BassBunny

I've a lot of time for Dr Hannah Fry. Always explains the reasoning behind her statements and I loved the idea of another " Roaring 20's" to come like after the Spanish Flu of 1918 - 20.

If you fancy trying it any time, I'm over in Walkden a fair bit.

It is indeed.

Spot On Phil.

The difference between 710 and 800 watts would not be detected by the human ear and the Retroglide is certainly not underpowered. As I have mentioned a number of times it needs a different approach to the vast majority of amps on the market and a chat with Dave Green, who designed it, enlightened me. Also the Retroglide does not use the same Class D module as the Rootmaster.

Funny that should come up. The area in Manchester that houses most students went stratospheric in September with Covid cases. Something like 1500+ students ended up being quarantined together and the numbers rose over the weeks. By early December it had the lowest figures and at one point went 3 consecutive weeks without a reported case. It appears herd immunity kicked in there.

Ah gotcha. He's been wrong with every other date so maybe he has learnt to keep his big wazoo shut.

Have I missed something? What was the "News"? I very rarely watch terrestrial tv these days and certainly not any news programs.

No problem. You only have a problem with amps that have a valve power section. The ABM is a solid state power section.

I was tempted with that one as well but decided I've bought enough whilst in lockdown. @sshorepunk if you want to try a Retroglide you're more than welcome to have a try if mine when things open up a bit as I believe we're both from Mancunia.

The Retroglide will clip quite a bit before you hit max on the input. It is a completely different design to the Rootmaster and has an extremely powerful eq section. I've got a RM500 as well as a Retroglide and they are different beasts entirely.

The one sentence answer from Mark Gooday: " The MAG doesn't have a valve in the pre-amp."

I spoke to Dave Green about the Retroglide when I got mine and thought it a bit underpowered. The design is different to virtually all amps out there in having a linear gain control, ( same as EA iAmp). Most amps hit near max output at 12 o'clock, the Retroglide keeps going until you hit the max of the control. His advice: "Wind the Output gain control to max and adjust the volume from the Input gain control." Or " Send it to me and I can make some adjustments but don't complain if it blows your speakers up 🙂 " Option A worked for me.

Doubt it's on there. From memory it was a one off that John East knocked up for him. A quick email or call would probably be the best way forward.

+VAT and "collection" fee. So add on about another £140.

I'm sure Alan had an EQ02 in pedal format. Sure I remember seeing it at one of the last UK Bass Shows in Manchester. Might be worth having a word.

They seem to have quite a few of them with defects. Can't see Sadowsky being very happy at this sort of exposure. Add vat as well now, so an extra 20%.

That would be a new level of Karma. 🙂

Be surprised if Ashdown was up F/S as Mark Gooday had a few words to say about the recent Mesa and Aquilar sales. That said.......... Pretty sure TE are still owned by Peavey.

+1 and a lot cheaper.

Realistically the hospitality trade is going to be the last to re-open and I think May is very optimistic. The government do not appear to like pubs/clubs which is surprising considering the tax revenue they generate. In the North West the leading 5 breweries proved hospitality was probably safer than anywhere. When pubs were about to shut again in November after only a few months of being released from lockdown 1, the 5 major breweries put a report together that indicated from around 8 million customers there was not 1 single case of reported transmission of the virus. The pubs in my area did a fantastic job and all for what?

Here's a link to a current petition on the Gov website. Get on it as it won't be sorted on the pages of BassChat and being on the government website it will get raised in parliament, ( there are enough signatures already.) https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/563294

I find them really good. Someone has started a Rootmaster fan club in this section. Drop in an check it out as quite a few are ABM users and make a comparison. I've never used an ABM, so can't compare.

Speak to Ashdown. Best customer service going.

If you were considering an Ashdown Original, there's an Ashdown C210 kickback combo for sale in the amps for sale section. Would be perfect for on stage monitoring.