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In the nicest possible way; Jose, you are indeed bonkers

Excellent Chris, thanks for that! Going to try to put a link to your website on a FB page.

Chris, are your systems going to be at the Formby Guitar Show this Sunday coming (February 7th ).

I gigged the two TKS 1126's last night. As apparently they are a bit mid scoop, set up for how I considered I would need to deal with that. PUMA 500. Taste 1 o'clock Bass 10 o'clock Low mid 2 o'clock High mid 1 o'clock Treble noon Sounded bloody marvelous. Surprisingly they are the most "clear" sounding cabs I've had. Beautiful reproduction of every note, from the smooth bassy rumblings of John Paul Jones Zepp 2 era, to the real clank of Harris. I knew I was sh*t, these bloody cabs completely, irrevocably confirmed it. They are a touch bigger and heavier than I thought but they really are worth it. Great things , cheers Jose, you are a legend (and a damn nice chap to boot). Pic courtesy of little drummer boy (I wouldn't have missed my black jazz hiding behind the '79 Gordon Smith!). EDIT, oh, and notice the only one NOT mic'd up! Nae bother. [url="http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/Karl_Altdorfer/media/12647024_10153910918528739_4400397769917726932_n_zpsrrttinfg.jpg.html"][/url]

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1454313216' post='2968389'] Not that he needs it, but some more positive feedback for Jose. Just bought his Barefaced Compact (after some very complex three-way communications and a number of other possibilities!). Cab exactly as described, at a very fair price, and delivered very locally to me. Excellent deal, great comms and highly recommended [/quote] I was the other part of the three way Jose frankly is a star, a lovely guy to deal with. Just a shame we didn't have enough time for a good long chat, as there were 3 of us involved, different places, late afternoon gig thrown in to complicate matters. Jose just sorted it all out. Thank you my friend, absolutely top class!!!

They go by the name American Vintage bridge Tom. Chili's sorted you a cheaper but fully servicable one there .

Yup, what he said please Andy

I've just had the pleasure of doing a deal with Steve. Simply a pleasure. Decisive, prompt, great comms and an absolute gent. Paid faster than a speeding Dyno Rod man . Yet another wonderful ambassador for Basschat. Fully recommended folks, deal with utmost confidence. Enjoy the bass Steve, all the best and thanks again

Markbass really pissed a lot of people off at the time. They didn't even tell DEALERS they had switched to Indonesia (2 years ago). Some dealers found out when they noticed "made in Indonesia" on the back. Markbass did not initially pass the savings on to the customer (ie reduce the prices). A few months down the line, they did reduce prices for the Indonesian stuff. Now folk who spent £1100 on a (for example) Jeff Berlin combo, are trying to sell them against the background of a new, £700, 3 year warranty piece. Little Mark 111's were pushing £700, the Indonesian ones are selling sub £400, new, 3 year warranty. Hence a glut of £250/£300 used Italian LM 111's. Markbass have caused a lot of depreciation issues for owners of Italian gear. They are not the 1st to have done this, but, IMO, they were the sneakiest the way they went about it.

Strange about everybodies tonal goals isn't it Last Sat night, BIG pub in Darwen, Lancs. 2 Black Star 2 x 12 gaytartists, 1 mic'd drummer with all the sensitivity of Viking invaders. Stuff with bass tonal variations from smooth John Paul Jones to clanky Steve Harris. Fender (Mex) passive P/J > PUMA 500 > 2 X TKS S112's. No problems, even from (far away) back of pub, according to wandering gaytartist. The S112's seemed to be very naturally "punchy" without fiddling with EQ. The only thing I would say is that I had to use a little more gain and vol on the PUMA than I had to use on my two previous Vanderkley EXT 112'S. But in fairness, the TKS S112's are a very small box so you do need to deal with that particular compromise. They are bloody good though. AND LIGHT

EBS TDS 650. Not small, but fabulous. Will cause landslips with all those cabs. And the volume knob goes up to 11

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1453815543' post='2962991'] Give me a shout if you decide to shift your S112s Karl! [/quote] Spookily enough you are not the first to say that. Anybody would think I'm a fickle, oooh shiny, buy it, magpie gear whore. Oh, wait a minute..........