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Pretty much my experience as well.. my cab is a Barefaced Supercompact and the Quilter just delivers with any bass I plug into it.. I use the exact same settings as above with my Stingray or Jazz but I like to crank the gain a but more with my Precision in for a bit of that tubey sag.. great versatile amp and tons of volume on tap if required.

Reading through a similar thread over on TB and this pedal gets lots of love... http://www.barberelectronics.com/linden_compact.html It is just an EQ pedal though and not a preamp! Apparently it was discontinued but re-released again last year. The circuitry is described as emulating a B15, so warm and fat etc... its a nice compact size too... the only problem is that its in the US so will need to be shipped/imported etc and it also appears to be out of stock at the moment... sounds like it could be worth waiting for though?

Oops just read this... I guess it will do B15 well then 😯

Does the VT pedal do the B15 thing well (spongy, warm) or is it better at the SVT thing? I definitely prefer the B15 tone...

For once the DI doesn't worry me.. I want a standalone combo that can produce a reasonable bass tone and keep up with an unamplified acoustic guitar and a few traditional instruments (no drums) in a small pub or occasionally busking... the size, weight and possibility of running on battery power are uppermost in the pecking order on this occasion.. I want to be able to slot in to an acoustic session with my bass with minimal fuss, take up as little space as possible and be able to carry my full rig in and out in one go comfortably... apart from the Double Four there are very few other contenders that weight sub 5kg so this little combo is definitely still in the running ☺

In my quest for a really small and extremely lightweight bass combo that has enough poke to do an acoustic session I stumbled across this one and the thing that intrigued me was that it runs on a 19v DC adapter which is exactly the same as the Phil Jones Double Four... now I know the PJB is a quality unit and is much loved, however it is also twice the price of the VX50BA and in this demo the Vox sounds pretty nice... If a laptop battery will run one of these ala the Double Four ( and I cant see what it wouldnt) I must admit its quite tempting!

Guys did anyone end up buying a Poweradd battery for their Double Four and if so what kind of charger are you using with it? Cheers.. Dave

Nice fretless... particularly like the piezo tone.. its not cheap though.. €766 on Thomann... Ouch!!

Gazza is a sweet player... China Crisis were/are much underrated in my opinion and the bass parts always fitted the songs perfectly 🙂

DR Hi Beams all the way!

Great experience... Pierre is a gent, answers emails or FB messages almost immediately... he threw in a really nice Maruszczyk padded leather strap and two sets of new strings (one flats) for me as part of the deal... packing and shipping were first class... he is also affiliated to Bass Direct Japan if you fancy some of their basses... genuinely highly recommended 🙂

Have this little beauty for a few months now so time to post a pic or two... I wanted a light weight Precision due to having alot of shoulder and neck pain recently and I found this nice demo at the Bass Freaks online store with a good discount... its only 3.1kg (6.8lbs) so feels like wearing fresh air... simple passive no frills P bass with Delano pickup... sounds great, plenty of bite and bark but can do old school really well too with flats... I've become the regular bassist for a busy blues band and this is the perfect bass for the job... its so light and comfortable to play that I'm finding myself grabbing it now for all my other gigs as well (pop & rock covers mostly)... overall I'm very impressed with this lovely instrument, I never thought I'd buy a red bass but I must admit its really grown on me 🙂

Barefaced Supercompact with a Quilter BB800 head does the job for me on a variety of different gigs with different basses and without PA support, I'm thinking particularly of a pretty loud blues/rock band I play with occasionally where I thought the one cab would struggle but it handles it effortlessly... The SC is just 10kg but it feels even lighter... I'm really pleased with this rig!

+1 on the BB800... mucho punchy!!