Kev

Gorgeous! Million dollar question, what was the difference between your sale price and the price you paid to get it back?

...I grabbed the C4 😁 Insane power and low end for something so diddy, and it works so well with the QC's amp models due to its frequency response. Marvelous thing.

...and today I grabbed the C4! Nice to keep the rig together, cheers buddy and apologies again for not keeping it simple and buying them both the first time 😅

But I still think that's the mistake. I would venture that all lost/missing items that can't be identified or returned to sender go to the auction house, and this one ended up in that pile in error. I personally don't think it's helpful to Mark or anyone to keep making public accusations that the auction house is somehow in on industrial scale theft scheme with Parcelforce. It could be true, but let the police find that out if so.

A very odd development. Given how it was listed at the auction house, and the fact they returned it to the consignee, I'm still convinced there hasn't been any theft and it ending up there was an error, something Parcelforce may have confirmed to them, but the communication issues now don't make any sense.

I've never really understood why 4ohm 115/410/112 cabs are made, as I've always felt that they are designed to be in pairs or mixed with one another, and so should be 8ohm to come down to 4ohm total, unless you're running a 2ohm amp. More speakers = more air moved = louder. I suppose maybe if you're always running your amp at 11, maybe then it makes a bit more of a difference if you're running just one cab, provided the speak cone(s) have enough left to give?

It can indeed.

My initial keenness on this have died down somewhat for me. Seeing how you need to long press multiple switches to change presets killed it for me, means I could never consider using this live without a separate midi footswitch strip, which goes a long way to defeating the point of the smaller footprint and may even cost more than just having the full sized version. I've managed to mess up preset switching just pressing one 😅 Its looks great for use on a desk or midi driven rack, but otherwise I just don't think 4 switches is enough.

I think the whole bass synth thing is interesting. Remember, the Deep Impact, the former holy grail, ended up being a discontinued bargain bin buy because literally no-one was buying them. Interest is clearly higher now, but I'm sure a lot of it is hype, and without big/influential names using it (Chris Wolstenholm for the DI, Ian for the MXR) they're just not going to take off.

I mean in fairness, this isn't Bass Direct or similar, this is a big international store and I doubt the staff are paid anywhere near enough to care less about costing the company money in situations like this, easier life for them keeping the customer happy Did I pick up on you buying the used MXR Bass Synth too? I'd be very keen to hear a comparison between the two, largely from a sound quality and tracking perspective when it comes to the new comparable presets, when they arrive.

Mike grabbed a few bits and bobs from my spare draw, quick to pay and quick to confirm receipt, no complaints here, cheers mate!