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Thanks for that HJ - Roxy are right up my string. Meanwhile, back on topic 😉 I never change my strings. A bit like Jamerson - although that's where the similarity ends. Mind you, I do change my basses quite often though.

Steady on mate - I was just looking forward to a nice corned-beef salad for my lunch! 👨‍🍳

Sorry Tullfan, but I have to agree with Woody. While I do feel uncomfortable at the thought of effectively excluding you and others who play bass on 'The Lord's Day', switching to a Saturday would rule out so many 'regulars' that the event would no longer be viable in its current form.

Thanks Dood, I ended up hand-delivering the amp to Pete Searle in Dunkerswell (not too far from me) but that's worth knowing for the future.

Jabba, this one is absolutely right up my street!

As already recommended, if I had a Hydrive and liked it, I'd get another. All I would add is that this would be the ideal opportunity to try out a few other things to make sure that there's nothing suits you better than Hydrives. If there was, you could sell yours, add the money to your £400 budget - and buy 2 used examples of the other cab.

Good one this! As far as I'm aware, the sound in my head is a sound remembered - although I don't know from when or of what. Not to mention the fact that the memory can often play tricks. I guess it came from the players who influenced me in the '60s and '70s. However, they were pretty diverse (Jamerson, Macca, Jack Bruce, Andy Fraser, Ric Grech, John McVie, Pete Farndon) - so presumably an amalgam then. It's smooth but punchy, weighty but clean... well, I know what I mean!! But knowing that I'd recognise it when I heard it didn't help much, as there's so much stuff out there to try. I've been satisfied with my sound before but, after lots of trial and error, what really hits the spot now is my Subway 800 through a couple of BF SC3s. This seems to work with all my basses and the only pedals I use are compression and volume.

Hopefully mine will soon be sorted - just about to phone the two repairers. The other was Pete at V Amps near Dunkeswell. Got him via pm from Gilly, who used him some time ago. Anyone have any more recent experience of his work?

That's interesting - passives, correct. I'll try my active! Thanks Dan - that's 2 votes for Orchid now.

OK, so I'm going to try all of the above. If, as I expect, I end up having to get it repaired, I'll hand deliver/collect rather that entrusting it to a carrier. In that case, I've had two local-ish recommendations: BassBod's vote for Orchid Electronics and another one (from Gilly via pm) for Pete at V Amps in Dunkerswell. I'll have a chat with both on the phone and go from there. Looking forward to getting the amp I thought I'd bought - and paid for

Thanks for replies, which have made me feel a bit better - especially the comments about what a good amp the WT550 is. The fan being off is obviously normal for an 8ohm load at normal ambient temperature, as the seller has also now confirmed. Re the hum/buzz, it's beginning to sound like it may have had a jolt in transit, although there was no damage to the packaging. Also, as already mentioned, the weird thing is that the noise completely disappears when the volume control on my bass is fully on or fully off. It's a difficult situation this. The seller swears everything was fine when he shipped the amp - and he may be right - but he arranged and paid for the delivery so technically the ownership only transferred to me when I received it - at which point it was faulty. I know one thing: him trying to claim on the delivery insurance would be a non-starter, and the claim window has almost certainly timed out by now. Bug*er!

I acquired a Traveler 550 a few days ago which appears to have a couple of functional issues as received. The seller has flat refused to refund my money so I'm trying to assess the damage (to my wallet). The first problem is that, as soon as I back off the volume switch on my bass, I get a loud continuous buzzing. This ramps up quickly after the pot has turned a short distance, remains constant for most of the control-knob travel, and ramps down a short distance before the fully off position, at which point it completely disappears. I've tried a couple of my basses and it's the same on both. Everything goes back to normal when I change the amp head btw. Any ideas? The potential problem is that the fan hasn't come on yet. So, it's either faulty or it works off a thermostat and hasn't reached operating temperature. (I've only run it at home for a couple of one-hour sessions thru a single 8ohm cab, so that's possible.) I've asked the seller about this a couple of times and had no answer. I've also downloaded the Eden manual but couldn't see anything about this. Does anybody know? I paid £450 for this on the basis that it was "mint" and I'm not best pleased!!

Same here - and hopefully see you at next year's Bash (if not before).

That's the blue touch-paper lit then

As already mentioned on this topic, my 'special occasion' (not 50th) bass was (twice!) a Maruszczyk custom-build. I love them both and I don't think Adrian M's basses can be beaten in terms of quality and value for money. One is my avatar Cazpar and the other is this Elwood: http://

Picking up on chienmortbb John's mention of using latest-generation speakers to shed some overall weight.

OK guys (and gals) - that's the hall booked for Sunday 7th April 2019!! We'll make sure there's a group photo or two - and Mrs Scrumpy is already thinking about next year's menu (I've told her she needs to get out more) Look forward to seeing/hearing the lighter self-build cab.

Almost certainly something I'm doing wrong - if somebody can tell me what it is, I'll stop doing it!

Just looking at the pic of Jim again reminded me of one very important omission. Big thanks to MoJoKe for bringing all that lovely Markbass kit despite suffering from a major attack of PGSD (Post Gig Stress Disorder) left over from the night before. Juggling that lot would be a tough job for even the fittest and well-rested among us. I was particularly impressed by the PA that I used for the Bash announcements and also listened to playing pre-recorded music. We've shown him out of focus with the top of his head missing - cos that's how he said he was feeling at the time http://

Unfortunately, just like any other gig, the packing up was the low-light - but that was soon done! And even Jen's pal Mr Carrot the tattie brush (remember him from the first pic post?) reckons he had so much fun that he'll be back next year. http:// THE END (until next year )

All that was left was for the Scrumpettes to grab a selfie... http:// ...before the official team photograph. http://

So, all in all, how relaxing was it? This much! http:// (The Rev nodded off.) And how much fun was it? This much! http:// (Jimrs2k2 reckons it's the most fun he's had since last year!)

So those of you who didn't attend may wish to look away now http:// http:// http:// http:// http://