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Just bought a COG Effects custom blender from Shep. Really good communication throughout, quick postage and item exactly as described. He even wrote a quick user guide as the pedal has no markings on. A pleasure to deal with.

I would quite like to give this a try whilst it's still in Newcastle if that's ok. I've never tried an all valve head, and I was impressed with the Red Fighter I tried when that was here for a trial.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1465323897' post='3067194'] There's no harm dropping Leszek an email if you want more specifics - he's been very helpful with his responses to me. As for price, I think 700EUR, but I guess that might change depending on your choice of case, etc. And you're welcome to borrow it when you're up here next. :-) [/quote] I should probably change my location, I'm permanently in Newcastle now. To be honest, if it's got two switchable mid controls I'm sure I'll be able to get a tone that I'm happy with. I'll PM you about borrowing it for a trial!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1465194282' post='3065902'] No - I don't need this much power. The R-400 is more than enough for me. :-) Leszek sent me the Red Fighter just to try out, and offer to others to try. [/quote] Sorry if I've missed this further up the thread, but how much do these retail for? I might be interested in trying this out at some point if that's ok. Do you know what frequencies the two switchable mid controls are set at?

I was allowed to start another instrument when I started secondary school and narrowed it down to either saxophone or double bass because I loved the sound of each one. Stuck to it and I instantly progressed faster on double bass than I ever had on piano. Took up bass guitar when I went to uni as I couldn't fit a double bass in my uni halls and I instantly loved it. I still love the sound of an upright bass, but a bass guitar fits in more with my music preferences.

I've got a pair of Sony MDR-1R's which I absolutely love. I bought them with the intention of using them pretty much only for practice, as I've never really liked wearing big over ear headphones when out and about, but I've hardly used my in ears at all since buying these, and my in ears are pretty decent. When I was looking, comfort was my main concern as if they were to be worn for a few hours practice at a time, I didn't want to get annoyed at having to wear them, luckily the sound quality from them is also brilliant. One thing I would say is that they sound much better when driven by a better source, they sound good from my iPod, but they sound excellent when connected straight to my CD player or Hi-Fi. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-MDR-1R-Ultimate-Over-Ear-Headphones-Black/dp/B00974PZ9G £150 from amazon.

I've got a BX500 which I'm really happy with. It's very light and more than loud enough for me. It's a very clean amp and you would struggle to get any overdrive without an external pedal if this matters to you. As Count Bassy has said, I can't really notice any difference with the tube in or out. I picked mine up second hand and can't fault it for the price. When I bought it it was meant as a temporary amp, but it's certainly staying for now. I've only used it twice live without PA, but it easily filled the venue, albeit fairly small.

Hi, I'm based in heaton, where are you based? Cheers, Tom

I've got a large cardboard box that my new gigbag was shipped in from Thomann. Free to whoever can collect. Cheers, Tom

I collected a Schroeder 21015 from Mark yesterday. He was kind enough to hold the cab for me even though I couldn't collect it for about 3 weeks and the transaction went really smoothly. The cab was exactly as described and there was really good communication throughout the whole deal. Really good guy to deal with. Cheers Mark

Thanks Balcro, that's fantastic. So any of the drivers should work in that cab, just ideally in matching pairs. I think for the moment, assuming the tweeter was the cause of the nasty noise, I'm going to continue to use the cab with the current drivers, being careful to listen to any signs of struggling. I haven't actually turned it up very loud yet because if I turned the amp master past about 2 or 3, the sound which prompted me to post here occurred. I'm 99% sure that the sound I heard was not due to driver failure, but I'll test that at my next rehearsal. I think when I can afford to, I'll replace the OEM unit with a Celestion BL10-200x because that seems like the cheapest solution. I think the only way to find another OEM unit would be to buy another cab, which would make replacing the driver pointless unless I can find a cab for spares/repairs. Thank you very much again for the response charts and checking to see whether the drivers will work in the cab. Tom