franzbassist

Not sure which one you ordered specifically, but the Big BladeMan 4 is only £135 in Bass Direct!

and possibly even ....

Or even a Stubby 60, stacking two on top of each other...

Understood

Indeed. What scale length do you need? I only ask as I have some 38" winding La Bella white nylons for sale if you fancy giving them a go?

La Bella, Galli, GHS and Rotosound also do nylon flats. There are probably more out there too.

They are quite regular contributors on BC. Agree it's good service on their part

Starting to be listed in shops at £499. A feedback control though?

There are quite a few out there if you look around. I personally think the best one in terms of price/quality ratio is the Gator ProGo (£145 at Rich Tone, but may be cheaper elsewhere). Build quality is top notch and it's quite light. But I agree with Lozz: while they're a great idea in theory, in "real world" use they are actually quite cumbersome, and heavy to wear for any length of time.

The new Little Marcus could be very interesting in this respect, as it has different EQ points EQ1 ULTRALOW: Level ±16 dB (Freq. 65Hz) LOW: Level ±16 dB (Freq. 180Hz) MID: Level ±16 dB (Freq. 500 Hz) HIGH MID: Level ±16 dB (Freq. 1.4 KHz) HIGH: Level ±16 dB (Freq. 3.8 KHz) EQ2 OLD SCHOOL: Variable LOW PASS From 20KHz to 200Hz MILLERIZER: 5-12 KHz BAND PASS Filter (Level 0 /+10 dB)

The Markbass Traveller 123 cab is superb. It has power handling in spades, and the combination of 12" and 5" drivers plus a high quality tweeter means it's very articulate. It's compact too, albeit quite weighty.

Projected RRP of £450 too. Could be very popular.

New trend?

I agree.

I like the look of the 1x10 combo too. Are there any pictures of the amp section yet? Pop that on top of my TRV123 and I'd be very happy.

I play Franz basses, a Sirius DC 5 fretted and Sirius fretless 5, and also gig a Thomann (by Hora) slimline upright. As I double fretless and upright at virtually every gig I run them into a Bassbone OD, which then goes into my rig which is the fabulous Markbass CMD Super Combo K1, to which I add the matching Markbass TRV123 cab too when I want the full 1000 watts. I also have a Blackline 250 for backup. OBBM cables, Harvest straps, La Bella and Newtone strings, Mono bags complete the setup. This picture shows a pedalboard from last summer, but that's all been replaced by the simpler yet more versatile Bassbone.

I am SO using this in future

I’d say yes, not Thomastik lowness, but certainly lower than most rw sets I’ve used.

La Bella nylon flats are low tension, even the .60 set. Much lower than Chromes. The golds are similar in tone to the White Nylons (same outer, core is brass with the golds and steel with the whites), so they are the brightest of the nylon flats they make. I love them on fretted and fretless basses. Use nothing else.