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I’ve recently had to take the pick up out of my sterling as I refinished it The wires are soldered directly onto the board, I’m ok at soldering but it still took a steady hand and a big magnifying glass as my eyes are not the best

There were a few for sale around 12 months ago but not seen one since! this is the desired outcome!

It’s going to be a great live amp! I had to swap amps round as the sound from this was just “too big” for the small, cold room it was in. That’s the only way I can describe how it sounded. My MM was fine but couldn’t get my sei jazz to work right, distinctive jazz sound with j-retro and Aguilar 70’s p/ups, so a definite mid scoop type of tone, New sire fretless was fine as well moved it into my lounge, nice carpet etc, and it sounds great my genzler is in my nearly finished studio room and is a much better match for that space maybe it’s the difference between the overall sound you get from a more traditional amp versus a class D amp, I don’t know, but all good Tony

Here’s one for MM Caprice owners! when the caprice came out, I saw a diamond blue with rosewood board, which was never a standard option, they all had maple boards, so either a special order or a neck swap! I got myself a heritage tobacco burst model, which comes with a rosewood board. It’s a really nice bass, plays well, sounds great, little bit of neck dive, but not major! I’m waiting for a diamond blue to come up for sale, planning a neck swap! That in turn would create another non standard option with my current bass, a sunburst with maple board, which I know is a combo people like That’s the plan, but caprice’s don’t come up often, so maybe you own a diamond blue and yearn for a sunburst body? Let me know! Didnt know if to put this in the wanted section, but figured it might open some discuss, so admins please correct if I’m in wrong place cheers Tony

A zoom B1-four just landed cheap enough off eBay, will give it a go later Tony

Good combination that, white with tort’ T

No, no noise, can’t say I’ve noticed anything like that on other ashdown s ive owned just contact ashdown, they are known for good customer service, always active on social media so easy to get hold of, and I believe repair / service costs are good Tony

Doh! Was looking in artist tone prints thx

Which is the default TonePrint?

Yep, that’s what it does, gives a top end “zing” It’s ok when used in small doses, but then my strings are relatively fresh on all my basses

Ashdown 12 band I recently took delivery of the new Ashdown 12 band amps, Since building a music room on the top floor of my house I decided I needed a second amp as I have two 2x10’s, one is in the longue for convenient practice and the other is in the new room I initially looked for a small class D amp, Markbass etc, then decided to pursue an MK500 that came up for sale, but that fell through due to the seller being vague about the condition. In hindsight, I should have bought it and got it serviced by those nice people at Ashdown, but I didn’t. Some background, I don’t change amps very often, several years ago I was running an EBS TD 650, then had a Matamp 200w all valve monster (big sound) then came a JJ500 (one of JJ’s actual amps, all black without the rat logo, was sold to a Stranglers fan, which made me happy) The JJ500 made way for an Aguilar DB750, which is an amazing amp when paired with two 4x10’s. That worked for me at the time as I was playing decent gigs in an originals band. Fast forward to becoming 50 and I went for two lightweight 2x10’s and a class D amp, decided it was time to look after my back! I was running a Genzbenz streamliner, great little amp, had a sound that some would call “vintage” I guess, lacked a bit of top end “zing” So I replaced that with Mr Genzlers latest offering, the 800w Magellan. A great little amp, which I still have. With this set up, I could walk into a venue with a double bass bag on my back, a holdall with my amp, leads and effects in, over my shoulder and a cab in each hand, result! In the quest for a second amp, I went for one of new 12 band amps, which arrived this week. So far I have only tried it with my MM sterling and a Sire fretless, I will endeavour to try my Sei jazz and MM caprice over the weekend My opinion, it just does what I expect it to do and very well! I had found with my Class D amp that I was forever playing around with settings such as Drive, contour etc, all the wonderful options that these digital boxes offer up, it worked fine, but depending on what I was playing, I had to make an adjustment at the amp. This is where the 12 band is different, with a slight boost in the lower and upper end of the graphic (it’s actually almost flat) I get a sound where I can make changes on my bass (i.e. 3 position switch on the sterling) with tone and p/up selector and get what I want. Yes, there is the harmonic emphasis, which gives another option, but without that, it just works, nice clean tone, you can really hear the sound of the bass. My sterling has a really low action and the slap tone was mazing with the pickup selector in the rear position, in the front position, where the tone is more classic MM, the slap tone is nice and with the treble rolled off, fingerstyle funk is punchy. The sire fretless has too many knobs for my liking, so I don’t fiddle with it much apart from pickup blend and up and down on the treble pot. It sounds great, nice full fretless tone from the same setting where the sterling produced a great slap tone. I’ve not really had it at any volume and suspect it will be a while before I can do that but based on previous experience when I gigged the JJ for a while (see photo- was running two 4x10’s), I know it’s going to be a “big” sound Build quality is as you would expect, looks great in “ashdown blue” which I thought was a nice touch for this amp. I’ve had black and red and seen gold and silver in pictures, but the blue looks cool with the blue LD around the power button. If the Sei and MM caprice make me smile as much as my Sterling and Sire have when played through this amp, I can see the Genzler going and another 12 band coming in, it’s worth the extra weight over a class D IMHO, so far! Tony

