Sean

Also make sure you send it insured. I sold a bass amp once and it arrived damaged, the guy got a quote for it to be fixed and I paid it was all sorted out although the repair job came to more than I sold it for. Buyer was an ungrateful oik too.

[quote name='No lust in Jazz' timestamp='1400061987' post='2450273'] Sorry for going of topic, but.. Could someone explain the use of the term 'heft'? I've seen it a few times in relation to amplifiers I still don't understand what its being used to describe. [/quote] It's a term I use and appreciate and to me the amps with big transformers that supply high currents continuously rather than in bursts, have heft. This is particularly true of the classic valve amps like the SVT, 400+ and GT200 and what you just can't and don't achieve with things like the Genz Benz products. They both hit the same SPLs but there's a tangible difference to the quality of the sound. I'm sure there's someone on here who could explain the physics. One isn't better than the other, just different. The WA has a certain amount of heft but it's left behind by the 400+ at the same SPL. It's difficult to explain something that I can only feel and don't understand the physics of properly :-)

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1399819825' post='2447971'] I had a Walkabout for while - didn't get on with it at all and sold it very quickly. Sounded a bit flat and wooly to me, especially in combo format [/quote] You sold it to me! And I think it's the best combo ever! I can get it to sizzle and don't find it all wooly. Although, it transforms when it goes through a big sensitive cab, it's amazing. I think all this just goes to show how incredibly subjective tone is and why we should all do the TalkBass thing and use YMMV more often (not)! Now then, while we're on the subject of wooly, I had an Ashdown once and that was so wooly it make my skin itch and I had to wash it at 30 Deg and not tumble dry! :-D

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1399978486' post='2449487'] No, I think you might not have understood what I mean. As far as I know, all of the posts are from people who HAVE tried BF cabinets, in some way/form, eg bass bash, gigs, home vs other cabs, all of these, etc etc. [/quote] I've re-read what I posted a few times and I think you've misunderstood me. Just to clarify, I was saying that those who pass negative comments about BF cabs (or any gear, really) WITHOUT having any experience of them are unreasonable. Anyone who HAS tried them and doesn't like them is just like me when it comes to Harley Davidsons, they just don't like them and have made a judgement based on experience, which in my book is just fine. I don't think I'll ever be a BF fanboy, nowhere near as I'd have to make room and my Yamaha obsession won't allow it :-)

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1399971977' post='2449390'] I don't think this applies to anyone in this thread, sorry.I also think this is exactly the attitude that winds people up, and means the thread gets heated. This in turn leads to people thinking: 'Right, I'll say exactly what I think'. This leads to more problems! [/quote] They already say exactly what they think, which was the point I was making about people giving their strong opinions on something they haven't tried. I wasn't saying that everyone who passes negative comment on BF is an idiot, just the ones who do so without having the experience of the products their commenting on. And that's my prejudiced hypocritical opinion based on having not met the posters. The heated threads were the ones that drew my attention to the cabs anyway so it's all good for business. Maybe some winking smilies would have changed the tone I intended. And the "drivel" comment was self-deprecatory for those who didn't spot that. Would you like me to spell "condescending" for you?! < as is that.

Phone Watford Vales and ask for Derek. He knows stuff. He'll put you right. He does it for a living and people who play valve amps for a living take advice from him. He's not God (Billy Sheehan is) but he'll give you some very good pointers.

I love my Big Twin 2. Not had it long but it's the best cab I've ever had. Why did I get interested in BF? Mainly because anything that generates such passionate polar responses has to be worth checking out. So, if you look at it like I do, then the haters drew my attention to Barefaced and made the products even more compelling than a bunch of fanboys with no opposition and no balancing comment ever could alone. I had to form my own opinion before making comment and in the process found a cab that performs way better than anything else I've used. The whole small specialist British business thing was also compelling but I wouldn't buy British unless it was better than anything foreign made even though I always try to when possible. I just haven't managed to find many UK built basses I liked enough to stick with. As for those who pass comment and judgement without having experienced the products themselves, I can't take them seriously, they're idiots and a disgrace to the other people who post drivel on internet bulletin boards (which is what we used to call forums back in the day).

Corona pop bottle crates. Every bubble's passed it's fizz-icle! I used to use Cresta crates but it made my sound too frothy, man.

He's got a lot going on. Still doing repairs though.

I watched Metallica:Through the Never today and really enjoyed it. What an amazing stage show and I loved the story that was cut into it and the fact that just like in Pulp Fiction you never actually find out what the McGuffin is. Yes, it was cheesy but a fabulous production nonetheless; this is entertainment after all. I'm glad they're doing Glastonbury and I'm really glad some bland rubbish British band with a strictly root note bass player isn't headlining :-D

I liked the one that sounded like what the song sounded like in my head and what I tried to achieve but couldn't get near. Mix 6.

I liked the one that sounded like what the song sounded like in my head and what I tried to achieve but couldn't get near. Mix 6.

The WB through my BFBT2 is way louder than I would ever need and would be too loud for an unmic'd drum kit to compete with but as WoT points out, it's not about clean headroom, it's a filthy little amp. The WB is a different animal completely to the TH500, it's actually more comparable to valve amps in the way it behaves and sounds. I absolutely love it. Almost as much as my 400+.

The awesome Mesa Walkabout is AB. Small amp, huge heft. I've run mine through a Barefaced BT2 and it's incredible, it has so much heft.

Tolex? Is that a special or an option?

Can't wait to hear 'em! Stench Trench!

This thread comes up every few years.

I agree, I've been in bands with guitarists that will only play what they can play and won't play anything that requires them to learn a new technique, like skanking on an upstroke or learning what they deem to be "jazz chords". I also agree that a lot of these folk lack stamina and consequently try to come up with alternative guitar parts to the songs. You can easily spot these people as they refer to "rhythm guitarists" and "lead guitarists", when someone asks me whether I play lead or rhythm guitar, I usually answer by telling them that I play whatever the song needs at that time. They're also the people who when they see/hear me playing bass usually tell me that I'd be good enough to be a guitarist.

Yes, it's still available for anyone to have a go. Just pm Douglas :-)

[quote name='paulears' timestamp='1398883961' post='2438688'] The old guitarist on the other hand, wouldn't come back - so we don't have a del for him. [/quote] Here's one

Well, that remix has managed to help us get a new drummer! And it's a guy I really wanted to play with again after not seeing him in ages!

I'm liking the first remix. It's got the bass back in the mix :-)

Mike Mills by country mile.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1398552090' post='2435284'] I've a google drive that could be used for sharing these files. If you confirm, I'll send you a link by PM, and anyone interested can PM me for a copy of that link. That's how I do it for our Mixing Challenge; it works well enough... [/quote] Yes, that would be great, thanks.