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Really pleased to see you’re getting on with it John Though this post kinda makes me want it back 🤣 Mind you, I did some recording yesterday and the CTM100 brought the thunder beautifully.

I’m sticking with worst purchase being the two sets of LaBella strings. Both Es were short rather than medium scale and both Ds were cut too short to fit properly round the post. 2020 will be all about trying to find a suitable alternative medium scale stainless roundwound string - these LaBellas sound, feel and play great but can’t be doing with their shite QC.

Mike is a legend 🙂

Follow the advice here and you’ll do a better job than LaBella...:

My CTM100 through the BF 410 cab is plenty loud enough, as it was through a BF Super Compact (single 12”). Through a 610 the WB100 will be immense

The WB100 will drive 100W at whatever impedance you select on the back. Valve amps always output max power so long as the impedance is matched. Which cab are you using?

It was designed by Rob Green at Status “on the back of a fag packet” with someone or other from Trace Elliot - possibly Mark Gooday of course. The Lodestone version isn’t as pretty for sure, I suspect they had to tweak it enough to make it not a complete clone of the T-Bass/Status version.

I’d like a short scale PJ ideally but I suspect Mark won’t go for that too! The shorty J is certainly of interest

LaBella do some lovely rounds which work beautifully on a P bass IMO. Newtone worth a look too

I do indeed never learn! It’s be boring if I did 🤣 The tune select is for power amp valve biaising like on the CTM100/300 models

I suspect it’s the exact same preamp as the CTM100/300 - the Mellow switch on them is a lovely little thing IMO

Oooh. This preamp, ABM poweramp in this sort of box. Basically an updated Spyder. Oh dear....

I’ve just sold an Ashdown head to slim the herd. This is not helping at all 🤣

Awesome! Love the LB head.

Another cab underneath will cause more earthquakes than the local fracking concern 🤣

Holy moly! 😍

Top chap! Sold me a 4U rack unit and even delivered it to my door on the way to Brighton. Winner!

Sold John an amp. Couldn’t have been an easier transaction, and he’s a top bloke to matter with about everything too

Nice Do like a nice black/maple combo

I totally failed. As in, devastatingly. 3 basses 3 amps 2 cabs 1 pedal 1 pedalboard 😳 I need help.

Ditto

Quick pic with the amp on top.

It goes to 13 I think, skips 12 altogether. So, 2 better than Spinal Tap.

Various Ashdowns - ABM, RM800, Little Bastard, CTM100... To my ears the SC is a relatively uncoloured cab and just puts out a great representation of what goes in. You can get very loud, or crushing lows, and nice mid-bark. Did you go for a silver cloth or black steel grille? My one is silver cloth