BassBunny

I would have been 15 at the time and was playing guitar in a local group. I know, took me a while to see the error in my ways. We got wind of what was going on and blagged our way in. They were quite glad of the "uninvited" as the weather was pretty miserable and quite a few people who should have been there didn't show. Not sure she was planning on playing "Didn't it Rain", but it did, so she did. They had the artists on one platform and we were on the other side of the track. From memory it was Granada Television that staged it.

I was actually there for that program. It was just up the road from where I lived. They used a disused station and brought all the artists in from Manchester Central Station by steam train.

I had 4 Bass Collections at one point and this is how the standard pre-amp was configured. Then I changed them all for Glockenklang pre-amps.

Had a custom carbon fibre pickguard made by Jack's, (Tiny Tone). Fantastic job and a country mile better than the original.

Most modern amps are designed to give virtually full output with the gain around half. It's a marketing thing to make you think there is a lot more to come. Notable exceptions being EA gear and the Ashdown Retroglide. Another 208 would make a massive difference as the additional speakers will shift more air and 2 of the same speaker cabs is the way to go. Regarding a new amp, I was a massive Mark Bass fan until my last one went faulty and the only place to get it fixed, (same company TC use), made it an uneconomic repair. I switched to Ashdown and had a RM500 and Retroglide 800. Both great amps and Ashdown customer service is legendary. The will repair any of their products at reasonable cost. There's a Retroglide for sale in the amps section. Nothing to do with me I stress.

If it's just home cover, speak to your home insurance company. Might be better than a specialist company.

Just get replacements from Ashdown. At least you will get speakers designed for that combo. If in doubt, call Ashdown, speak to Dave Green. Best customer service on the planet.

Not sure if this would be of use but Ashdown have a couple of Hayden Amp sleeves in their clearout sale. https://ashdownmusic.com/products/hayden-speakeasy-head-sleeve

Just mention BassChat.

Try Tiny Tone. They've introduced themselves in the affiliates section. I sent them a piece of carbon fibre to cut and they made a fabulous job of it. Pretty sure they offer some metal in their options, so they must be happy working with it. 20% discount for BassChat as well.

What's the budget?

Having just turned 75 I relish learning new numbers. I've been playing with soul bands on and off since the 60's, so some of our numbers I've been playing for 50+ years. Funnily enough it's these numbers I seem to make the odd mistake with as I feel I know them so well, I don't seem to think about them. Newer numbers I really concentrate on.

I had toyed with the idea of going passive but Vol/Blend/Tone and a rotary switch with some different capacitors in a bit like a ToneStyler. Regarding cost, going passive would be a lot cheaper than a new pre-amp. A Glock 2-band is about £100 give or take.

Depends which version. The 4 pot 2-band and 5 pot 3- band both do. The treble pot becomes the passive control. The 3 pot 2-band doesn't as it's a stacked bass/treble. What I like about the Glock is it doesn't colour the sound when set flat. In fact if you set it flat there is no difference between active and passive.

I've got a Glockenklang 2 band in one bass. It's pretty much my go to pre-amp. I had them in all my three Bass Collections before I sold them and I've a 3 band in my Marlleaux. I picked up a second hand Norstrand 4 knob 3 band for the other one but have yet to fit it

I tried the Active/Passive mod in the attached diagram on my SRMD205. I ended up with a load of noise and quickly removed it. It could be that I didn't actually mount the switch it was just loose in the cavity as I didn't want to drill any holes if it didn't work. Not sure if this was the problem or not. I've gone the new pre-amp route as I reckon the Mezzo range are pretty astounding VFM and I have two of them. I actually prefer them to my other, considerably more expensive instruments.

Jeez, I got 40-50 when I used them.

Wow. I must admit the initial prices are always high and then you get the "reasonable" prices as they all start undercutting each other but that quote seems really high. Will non of the major delivery companies,DPD, DHL etc., do the job?

Have you tried the " man and van" solution via Shiply? I have used them a couple of times and managed to get a combo picked up and delivered for around £50.

It looks like Black wire to Red terminal and Red wire to Black terminal could be correct. There's a couple of hand drawn diagrams of various Eden cabs on TalkBass and they are all wired that way. Here's one drawn up by someone from Eden and although a 4x10 it's the same principle.

Good shout. G4M have acquired the Eden name, and presumably the remaining stock and spares, from Marshall after they abandoned the brand. Will be interesting to see what they do next.

Tom McGuire and the Brassholes. Awesome band with a really tight brass section. https://youtu.be/Ds76T0AT93I?si=G5A2QA-8VfvZanIZ

Absolutely. Great range of beers and the pop-up food vendors are great. We normally pop in every weekend if I'm not gigging.