Go on then! might have missed a few, will edit and add photos when I get time 1. No name P bass – sunburst, my first bass, bought from a scruffy shop in Farnworth in 1977 ish 2. 1972 Fender Telecaster bass – bought from Salford Jets bass player 3. JD supernatural 4 – it was an 80’s thing 4. No name defretted P bass 5. Warwick Fortress 4 – honey violin 6. Warwick Jazzman 4 – blue 7. Warwick Jazzman4 – honey violin 8. Warwick Jazzman 5- honey violin 9. Warwick streamer stage 1 4 – blue 10. Warwick streamer stage 1 5 - natural 11. Warwick Streamer stage 2 4 - red 12. Warwick corvette 4 – natural 13. Warwick dolphin pro 1 5, but might have been a 4, can’t remember 14. Warwick dolphin pro 2 4 – blue 15. Conklin Bill dickens 7 – Natural, seemed like a good idea at the time 16. Alembic Epic 4 – imported from USA when exchange rate was good 17. Alembic Mark king 4 – serious neck dive 18. Musicman stingray 2005 limited edition buttercream 4 – lovely! 19. Musicman stingray 2005 limited edition buttercream 4 – #2 20. Musicman stingray NAMM special – damn! 21. Musicman stingray 20th anniversary 4 22. Musicman stingray 4 – teal green 23. Musicman stingray 4 – was white, refinished in VW niagra blue 24. Musicman stingray 5 HH – white with white p/up covers, very white! 25. Musicman sterling 4 – sunburst 26. Musicman sterling 4 HH – sunburst 27. Musicman sterling 4 – was blue, refinished in sonic blue nitro 28. Musicman caprice 4 – sunburst, I would like to find a diamond blue and do a neck swap, will create sunburst with maple and diamond blue with rosewood, neither was an option from EB 29. Fender deluxe jazz fretless 4 (USA) – lake placid blue 30. Fender custom classic jazz 4 – blue 31. Fender custom classic jazz 4 – seafoam green 32. Fender custom shop 64 limited edition 4 – pale sonic blue 33. Fender FMT 4 (USA) – red sort of colour 34. Fender victor bailey 4 – natural 35. Fender Jazz MIJ 4 – black 36. Modulus Jazz 4 - sunburst 37. Sandberg cali ‘ VM4 - sunburst 38. Lakland DJ4 – silver, I think 39. Lakland hollow body with fretless and fretted necks – red 40. Lakland Duck Dunne P bass 4 - Red 41. Italia Maranello 4 – blue / green (I’m colour blind) 42. Pedulla pentabuzz fretless 4 – red, perfection 43. G&L fretless 5 – green 44. Bass collection (japan) fretless 5 – natural, exceptional quality 45. Gretch hollow boby 4 – red 46. Gibson midtown hollow body 4 – black, the only Gibson bass I’ve ever owned 47. Aria acoustic 4 – blue 48. Sei jazz 4 – natural coffee table type wood 49. Sei Jazz 4 – seafoam green, made for Randy hope Taylor 50. Sei jazz 5 – white, made for Paul Turner – trying to retrieve this one 51. Overwater fretless 6 52. Status series 2000 – black 53. Iceni fretless 4 – sunburst 54. NS wav 4 - brown 55. NS wav4 – black 56. NS WAV omni 4 – brown 57. GB spitfire 4 – red 58. GB rumour 4 – natural 59. Sire jazz fretless 4 – black 60. Sire Jazz fretless 4 – black, sold #53 and bought this one last week (Feb 2021)

Thanks for the comments Tony

Thanks for the info! just having a look at what’s available on evil bay and other such places

Good morning i have several effects, lots of filters, compressor, octave, wah. But occasionally I’m wanting chorus, phaser, delay etc, so thinking about bursting in a multi fx to fill the gap for those less used, but sometimes essential effects I have noticed a lot of love for for budget zoom fx such as MS 60-B and then there is the option of a boss box only ever had one of these and that was a digitech BP-8 when they first came out which is probably in the 90’s sometime, I think Thanks Tony

Fwonkbeta! I'm having a filter clearout this week, need another amp so three have got to go to help the purchase Also, like me, who has a save search on ebay called "envelope filter"? I need to delete it as its getting expensive Tony

The SB-2 has had my attention for a while, not heard anything bad about them, always positive but just bought something else so will have to wait ! Tony