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Sold a GK MB500 to Pete, absolute pleasure to do business with you and would gladly do so again! Enjoy the amp

[quote name='Gareth Hughes' timestamp='1321711230' post='1442275'] Sometimes get confused with knives and forks. [/quote] Me too. Weird, innit?

Sounds similar to a problem I had with an old Trace V-Type combo, weird earth design on the preamp fixed by adding another cap on the supply rail or something. They're very similar preamps, maybe the same issue?

I am left handed for writing but right handed for everything else, kinda ambidextrous but not quite!

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1320652198' post='1429268'] [/quote] This. Impeccable taste sir

Yes the Compact will have enough grunt, whatever that is I have an S12 (and prior to that had a Barefaced Vintage) and they are monstrous sounding cabs

Great rock player! Not heard the album but I can bet it sounds great. 5 strings rock, buy one

Needs to move to the For Sale section

[quote name='andrewrx7' timestamp='1321451224' post='1439277'] I'm sure I read somewhere, that cabs can also be wired such that the linking of two together is in series and not a parallel. How would you know? There is nothing on the cabs to state what kind of wiring has been used for the link socket. [/quote] For all amps and cabs assume parallel wiring unless stated (some Eden Nemesis gear,for example, has an internal speaker and an external speaker socket wired in series). Series wiring won't cause any problems to a solid state amp, as you'll be increasing the impedance load seen by the amp rather than decreasing it.

If I had the choice I'd go custom

What sort of gigs are you doing where a 500W 2x12 won't sound big enough?! Eden maybe? Or sk8's Purple Chilli, same sort of vibe as the Markbass you have but 2 ohm capable

They're still Ceramic magnets, not neo, but they use lighter ply instead of whatever depleted-Uranium lined stuff they used to use. I like the new cabs more than the old cabs but I've not used the new heads.

Just picked up Alan's Super 12T, fantastic guy, fantastic player and a dead easy deal. Thanks

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1321030746' post='1434657'] My SWR400 runs VERY hot...you'd jump if you put your hand on it. No fan needed either.. It was built and designed that way...altho later models had a fan, IIRC. I always think amps that can do this are built very well with good materials. [/quote] Yep, plus 1; I recall a conversation with Trace Elliot about the Commando combo being designed to run hot when I was a spotty teenager and didn't understand these things. Equally my hifi amp is a heavily biased A-B design which runs so hot I had to rethink it's use and position when my son started to crawl (seriously!); I'd hope (and expect) the Kilo to be designed as such. Doubt Hartke would have let it slip through after so long in pre-production.

Sadly patch, Alex has to think about his direct sales rather than if someone is looking to move one on second hand, that doesn't help his bottom line at all.