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Sold a Zoom B3 to Andy, great guy to deal with, smooth and easy transaction. Thank you Eude

Status make 6 string flatwound sets >> http://www.status-graphite.com. Have heard good things about LeBella flats, but like Chris, I'm really not sure where you can get them here in the UK. The Thomastik ones are wonderful, but the low low tension might not be something you'll get on with and they are hellishly expensive >> http://www.thomann.de/gb/thomastik_jf_346.htm Eude

With them all being built custom to order, I think you'd probably be able to have some input on that stuff.

[quote name='badboy1984' timestamp='1426071535' post='2713957'] Interesting point. I really do like the red grill on the LB212 because it matches well on my LB30. The LB2x12, VS2x12 and BF cab suppose to do the LB30 justice. [/quote] You know what to do Eude

Ashdown are open to custom work, perhaps they'll make you an LB212 if you ask nicely?

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1425983953' post='2712956'] And? [/quote] Epic fail on my part I'm afraid. I had a bit of a 'mare on the Saturday, arrived late and had to leave early, due to poorly child issues. Every time I made my way to the Ashdown stand it was too busy or too loud to try out something a practice amp volume. All I can confirm with some confidence is that its beautifully well made, absolutely solid and really looks the part. I hope some other folks had more luck than me and will chime in with some real world input. Hope to visit Ashdown HQ one day, perhaps I can arrange something sooner rather than later and have a go there. Eude

[quote name='GILLY' timestamp='1425652132' post='2709416'] It's really not heavy (16kg ish) and easy to lift with one hand. My only gripe is that there is no handle on the top. I say gripe, but it's really just an observation. In all other respects, this is a superb piece of kit and I loves it! [/quote] Not bad at all for a 1x15

[quote name='GILLY' timestamp='1425638378' post='2709235'] I should have explained that the pics above are of my H115 (old model). I had the tweeter added before it left the manufacturer. [/quote] That's lovely! How's the weight of it?

Back on a more positive note, I'm REALLY looking forward to trying one of these out on Saturday. I actually would love a little practice amp, and this would be ideal, bar the price, but given how many things it can do and that it could replace, it might still be worth pitching it to my other half Will report back after the weekend. Eude

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1425028882' post='2703028'] Gigging it tomorrow night - will report back. [/quote] Pics or it never happened

I think the revised vertical design is about 10kg so considerably lighter, but in the grand scheme of things, 14kg isn't really that bad from something than can hold its own. Yup, not sure where the tweeter would go in that design, but I'm certain it's an option. I know that Mike has been using some new "super" driver that has a lot more high end available, so a tweeter might not even be necessary for most of us. Eude

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1424679214' post='2698961'] I currently have a pair of Purple Chili 112s with the tweeter but have been thinking recently about swapping them out for a pair of berg CN112s as I was very impressed with the clarity at volume when I tried them out and thought they would be a good match for my Glockenklang, not that there is anything wrong with the PCs, just one of those grass is always greener things... However played a gig on saturday with no PA support and the PCs sounded huge. Deep room filling bass whilst still being tight and punchy. Proper seperation of notes without losing any power at the bottom end. They may not be the smallest 112s out there (the cabinets are actually pretty big) or the lightest (14kg) but I'm prepared to put up with the flaws for the sound and volume they managed on Saturday night... I'll be keeping them for the foreseable future. [/quote] I had to pleasure of playing through just one Sk8's old 1x12, without a tweeter, at a Moffat Bass Bash a few years ago and was hugely impressed. We were set up in an empty theatre, probably seats a little under 100, and with an Ibanez Promethean head it completely filled to room! The only reason you might want to change would be for new aesthetics... Is that's helping?... Sorry Mike Walsh does make amazing cabs though, and they look very cool too. Eude

That's going to be a VERY cool bass! Love that fingerboard Eude

[quote name='chriswareham' timestamp='1424391550' post='2695970']I liked Mac OS-X up until Tiger (10.4)[/quote] [b]This.[/b] I used to do Mac IT on top of my real job and previously looked after nearly 60 users over 2 sites, one of which pretty much remotely and it used to be pain free. Now I work in a much smaller firm, with only 5 of us and I struggle to keep things running smoothly with all the bodged updates and the fact that OS X Server has been reduced to an "app". Things limp along now and I've lost all interest in the continued firefighting, they can stay that way. Eude

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1424361631' post='2695555']apple fanperson[/quote] My wife calls these folks iHoles © Eude

