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They are a misery the lug around. And make a terrible sound if they get dropped.

The Darkglass m200 is quiet.

String choice , your decision , flats or rounds is going to colour your tone the most. And then every link in your signal chain will have an impact. Your bass choice , amp selection , cab preference. And no two rooms sound the same , and the number of people around will change the sound of the room throughout the night. Everything matters. I usually play mid sized bars. Much of the time I’m not in the PA. I’m looking for a rich , deep , thick , old school thump , but not boomy. Flats , mostly using a med scale hollow body bass. Tube preamp , class D back end and Berg cabs. I’ve found the tube preamp makes a big difference. I’m in the house band that does a weekly jam , the thumpers tell me the rig is magic. The hifi ones tell me it’s old school. I tell them it’s exactly what I’m after. It’s surprising how it sounds completely different depending on the player.

cetera , that’s a gorgeous room!

I mostly use it with practice amps , they nicely fatten things up at low volume. I have two of them!

The NE-1 is a great little box.

Importing gear gets expensive. What looks like a good price turns into “I’ll never break even on this one”. But if it’s a rare piece , it might be the only route. I’ve imported from the US to Canada , and every time say , this is the last time. Neepheid , where in Canada is the bass?

We have snow coming down all day , we don’t normally get “snow days” but if it gets really nasty they might call it off. The old Sunday jam. We’ll see …

Beautiful , Rob.

I’ve changed power amps with Monique!

Longtime Dano fan , I picked up a white shortscale DC. (several years ago)

If you can find a qualified repair person they would easily find and fix the issue. The fan on my MB200 was gunked up , things overheated and it required some surgery. I decided I liked the amp enough to get it fixed. Works like a new amp today. The repair cost was much better than the replacement price. The catch is finding a qualified repair person…

Many are paying for Christmas purchases right now. And here , the weather sucks. So it’s generally a tough time of year to get people out.

Was looking at a Turner Model 1 on TB. Absolutely gorgeous looking thing. Well beyond my budget. Importing from the US is expensive these days , and getting worse by the day. Alerted a friend in the US that might pick it up. I hope he does. edit I’ve been pretty successful at spending other people’s money. When I see a good deal on kijiji I’ll often alert somebody I think might be interested. An Epi Zenith bass recently popped up. Every once in a While something interesting , and unusual pops up.

It was never an issue for me , but I saw too many friends deal with it.