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It’s been established that a substantial dollop of the WA’s magic - IMO its USP - comes from the power amp, which (from reading above) isn’t possible to recreate. Don’t get me wrong, Agedhorse doesn’t have to prove his credentials in this field - I’m also confident that it’s a fantastic amp that will sell like hot cakes.

Hello Mr. Horse, and thank you for contributing. To be fair to the previous poster, you might want to have a quiet word with your marketing department who don’t exactly hold back on the WA comparison: You spoke, we listened. In direct response to player feedback and the longstanding demand for a more powerful version of our WalkAbout™ Bass Head, we’re proud to unveil the latest in the Subway® Bass Amp Line, the WD-800™ Head. This Head combines the warm, soulful sounding magic of the WalkAbout tube preamp section with the musical Class D Output Power used in our Subway Line (D-800™ and D-800+™), to create the ultimate lightweight hybrid.

Also, I have several and I'm not a first-call LA session legend. Although I'm probably the second-call in my street.

Frustratingly not...yet. I keep on at him about it 🙂

Y’all should just buy the R-400. Honestly 😄

Aye.

We should start a list of bass-oriented business owners who should walk away from Social Media. I'll start with Phil Jones.

Thank you. And yes, they do need to be played. It's got La Bella FL's on it at the moment. Here's another clip for anyone that's interested:

OMG it may - or may not - be a great amp, but it looks utterly rotten.

I'm just posting this to provide closure to anyone who may have misread the thread title:

(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay.

Cheers all! Here's a clip from my NYE gig. It LOVES flats, and really growls when you dig in.

Cheers, all! A couple of gigs in, and it's a keeper 🙂

Cheers all! I've just returned from a trip to see The Bass Doc, who ran his eye over it as a sanity check. As I expected / hoped, it's all good. ...both of these will happen 🙂

Hey gang! I've finally joined the pre-CBS club. Never thought it would happen... Not original: refin, replaced jack, and a couple of wires. The rest is as-is. Weighs 9lbs-ish, it's resonant and has that midrange. Gigged it last night, and it's lovely.

He says here that he records direct. That said, the post is 3 years old, so he might have changed his approach since then.

I guess they were.

Lovely! I suspect this one I tried recently was by the same builder...

I read it as ‘Guardy in the Geddian’.

Geddy's book. And something else arriving later this week 😎

Nonsense! They can’t be compartmentalised like that. It’s everything pre-Test for Echo, obviously:-)

Just opened it and had a quick scan through.. DROOL. There's some insane stuff in there - I see he bought the too fretless Jazzes that are in the Fender Bass book, too.

I didn't really love Clockwork Angels... like a lot of the more recent albums, it was too self-conscious, the production was dense and lifeless, and it sounded like Geddy had to shoehorn the lyrics into the track. I liked it when the used to write songs, with a bit of space and dynamic. Turn the Page would be on my list of overlooked Rush tunes. Also, another overlooked album, but the production on Counterparts sounds so alive. Better than the albums either side of it.

I love his rhythm parts, but his lead.. not so much. Some nice bits, but he always sounds tentative to me.

..but he wrote 'Shadow of the Heirophant' off Hackett's debut solo album, so he's forgiven.