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I’m still experimenting with it to be honest. I do need to spend more time with it but loud practice at home is impossible due to the neighbours. I’m not sure what it puts out at 4 ohms off the top of my head but I found it loud enough for the gig. I did notice that I needed to dial in more gain though, especially with the Ripper bass. Maybe the volume comes out at the higher end of the dial.

I only play 4 string so I couldn't tell you about the low B but after a gig and a couple of rehearsals with them I have found them to be quite bassy and not lacking any depth.

Certainly wise to look after yourself and at least you can enjoy playing at home pain free. When I got injured at work last September (crushed foot) there was no way I could cary anything, not even a guitar. The first gig I did after the accident was sitting down with my right foot elevated, which was interesting and quite a few after still having to sit down. Only now can I stand up but I still struggle carrying anything to heavy. My foot will never fully recover so I have to accept my limitations. All the best Brig!

Not last nights gig but last Saturdays... Sorry for the long post. Jan 2nd our drummer quit, quite out of the blue. It was quite a shock as he was very keen, a great drummer and always up for and gig or practice. We managed to get a replacement who was/is a very experienced guy who's spent years gigging in some pretty good bands and depped for many others and will ing to join the band. He said that he knew our set bar a couple of songs so all very promising. We had a full rehearsal before the gig which went ok. Not brilliant but as well as could be expected. We were all happy to go and gig. So at the gig. The new drummer guy looked very uncomfortable. He took a long time to set up and didn't really interact with any of us. Our singer was asking if everything was alright and offering to help if he could. Apparently he said to our singer that he was extremely nervous. Now he made out that he was very experienced and did this sort of thing often and was fine with our set so that came as a bit of a worry. During the gig. I've never known a drummer to play so softly, he might as well had been using drinking straws for drum sticks and no matter how much encouragement to play harder, he simply wouldn't. At half time the the manager of the pub asked what was going on and that we could hardly be heard. This is a venue that we've played a few times before and we're well liked there. We told him that the sound would be sorted in the second set. Second set improved slightly, things seemed better and went down well with the punters. Not much was said after the gig. We thanked him for stepping in and we appreciated that he had little practice and was pretty much thrown in at the deep end. All in all we were happy with him and the next gig would obviously be better. We never heard from him after. Oh well, we'll have to try and find another drummer but this was all too much for our guitarist who quit a few days later saying that he didn't want the hassle. Gigs coming up and no band. Great! What a week it's been.

First time with the new setup at last nights gig. Also, first gig using the Ripper so much to get my head around! Blackstar Unity 700 and two ultra lightweight Markbass Energy 2x10's. Big sound and needed some EQing to the room but easily sorted. Great fun using the Ripper and the amps distortion/overdrive for the more rocky stuff using a pick, it sounded awesome where I was standing. The Thunderbird is a great bass and a joy to play which I've used many times. I did have to roll back the bass on the amp however as it was pretty boomy. The cabs give a pretty deep bass output, more than I expected but again with a little EQing the results were very satisfying. Still early days and I'd like a lot more time to experiment with the amps many settings and features but for it's first outing I was pretty happy.

Lovely basses, they both look top quality. I'm not usually a block inlay fan on a Pbass but that really works and would be my pick of the two. I remember the original Warmoth you built, pretty sure I have a fumble on it.

Well it looks like we have nothing booked for the 10th so count me in.

I'd really like to come to this. I'm sure I had to miss the last one due to a lousy gig booked somewhere. I'm just waiting so hear if the bands diary is free.