Salt on your Bass?

I've only played one once in a. Festival stage and it was pretty good through an 810. Spades of power and presence. Everyone's posts above are bang on.....throw in the cost of a revalve and it's not cheap... That said I still play through a matamp gt200. Not the most practical, heavy, way too loud at times, but I love playing it. I had a Laney nexus (400w all valve) for a while. Awesome amp, but played too many gigs where it didn't really get going in the power section. I bet the soundcity is pretty banging as amps go. If you're looking lighter I think the handbox might be at 100ish watts?..... Ashdown ctm100 is pretty light by valve standards.... Kinda depends on your rehearsal volume, cabs and tuning etc. ✌️

Just giving this thread a bump as I have the same question. Wondered if there were anymore recommendations/ thoughts. Thanks ✌️

Updated my mini board already having built it about two weeks ago and haven't taken it anywhere ... Couldn't resist grabbing the cog hellraiser so will now see what this is like at volume over the next few weeks. Bedroom levels it sounds wicked. The cog is a monster of a pedal ✌️

Purchased another dirt pedal from mike....he seems to have a wicked selection.... Sterling as always in Comms, packaging speed. Deal with confidence, I'd definitely buy from mike again Cheers!

I probably will once I get comfy with it. I've only used midi with it as part of my switcher so need to relearn the pedal as a standalone unit now.

New mini board created! Need to reprogramme the h9 and work out of the tuner will be ok for me as a standalone solution.....then I'll probably rotate drives for the next 3 years....as usual

Just another small update after a couple more rehearsals. I like it a lot now. Not quite more than my matamp, but I have plenty of volume through my 410, it delivers pedals really well. I just need to dial out a little boominess in the preamp I think, but it feels very present and responsive. Final outstanding job is to try and find a suitable hard case with foam cut out to transport it in a slightly better road-ready manner. That's it, I'll probs drop a future update as and if I decide to gig it, and/or purchase a case. ✌️

Ah dude, I just found what I think is the old eve website. You've nailed it - that was the builder!!!! Thank you!!! Pretty surprised based on such a spurious initial post. Gonna trawl through the rest of your list as well. Not actively in the market, but started to look again at a builder potentially. What a talent you are! ✌️🙏

Hi all, just bumping this one as I've been racking my brain trying to remember a luthier I read about in bass guitar mag.....about 12-15 years or so ago.... I think. He had two or three standard models, one man band, the basses we're all naturally finished, but had some really exceptional carving/ body shaping.... I seem to recall the upper horn on. Custom job was almost a spiral or something.... It was a 1 or 2 page focus on the builder if I recall and I think the models were titles with a letter and number.... I think.... Pretty much naff all to go on, but thought I'd see if anyone also remembered the edition I read... Google and Google images has proven futile

What brands are these? Looks a sweet board

Not ATM .... I want to find some time to dive deeper tbh, but just never create it. Have you tried the expression?

Yet another 'tweak' to the board. Meris back on, h9 off, but plans to use the h9 on a second smaller board that I'm hoping to build over the next 4 weeks or so.... I love the Meris. It's beautiful.

Oh sweet I'll have to check you guys out. Say hi to riff monkey in godless suns (from Andy in gévaudan)

Only the second major outing tonight for rehearsal and I pushed the preamp a little harder, and the amp a little louder in the room. Tweaked the EQ a touch on the origin and had a really good jam with the band. The rig felt pretty responsive to touch and nuance, and the lows were nicely present filling the room. I'm really tempted to gig it in the near future but not sure I can bring myself not to take the matamp.... We'll see. Overall, continuing to be really happy with this purchase and performance ✌️

Played a pretty wicked venue in Southampton yesterday - Papillon. All day doom festival Abyssal fest, hosting some awesome bands and a great vibe all day. Performance was really enjoyable and seemed to go down pretty well. 10/10 fun.