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[quote name='4stringslow' timestamp='1467227274' post='3082146'] £400 over three years or £2.56 a week. Seems like 'fair use' to me. I wish my cars depreciated so little! [/quote] Yep, I buy and sell a lot of gear and see all my purchases as tryouts and/or rentals on which I expect to make a bit of a loss. I'm very happy to do so because I enjoy experiencing a variety of instruments, and like many here consider myself fortunate that I can scratch the retail itch regularly without incurring the losses that those who need to buy new shoes (MNN) endure. I have two basses - both vintage Precisions (one FL) - a double bass, a 70's strat, a mandolin and a Gibson acoustic that I've had for years and which are my mainstay instruments, but otherwise my gear is a moving feast on which I estimate I lose about 10% of the purchase value each time I sell, that loss which I'm happy to accept for the above reasons and also because once I've decided to sell something I'd rather let it go quickly so I can move on to something else. Money's a tool

[quote name='thodrik' timestamp='1467135347' post='3081424'] I have a 300 watt Mesa Walkabout that has been loud enough for pretty much every type of gig, from jazz, rock, doom, djent even when in 1x15 combo form. More speakers is always the best start. Speaker positioning can always help as well. Getting your band to pay attention to volume levels also helps. [/quote] I have a Mesa Walkabout combo and used to have a matching extension cab. The main problem when using the extension was that of not blowing the doors off the venue, it was unfeasibly loud. However, too much scooping and even that could disappear into the mix, so whilst the extra speaker and positioning is important, the EQ has to be appropriate also.

[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1467131558' post='3081392'] to be fair its what i read on here... [/quote] Yes but the people who've said it here have all too often picked it up through marketing themselves

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1467114691' post='3081252'] Watts don't matter. You don't measure sound levels in watts, you measure it in decibels, and there's no direct correlation between the two. If there was a Vox AC30 wouldn't make your ears bleed from fifty feet away, nor would anyone be able to gig with an Ampeg B15. The simple fact of the matter is if you can't get the volume you want with one cab you need two cabs. [/quote] Yep, I had to sell my B-15 (25w) because it was far too loud for my needs (small studio), and far far louder than several other amps I've owned that were rated at over 10x the wattage. [quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1467127835' post='3081362'] What you've been told comes mainly from marketing departments, usually through advertising. So yes, lies. [/quote] Ha ha, that's about the truth of it

[quote name='zero9' timestamp='1466959523' post='3080010'] I can only imagine that the 4b is more expensive to make. It has 4 recesses on top into which the feet of a stacked cab fit (the C4 doesn't). The 4b is physically larger and substantially deeper, thus you would imagine it'd produce deeper lows. I've run upto 4 x 4b's with DB and never found it lacking in lows. In fact I've had more issues with taming the low end (especially at medium to high volume), and end up cutting the lows from about 80Hz to 100Hz typically. Had I not already bought the 4b's (before the C4 was ever released) I would've opted for the C4 instead. [/quote] I think the point about taming excessive bass is spot on, I always suspect that lighter cabs do this less well? What does 'deeper lows' mean in the context of the PJB specs that suggest the lighter cab goes lower [quote name='dove' timestamp='1466959644' post='3080013'] Thanks Chris,long time! That was my gut feeling i.e bigger,heavier=better. It's hard to get solid advice from dealers.Any view on a single 8x5" cab versus 2 no. 4 x 5". More flexible yes but I always need 4ohms for both my EA and AI heads. [/quote] Hey Julian, for me flexibility is king, especially given the weight and size of these (PS we're now back in Canterbury - in fact I'm doing beers with Ali Atkin as we speak - let's catch up sometime?)

Frequency range and quality of tone are not one and the same mate. The lighter cheaper cab may theoretically go lower, but you need to ask how well it dies so and how relevant that extra range is in a gig situation. I'd go for the heavier cab myself, IME lightweight is always a compromise at one or more levels sound wise

Oil it to taste - light enough to not even be felt is OK as long as it's there - but don't leave it totally bare

[quote name='thebassist' timestamp='1465759659' post='3070813'] Is there? I've not seen any? I've seen a lovely pre-CBS Precision on here but no Jazz Basses. [/quote] My bad, on the phone and didn;t read the thread properly, no just Pre CBS Precisions here

[quote name='thebassist' timestamp='1465755105' post='3070771'] Prices seems nuts at the moment. All at around the £10k to £12k mark! [/quote] You're looking in the wrong places, there's some on here way lower than that

Nothing sounds like this amp, nothing. However, it was TOO BLOODY LOUD for me! It's a great example of how one has to do one's homework. I wanted a great recording amp, and being a bass player am used to amps rated in the hundreds of watts. This is 25w, so I assumed it would be relatively quiet but toneful. Wrong. As is indicated above, is the equal of many amps rated at over 10 times that level. It's a great example of how good tone travels, and in many respects of just how used we as bassists have become to poor quality sound from otherwise 'high powered' amps. OK this is quite big and quite heavy, but neither are prohibitive, and I've played bigger and heavier amps that produce a quarter of the volume of this. A glorious amp, and I'm very glad you're happy with the tone and volume Chris, stick with it mate, nothing you play ever again will make you sound so good

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1464817690' post='3062944'] Heavy Equipment Flapping Trousers. [/quote] Ha ha, everything summed up perfectly

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1465208872' post='3066057'] Well done Alex, I remember you first starting out with just an idea and messing about at home with designs and a theory. You've come a very long way from humble beginnings. It's a shame back then your enthusiasm and passion on here were misinterpreted. I hope you feel very proud of what you've accomplished and the best is probably yet to come! [/quote] +1