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[quote name='Phil Adams' timestamp='1371718328' post='2117219'] Thanks for that, I actually lived in Byron Rd for 10 years until the divorce, probably could see your unit from the bedroom window. I shall be in.... get the kettle on! [/quote] The kettle is almost always on On a good day there's biscuits too .

I tried bi-amping for a while with lows going to a 1x15 and highs to a 2x10 with tweeter. As Bill points out, both were built as full range cabs and really didn't sound very nice bi-amped. Felt like I was losing something from the overall tone rather than gaining

[quote name='Phil Adams' timestamp='1371709795' post='2117136'] How long has that been there? I had no Idea. Handy for me in Maidenhead. Good news. [/quote] I can't remember exactly but I think Phil got the keys in August 2011 and was open from September. Had been based up in Harrogate but under 20% of sales were coming from an area loosely attributable to 'the north' so he decided to head south. 2013 has been such a good year that he decided to lease the unit next door as well and this doubled the size of the premises last month and added a much better acoustic environment for a dedicated amp & cab demo room Mind you - there was someone in this week buying a new Mesa Powerhouse 4x12 cab and that tested the strength of the entire building let alone the quieter cab demo room, lol. The Twford location is really good for travel. It's right next to Twyford main line station which is about 40 mins from London & easy access from anywhere on the main Paddington to Bristol / South Wales train lines or, via Reading, from Oxford direction. Close to both M4 & M40 and not far from M3 for visitors from London, midlands, south west. It's 40 minutes drive from western parts of London. Heathrow airport is also only 20 minutes away which is useful as we've had a few people fly over to collect things (nearly 50% of sales are overseas). Of course - Maidenhead is even handier, just 15 mins or so I reckon

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1371708254' post='2117127'] I just purchased them without the code in the end. The site wasnt accepting the code when I initially tried and vic didnt mention that the promo was still running when i called yesterday. I'm not bothered, it was only a couple of quid. Talked to Vic and he was a real nice guy. Great and friendly service. If the strings are as good as I've heard, I'll be back on the phone ordering in bulk [/quote] The onsite code should be working now - I've tested it & it seems OK. People can get the 10% off if they call in and say they've seen the Fodera Birthday promotion. It wasn't designed to be an 'open' offer so that'll be why Vic didn't mention it automatically. It was only available to people on the mailing list, FaceBook likes and BassChat members. Happy to either refund the cost or take it off something else in the future You can either PM me here or send an email to the info@bassgear address & we'll sort something out.

[quote name='pierreganseman' timestamp='1371632600' post='2116325'] yes, i can only agree. It is VERY nice to not feel like you MUST buy the bass right now , and in my experience They will even give their opinion whether it gets a sale or not. [/quote] I really can't bring myself to push a bass at someone that isn't right for them or that I can't recommend myself. In fact just yesterday I was telling someone about trying out a few different things at The Gallery because their range is quite different to what BassGear have in stock. He's visiting Alex at the weekend and will, hopefully, make up his mind on merit rather than sales spiel

Potential revenue is pretty small from commercial advertising outside the bass retail and manufacturer market. Probably less than £1 for every thousand times an ad appears.

I've tried using SoGa on extended warranty. Took an age to get any kind of response and then it was near impossible to meet their standards of what was considered 'normal use'. Felt like just turning something on and using it for any length of time was in breach of their terms

Bought one, spent some time with it, used it at a full band rehearsal, didn't get on with it, put it up for sale. . .

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1371543279' post='2115144'] I spent 3 hours there A/Bing a Nordy P5 and my Lull, then I had a little play with the Foderas. I shouldn't have done that! Great place, nice people. Vic makes a mean cuppa. [/quote] That Fodera is now up for sale as an ex-demo with some money knocked off the price - just saying. . .

