Merton

Mark at Bass Direct has just been in touch to tell me that LaBella have sent out a replacement out of E strings for me. Superb service

I used an Elf through a single Super Compact, no PA support, in a loud rock band gig a while back. Left my ABM in the car because I was feeling lazy! It coped, albeit with absolutely no headroom left, and sounded pretty good. In the end I decided I needed more headroom so went back to my beloved Ashdown RM heads for my lightweight option. The Elf is a great little thing though

Ooooh tough one. Let me sleep on it 😂

It’s been a week since I noticed and to be fair Mark said he’d sort replacements from LaBella - ultimately BD aren’t at fault here and if they can assist in fixing LaBella’s pink torpedo up then all good Sorry you didn’t have a good experience

Best? Difficult to choose between my three awesome and very differently flavoured custom basses (ACG Finn 5, Zoot Funkmeister 4, Conway Instruments Taranis fretless) Worst? The LaBella strings I recently bought from Bass Direct; both sets had a short rather than medium scale E. Crap!

Depends what you’re wanting to do with the rig really. I’d go for the SC personally as if it’s not loud enough just add another cab. (Then again the Two10 now has the impedance switch, so you could add TWO more of that!) I’d email Barefaced and ask them - give them a bit of detail about your basses, style, bands, preferred tones etc and they’ll be happy to help

Just bought a pedalboard from Andy, it was a dead straightforward deal. He’s a top fella!

Yeah I think if I’d had the patience and time the DP-3X could have come good but the fact that the Vintage Ultra just sounded great almost immediately really sold it for me. Having spent an evening with it at home with headphones I’m sure I made the right choice for me

Took the missus to Andertons today (I know how to show ladies a good time you see), fully expecting to walk away with the Tech 21 DP-3X dUg Pinnick signature pedal. 45 minutes after getting there, 6 pedals and a bored wife later, I walked out with the wonderful Darkglass Vintage Ultra pedal. Didn’t get on with what dUg pedal at all, it reminded me of my SansAmp Bass Driver but I couldn’t get a tone from it that either I or the boss liked. Tried various other toys and narrowed down to the Vintage Microtubes and Vintage Ultra. The Ultra won because of its added versatility with the various switches and active EQ, plus the ability to run clean or distorted. All the videos online show Darkglass to be great for metal (ha!) but this has so much more to offer, I’m really excited about getting to grips with it this week and I think it’ll be a great addition to/replacement for to the SansAmp.

I can’t this year

Monster Truck in Guildford on 24th November, should be a giggle.

Just sold a Pedaltrain Nano+ to Dave, very quick and easy deal and a pleasure

That looks ace, nice one!

AFAIK the EVO IV is when Ashdown changed the valve drive to be fatter, before that it was more like a subtle nuanced addition

That is bloody glorious that is, and ridiculously close to a spec I have in my head for another Zoot

That tends to be my downfall too. The last two Ashdown heads were certainly that

I’m glad I’m not the only one who has purchases “created” by too much wine

Either my ACG Finn 4 or my Zoot Funkmeister. Can I have two?

Love @Ashdown Engineering - had a wonderful chat with Dave Green today about my CTM100 which he said looked like it had been stored in a swimming pool by its previous owner 🤣 Top notch amps and chaps.

LaBella are my favourite flat wounds. Starting to really dig their rounds as well atm

This is a killer combination. Love it. Ashdown Little Bastard Two Barefaced One10s ACG Finn 5 Obligatory arty shot

I got the same thing from Boxpark Wembley, bastards! Got mine waived too thankfully