Quilly

It’s different alright , cleaner , deeper, having a separate gain and volume makes it a lot more versatile. I’ve played it out doors with no problem. You just have that extra bit of headroom. But I do miss the LB-30. I use an old Carslbro 50w guitar valve head at home just because it sounds so good, plenty of low end for small gigs and the overdrive channel gives the best dirty bass sound I’ve ever heard. BTW the CTM100 is 19kg which isn’t bad at all, well worth a punt. Also check out handbox 120w amp from Poland

I had one a while back and it was a lovely sounding amp. I moved on to the ctm100

Might be the power valves , how old are they ?

Can any Irish Basschatters tell me if there are reliable amp techs in the Republic south east ?

Decided to set up the neck on my bass using fender specs. I realized I’ve set it much lower in the past with no issues ? (I’m a lightish player) the fender specs feel kinda high to me but I think I could easily adapt. What’s the general practice here ?

Interesting +/- 6 db is significant (I just have one pres-shape option)

That glassiness became quite annoying after a while at rehearsal last night. I don't use the AH500 much but my valve amp is being serviced. I really need to get to grips with the settings. In the end I did just what thodrik suggested ed, I pushed up the mids a little and cut either end of the eq frequencies and turned off the compressor altogether, I found that sound a lot more 'natural' , I was able to dig in without it being 'neutered' by the compressor. Again I concur, a small level of compression still compresses too much.

How do users feel about the scooped Enq preset options or the compressor (I have an AH-500) . I feel it can kill the sound a little ?

Im Gassing for a fender bassman 500w, they look great .

Valve in > Class D out; Valve in > AB transistor out; Transistor in > Valve Power amp out. What have you tried ? Whats the difference in sound and what would you recommend ?

See my thread above, I bought a 50W Carlsbro Evo guitar amp a few months back, no modification. Bass response from it is good...much better than I expected.

Did you try running the valve head into the bass cabinets, you might be surprised at how much low end you'd get.

THought the store was ‘just at the end of this street’ until I got to the end of that street and realized it was another street away...too late to turn back to my car. My back felt it .

walked the length of 2 streets to my amp tech guy carrying an Ashdown CTM-100. Arms fit to fall off. The things I do for tone 😂😂

Actually Epifani also do this with their DIST range of cabinets. Not cheap.

Why don't more speaker manufacturers do this?...seems like such a no-brainer.

Question on AH/500-7. There are 2 outputs , one is a speakon the other a 1/4” jack. The min load is 4ohm...does this mean I can connect a 4 ohm cab to each output?

The latest from CITES is that international transportation of rosewood on musical instruments will now be exempt from restrictions.

It looks a bit better than a bronco to be fair and made from alder, rosewood, maple etc. but I’m not convinced it’s worth the price tag . I’d love to see a demo of it.

Not sure...but that bass is based on a Warren Ellis tenor guitar.

Is it my imagination or have their guitars really jumped up in price? You could probably get a MIA P bass second hand for that price. Definitely a Player MiM j or p bass (and they are sweet)

I’ll think with a set of flats going through a valve amp it would sound really retro , 60s fat bass .