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1371541877' post='2115123'] I'd like to vouch for Bass Gear. I had a week of email communication with Barrie, it felt like to talking to an old friend about bass at most points. Most importantly, I never felt like Barrie was trying to ram a bass down my throat to buy, it was clear that bass enthusiasm comes first. I would genuinely love to buy a bass from them sometime. (did that Sterling with the messed up paint work ever come in Barrie?) [/quote] The Sterling is in and being touched up by the luthier we use. He's a top guy and really knows his stuff. Unfortunately he damaged his back recently so everything's a little delayed. Should be back soon though Cool translucent red colour too

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1371499728' post='2114774'] I had a great time at the shop... looking for an excuse to go back soon ;lol: [/quote] And now it's twice as big and has a dedicated amp and cab demo room

Fixed now - Just type Birthday in the coupon code and it will take 10% off all Fodera strings Any problems zap me a PM & I'll sort things out.

It runs to the end of the month but the code on the site seems to be buggered - I'll see if I can fix it now

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1371495777' post='2114669'] Sorry to hijack thread but how much is UK shipping Barrie? I'm looking to order some Fodera strings in the next couple of days and just wondered how to expect for p&p. [/quote] Flat rate of £3 whether it's one or two packs

Thanks Pierre I think it does make a difference that everyone at BG (both full time and part time) are all active players. There were two of us in this afternoon when a customer order for a Mesa 4x12 arrived. We dropped everything and immediately got it set up to test to make sure it was all working properly. It sounded immense! We couldn't resist getting the Yamaha Billy Sheehan off the wall and checking how it sounded - proper rock bass and cab with an Aggie head of good measure. The two of us were grinning from ear to ear - like kids in a candy store

Have you tried through the contacts on the band web site or FaceBook? Goes through to Rob I think and he's been active on FB today.

If it's getting close to end of warranty period then make sure you keep all the paperwork. I've heard more than one tale about a GB being repaired and then failing again. If it's the same thing then you should still be covered even if the warranty has expired because you can argue that the previous repair was not effective. Not sure how long this will be allowable but I know someone who ended up having two repairs fail and eventually he was sent a brand new replacement

[quote name='Jellyfish' timestamp='1371404937' post='2113456'] I believe BassGear do. [/quote] And they are 10% off this month too Just put Birthday in the redemption code section.

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1371391986' post='2113246'] Now you see this is the reason why I am going to give up on reading anything further re. the merits of certain cabs and drivers and why things can't and won't work or who designs/makes the best and the inherent back-stabbing of the merits of each cab! So you can slacken off a speaker to change/alter the tone/response... well can't you do that with any speaker and does that not totally nullify any 'tuning' of the driver to cab; you may as well chuck any random driver in. A component can alter the power handling capacity of the cab - I assume that is some form of filter because surely the spec of the driver itself is the limiting factor in power handling? I've decided to design and build my own cabs! You thought that Guy Pratt's 'sliding pup' Warwick bass was worthy of conversation; wait till you see my 'sliding wall' bass cab, my slogan will be something catchy like, "Tuneable to anything you chuffin want, just slide the top in and out... the sound in your head is the sound in your hands!" ...do you think it might catch on? [/quote] You can't adjust the main speaker - that would definitely not be a good idea! The ATS cabs in question have a pair of passive 'radiator' speakers. Not often used in guitar amps & cabs but much more common in hi-fi speakers (which is Enrico's background). I think the Mesa Walkabout cabs have these. the core sound from each speaker comes from the active speaker but the passive ones somehow add a lot more depth to the tone (I have little understanding of the physics behind this but I certainly attest to the fact that it works!)) The adjustment in the passive speakers seems to make the cone more or less rigid within a fixed set of parameters. It's a marginal change in tone but, because the head & cabs are designed to be very pure in sound reproduction, Enrico believes that his customers would appreciate the potential to make really fine adjustments if mic'ing a cab for recording or just simply because they prefer the tone for general playing.

I should also add that Enrico is one of the nicest people you could ever meet! Nothing is too much trouble and he takes his business incredibly seriously. He's always striving for improvements and continually tweaking his products. He came over to visit BassGear recently and showed us how his cabs with the passive speakers are individually tuneable - in simple terms you tighten them for a cleaner crisper response and slacken them for a softer rounder low end. Very clever stuff. He also insisted on having one cab sent back to Sicily for an upgrade to a circuit improvement which helped increase the power handling capacity - all at his own expense!

I think they were founded around '86 and started making bass specific stuff in '92. Much Moore concentrated in this area over the last few years