Jack

The Fafner is damned special and justifies it's price the same way an Aston Martin does. My point was that the Orange will have to sublime too.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1393832717' post='2384687'] If that's at all true (I'm sure it's on their website) then looks like they are trying to justify, weight and price. For that money I'll just buy an EBS Fafner [/quote] Or a pre/power rack with more power than the Orange and any preamp you want. The Orange sounds great but these days it's about more than that. Loads of amps sound just as good and are smaller and cheaper. Screw the Fafner, for the same price as the sleeved version you can have an OTB 1000, a GK MB Fusion AND an Ampeg 350.

A tiny head and two small cabinets would cover pretty much anything.

If you're at all handy with a power tool or two then try any of the DIY designs from Greenboy or Bill Fitzmaurice.

My original was £20 on eBay though! Hmmmm, this requires some thought and some used pedal hunting.

Wow, here I has all set to take your advice, but the reissues are £90!! I'd considered putting it in a loop actually, but I am already really short of pedalboard space. Thanks for your help guys, I might just have to hold out for a used one.

I haven't met a cab yet that could handle everything my 1001 threw at it. You'll never find one that could take the 2001 at full pelt so good job you don't use the headroom. Have you tried the GK Neo 2x12 or 4x10 yet?

I have the Artec in mine and it sound great. I bought mine broken though, so I cant compare it tot the stock sound.

Hey folks. I'm very clumsy and I keep hitting my DOD 250 accidentally when going for my tuner. Because there's no led, the only way to tell if it's on is to play, not ideal at a gig. I'd like a light putting in so that I can tell when it's on the same as any other pedal. Can you recommend anyone to do this in the UK please? Just in case there are any problems violating the commercial user's policy: if [u]you[/u] are able to do it for me, by all means please put your own name forward. Thanks, Jack

In 9 years of GK ownership I once blew a fuse on my 1001-II. Mr Gallien sent me a box of new fuses from the states. All running well here.

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1391970721' post='2363146'] Phil jones bass does some headphones , I have no experience of them but going off the quality of their amps and cabs I'd definitely want to try a pair if I was looking to replace my headphones. [/quote] They're bloody brilliant. They're what I came in here to recommend but for stage use I'd go in-ear.

I've had the Neo series, a 1x12" and a 2x12", they were both really good cabs and if I did it all again I'd just have 2 1x12"s. Moved to Barefaced the same time that I swapped the 1001-II for a MBF.

I'd go from the Ampeg in to the Hartke's effects return.

Ease of reach to the buttons?

Would be an awfully nice box for those of us who wonder why there aren't many more cheap HPF. You get the thumpinator, the fdeck and ...... well what else? Thanks for posting the graphs

There are several companies offering takes on the 'angled up' baffles. LDS has done exactly what's been discussed here on a few custom builds that I've seen.A few cabs have tiltback handles, my Laney combo is wedge-shaped and you can use an ampwedge with pretty much any amp. The only design that's ever really taken off is Marshall's guitar 4x12", it seems there just isn't the market in the bass world. Having said that, a bar along the back to support a head or cab on top whilst the cab is angled would be a great feature, you'd just need to incorporate a matching recess into the bottom of your cabinets to facilitate stacking. That way you don't have an awkward look like EAD.

Gallien-Krueger MB Fusion! I'm incredibly well-served by the barefaced Midget and Compact set-up but something a little more old school would compliment nicely.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1389451486' post='2334299'] [size=4][size=4]Edit: Barefaced '69er is the closest so far - if you can make something that sounds the same but is half the size and weight, not only will you make a fortune but you will have rewritten the laws of physics! [/quote] Not necessarily. I don't need that much volume, but one would assume that a lighter bottom end would allow a higher sensitivity.

There are so many good combos out there these days that combo+extension cab is becoming quite a good idea. A Genz 2x10" plus either 2x10" or 4x10" (or commit a cardinal sin and mix it up with the 1x15") would be a great rig for little money.

The marketed is blanketed with super loud cabs and super full range cabs. Carve a niche by offering 'old-cab' sound in a tiny, lightweight package. Something midget-sized but 810e/nv610/k140 sounding please.

If you're always going to have PA but not monitors then check our a little powered wedge. If you want to play it safe then have a look a decent, neutralish sounding 4x10" or similar. 500W or so and a 4x10" or 2x12" will get you through most situations. Genze Benz stuff was cheap new not so long ago. Failing that our very own forum has a great classifieds section. An amp will always be more versatile than a monitor or IEMs.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that, objectively, the EBMMs are better made than the Fenders. Now, some people such as Shuker, Valenti, Sadowsky et all will build you a P that will blow any Ray out of the water, but I'm assuming you mean a Fender P and generally speaking Fender's quality can be hit or miss. But you didn't ask that, you asked what I preferred. Well I own 4 basses, 2 Rays and 2 Ps and they're different but brilliant. If I could only own one bass though it'd be my '03 MIA Precision. The Stingrays may technically be better instruments, but 'better' doesn't necessarily mean 'BETTER' now does it?

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1387125504' post='2308429']You can't eat a Midget!![/quote] I have a photo from my uni [s]days[/s] drunken nights that proves otherwise.