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<pedant mode> Second gen strictly speaking, it’s the first “EVO” 🤓 </pedant mode> Almost 24 years old IIRC - the power amp board was dated same date as my 19th birthday! It had an amp tech look it over about 6/7 years ago but I suspect it’s an age thing that has taken out a power supply cap or something. We are pondering the next step with it!

Yeah, the initial brief I gave Martin was 40cm wide. The YI200 is just for testing porpoises

Update from Martin - it’s still on the cards, just been a busy time focussing in existing orders etc. He’s hoping to have a prototype in a YI200 chassis in the next few months and then will be finalising the design of the metal cage for the production model. First run will be 10pcs min due to the min order qty for the metal cage design he’s considering.

Good shout!

That’s the one, thanks @gafbass02 😎

One of my enduring early memories of the Bassworld days is a pic of you in front of that beast of a rig! I was always very jealous of it 😀

Of course I’ve just had a quick jam along to try out my new Roland Go Mixer Pro thing before doing a proper video for you, and I realise in the two years I’ve been playing it I’ve morphed some of the parts away from the original. 😆 So I’ll relearn the original first then sort the video 🤓

I’ll video it for you this weekend if you want - we do this in one of my bands. Which bits are you missing? PM if you prefer

Not yet, at least not in my inbox!

I should add … I can use a single Two10 with my Trace Elliot Elf at loud band rehearsals and still get told I’m too loud. My main issue with loud band rehearsals thesedays is if so take my TE-1200 as it’s SO powerful I have to be careful not to destroy the cab!

You won’t get earth-shattering, gut-wrenching lows from a single One10 but if the band is sensible with volume levels it will be fine for a monitor. I’ve used a single One10 for gigs with a quiet band in all sorts of situations without PA support and it’s been fine. I’ve used two One10s in a stack at rehearsal and gig (with PA support) with sensible and not-so-sensible bands, and they’ve been fine - amp either an Ashdown RM800 or Glock Blue Rock. The change to a single Two10 was interesting. It’s ultimately identical, give or take, to a pair of One10s, so the scenario above still stands, but I’ve come to find I prefer it as a stand alone cab over a single One10. It’s not that big or heavy, and the second drive just makes everything a bit … “more better”. I originally planned to keep a One10 for one band and bijou rehearsals/gigs but decided pretty quickly that there wasn’t a huge benefit in doing so… I’ve actually ended up getting a second Two10 because one of my bands is very loud (mainly the drummist) and we don’t put bass in the PA, so I decided it would be fun to destroy walls.

I would say so, depending on the sensitivity of your cabs

Not sure human/amplifier mating is to be encouraged 😄

Because I could/wanted something else/thought it would make me sound better/thought it would look cool* *delete as applicable

I’ve gigged mine, without PA support, in a loud rock band and been blown away by it. It may not have crushing low lows but it sounds like a bass guitar and it sounds good. Impressive little beasties

Turns out I’ve played this game before, so here’s the full list (I think) with the ones in bold still owned. There are a few recurring themes 🙄 Vox Escort Bass combo Trace Elliot Commando 15 Trace Elliot Commando 15 mk 2 Trace Elliot AH300-12 Ashdown MAG 4x10 Trace Elliot 1153 Trace Elliot 2103H Eden Nemesis NA320 Trace Elliot V-Type head Trace Elliot V-Type 1x15 combo Trace Elliot V-Type 4x8 combo Trace Elliot V-Type 4x8 cab Eden Nemesis NA650 Barefaced Compact Barefaced Vintage Barefaced Super 12T Hartke LH500 Eden WT550 Trace Elliot V-Type preamp and Peavey somethingy power amp GK MB200 x2 (first one blew up, bought a second then Ashdown fixed the first) GK MB500 GK MB Fusion Barefaced Super Compact x3 Barefaced One10 x3 Ashdown ABM500 EVO II Ashdown RM800 Ashdown CTM100 x3 Barefaced Four10 Ashdown ABM EVO (currently on semi-permanent loan with @asingardenof) Ashdown VS212 Ashdown CTM30 Ashdown Little Bastard Trace Elliot Elf Ashdown RM500 Ashdown RM210T Ashdown RM800 evo i Glockenklang Blue Rock Trace Elliot TE-1200 Barefaced Two10S x2

Not playing this game, the list would take me an hour to write 🤓

OK I'll play, my list is comparatively short when only looking at the brands In no particular order, and in bold if I still own... Vester Fender Dean Status ACG Zoot Conway Ibanez Harley Benton

Those Damn Crows (second time in a week) at Pryzm in Kingston tomorrow, with MiniMert. Tis is an "intimate" album launch show -last week they hit no. 3 in the album charts and headlined Swansea Arena so this may be the last small gig they play for a while. The London gig last Friday was ace, I expect the energy tomorrow night will be off the charts.

Absolutely agree - always things to learn! It was watching some videos which made me realise I got it quite wrong yesterday 🙃