it had loads left to give. Next a quick flick through the amp models. As before, I had the mids turned off and low and high around 12 clock. The nicest sound without tinkering with the eq too much (as we had 9 new songs to go through) was the channel 1 ampeg svt (yellow led). There's also some real nice valve break up if you start to go past 12 o'clock on the gain. That sound was lovely and warm, but the richness really shone letting me hear every note without being blisteringly loud. It had a nice fat 'band' sound to it which made a great foundation with the drums, but didnt sound like one instrument blasting through the mix. It found itself fitting well in the mix without really trying. I asked the drummer if he could hear ok and he said it was great. Very clear. It wasn't hot at all after 3 hours playing either which was quite reassuring. I can see me eventually tinkering with the eq more alongside the gains to find some really fantastic tones when I get chance. I've ordered a barefaced super compact so can't wait for that to come so I can try it with that!

With the new mark bass evo 1 I can put 2 amps into 1 speaker. Not traditional bi amping as such, but setting one amp clean and one driven helps keep the low end present.

Amp wise: For me rotary dials are best as you can make fairly accurate notes what your settings are - ie 12 o'clock, 3 o'clock etc. But what I'd really like is dials that click into the desired position and don't move easily like a usual dial once set. This ensures your settings don't move about during transportation, set up and removal, even when in a case. The amount of gigs I've done where I've had to continually check every dial when setting up and sound checking is annoying, so a good dial thst clicks into position would be great.

Had a good run through with this on Thursday. Fair sized practice room (about half size of a normal gigging area in a pub. With lots of damping and sound proofing, due to it being a designated practice room. I'd taken my ashdown abm 2x10 which I knew would be weaker and thinner than a 12 or 15 and break up quicker and my yamaha bb424x. First thing I noticed was even with the 2x10 volume was not going to be an issue. Nothing was set over 12 o'clock. That includes gain, level and master. The amp felt like it had loads left to give. Next a quick flick through the amp models. As before, I had the mids turned off and low and high around 12 clock. The nicest sound without tinkering with the eq too much (as we had 9 new songs to go through) was the channel 1 ampeg svt (yellow led). There's also some real nice valve break up if you start to go past 12 o'clock on the gain. That sound was lovely and warm, but the richness really shone letting me hear every note without being blisteringly loud. It had a nice fat 'band' sound to it which made a great foundation with the drums, but didnt sound like one instrument blasting through the mix. It found itself fitting well in the mix without really trying. I asked the drummer if he could hear ok and he said it was great. Very clear. It wasn't hot at all after 3 hours playing either which was quite reassuring. I can see me eventually tinkering with the eq more alongside the gains to find some really fantastic tones when I get chance. I've ordered a barefaced super compact so can't wait for that to come so I can try it with that!

Do you practice as you gig though? Ie 15 songs back to back with no break? a 20 minute break then the same again? If not, it could just be you're getting no natural rest (even if only 30 seconds here and there). Try building in a natural break in your set (where the singer chats, or guitarist plays a long intro). So you play 2-3 songs then get a bit of a rest, rather than playing flat out for 45 mins. That break now and again may just help you to recover.

[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1502886475' post='3354172'] That's superb that is. Off I go to buy one [/quote] Me too! That pad will be ideal on top of the stack. Cheers Dood!

I'll tell you what I'd love, purely because I hate making the extra trip to bring it, it doesn't fit in my small gig box and I sometimes forget it altogether.... some kind of bass keeper/holder/rest to put the bass guitar on whilst not in use attached to the cab.

Cheers. I bought one 2 weeks ago. It's absolutely awesome!! Just dial those mids out and it's phenomenal in my opinion.

I also noticed it'd been put back again, and the wording was a little ambiguous on price.

Champagne Supernova for me.

I'm so tempted by the j&d as well. But i love the wood grain alder body on the harley benton. Hmmm decisions, decisions... Cheers.

Next practice is on Thursday this week, so I'll keep you informed.

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great stuff! cant beat it when everyone has a great time!

It's an amazing amp. I love the bass face (fender bassman) amp, really rich and smooth. Then going to the trace and gk - they sound awesome in a completely different way. The only advice I would give is: 1) set the level to 12 oclock. 2) set the gain to 12 oclock. this helps give you a good idea of the amp sounds. Turning higher can have the sound (intentionally) break up. 3) turn the mids to 6/7 oclock. Ie off / fully left. Then just add to taste. Having them at 12oclock can give an echo/mark bass signature tone. 4) I also turn the treble off my bass, then add to taste. The bassman sounds awesome with a tiny bit of treble. The trace sounds awesome with treble fully on.

You can pick up an Ashdown after 8 15 for about £40 second hand. Easily powerful enough for home use and has a headphone jack socket.

a few days on, and the amp is absolutely brilliant! Sounds so rich with this cab. cant wait to practice at volume next week! the case is a mac tools case from b&q £27. http:// " class="ipsImage" />