BassmanPaul

Schroeder is name I haven't seen used for many, many years. I have never seen one out in the wild.

AKA: replace the ECC83 tubes with ECC81 tubes. They're not as gainey and give a cleaner sound.

Don't we all consider a brand new purchase as a bit of a toy to play with? I know I do! LOL As I said: Enjoy! I hope you get the same pleasure I get from playing through my B15NF

I must admit that I consider the Ampeg B15NF that sits at the bottom of the stairs to my basement studio about as sexy as amps come. I love that thing!

You're going to have to play some thin notes to get them through that narrow slat!! I saw one of those combos in a music store here in Toronto many years ago. I always thought that it looked a bit odd. Enjoy your new toy.

Your amp is rated at 500W not 50. You just proved my point, thank you.

In my mind a 50W bass amp is a toy, practice amp at best. I haven't used that little power in decades! I see nothing sexy about it.

Now we know what has been causing all the Earthquakes in Alberta!!

Just as a comment: I am surprised how many people don't understand a bass with more than four strings. To me it just gives me more choices in finger positions. I did have three six string basses but on learning that my nephew plays bass, he's at Oxford, I sent him my newest six. He loves it. I now have just my original fretted six in white and my natural Koa wood fretless. I found that the standard J size pickups installed on the bass were a bit weak on the outer two strings so I replaced them all with EMG soap bars. That solved the problem. When I ordered the fretless that vast expanse of Ebony called a fingerboard scared me a bit so I had fret lines installed. The whole instrument is a dream to play!

B E A D G C is the tuning. And trust me they are all BASS!!

Forty years ago, when I was forty, I bought a Streamer as I too fell in love with the Warwick sound. When I bought my six stringed instruments it was consigned to the instrument cupboard. I recently gave it to one of my doctors as I no longer had a use for it.

I had a pedal board with a bunch of effects on it. I realized that for my style of music none of them were needed or even useful. I packed them all up and one of the brothers who was visiting delivered them to my nephew studying at Oxford. I sent him my newest Carvin six string fretted bass that I didn't get on with. It's a wonderful instrument complete with retrofitted EMG pickups, as are all my sixes, and a bridge with Piezo saddles. My nephew loves it!

I pretty much missed the Trace Elliot fanfare. We moved over to Toronto in 1973 which IIRC was when they started hitting the shops. I did buy a blown Trace amp via Ebay, repaired it and was unimpressed by the build quality and very poor cooling path design. No wonder it blew!

@AlanG Just a note to thank you for your service!

They are very similar to a five string and are fun to play once you get used to them. My fretless version is a dream to play and is my goto instrument.