[quote name='largo' timestamp='1424358376' post='2695519'] Out of curiosity, if it's not money that you avoid Apple for. Why is it? [/quote] I personally just don't like how iPhones work, I've always hated iTunes, and the prospect of using it to manage the contents of my phone is completely mind bending! I appreciate that now you don't have to rely on iTunes as much as you did on earlier iPhones. Another thing that's always got to me is some (and only some I might add) iPhone users' smugness in having an iPhone, however I do see the irony in being smug about not having one... I could probably rant for a very long time about the reasons I don't like Apple as a company anymore, but you asked about the phones and this isn't really the place. Fingers crossed the AppTek guys will develop their software for Android and Windows Phone too in the near future. Eude

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1424305342' post='2695054'] you're very mistaken about the reasons of many like me to avoid Apple... Money is not the issue at all [/quote] Well put, I use Apples for my work, and kind of at home, (although I'm trying to transition back to Windows at the moment, think 10 might be worth waiting for), but I could have an iPhone if I wanted one, the rub is that I don't want one. Eude

[quote name='Kempy535' timestamp='1424248672' post='2694224']A down side is the apple only support.[/quote]\ Bugger, Apple only?! That's annoying and lazy in this day and age, there's a hell of a lot more non-Apple smartphones out there, I guess it's more to do with the folks who make the software than anything else though. Oh well, one thing crossed off the GAS list, that's a shame, I guess my wife will be pleased... Eude

[quote name='mike_b' timestamp='1424188270' post='2693624'] I think its to do with changeover times/ stage space saving. It's really annoying though, I don't see the issue with using the sansamp as my stompbox then taking the DI from the head, but then again I'm no sound engineer! Using the amp as my stage monitor, should I use the output or parallel output on the sansamp in conjuction with the DI? [/quote] The output should give you the effected tone from the pedal, the parallel, the uneffected tone, pretty sure anyway, it's one or the other That sound man sounds like an ass by the way, quick turn-around's are one thing, but not giving you what you need through the PA and monitors is unprofessional. You might not be a sound guy, but I bet you'd try your best to give the bands and the individual band members what they want. Eude

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1424170750' post='2693322'] They do a V3, 115 and 410 cabinet as well. [/quote] They do a rather tasty 112 cab now too as it happens.

Very cool mate, I seriously like these little basses, but feel they definitely need some tweaks to bring them up to speed. What you're proposing will certainly get you there too, and the matched headstock will make it all kinds of classy. What pickups are you going to pop in there? The stock ones are strat guitar pups from what I've read! Are you going to change the tuners from something a little more fitting too? Eude

I got one of their compressor pedals and I'm quite happy with it. I'm pretty new to compression, so not really sure how it compares, but I like it Eude

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1422709355' post='2675872'] Very slight change in spec for the Recurve. It's now going to be installed with the multi-coil pickups. [/quote] Awesome news mate, you won't regret it, the MC pickups are amazing! Eude

[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1422635396' post='2674997'] It's a real shame Ashdown have to come on here defending themselves like this, especially from ignorant comments about frequency response. They are a British success in a worldwide market, I understand people may not "get" the product but it seems to have turned into an unnecessary flaming a la the Barefaced threads. Let's leave this one be shall we [/quote] Here here! I personally think it's a great idea, and I think you're right that folks should really try something before they offer up such condemning opinions. Seeing a breakdown of what you get for your £599, it's hard to argue on the price! I'm in the market for something similar, but I don't currently need all the extras, would there be a "B-Social Lite" in the pipe line, just as a wired high end product without the wireless and recording? Keep up the good work Ashdown Eude

Thanks for the comments guys. I'm delighted with this bass, I really am. I'm glad you appreciate the sound samples too, crazy thing is, this is all just using the filters wide open, at least on the repetitive piece, so those tones are only scratching the surface! I'll try and do some more examples using the filters soon, but the 3 ditties at the end have tones sculpted using the filters, but without combining the pickups. I'm going to do some more recordings with my other ACGs soo, including my fretless where the filter preamp really excels! [quote name='sblueplanet' timestamp='1422294402' post='2670813'] Killer bass. I've been in touch with Alan about a possible lefty. Love the look of this one. Were we talking crazy money here? [/quote] Not crazy money, especially when you consider what it would cost to have another luthier produce something similar. Alan's prices are amazing value for money, but with the basses being custom, the pricing varies. Your best bet is to speak to the man himself, but I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised! [quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1422300497' post='2670935'] Bass looks great! Sounds fantastic too, especially the bridge pickup! Good call on getting it in a MM sweetspot and thanks for the sound samples [/quote] Yup, I think the bridge pickup going in the MM location was a real success. I'm not a big fan of thin sounding bridge pickups, and although that's not been a problem on any ACG I've owned previously, I love that MM sweetspot tone, so it was a no brainer Eude