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I've recently been using a DB750 into a GS112 for a couple of rehearsals in a large, acoustically 'dead' room against a drummer who's not desperately loud. It coped really well and didn't need a lot of driving to get to some pretty serious volumes. It was backed right up against a wall & raised about 2-3 feet off the ground. Had to boost mids on the amp to about 3 o'clock but everything else flat.

[quote name='Chunks' post='1084123' date='Jan 10 2011, 12:35 PM']Bought an Eden WTX360 from Barrie he even approached me with the offer from another thread. very helpful and put up with my uming and ahing cheers[/quote] Thanks Fred - it was a pleasure Just to explain (in case ayone thinks I tried to hijack someone else's thread) - I'd seen an identical amp up for sale to the one I had so I waited for it to be sold before listing mine as I didn't want to 'flood' the market with two amps at the same time. When the other one sold I spotted that Chunks had been looking for one via the other thread so I offered him mine at the same price the other one sold at

Tell him to get it listed internationally. The Ramones are an institution in the States, there's even a street named after Joey Ramone in New York (well, if not a whole street then a 'corner' anyway, lol). I saw the Ramones at the Roundhouse, supported by Talking Heads & The Saints I think. They played there a few times though so probably a different gig, lol.

[quote name='Gwilym' post='1083383' date='Jan 9 2011, 06:14 PM']hi Barrie, how's it going? As far as I know the chambered bodies weren't developed as a weight loss tool, rather an experiment with creating a more resonant instrument. I seem to recall recently reading (probably on TB) that MT was going to phase out making these models, I don't know if that's true or not, but I'm sure it would probably always be available as a custom option anyway. This is around 8.5 lbs, probably about a pound lighter than the others I've played, and on the light side for a 5-er I imagine. Cheers G[/quote] Hope it sounds as good as it looks Reason for asking is that I read an interview with Roger Sadowsky and he said that he started working with chambers because he simply couldn't find wood of the quality he wanted that didn't weigh a ton. I saw Mike T (along with Joey Lauricella, Jimmy Coppolo & Jens Ritter) speaking at Bass Player Live last year. Seemed a really nice guy and, unsurprisingly had a huge amount of knowledge about luthiery. I've shown the event below purely because it's the only official pic from Bass Player that I managed to sneak into - it shows the back of my head, lol :

Looks great Gwil - love that redwood burl top I didn't know Mike T was making chambered bodies now. I'd never really thought of MTD's as being heavy basses, is he doing this in order to use different tonewoods that are traditionally heavier than regular MTD woods?

Umm, now what I need to do is find someone else with a '59 P bass, get them to sell it to advertise it for £50 & then sell it to me at that price. At which point the 'price match promise' clause kicks in and the other guy picks up the one from the Gallery for £50 as well. I then sell him his bass back for the original £50 plus a decent 'drink' for sorting the deal . . .

If you are going to spend some time playing at home and will enjoy doing so then who's to say it's not a great investment? It'll keep you happy, interested, alert and improve your overall mental well-being. Sounds Luke £3.5K very well spent to me!

Nobody interested in a pair of tickets for this? Yours for a tenner each N.B. I'll post these in the proper for sale thread, just thought I'd leave this here as a reminder to people that the gig is on next weekend!

[quote name='Clarky' post='1080325' date='Jan 6 2011, 07:46 PM']Thats a 4000 (ie, the one without the neck pickup). Shows (as usual) that its in the fingers not the instrument! Oh, and Barry, you do not need a Rick [/quote] I have owned a pair of jetglo Ricks in the past, one was a late '73 (post checker binding) that was in need of a lot of TLC and a mid '80's that was immaculate. Never really got on with them - doesn't mean that I still don't think it would be nice to own another, lol.

Well I never, Stan da Man playing a Ricky with really early Return to Forever: I've seen him on a few different basses over the years but never spotted him on a Rick before. There's a few of these vids on YT so maybe I've just missed them over the years!

Ask BB5 to screen dump the list of albums on his Ipod - that should give you a good idea of what to look out for

[quote name='silddx' post='1078479' date='Jan 5 2011, 12:50 PM']No, the black $$.[/quote] That's Ok then - I always associate you with the white one so would have been dissapointed if that was to go, lol

[quote name='silddx' post='1078329' date='Jan 5 2011, 10:30 AM']Sounds ace! Sounds like my Warwick that I'm swapping it for actually [/quote] Not the white fretless?

I had one for a while and really liked it. Fit & finish was good, super slim neck, good weight (I seem to remember it being very light but it was a while ago now, it certainly wasn't heavy). Probably a better all round 'gigging' bass than my original '78 Fender J. Made me completely re-think my attitude towards Fender reissues to be honest.

My brand new Staccato does exactly the same thing, pretty sure my old RH450 did as well. In fact the RH did something similar on power down as well. I don't think it's anything to worry about. I asked TC & they told me something about just circuits powering up.