Jack

Ok, Ok. Definitely the stack. Probably..............

Pleased to hear the midget coped. Why did you choose the stack? Did you consider the S12?

Thanks Gareth, Hartke always has exceptional customer service.

I hate being lied to, and encourage all manufacturers to be more upfront. Having said that,both my GK Fusion and the Streamliner 900 that I briefly owned were both sufficient.

Thanks for the offer Conan, may do that one day. What this thread should really be called is 'One big cabinet or two smaller ones?'

It's the backline cabs that are so-so, the heads are awesome. Rob has said more than once that the BL600 is their most successful head. I've gone lightweight (twice!) so I recommend it, but so has everyone else and there are some amazing deals on secondhand full fat stuff at the moment if she's not bothered about the carrying.

My GK Fusion is easily as loud as my old 1001-II, I believe the rating.

Apart from one guy, the Newcastle one is a pile. Send it back and shop them to Hartke. You're not being overly harsh, you're stopping it from happening to other people.

The good thing about a Sansamp (or MXR, Sadowsky, Markbass, Hartke etc etc) type box is not only that it's a tone shaping DI, it's also a tone shaping effect. You could use the Sansamp as a distortion pedal in front of your amp on every gig, if you wanted. I like my MXR for when I show up to a gig and the house amp is rubbish, I can guarantee a good house sound by using the MXR as a DI and then running it into the effects return of the amp.

I like the baggy, see-through, blue rig posted above. Nice, tight low end.

Starting to wonder if I should have gone S12 now. This wait time is the worst, gives you a chance to second-guess everything! I could never cope with the months and months for a custom bass, I got angry when my car was late!

Pffft, someone here will probably give you your £50 back when she's done with it.

Based on my experience with the head, I'd recommend the Harley Benton BA5110C without hesitation. And if you don't like it, return it!

Doooooooooooooooo it. [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g40/sparkythebunny/stingray1.jpg[/IMG]

Hey guys, like a few of you I use my bass rig as a hifi/computer speaker/game console sound system etc a fair bit. I saw [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290721589483?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D290721589483%26_rdc%3D1"]this[/url] 20W mini amp on ebay and thought it'd be perfect if only it had proper speaker outputs. I'd also love a proper quarter inch input too, then it could be a bass amp too. Both of these are easy enough to do with converters but if anyone knows of a similar unit with better ins and outs I'd love to hear about it.

I love the Fusion, if you're anywhere near Newcastle feel free to come try it. I also really, really loved the Harley Benton but it's not quite in the same league as the rest listed here. What kind of sounds do you like? That's the most important question.

There's a Thomann one too. Just food for thought.

I hate this, went in to Guitar Guitar in Newcastle specifically to look at a MB Fusion (I asked for it by name), I was shown to the Aguilar Tone Hammers, because they're "much better than anything GK makes and much, much smaller than those massive GK heads". I also once fancied an Epifani cabinet, back when they were just starting to get noticed. So I went in and aksed if they could get any into Sounds Live, I knew they weren't a stockist but you never know. I was told that they're fairly sure Epifani don't do bass amps, and why would I downgrade from my Ashdown stack? This was actually a genuine mistake, he'd never heard of Epifani and just couldn't bare to tell me I'd mispronounced 'Epiphone'.

Stephen bought my Harley Benton amp, great guy and very easy to deal with. Also gets my thumbs up!

Recently purchased my GK Neo 112, arranged for pickup himself and everything went so smoothly, thanks again!

Chris bought my GK Neo cab, was a very nice gentleman and I had a smooth transaction. Cheers mate!

Actually most brands quote a (granted very fudged) RMS figure. It's just TC that are outright liars.

I use a mixer with a DI from either my amp or an MXR DI box to get round the issue of it not sounding great.

Thanks mate, couldn't have asked for a better starting post! I shall find your thread tonight and be almost as nice.