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Steve's suggestion is great, but if it doesn't sell I'd be tempted to reconfigure the other way to hear the 10 and 2 sixes as a standalone cab. How would the impedance work out with splitting the cab?

Might as well mention another moan about EVRI … yesterday I received an email from next advising me my order is on its way via EVRI ( 7-9pm) I sent an email to next around 9.30 complaint etc. I didn’t want another 10.30 delivery .Then the courier showed up at 9.45pm. He was very apologetic, and in a way I wish I never complained. However, when I got the EVRI feedback email,I gave it 2 stars and told them that the courier was a nice guy ,and that he probably was given too many deliveries . I did mention that EVRI are not a professional outfit . I did receive an email today from next advising me that they are taking the matter seriously . Hoping that they see the driver is not the problem .Then again if next don’t get complaints then they’ll keep giving a shoddy courier service .

Hope you're feeling better soon! I was testing positive for a fortnight but no gigs as our vocalist was away on hols, and I missed one rehearsal for new stuff. Bad at the beginning with a bad headache, cough, catarrh & blocked sinuses and general meh. Finally tested negative on Saturday morning, which was just as well as I had a call for a last minute dep in the evening

Nothing to do with IBM z196 then? P.S.: sorry for off-topic.

I'd be tempted to offer it for sale and give a good chunk of the proceeds to charity. Those are amazing cabs and someone may be after one. Leave it up for a given period and reconfigure if there are no takers.

Yeah - that Lasse Vuorsola did a great job with his first video, which was all the confirmation I needed given that from my OC5 and SY 200 experience I knew that Boss seemed to have nailed tracking algorithms better than most. Loved the fact he then asked for and dealt with specific queries with a second video. Hero.

Nah, get your own! You didn't wait for me to move my recently purchased cheap-as-chips Ali XP floor floor light on, before getting one, did you? And what about those excellent KZ-ZARs eh, which you jumped on post Krow purchase and recommendation? You're definitely at risk of becoming a West Country Krow gear groupie... But where were you when I eventually upgraded my Boss SY-1 for a Boss SY-200? Boss SY-1 - Effects - Basschat

Pardon if this is not quite the right place. After installing an old RCA 12ax7 in the new ABM 300 (which was great), I ran across a 1959 Mullard 12ax7A at a really good price. Couldn't pass on one of the gold standards from the Blackburn factory so I bought it. After some playing at home and one live use I can say the Mullard is very warm. Warmest valve I ever encountered. Very sweet sounding tube, shy on the highs compared to most. I love how it sounds in the ABM with one exception--I can't get it to breakup. Input and tube settings maxed. I don't like distortion, but do love breakup and some overdrive at times and I can't get it with the Mullard. It tested almost like NOS so I don't think it's a problem with the valve. One thing I liked about the JJ and the RCA was they both provided some "valve-mids" that kind of filled in. The JJ maybe a tad too harsh and the RCA better for my tastes. The JJ was much brighter of the three and it's not supposed to be a bright valve. I'll have to leave the Mullard in to see how I get on with it with other basses. Maybe I'll get over having some breakup. Certainly warmed up the ABM even more. Much closer to my older 500 III. Anyway, maybe that will be of interest to someone--or no one!

I am weakening towards the XS-1. After finally hearing some bass usage, I think it does a better job of tone preservation than my Brainwaves.

ABC - Jackson 5

Yeah I think it's the same side by side spec for the XS-1 and XS-100; I think the key difference being the presets (very useful) and the built in expression pedal on the XS-100

Excellent - can I have first dibs when you move it on?

Very few session players at our level are being hired for their sound. We are being hired because they like how we play. A studio will have more EQ and "features" than the rest of us put together, so you start with a Precision bass and let the studio sort the rest out. In interviews I've read, A List session guys usually turn up with 5 or 6 basses, Precisions, with flats and with rounds, a Jazz, a Hofner style semi acoustic and maybe a couple of modern basses. The general feed back is, 99% of the time they are asked to play the Precision with flats. Your own band recordings are different. You get to use everything you bought, but sessions want meat and potatoes players, like Sean Hurley, Nathan East and Lee Sklar etc.

That's not my experience with DR strings but YMMV of course. Pure Blues aren't meant to be overly bright so may not be easiest comparison. DR dragon skin plus are coated DR strings so they could be up your street if you like the feel of the brand but are focused on longevity.

Agree Steve, if pushed to take a bass to a session where I either wasn’t familiar with the material, or it was a try out sounds to see what works best I’d take a Jazz.

I gigged a Super P for about 5 yrs and loved it. Just a wonderfully made and exquisite bass to play.

My daughter is doing a lot of session playing at the moment and gets by with just a Mexican Fender Jazz. It gets close enough to a precision tone when needed and does a jazz tone so covers most things with one bass.

Thanks - doesn't seem to be any info online? But, if that's the case, that could make it a serious contender with 2 speakers each delivering 600W RMS. Scrap that, apparently the power module delivers 600W RMS so that will be split between the two speakers, and its claim of 2,400W peak is pretty far-fetched.

After a music shop chat to a guy, looking to start bass to play sessions, I mentioned the tale of a new player who used a modern bass with lots of features, but found his track had been recreated by another, using a P-bass or Jazz bass. He then got those basses too, just in case. Probably still a good idea, but which to get first and should it be those 3 or just 2?

Pretty sure that's 21Kg.