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I can imagine some of you on here short-circuiting at the thought of this one...

Because I'm literally the only other person on this thread who has mentioned Call Me the Breeze...?

Yes, I am a bass player. Well done for completely missing the point of my post :-)

I really don't see it myself. Sometimes I get what they're going for, but they just look like flimsy and tacky repros.

I generally don't mind - and am happy to play - simple lines. It only bothers me when they detract from the song. U2 for example: people slag Clayton's lines, but they work fine. It's march-y anthemic stuff.

They're in a race to the bottom with Ashdown.

This one literally makes me angry: An Eric Clapton-assembled tribute to his friend JJ Cale. Slavish attention to detail, capturing and recreating the rhythm and soul that made those original recordings so great... ...until Nathan East (who I've never been a fan of) puts his bass part down, at which point QC mysteriously flies out of the window. GAH!!! It's an insult to what we bring to the table.

I've had two (long story). Both lovely. QC seems to be high - they felt like custom shop. I liked the pickup switch (rather than a blend), but I didn't really need the J sound so I sold both of them. If I did need that sound, they'd be somewhere near the top of my list.

Rescued slightly by the pickups being embossed with 'Markbass' in gold leaf.

Not being a fan of their design choices, I clicked the link expecting to see something hideous. I wasn’t disappointed.

Mine’s OK for home use. Wouldn’t trust it for anything louder. The position of the power button is a PITA, and as a whole, it’s very mid-shy. i don’t seek sonic perfection for home use, though.

However I should add: If the MPulse 600 does it for you, £450 is a hell of a lot of amp for not much money.

Yeah.. I paid top-whack for me brand-new 600 back in the day (they just didn't exist on the used market), and while it was beautifully built and featured, and LOUD, when I realised it didn't have 'it', I had to sell it and lost a fortune. I always regretted that. Incidentally, the other amp along these lines that I did love was the Genz Benz GBE600 (which I assume Agedhorse had input into). That was just as nice, but for various reasons I had to let it go.

Lovely amps, but tonally.. they don't have the WA's 'magic mids'. IMO.

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.