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Sounds like I dodged a bullet with mine then. Originally ordered from Andertons but it was going be delayed by a couple of months, so I cancelled and ordered from Thomann, and narrowly got it delivered before a) Christmas and b) Brexit.

And even us grumpy, cynical old gits aren't grumpy and cynical about everything

Damn, that's gorgeous.

You might get some grief from your band for being too loud though, but you can safely ignore them as they're wrong 🤣

Indeed, this is what warranties are for

Just as an aside, at our gig on Saturday we had people up and dancing to a good number of our tunes, but interestingly when we played Dakota was where people went to the bar and sat down, where usually it's a guaranteed crowd pleaser. Just goes to show!

Get in there quick though, they go in and out of stock like nobody's business!

Variety is good, and there's definitely a wide variety of songs there, but you potentially run the risk of turning the audience off with the less popular songs. I guess it depends on what your target audience is. It may be worth building up a catalogue of songs you can play and tailoring your set lists to the venue; i.e. you probably wouldn't play the same songs in a rock pub that you would in a working men's club or at a wedding. At 12/14 songs per set I'm guessing you're aiming at an hour per set? Any encores?

How very serendipitous!

The TE Elf is a little marvel though to be fair.

Exactly my philosophy! I can confirm that the ABM600 pairs really nicely with a Barefaced Two10.

This is the way

Headroom is good apparently, so if you can afford it go for the 600. I have it and it sounds awesome, but I'm starting to realise I'll probably never get close to getting the full 600W out of it so I'm sticking with my headroom hypothesis...

I'm guessing this was intended for a different thread?

Cheers @CiciBass, good to have the backup of someone who's tested a lot more basses than I have! Welcome to the forums too 😁

Honestly I've gone back to using it passive because I haven't had a need to boost/cut anything with the preamp. The preamp is very versatile and will let you minutely fiddle with the tone until the sun explodes if you so desire, but the base tone is very decent so I've just left it be.

I have the four-string 2nd gen V7 and it's fantastic, so I've no reason to suspect the fiver will be any less good.

Especially as the original members have reformed under a different name now (or they had last time I heard anything about them).

Start timing issues irk me a lot too. A lot of our songs start with our synth player who is not very conscientious about counting us in so some songs sound a bit ropey to start.

It's a Two10S and was definitely a worthwhile purchase. I'm keen to get a One10 for rehearsals and smaller gigs, as though the Two10S is relatively light it's still a bit of a faff.

Thoughts and prayers for you still having a playing gig!

We were wandering around Blackpool today and loving it being full of punks

Off to the Golden Fleece at Berry Brow for leg 1 of our 2-leg world tour of Huddersfield. Given the size of the pub I elected to give the Elf another outing and again it didn't disappoint. It was rainy and humid, but fortunately things didn't get too sticky. We had a few technical issues, such as my bass cutting out a couple of times during the first song, but that was swiftly rectified by checking the connections of all my patch cables after a recent pedal board reshuffle, and then I was good. We had a guitar that wouldn't stay in tune, the singist's mic being muted during soundcheck that almost led to some toys being de-prammed, but things settled down. We had an appreciative crowd in, none more so than the hammered guy who tried to steal the mic, and the woman who decided the best place to dance during one number was in the singists pocket. These two characters being dispatched swiftly to parts elsewhere the second set went down a storm. A very nice (and evidently sober) man came up to me afterwards and said my tone was the best bass tone he'd heard for some time, which is leading me to having second thoughts about offloading my Sire to fund the purchase of a new Sadowsky MetroExpress. I am hoping that the bonus associated with me (hopefully!) gaining a professional qualification around Christmas will do that instead, so in the meantime there are other things I might look to acquire, including a five-string, a two-bass gig bag, and a slightly larger pedal board. Decisions decisions!