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PS Don't know if they still are, but Bass Direct were offering the 800 at £699 - very reasonable compared with US designed and built alternatives that are IMHO less capable and of no better quality.

Well done Osiris! That is indeed a great review of a great amp; I've got one (the 800) and can't fault it - or the review. (Can't believe my luck to find a mint/boxed example at a reasonable price on this forum.) Like you, I got a personal reply back from Mr. G - with an apology for the couple of days delay as he'd been away.

Thanks mate - glad to hear you're double-handed now!

Thanks Rich - you beat me to it!! Will you be able to lend a hand as you did last time? Nice to see the interest building already - and it's only half-past November

That's exquisite!

Agreed! That's already a dozen plus me - which covers the cost of hiring the hall for the day plus £50 towards the food

That's a nice contrast to the walnut.

Nice work Andy! That matched head-stock capping certainly balances the bass visually. Re physical balance, I was wondering whether we'd need to resort to light-weight tuners after the re-body so I'm pleased that's looking unlikely.

We likes new toys

That would be great Andy!

Cripes - that's even thinner that a 'waffer-thin mint' (but not as easy to bend)!

Ahhh, so it's those pesky hamsters again!

Anybody else finding the new site painfully slow? I'm also getting regular 'fatal error' messages, e.g. the latest one at 10:16h this morning: Fatal error: Call to undefined method stdClass::language() in /home/basschat/public_html/system/Dispatcher/Standard.php on line 74. No criticism intended of those who have obviously put in lots of hard work - just giving my / seeking your feed-back.

That's brilliant Andy! How nice to finally be able to visualise how the 'new' bass will look. Certainly makes the headstock look bigger, although that's emphasised by the current 'green-ness'. In any event, I've always liked chunky headstocks. Your comments about the original quirky design of the Rascal are spot on. Having said that, my problem was with the weight rather than the reach. If it had been a couple of pounds lighter we wouldn't be reading this build diary. Mind you, now that Merv's walnut is part of the project, I'm really pleased we are .

I've got 2 x One10s and a Super Compact G3. The SC has more 'bite' and would probably be my preference for a hard rock gig BUT the 10-inchers would be more than capable with the right amp, bass, and settings. I guess the thing is that you either want a tweeter or you don't.

[quote name='Norm' timestamp='1510174878' post='3404528'] I'm in training to do full justice to the marvellous scran this year! Whats that you say? Basses & stuff? oh yeah I vaguely remember some thumping & a clanking going on! Looking forward to it immensely, its in the calendar now! [/quote] You'll be pleased to know that Mrs. Scrumpy's in training too!

Cheers Andy!

[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1510162743' post='3404407'] I concur [/quote] Me too - I've moved away from Ashdown cabs to Barefaced with my RM 500 EVO.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1510047642' post='3403411'] [i]Rascal Mervyn Lyte[/i] Not a bad-un either. It'll get called The Rascal for short and Mike can put a personal tribute to his late friend out there in a subtle form. May I suggest you hyphenate the full name thus: Rascal Mervyn-Lyte? [/quote] I know Merv would have been tickled at the thought of being posthumously awarded a double-barrelled name! Here he is in 2004 shortly before he hung his axe up and in 1948 when he started off as an axe-man with Arthur Green's of Silsden: [url="http://[url=https://ibb.co/mBfSxb][/url]"][/url] [url="http://[url=https://ibb.co/nyWpAw][/url]"][/url]

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1510160603' post='3404391'] "[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][i]I may use the same Osmo 3014 'special' finishing oil I used on Mick (TheGreek)'s Psilos to try to reduce the darkening effect of the finish[/i]"[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I can highly recommend this, looks beautiful, brings out the wood tones and grain without adding any additional colour and the feel is just lovely....can't go wrong IMO.[/font][/color] [/quote] Thanks for the feedback Mick - which sheen finish did you go for?