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Well I ended up selling the elf and cab and got a fender rumble 500. Will do me better in the longer term. Worked out around the same cost as just getting another cab, and I'm not sure the elf would've cut it long term, or the cabs be any good with more powerful heads. Thanks for the advice.

I currently have a GK MB2 500 second hand, 14 days to return if it doesn't work out. Do you think adding another TE 1x10 would fix the distortion at lower frequencies?

Thanks for the advice everyone. I went into the local music shop and tried out a fender rumble 200 since they didn't have the 500 available to demo. Sounds nice so that's definitely an option. I also took away a GK MB500 to try with my elf 1x10 cab at home. The sound was nice, probably preferable to the elf, but it had big distortion issues on the low b string with my cab which isn't present with the elf. I take it this is more of a cab issue than an amp issue? Would this be rectified with adding another 1x10?

Hello! I'm a noob when it comes to bass gear and what's required for smallish pub gigs. I gigged once before at a larger venue with an Ashdown mag 300w 2x10 combo and it was fine, but waaaaay to heavy for me to be lugging around myself, so I moved on. Since gigs haven't been a thing for the past year or so, I got a trace elliot elf and matching 1x10 speaker. Works perfectly for band practice (covers band, 1 electric guitar, 1 acoustic, 1 e drums, and bass), but now we're venturing into the gigging world again I'm not sure my current rig will cut it. I was toying with the idea of getting another 1x10 speaker to bring the amp up to 200w at 4ohms, but then I read about how it is fine to get an amp with greater power output than the speaker as long as you're careful with the volume? The 1x10 elf speaker I currently have is 300w, so not sure if getting a 300w or greater amp would be a better option? Your help would be greatly appreciated!! Gigs start in a couple of weeks, and don't want to break the bank on new gear, maybe up to £500.

Bought a bass from Nicco a few weeks ago on here. Very quick and easy communication, shipped to me with no issues. Bass itself is lovely and as described. Buy with confidence!

Hey I just received my new custom pickguard though the post today from Alperious Custom Pickguards based in Turkey. The design was done by Alper in direct consultation with me, with a few personalised touches including the Scottish rampant lion! Communication was stellar throughout and always kept up to date through the process which took about 3 weeks in total from first communication to delivery. As you can see his designs and execution are top notch, and the quality of materials used is excellent. Gives my Maruszczyk a nice celtic facelift. If you want to customise your bass or guitar, I would highly recommend checking Alper out. He's done work for some big names as well and you can see plenty of images of designs he's done for all different models of basses on his website: https://www.alperious.com/ I'm not affiliated in any way to him, just so chuffed with the result I wanted to make people aware !!

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Hey! I think we spoke on Facebook about your Alpher Mako. I am interested in Sandberg's especially this TM series you got, but I opted for a Maruszczyk and will probably bite at a dingwall in the not too distant future. I'm sure I'll get to Sandberg's eventually

Thanks for the recommendation! I've tried a fretless before and didn't get on with it. I'm not a massive fan of the sound either.

Thanks for the recommendation, been looking into Dingwalls and I'm very interested!

I have played ricks before and they sound and play nice, but I'm not a huge fan of the look. Maybe I'll have another go. I was thinking about another Warwick but as I've never played one other than my Corvette I'm not sure if the others are different enough? I have been offered a 90s streamer for £1k..