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  1. ern500evo
    Very true, and I’ve told myself all these things each time I look at the ad for the TD650! 😂
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    No worries mate, like you said, the market isn’t great at the moment. I think everyone is feeling the pinch
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    Yes it’s not the best time to be selling really, but I’ve got a EBS TD650 in my sights so it’s a case of at least trying to sell it. Tbh I’d rather keep it than have to take anything that low for it. I’m not desperate to sell it, I’ve still got my Darkglass M900 and Ashdown ABM, so I’m not in desperate need of the EBS
  4. ern500evo
    It’s probably an awful time to try and sell it, but there’s an EBS TD650 available so i at least have to try! The Fusion 550 is one of the amps on my bucket list, they’re so hard to find at the right price though
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    Thanks Damon, it really is a great little amp. To be honest the only reason I’m keeping my Darkglass M900 and not this, is the ability to take just the amp to rehearsals and not have to take drive pedals/pedal board. The urge for a TD650 has gotten too much though, and something has to make way!
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    The urge for something big and heavy isn’t going away, so it’s time to part ways with this little fella. It’s been an absolutely cracking little amp, and if it wasn’t for the fact I can’t justify having 4 amps, I’d probably just keep it as a spare. I’ve had several class D’s, incl TC RH450 & 750, GB Shuttle 9.2, Aguilar TH500 and a Darkglass M900 and I’ve kept this one far longer than any of the others, this has been by far my favourite class d amp. Two channels with independent gain and volume controls, plus a preamp with 3 x 12ax7’s make it very versatile. Set one up for classic GK sparkle and one up for valve driven warmth and change between the two with the click of a footswitch. It’s in great condition, has just been serviced by Martin Bailey. There are a couple of small scratches on the top(which I’ve included in the pics) but apart from that it’s unmarked. It comes with a SKB gig bag, the zip is a bit dodgy on one corner but it still zips up fine, and a generic footswitch. Tbh the footswitch, I’ve never used, it takes up a lot of room in the bag so I just bought a tiny Arachnid Audio latching switch to go on my pedal board. The price includes UK mainland delivery, and is pretty fixed tbh, it’s a great little amp for that price delivered. I will take £20 off if someone wants to come and collect it or meet up within reasonable distance of Bristol, say 40 miles. Not looking for any trades as the money from this is going straight towards an EBS TD650.
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    That will be awesome. Glad to hear you’ll be back playing through a rig that you think so highly of. A friend has kindly offered to lend me his ABM600 for a couple of weeks, to A/B it against some other amps. Really looking forward to doing that, once travel restrictions relax enough for me to actually go collect it!
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    The itch needed scratching again huh Lozz?! I did wonder how long you’d last before getting another one! 😁
  9. ern500evo
    That’s very interesting, a lot of what I’ve read implies that unless you’re running a 2ohm cab, the TD650 isn’t much different to the HD. The first EBS I ever heard live was a TD650, it sounded awesome. There’s a used one on Bass Direct website at the moment
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    I think that’s the plan, pick one up and then take the opportunity to A/B it against some other amps at rehearsal
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    Thanks man. I’ve never played through one, but whenever I’ve seen bands and the bass player is using a EBS head, it always seems to just sound ‘right’. They had that reputation for being aimed at slap players, but I’ve seen bands using HD350’s and TD650’s in all kinds of genres. There was a local covers band doing the clubs and bars and their bassist had a TD650 and it sounded monstrous doing rock stuff. I know the latest Ashdown ABM gets a lot of love and is seen as a big step up from the previous ABM’s, so being offered the chance to borrow one to A/B with some other amps is a godsend. Looking forward to having a play about with some various options. I’ve seen a couple of EBS Fafners available on the used market too, that’s pretty tempting.
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    £300 for a AD200 and cab??? 😳
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    A friend has kindly offered to lend me his ABM600 in a couple of weeks. I’m tempted to just pick up a used HD350 and spend some time comparing the ABM, the HD and my Darkglass M900.
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    The Fafner does indeed look like a beast of an amp.
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    I’ve never actually looked at a H&K head to be honest!
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    That’s a very good point actually. I’ve never played through a Reidmar. But then, if if I’m still gonna be class D, would I be just as well keeping the Darkglass! Confusion!
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    @thodrik so the grey stripe Fafner is best avoided?
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    Any reason for that Russ, apart from the form factor? The HD is quite a light heads so is it sonically that you’d be looking at the Reidmar?
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    One other thing, can anyone tell me the differences between the early ‘grey stripe’ Fafner and the later ‘blue stripe’ version?
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    That’s some great feedback and information! The valve drive wouldn’t be a massive deal, I’ve got a couple of drive pedals, an EBS Sheehan signature and a Ashdown Hyperdrive for if I ever want balls out distortion, so just the ability to add some warmth would be sufficient, with my Darkglass head I’m playing clean most of the time or with the drive on fairly low. I agree that the Fafner does look really cool, and the weight wouldn’t really be that much of an issue, we all travel together in a van and it would live at our rehearsal space. They are more difficult to find and fetch a bit more though. That’s kind of what drags the ABM into it for me, PMT have a B stock ABM600 for £379 at the moment, which got me thinking, am I being crazy to pay the same kind of money for a much older solid state head like the HD350. With older and more desirable valve beasts like SVT’s I can understand it, but maybe not so much with SS stuff. The reputation of all three of the EBS heads does seem to be staggeringly good though, there seem to be very few players who’ve had bad or negative experiences with them. Good point too about the low/sub bass, If I ever take my early ABM out live, I always tend to roll the bottom end off.
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    Hi guys. I’ve been toying with the idea of going away from class d and back to something more traditional. Partly driven by the low price of older amps at the moment, partly just by curiosity. I’ve had several class D’s, RH450 & 750, GB Shuttle 9.2, TH500, GK MB Fusion 500, Darkglass M900, the last two of which I still own. I keep getting drawn to EBS heads, especially as no one ever seems to have a bad word to say about them. There’s a few HD350’s knocking around for around the £350 mark, and I’ve seen a couple of TD650’s for around the £450 mark. The Fafner looks great too, but harder to come by and pricier. For background, I’m doing mostly covers now, mainly rockier stuff but also some soul/blues/funk stuff too. Bass wise, my main players at present are my Warwick Streamer stage one, Yamaha Attitude Ltd 2, and my Dingwall NG2. Cab wise, I always use my Barefaced Big Twin 2. My question is, am I get gonna get much more benefit from the TD650 for the extra bit of outlay, is there a big difference in core tone, and how versatile are each of the heads, Fafner included. . Also, as a curve ball, I see the Ashdown ABM600 Evo 4 getting a great deal of love here, so for the same kind of price, that could be a viable option too, I do use my old ABM500 for rehearsals quite often, the very early model with separate hi/lo inputs and no compressor. Apologies for the long winded post, that GAS is a bugger I tell ya!
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    The NT has a much more organic tone, more rich, natural mids
  23. ern500evo
    The one on the left sounds quite a lot brighter
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    Very true. Although there has been a few of these type threads recently, with people going back to SS and valve heads. There was a Trace Elliot AH1200 in the classifieds, and a whole conversation about it took place on a Barefaced owners group, that amp spiked a lot of interest. There are buyers out there.
  25. ern500evo
    Hopefully not too much of a hit, but heavyweight stuff does seem to be taking a while to shift at the moment
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