Beedster

I think you're bang on, there are few all-tube heads that behave like the big units but do so at lower spls. The V4B is an EXTREMELY good head

You did, and there’s no telling some people 😆

Not disagreeing re the Orange but is the same not true of all tube pres, you get that sweet spot that respond beautifully to the tiniest increase in pressure on the strings? Certainly true of all mine, although the exact setting varies with each 👍

I’m biased of course, but that aside you could do a lot worse than this which I was about to out on consignment sale….

...and many thanks to @3below for offering a solution also 🙏

In a rather lovely way, and typical of the great community that Basschat is, it is looking like there will be a Mesa 2x15 on the stage. @Chimike, you are a legend mate, thank you 🙏

...and that's another similarity mate, are we long lost twins do you think 🤔

Wow 😍 You CANNOT beat Warmoth, Fender Custom Shop get close, but Warmoth wooden bits remain the leaders. I three Warmoth necks and two bodies - all Precisions of course - and they are a wonderful mix of engineering and art 👍

That’s interesting and amusing in equal measure 👍

I have to delete photos regularly or the site won't allow me to upload new ones 👍

Hi Luke, having played around a little more yesterday I think the M-Pulse will enable me to do all I need 1) Switch between standard gig EQ and a heavy dub EQ (switch in the para EQ) 2) Compress the dub EQ (switch in the compressor) 3) Increase the volume of the dub eq (switch in the solo channel) But I'd like to be able to replicate those functions using the simplest pedal possible just in case I use a different amp for any reason

Delete them from your profile under ‘My Attachments’ 👍

….and for sale, glorious beast, engineering meets art meets function, but not really me, deep down I’m just a Precision kinda guy (although I’d love a Precision with a Status neck for sure) 👍

Thanks Bill, Mesa 2x15 better still I assume?

Nice playing. Yes a rubber piece will help. Try perhaps being more in touch with the bass to provide greater stability, it might be the camera angle but it looks quite far from you?

Mmmmm…. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196967398730?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=2pMDnoK2QiW&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=155UlNbXQGW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Thank you mate, must admit the 2x15 thing was also calling my name…..

Upcoming project us going to require some deep, room filling, bass. Room is medium, perhaps 150 people. I will be backline only. Plan is my Mesa M-Pulse into Mesa 1516. But…. There’s a pretty cheap SWR Big Ben 1x18 going and the part of my brain that remembers multi-18” sound systems at Notting Hill in the 80’s keeps nagging me. Thoughts/experience/suggestions/wisdom welcome