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I'm just home from a weekend of recording at Stonegate Recording Studios in Bentham. We set up on Friday evening ready for a 10am start on Saturday. We've managed to complete 4 original tracks bar the vocals on 2 of them. I'll have to go back in to do those sometime soon. I'm absolutely knackered now! We had a great time though, and this is the best recorded bass sound I've achieved so far. I did take the Bassman, and did try it, but I ended up running the GK 400RB-I for everything. Rob

It's in my dairy. Also, people of the North West, the Ribble Valley Jazz & Blues Festival is going on the weekend before. I know at least myself and @shug will be performing in various guises. I particularly recommend you catch anything Shug is doing, he's a bass legend in these parts. (Sorry Shug, but you are, and I love you 🤣) Rob

Thanks Rob, I think we're at cross purposes though. I'm looking for caps for the knobs, tiny little grey disks of plastic. See the pic above. Rob

It's a MKII with the vertical switch. I also have three 400RB's, a MKI, MKII, and MKIII. The knobs on the two earlier 400's look identical to me, and they look the same as the 800RB.

Cheers. I've had a good look around "Knob Zone" and can't see anything that resembles the early RB series knobs. Maybe you're searching the site in a different way than me. Can you link to the ones you found? As for the knobs I ordered from RapidOnline, they are nothing like the originals, so I won't be using those either!

I found a link to these earlier today via TalkBass I think. I've ordered a set anyway, I'll see what they're like when they get here.

That's a very difficult site to navigate. I added 10 of them to basket and then couldn't find a way to pay for them. It's not auto translating either. Hmm

Calling @rwillett Rob, is it possible to replicate the push on caps for control knobs? Amp pictured below showing two missing caps. Picture of a cap as an example (not the correct one though). I could take one off an original amp to copy if it's possible/financially viable. BTW, if this can be done, there's an army of GK 400/800RB users out there who would buy these. Rob

Ok, back here again with another question. Does anyone know where can I find knobs, or just the caps for the knobs, for an original 800RB? I have one incoming with two missing caps off the knobs. Cheers, Rob

In all the houses I've owned the cellars were cold dank holes, and one used to flood to a depth of 6 inches in heavy rain. If you've got a dry one, you're fortunate indeed. As for storing stuff in my attic, we've been attempting to clear ours of junk for the last two weeks as it was becoming impossible to move about up there!

Here in the UK, basements (or cellars as we call them) are often the coldest dampest parts of the house in my experience, so I would be reluctant to store electrical items in a basement. My loft on the other hand is very dry.

@rwillett Rob has a penchant for 3D printing.

When I ran a pair of Traveler 102P's, one was Italian and the other wasn't. I didn't detect much difference in tone between the two, but the Italian one was quite a lot heavier.

Ooof. I have a TE 2x8 and do fancy another to make a pair. I bet this rig sounds great.

I have done a gig with it DI’d, does that count? I played a Christmas concert at Lancaster Priory last year and the engineer took a DI from it. I did ask him if he was happy with it, and he said he was. Huge space, sold out, all good.

The fan is quite loud yes. We've had discussions on here about it. Somewhere, maybe in this thread, I posted pics of the fan. I'm sure quieter replacements could be found, but I only use mine for playing out and never at home. When playing out, it's never an issue. Rob

Good point. Post edited.

Hmm, this takes some thought. The best purchase is probably my Barefaced 3x10. Undoubtedly the best cab (for me) I've had. It's just brilliant live, in any venue. Can I have a 2nd best? Discovering GK 400RB series amps, and buying ......three of them. The first one was like hearing the sound I'd been looking for all this time, albeit through previously mentioned 3x10. Worst purchase? I don't really have one, but if there is one, it's that I bought a brand new Ashdown head just before I discovered how much I like the GK RB series heads. So I've basically never used it, even though it's a great amp. Rob

Congrats! I use these. https://www.designacable.com/van-damme-2x1-5mm-speakon-to-mono-jack-passive-speaker-lead-1.html

I'm in.

You are quite right. I started this thread from my own perspective. Title edited.