Merton

V nice! Pictures please... You know the score

What have you ordered? PM if you'd prefer to avoid derailing this further haha

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1442230650' post='2865274'] Indeed it was! Couldn't pass it up at the price! [/quote] Funnily enough my exact thought process when I saw it...

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1442213357' post='2865104'] Like that rig a lot! Loved the LB30 I used to have... Might have to keep an eye out for another one! Edit: Merton, I'm holding you entirely responsible... Just ordered a b-stock ctm30 off eBay! Time to shred the credit card I think... [/quote] Hahaha! From Italy perchance? Same shop I bought mine from Enjoy it, I love mine!

It's funny I almost called him a troll yesterday but refrained from doing so.... Ah well

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1442210576' post='2865083'] ... [/quote]

Cool, mind if I pinch the pedal idea?

The suggestion of Retroglide with EA cabs seems the best one then

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/269461-fs-yamaha-bbt500h-500w-head-and-bbt210-4-ohm-250w-cab/page__pid__2864672#entry2864672

[quote name='tbonepete' timestamp='1442092399' post='2864430'] Yes, but once they were in production the unit costs sold would gradually reduce the overall cost, and again, this doesn't have to be born by only one manufacturer. More costly yes, but the technology already exsists in sound reinforcement I'd have thought. Not just a question of swapping a badge on a full range powered PA cab with dsp, for a badge on a bass cab, but nevertheless the technology is out there.......... This of course may not be true, but it seems plausible to me that it is. Still the status quo must be maintained it seems. Cheers Pete :-) [/quote] Trouble is bass amps don't sell in high enough volume (compared to consumer electronics like TVs etc) so the component costs won't necessarily drop as much as you think as the manufacturers don't have the buying power of saying "we're using tens of thousands of components per month", more like a couple of thousand a year max. Don't get me wrong, I agree with where you're coming from but it's not as easy as that. Example - 10 years ago I was working for an electronic component company who sold components to Amstrad (amongst others). Amstrad made the Sky boxes and Sky Plus boxes at the time and were buying approx 100k components per month from us, all the same spec, at around 4 cents per unit. They were rejecting about 10% of their boards and kept blaming our component. Rigorous testing followed where it became abundantly clear that their circuit design was so sh*t it needed to tighten an already ridiculous spec to the degree the price of the component doubled. They were, understandably, pretty pissed off about that but it wasn't the component being faulty so they couldn't blame us no matter what legal threats came our way. They had to swallow the price increase. Scale that down over a thousand fold and you are looking at the higher-volume amp makers, think how that tightening of the component tolerance affects them.

It's not just expensive in the r&d stage though, component tolerances would have to be whittled down to the minutest detail which then makes manufacture more costly too.

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1442082294' post='2864340'] Is there a cutoff point to add your name? I may be very last minute. I was probably not going to go a few weeks ago, but i am very interested in the Ableton demo if it is still going ahead. [/quote] I think the cutoff will be at 4pm on the day, when the bash has finished There's no harm in just turning up on the day if you're not sure but worth popping your name down as a maybe

Ashdown CTM30 with two Barefaced Super Compacts - much louder than you'd credit and frankly glorious

Everything I currently own save for the little pedalboard: Status Retroactive J ACG Finn Custom 2x Barefaced Super Compacts Ashdown CTM30 Ashdown RM800H Ashdwon RM110 cab

[quote name='BassBod' timestamp='1442051567' post='2864024'] Any of the EA 2x10 cabs would be a very good match to requirements, but they are heavy and in the boutique category. Sound wonderful..as long as you really like your bass sound naked, with little seasoning. I would dare to suggest the Ashdown Retrogilde 800 with an EA 2x10 would be quite the thing..... [/quote] Now that is a very fine and sensible suggestion

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1442053673' post='2864061'] Well sit down man! You're making me feel tired just looking at you ... [/quote] I have that effect on people

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1442050426' post='2864016'] It won't, you can definitely make a flat* response 2x10", with the right 10"s crossing to a good tweeter at a low enough frequency - the EA NL210 and CX210 are both decent examples of that. Both are also definitely 'boutique' bass cabs. 3-way allows you to use a wider variety of woofers and use the crossover and mid driver to sort the response through the mids. 2-way needs either very specialist drivers or a huge tweeter that can cross over very low. * It's all relative and I don't think flat is a good word - accurate is better. [/quote] I stand corrected

Woohoo!

A true (or as close as can be) flat response cab will have a dedicated bass driver, mid driver and possibly a tweeter. A 2x10 is never going to offer that.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1441989087' post='2863622'] The point is that if you read thru that other thread and get some defintions of vintage for example... I don't find the term complimentary. I tend not to use 'vintage' along as a term but will add 'vibe' to it but I'd never think anything 'wooly' is any useful sound anyway. The problem..as I see it...is that to some people it means such and such... and then they deride wooly as a tone goal.. I can't quite reconcile what people hear or what they want... but if I cross ref that with typical bass sounds I hear in pubs..I'm not sure I want to, tbh. So..if vintage is wooly... who'd want it ..and in what context..? I spend my life getting away from wooly... for sure..!! [/quote] Fair comment! The Retro Two10 is definitely not wooly

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1441976795' post='2863448'] Judging by people definition of vintage on these pages, describing any cab as such is like the kiss of death. [/quote] Not sure I've read anything like that - maybe I have different perspective though?! Personally loved the Retro Two10 almost as much as my SCs

Well we're planning another little get together when Ewan's new ACG arrives in a month or so, you should join us this time