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No idea! I have the LB30 and an RM800, I suspect it’s a nice mix of the two and am sorely tempted to put my name on the list for one.

The new RM800 is quite tempting just coz it looks badass. It’s a bloody great head, can’t fully explain it but I prefer the 800 power section

Paging @Kevin Dean @eude @Quilly @AndyTravis etc. I know you’ve all expressed an interest in something like me. Let’s all egg each other on here 🤣🤣

Oh dear me. Mark Gooday has posted on Facebook that they have enough NOS parts to build a varying number of various discontinued products including the Retroglide, LB550, Small Block 427 and others. Trouble this way comes...

Well my job has become a lot more fun. We are dealing with a number of the UK consortiums building ventilators and have been ramping up all our production lines of the pressure gauges used so we can supply the thousands needed. Many conference calls later we're already committed to 13,000 pieces in the next few weeks. INteresting being on the other side of the news stories I have to say...

The tech spec my band gives to venues insists on Ashdown. Doesn’t always work but when it does its glorious - last year at the Southbank Centre I was greeted with a wonderfully looked-after MAG 4x10 combo and it was ace.

Would love to A/B with my Little Bastard

Ah cool https://youthsuk.bandcamp.com/

Find a used Trace Elliot Elf, shouldn’t be much more than £40-50 more than the Pi, offers min 4 ohm capability and tonnes of people saying they gig them happily for when you get to that stage.

I did! Went to a Four10 which is exceptional but a fair bit bigger and heavier. Mostly though I tend to use my pair of One10s, the Four10 is a bit of my ridiculously OTT rig gathering exploits for those once a year gigs which need that amount of air moved. Sounds bloody glorious with a CTM100

I’ve gigged a Little Bastard (basically the CTM30 without a gain control) in a reasonable loud function band in pubs and weddings using one or two BF Super Compacts and it’s been glorious. You will need to have PA support as well for the whole room/balance but the onstage volume and tone is wonderful.

Me then. Waaaaay more (exclusive/custom/bespoke) gear than talent

Very very nice

Ooooh

Internal Sales Manager at a company that makes various instrumentation for measuring pressure/temperature/level/force/flow across pretty much any industry. 😴

Nice to see a Micro Thumpinator being used by a seasoned pro - good bit of exposure for sfx

Nice one, thanks

Yep, aware that Maruszczyk won’t be winding these themselves but interested in people’s opinions of them As for the standard/shorter scale sets, I’ve tended to find that the B string in particular becomes a bit flabby when using a longer scale set. Medium scale strings tend to be wound to compensate for the shorter scale by adding tension and/or mass to the core and just work “better” in my opinion

Anyone got any experience of their stainless steel rounds? How do they compare with the big boys of the strong world? Struggling to find any medium scale stainless rounds in a 5 string set, these look like a good price and I’ll prob take the plunge one way or the other anyway but always good to hear experiences

@skelf’s Finn. Beautiful curves, well balanced, feels great on the strap and sitting down

I think it’s great price for the amp. I have an “original” LB which I adore but the Little Stubby has something extra with the feedback control which makes it really quite handy indeed. If I didn’t have an LB and CTM100 is probably have bought one by now.

Very sad news, his basses are so well loved and respected the world over.

Oooh, will get that recorded